SIUC Freshwater Ecology Lab
Publications
Dr. Matt Whiles (since 2000)Whiles,
M. R., A. D. Huryn, J. D. Reeve, and B.
W. Taylor. In press.
Influence of handling stress and fasting on estimates of ammonium excretion by
tadpoles and fish: recommendations for designing excretion experiments: Limnology and Oceanography Methods
Meyer, C. K. and M. R. Whiles. In
Press. Macroinvertebrate communities in restored and natural Platte River
slough wetlands. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society
Griffiths, N. A., J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, E. J.
Rosi-Marshall, M. R. Whiles, C. P Chambers, T. C. Frauendorf, and M. A.
Evans-White. In Press. Microbial respiration and
decomposition of conventional and genetically engineered corn in agricultural
streams. Ecological Applications
Connelly, S., C. M. Pringle, R. J. Bixby, R. Brenes,
M. R. Whiles, K. R. Lips, S. Kilham, and A. D. Huryn. In press. Changes in stream primary producer
communities resulting from loss of tadpoles: can small-scale experiments
predict the effects of large-scale catastrophic amphibian declines? Ecosystems
Meyer
C. K, M. R. Whiles, and S. G.
Baer. In Press. Plant community recovery following
restoration in temporally variable riparian wetlands. Restoration Ecology
Stagliano,
D. M. and M. R. Whiles. In press. Life history and production of
the riffle beetle, Stenelmis crenata
(Say) (Elmidae), in a tallgrass prairie stream. Aquatic Insects
Kilham,
S. S., M. Hunte-Brown, P. Verburg, C. M. Pringle, M. R. Whiles, K. R. Lips and E. Zandona. 2008. Challenges for interpreting
stable isotope fractionation of carbon and nitrogen in tropical aquatic
ecosystems. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und
angewandte Limnologie 30 (5): 1-5
Regester, K. J., M. R. Whiles, and K. R.
Lips. 2008. Variation
in the trophic basis of production and energy flow associated with emergence of
larval salamander assemblages (Ambystomatidae) among forest ponds. Freshwater Biology 53: 1754-1767
Walther, D. A. and M. R. Whiles. 2008. Macroinvertebrate
responses to constructed riffles in a small temperate river. Environmental
Management 41: 516-527.
Meyer, C. K., S. G. Baer, and M. R. Whiles.
2008. Ecosystem recovery across a
chronosequence of restored prairie wetlands in the Platte River valley. Ecosystems 11: 193-208.
Colon-Gaud, C., S. Peterson, M. R. Whiles, S.
S. Kilham, K. R. Lips, and C. M. Pringle. 2008. Allochthonous litter inputs,
organic matter standing stocks, and organic seston dynamics in upland
Panamanian streams: Potential effects of larval amphibians on organic matter
dynamics. Hydrobiologia 603:301-312.
Royer,
T. V. M. B. David, L. E. Gentry, C. A. Mitchell, K. M. Starks, T. Heatherly II,
and M. R. Whiles. 2008. Assessment
of chlorophyll-a as a criterion for
establishing nutrient standards in the streams and rivers of Illinois. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:
437-447.
Flinn, M. B., S. R.
Adams, M. R. Whiles, and J. E.
Garvey. 2008. Biological responses to
backwater hydrologic gradients in an Upper Mississippi River navigation
pool. Environmental Management 41: 468-486.
Rosi-Marshall,
E. J., J. L. Tank, T.V. Royer, M.R.
Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N.A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M.L.
Stephen. 2007. Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts affect headwater streams. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of America 104: 16204-16208.
Heatherly, T. II, M. R. Whiles, D. J. Gibson,
S. L. Collins, A. D. Huryn, J. K. Jackson, and M. A. Palmer. 2007. Stream insect distributional
patterns and metapopulation models: effects of spatial scale and sampling
intensities. Oecologia 151: 313-321
Garvey, J. E., M. R. Whiles, and D.
Striecher. 2007. A hierarchical model
for oxygen dynamics in streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 64: 1816-1827.
Altig,
R. M. R. Whiles, and C. L. Taylor.
2007. What do tadpoles really eat? Assessing the trophic status of an
understudied and imperiled consumer group in freshwater habitats. Freshwater
Biology 52: 386-395.
Heatherly,
T. H. II, M. R. Whiles, T. V. Royer,
and M. B. David. 2007. Relationships
between water quality, habitat quality, and macroinvertebrate assemblages in
Illinois streams. Journal of
Environmental Quality: 1653-1660.
Whiles, M. R., K.
R. Lips, C. M. Pringle, S. S. Kilham, R. Brenes, S. Connelly, J. C. Colon Gaud,
M. Hunte-Brown, A. D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, S. Peterson. 2006. The consequences of amphibian population
declines to the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:
27-34.
Regester, K. J. and M. R. Whiles. 2006.
Decomposition rates of salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) life
stages and associated energy and nutrient fluxes in ponds and adjacent forest
in southern Illinois. Copeia 2006: 640-649.
Regester, K. J., K.
R. Lips, and M. R. Whiles.
2006. Energy flow through early life
history stages of ambystomatid salamanders in midwestern forest ponds. Oecologia
147: 303-314.
Whiles, M. R., and R. E. Charlton. 2006.
The ecological significance of tallgrass prairie arthropods. Annual
Review of Entomology 51: 387-412.
Adams, S. R., M. B. Flinn,
B. M. Burr, M. R. Whiles, and J. E.
Garvey. 2006. Ecology of larval blue
sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) in the
Mississippi River. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15: 291-300.
Maul,
J. D., J. B. Belden, B. A. Schwab, M. R.
Whiles, B. Spears, and M. J. Lydy.
2006. Bioaccumulation and trophic
transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by aquatic and terrestrial insects
to tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 25: 1017-1025.
Walther, D. A., M. R. Whiles, M. B. Flinn, and D. W.
Butler. 2006. Assemblage-level estimation of nontanypodine chironomid growth
and production in a southern Illinois stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 444–452.
Roberts, M. E., B. M.
Burr, M. R. Whiles, and V. J. Santucci, Jr. 2006. Reproductive Ecology and Food Habits of the
Blacknose Shiner, Notropis heterolepis, in Northern Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 155: 70-83.
Heatherly, T. II, M.
R. Whiles, D. Knuth, and J. E. Garvey. 2005. Diversity and community structure of littoral zone
macroinvertebrates in southern Illinois reclaimed surface mine lakes. American
Midland Naturalist: 154: 67-77.
Whiles, M. R. and B. S. Goldowitz. 2005. Macroinvertebrate communities in central Platte
River wetlands: patterns across a hydrologic gradient. Wetlands 25: 462-472.
Stone, M. L., M.
R. Whiles, J. A. Webber, and K. W. J. Williard. 2005.
Macroinvertebrate communities in agriculturally impacted Illinois
streams: patterns with riparian vegetation, water quality, and in-stream
habitat. Journal of Environmental
Quality: 34: 907-917.
Flinn,
M. B., M. R. Whiles, S. R. Adams, and J. E. Garvey. 2005.
Macroinvertebrate and zooplankton responses to water-level management
and moist-soil plant production in upper Mississippi River backwater
wetlands. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 162: 187-210.
Dodds,
W. K., K. Gido, M. R. Whiles, K. M. Fritz, and W. J. Matthews.
2004. Life on the Edge: Ecology of Prairie Streams. Bioscience 54: 205-216.
Dodds,
W. K., and M. R. Whiles. 2004. Factors related to quality and quantity
of suspended particles in rivers: general continent-scale patterns in the
United States. Environmental
Management 33: 355-367
Whiles,
M. R., and J. E. Garvey.
2004. Freshwater resources within
the Shawnee-Hoosier Ecological Assessment Region. Pages 81-108 in Thompson, F. R. III
(ed.). The Hoosier-Shawnee ecological
assessment. USDA Forest Service General
Technical Report NC-244, North Central Research Station, Saint Paul, MN.
Whiles,
M. R., J. B. Jensen, J. G. Palis, and W. G. Dyer. 2004. Diets of larval flatwoods salamanders, Ambystoma
cingulatum, from Florida and South Carolina. Journal of Herpetology: 38: 208-214.
Ranvestel,
A. W., K. R. Lips, C. M. Pringle, M. R. Whiles,
and R. J. Bixby. 2004. Neotropical
tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for ecological consequences of
amphibian declines. Freshwater
Biology 49: 274-285.
Webber,
J. A., K. W. J. Williard, M. R. Whiles, M. L. Stone, J. J. Zaczek, and
K. D. Davie. 2004. Watershed scale
assessment of the impact of forested riparian zones on stream water
quality. Pages 114-120 In: Van Sambeek,
J.W.; J.O. Dawson; F. Ponder, Jr. et al. eds. Proceedings, 13th Central
Hardwood Forest Conference; Urbana, IL.
Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul,
MN: USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station.
Evans-White,
M. A., W. K. Dodds, and M. R. Whiles.
2003. Ecosystem significance of
crayfishes and central stonerollers in a tallgrass prairie stream: functional
differences between co-occurring omnivores.
Journal of the North American Benthological Society: 22: 423-441.
Callaham,
M. A., Jr., J. M. Blair, T. C. Todd, D. J. Kitchen, and M. R. Whiles. 2003. Macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils:
Effects of fire, mowing, and fertilization on density and biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
35:1079-1093.
Whiles,
M. R., and W. K. Dodds.
2002. Relationships
between stream size, suspended particles, and filter-feeding macroinvertebrates
in a Great Plains drainage network. Journal
of Environmental Quality 31: 1589-1600.
Jonas,
J., M. R. Whiles, and R. E. Charlton.
2002. Aboveground
invertebrate responses to land management differences in a central Kansas
grassland. Environmental Entomology
31: 1142-1152.
Stagliano,
D. M., and M. R. Whiles.
2002. Macroinvertebrate
production and trophic structure in a tallgrass prairie headwater stream. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 21: 97-113.
Callaham,
M. A., M. R. Whiles, and J. M. Blair.
2002. Annual fire, mowing, and
fertilization effects on two annual cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in tallgrass
prairie. American Midland Naturalist 148:
90-101.
Meyer,
C. K., M. R. Whiles, and R. E. Charlton.
2002. Life history, secondary
production, and ecosystem significance of acridid grasshoppers in annually
burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. American
Entomologist 48: 52-61.
Whiles,
M. R., and B. S. Goldowitz.
2001. Hydrologic influences on
insect emergence production from central Platte River wetlands. Ecological Applications 11: 1829-1842.
Whiles, M. R. M. A.
Callaham, C. K. Meyer, B. L. Brock, and R. E. Charlton. 2001.
Emergence of periodical cicadas from a Kansas riparian forest:
densities, biomass, and nitrogen flux. American
Midland Naturalist 145: 176-187.
Schrank,
S. J., C. S. Guy, M. R. Whiles, and B. L. Brock. 2001.
Assessment of Physicochemical and watershed features influencing Topeka
shiner Notropis topeka distribution in Kansas streams. Copeia 2001: 413-421.
Dodds,
W. K., M. A. Evans-White, N. M. Gerlanc, L. J. Gray, D. A.Gudder, M. J. Kemp,
A. L. López, D. Stagliano, E. A. Strauss, J. L. Tank, M. R. Whiles, W. M. Wollheim.
2001. Quantification of the
nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream. Ecosystems:
3: 574-589.
Whiles, M. R., B.
L. Brock, A. C. Franzen, and S. Dinsmore II.
2000. Stream invertebrate
communities, water quality, and land use patterns in an agricultural drainage
basin of northen Nebraska. Environmental
Management: 26: 563-576.
Jensen, J. B., and M. R. Whiles. 2000. Diets of sympatric Plethodon petraeus and Plethodon
glutinosus. Journal of the Elisha
Mitchell Scientific Society 116: 245-250.
Callaham,
M. A., Jr., M. R. Whiles, C. K.
Meyer, B. L. Brock, and R. E. Charlton.
2000. Feeding ecology and
emergence production of annual cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in tallgrass
prairie. Oecologia 123: 535-542.
Alexander,
K. A., and M. R. Whiles. 2000.
A new species of Ironoquia
Banks (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from the central Platte River,
Nebraska. Entomological News:
111: 1-7.
BOOK CHAPTERS/SECTIONS
and OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Whiles, M. R. and
R. Altig. In Press. Dietary assessments of larval amphibians. Pages XX-XX in Dodd, C. K, jr. (Ed.). Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians. A
Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press.
Whiles, M. R. and J.
W. Grubaugh. In press. Benthic
invertebrate fauna: river and floodplain ecosystems. Pages
XX-XX in Likens, G. E. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Elsevier Ltd., London, UK.
Rosi-Marshall,
E. J., J. L. Tank, T.V. Royer, M.R.
Whiles. 2008. Reply to Beachy et al. and Parrott: study indicates Bt corn
may affect caddisflies. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: E11.
Whiles, M. R. and
R. E. Ricklefs. 2006. Measuring ecosystem productivity: using dissolved oxygen
changes to estimate stream metabolism. Data
Analysis Module 1 (pp. DA 1-1 – DA 1-6) in R. E. Ricklefs. The Economy of
Nature, 5th ed., Data anlysis update. W. H. Freeman, NY.
Whiles, M. R. and
R. E. Ricklefs. 2006. Consumer populations and energy flow: estimating
secondary production. Data Analysis
Modules 2 (pp. DA 2-1 – DA 2-4) in R. E. Ricklefs. The Economy of Nature, 5th
ed. Data analysis update. W. H. Freeman, NY.
Whiles, M. R. and
R. E. Ricklefs. 2006. Landscape ecology: abundance and distribution of northern
spotted owls in habitat patches. Data
Analysis Module 8 (pp. DA 8-1 – DA 8-3) in R. E. Ricklefs. The Economy of
Nature, 5th ed. Data analysis update. W. H. Freeman, NY.
Whiles, M. R. and
R. E. Ricklefs. 2006. Sustainable yield: applying basic ecological concepts to
fisheries management. Data Analysis
Module 10 (pp. DA 10-1 – DA 10-3) in R. E. Ricklefs. The Economy of Nature, 5th
ed. Data analysis update. W. H. Freeman, NY.
Whiles, M. R. and
R. E. Ricklefs. 2006. Quantifying biodiversity: alternatives for estimating
species richness. Data Analysis Module
12 (pp. DA 12-1 – DA 12-4) in R. E. Ricklefs. The Economy of Nature, 5th
ed. Data analysis update. W. H. Freeman, NY.
Colón-Gaud,
C., M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, S.
D. Peterson. In press. Assessing ecological responses to
catastrophic amphibian declines: Changes in macroinvertebrate production and
food web structure in upland Panamanian streams. Limnology and Oceanography
Colón-Gaud,
C., S. Peterson, M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle.
2008. Allochthonous litter inputs, organic matter standing stocks, and organic
seston dynamics in upland Panamanian streams: Potential effects of larval
amphibians on organic matter dynamics. Hydrobiologia 603:301-312.
Whiles
M.R., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, J.C.
Colon-Gaud, M. Hunte-Browne, A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, S. Peterson 2006.
The effects of amphibian population declineson the structure and function of
Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
4(1):27-34.
A.M.
Marcarelli, H. A. Bechtold, A.T. Rugenski, and R. S. Inouye. In Review. Nutrient limitation on
biofilm biomass and metabolism in the Upper Snake River basin, southeast Idaho,
USA. Hydrobiologia
Rugenski,
A.T., A.M. Marcarelli, H.A. Bechtold, R.S. Inouye. 2008. Effects
of temperature and concentration on nutrient release rates from nutrient
diffusing substrate. Journal of the North American Benthological Society
27:52-57.
Kohler,
A.E., A.T. Rugenski, and D. Taki. 2008. Stream food web responses to a
salmon carcass analog addition in two central Idaho, U.S.A. streams. Freshwater
Biology 53:446-460.
Minshall,
G.W and A.T. Rugenski. 2006. Riparian processes and interactions. In
Methods in Stream Ecology. Editors. R. Hauer and G. Lamberti.
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R.
Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, S. D. Peterson. 2009. Assessing ecological responses
to catastrophic amphibian declines: Changes in macroinvertebrate production and
food web structure in upland Panamanian streams. Limnology and Oceanography 54:331-343.
Colón-Gaud, C., S.
Peterson, M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2007.
Allochthonous litter inputs, organic matter standing stocks, and organic seston
dynamics in upland Panamanian streams: Potential effects of larval amphibians
on organic matter dynamics. Hydrobiologia 603:301-312.
Whiles,
M.R., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, S. Connelly,
J.C. Colón-Gaud, M. Hunte-Brown,
A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, and S. Peterson. 2006. The effects of amphibian
population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream
ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:27-34.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and
W.E. Kelso. 2005. Macroinvertebrate abundance and distribution in Hydrilla and
Ceratophyllum habitats. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 42:85-90.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and W.E. Kelso. 2003. A suitcase trap for sampling macroinvertebrates in dense submerged aquatic vegetation. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(4):667-671.