SIUC
Freshwater Ecology Lab
Publications
Dr. Matt Whiles (since 2006)JOURNAL ARTICLES
Griffiths,
N. A., J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, T. J. Warrner, T. C. Frauendorf, E. J.
Rosi-Marshall, and M. R. Whiles. In press.
Temporal variation in organic carbon spiraling in Midwestern agricultural
streams. Biogeochemistry.
Benke,
A. C., and M. R. Whiles. 2011. Life table vs secondary production analysis –
which is more fundamental for animal ecology?
Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 30: 1024-1032. pdf
Walther,
D. A., and M. R. Whiles. 2011. Secondary production in a southern Illinois
headwater stream: relationships between organic matter standing stocks and
macroinvertebrate productivity. Journal of the
North American Benthological Society 30: 357-373. pdf
Whiting, D. P., M.
R. Whiles, and M. L. Stone. 2011. Patterns of macroinvertebrate production,
trophic structure, and energy flow along a tallgrass prairie stream continuum. Limnology and Oceanography 56:887-898. pdf
Meyer,
C. K, Peterson, S. D., and M. R. Whiles. 2011. Quantitative assessment of
yield, precision, and cost-effectiveness of three wetland macroinvertebrate
sampling techniques. Wetlands 31:
101-112. pdf
Connelly, S., C. M. Pringle, M. R. Whiles,
K. R. Lips, S. Kilham, and R. Brenes. 2011. Experimental comparison of leaf
litter decomposition dynamics in neotropical streams with and without tadpoles:
do tadpoles affect leaf decomposition dynamics? Freshwater Biology 59: 1863-1875. pdf
Hopkins,
R., and M. R. Whiles. 2011. The importance of land use/land cover data in fish
and mussel conservation planning. International Journal of Limnology 47:
199-209.
Murdock, J. N., W. K. Dodds, K. B. Gido, and M. R.
Whiles. 2011. Dynamic influences of nutrients and grazing fish on periphyton
during recovery from flood. Journal of
the North American Benthological Society 30: 331-345. pdf
Tank, J. L., E. Rosi-Marshall, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, N.
A. Griffiths, T.C. Frauendorf, and D. Treering. 2010. Occurrence of maize detritus and a transgenic
insecticidal protein (Cry1Ab) within the stream network of an agricultural
landscape. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science of the United State of America 107: 17645-17650. pdf
Colón-Gaud,
C., M. R. Whiles, R. Brenes, S. S. Kilham, K. R. Lips, C. M. Pringle, S.
Connelly, and S. D. Peterson. 2010. Potential functional redundancy and resource facilitation between tadpoles and
insect grazers in tropical headwater streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 2077-2088. pdf
Chambers,
C., M. R. Whiles, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, J.L. Tank, T.V. Royer, N.A. Griffiths,
M.A. Evans-White, and A. Stojak. 2010.
Responses of stream macroinvertebrates to Bt maize leaf detritus. Ecological Applications 20: 1949-1960. pdf
Myers,
D.J., G.W. Whitledge, and M.R. Whiles. 2010. Evaluation of δD and δ18O as natural markers of
invertebrate source environment and dispersal in the middle Mississippi River-floodplain
ecosystem. River Research and
Applications. pdf
Colón-Gaud,
C., M. R. Whiles, S. S. Kilham, K. R. Lips, C. M. Pringle, S. Connelly, and S.
D. Peterson. 2010. Macroinvertebrate community responses to catastrophic
amphibian declines in neotropical streams. Journal
of the North American Benthological Society 2:1185-1198. pdf
Whiles, M. R., M. I. Gladyshev, S. D. Peterson, N.
N. Sushchik, O. N. Makhutova, G. S. Kalachova, and K. J. Regester. 2010. Fatty
acid analyses reveal high degrees of omnivory and dietary plasticity in
pond-dwelling tadpoles. Freshwater
Biology 55: 1533-1547. pdf
Murdock, J. N., K. B. Gido, W.
K. Dodds, K. N. Bertrand, and M. R. Whiles. 2010. Consumers alter the recovery
trajectory of stream ecosystem structure and function following drought. Ecology 91: 1048-1062. pdf
Meyer
C. K, M. R. Whiles, and S. G. Baer. 2010.
Plant community recovery following restoration in temporally variable
riparian wetlands. Restoration Ecology
18: 52-64. pdf
Warrner, T, J., T. V.Royer, J. L. Tank, N. A.
Griffiths, E. J. Rosi-Marshall, and M. R Whiles. 2009. Dissolved organic carbon in streams from
artificially drained and intensively farmed watersheds in Indiana, USA. Biogeochemistry 95: 295-307. pdf
Whiles, M. R., A. D. Huryn, J. D. Reeve, and B. W.
Taylor. 2009. Influence of handling stress and fasting on estimates of
ammonium excretion by tadpoles and fish: recommendations for designing
excretion experiments. Limnology and
Oceanography Methods7: 1-7. pdf
Colon-Gaud, C., M. R. Whiles, S. S. Kilham,
K. R. Lips, C. M. Pringle, S. Connelly, and 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. pdf
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. 2009. Rapid decompositio of
maize detritus in agricultural headwater streams. Ecological Applications19:133-142. pdf
Bertrand, K. N., K. B. Gido, W. K. Dodds, J. N. Murdock, and
M. R. Whiles. 2009. Disturbance frequency and functional identity mediate
ecosystem processes in prairie streams. Oikos118:
917-933. pdf
Kilham,
S. S., M. Hunte-Brown, P. Verburg, C. M. Pringle, M. R. Whiles, K. R. Lips and
E. Zandona. 2009. Challenges for interpreting stable isotope fractionation of
carbon and nitrogen in tropical aquatic ecosystems. Verhandlungen
Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 30 (5): 749-753.
Connelly, S., C. M. Pringle, R. J. Bixby, R. Brenes,
M. R. Whiles, K. R. Lips, S. Kilham, and A. D. Huryn. 2008. 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
11: 1262-1276. pdf
Meyer, C. K. and M. R. Whiles. 2008.
Macroinvertebrate communities in restored and natural Platte River slough
wetlands. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 27: 626-639. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
Stagliano,
D. M. and M. R. Whiles. 2008. Life history and production of the riffle beetle,
Stenelmis crenata (Say) (Elmidae), in
a tallgrass prairie stream. Aquatic
Insects 30:197-204.
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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 occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure. Oecologia 151: 313-321. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
Whiles,
M. R., and R. E. Charlton. 2006. The ecological significance of tallgrass
prairie arthropods. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 387-412. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
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. pdf
BOOKS
Dodds,
W. K. and M. R. Whiles. 2010. Freshwater
Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications. 2nd ed. Academic
Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS/SECTIONS and OTHER PROFESSIONAL
PUBLICATIONS
Gido, K. B., K. N. Bertrand, J.
N. Murdock, W. K. Dodds, and M. R. Whiles. 2010. Disturbance mediated effects
of stream fishes on ecosystem processes. Pages 593-618 in Gido, K. and D.
Jackskon (eds.) Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts,
Approaches and Techniques. American Fisheries Society Symposium 73.
Whiles,
M. R. and J. W. Grubaugh. 2009. Benthic
invertebrate fauna: river and floodplain ecosystems. Pages 205-215 in Likens, G. E. (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Elsevier
Ltd., London, UK.
Whiles,
M. R. and R. Altig. 2009. Dietary
assessments of larval amphibians. Pages
71-86 in Dodd, C. K, jr. (Ed.). Ecology
and Conservation of Amphibians: A Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University
Press
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.