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Journal Publications Details for Grant Number R832441

Ecological Thresholds and Responses of Stream Benthic Communities to Heavy Metals

RFA: Exploratory Research: Understanding Ecological Thresholds In Aquatic Systems Through Retrospective Analysis (2004)

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Reference Type Citation Progress Report Year Document Sources
Journal Article Bellwood DR, Hughes TP, Folke C, Nystrom M. Confronting the coral reef crisis. Nature 2004;429(6994):827-833. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract from PubMed
  • Abstract: Nature-Abstract
    Exit
Journal Article Bernhardt ES, Palmer MA, Allan JD, Alexander G, Barnas K, Brooks S, Carr J, Clayton S, Dahm C, Follstad-Shah J, Galat D, Gloss S, Goodwin P, Hart D, Hassett B, Jenkinson R, Katz S, Kondolf GM, Lake PS, Lave R, Meyer JL, O'donnell TK, Pagano L, Powell B, Sudduth E. Ecology. Synthesizing U.S. river restoration efforts. Science 2005;308(5722):636-637. R832441 (Final)
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Journal Article Berumen ML, Pratchett MS. Recovery without resilience:persistent disturbance and long-term shifts in the structure of fish and coral communities at Tiahura reff, Moorea. Coral Reefs 2006;25:647-653. R832441 (Final)
  • Other: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-PDF
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Journal Article Carpenter SR, Ludwig D, Brock WA. Management of eutrophication for lakes subject to potentially irreversible change. Ecological Applications 1999;9(3):751-771. R832441 (Final)
  • Other: Integrative Biology - pdf
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Journal Article Chaudhuri P, Marron JS. Scale space view of curve estimation. The Annals of Statistics 2000;28(2):408-428. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: JSTOR-Abstract
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Journal Article Clements WH. Metal tolerance and predator-prey interactions in benthic macroinvertebrate stream communities. Ecological Applications 1999;9(3):1073-1084. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: JSTOR-Abstract
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Journal Article Clements WH, Carlisle DM, Lazorchak JM, Johnson PC. Heavy metals structure benthic communities in Colorado mountain streams. Ecological Applications 2000;10(2):626-638. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Ecological Society of America
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Journal Article Clements WH. Small-scale experiments support causal relationships between metal contamination and macroinvertebrate community responses. Ecological Applications 2004;14(3):954-967. R829515 (2003)
R829515 (2004)
R829515 (Final)
R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: ESA Publications-Abstract
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Journal Article Clements WH, Brooks ML, Kashian DR, Zuellig RE. Changes in dissolved organic material determine exposure of stream benthic communities to UV-B radiation and heavy metals: implications for climate change. Global Change Biology 2008;14(9):2201-2214. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Wiley Online-Abstract
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Journal Article Clements WH, Rohr JR. Community responses to contaminants: using basic ecological principles to predict ecotoxicological effects. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2009;28(9):1789-1800. R832441 (Final)
R833835 (2009)
R833835 (2010)
R833835 (2011)
R833835 (Final)
  • Abstract from PubMed
  • Full-text: Wiley-Full Text HTML
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  • Abstract: Wiley-Abstract
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  • Other: Wiley-Full Text PDF
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Journal Article Clements WH, Kashian D, Sonderegger D, Noon B, Vieira N. The use of ecological thresholds to assess recovery in lotic ecosystems. Journal of North American Benthological Society 2010;29(3):1017-1023. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: BioOne - abstract
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Journal Article Connell JH, Sousa WP. On the evidence needed to judge ecological stability or persistence. American Naturalist 1983;121(6):789-824. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: JSTOR-Abstract
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Journal Article Courtney LA, Clements WH. Sensitivity to acidic pH in benthic invertebrate assemblages with different histories of exposure to metals. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2000;19(1):112-127. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: JSTOR-Abstract
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Journal Article Dodds WK, Clements WH, Gido K, Hilderbrand RH. Thresholds, breakpoints, and nonlinearity in freshwaters as related to management. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2010;29(3):988-997. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: North American Benthological Society
    and Society for Freshwater Science

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Journal Article Durance I, Ormerod SJ. Climate change effects on upland stream macroinvertebrates over a 25-year period. Global Change Biology 2007;13(5):942-957. R832441 (Final)
  • Full-text: Wiley Online - full text html
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  • Abstract: Wiley Online - abstract
    Exit
  • Other: Wiley Online - pdf
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Journal Article Folke C, Carpenter S, Walker B, Scheffer M, Elmqvist T, Gunderson L, Holling CS. Regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2004;35:557-581. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Annual Reviews-Abstract
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Journal Article Goldstein JN, Hubert WA, Woodward DF, Farag AM, Meyer JS. Naturalized salmonid populations occur in the presence of elevated trace element concentrations and temperatures in the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2001;20(10):2342-2352. R832441 (Final)
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Journal Article Groffman PM, Baron JS, Blett T, Gold AJ, Goodman I, Gunderson LH, Levinson BM, Palmer MA, Paerl HW, Peterson GD, Poff NL, Rejeski DW, Reynolds JF, Turner MG, Weathers KC, Wiens J. Ecological thresholds: the key to successful environmental management or an important concept with no practical application? Ecosystems 2006;9(1):1-13. R828012 (Final)
R828677C001 (Final)
R832441 (Final)
R832445 (Final)
  • Full-text: UWisc-PDF
    Exit
  • Abstract: Springer-Abstract
    Exit
  • Other: ResearchGate-Abstract & Full Text-PDF
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Journal Article Huggett AJ. The concept and utility of 'ecological thresholds' in biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 2005;124(3):301-310. R832441 (Final)
  • Full-text: ScienceDirect-Full Text HTML
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Journal Article Lake PS, Bond N, Reich P. Linking ecological theory with stream restoration. Freshwater Biology 2007;52(4):597-615. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Wiley Online-Abstract
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Journal Article May RM. Thresholds and breakpoints in ecosystems with a multiplicity of stable states. Nature 1977;269:471-477. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Nature-Abstract
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Journal Article Muradian R. Ecological thresholds: a survey. Ecological Economics 2001;38(1):7-24. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Science Direct - abstract
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Journal Article Nimick DA, Gammons CH, Cleasby TE, Madison JP, Skaar D, Brick CM. Diel cycles in dissolved metal concentrations in streams:occurrence and possible causes. Water Resources Research 2003;39(9):1247-1264. R829400E01 (2002)
R829400E02 (Final)
R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Wiley Online - abstract
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Journal Article Penttinen S, Kostamo A, Kukkonen JVK. Combined effects of dissolved organic material and water hardness on toxicity of cadmium to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 1998;17(12):2498-2503. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Wiley Online - abstract
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Journal Article Poole GC, Dunham JB, Keenan DM, Sauter ST, Mccullough DA, Mebane C, Lockwood JC, Essig DA, Hicks MP, Sturdevant DJ, Materna EJ, Spalding SA, Risley J, Deppman M. The case for regime-based water quality standards. BioScience 2004;54(2):155-161. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Tree Search - abstract
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Journal Article Qian SS, King RS, Richardson CJ. Two statistical methods for the detection of environmental thresholds. Ecological Modelling 2003;166:87-97. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: CiteSeer - abstract
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  • Other: Baylor - pdf
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Journal Article Scheffer M, Carpenter S, Foley JA, Folke C, Walker B. Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems. Nature 2001;413:591-596. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Nature - abstract
    Exit
  • Other: Gatsby - pdf
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Journal Article Scheffer M, Carpenter SR. Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems:linking theory to observation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2003;18(12):648-656. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Cell - abstract
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Journal Article Smith JG ,Beauchamp JJ, Stewart AJ. Alternative approach for establishing acceptable thresholds on macroinvertebrate community metrics. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2005;24(2):428-440. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: BioOne - abstract
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Journal Article Sonderegger DL, Wang H, Clements WH, Noon BR. Using SiZer to detect thresholds in ecological data. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2009;7(4):190-195. R832441 (2008)
R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: Ecological Society of America
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Journal Article Sonderegger DL, Wang H, Huang Y, Clements WH. Effects of measurement error on the strength of concentration-response relationships in aquatic toxicology. Ecotoxicology 2009;18(7):824-828. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract from PubMed
  • Abstract: SpringerLink - abstract
    Exit
Journal Article Yuan LL. Effects of measurement error on inferences of environmental conditions. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2007;26(1):152-163. R832441 (Final)
  • Abstract: JSTOR - abstract
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