Publications (* indicates graduate student authors, **indicates undergraduate authors)

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  1. Speir, S.L., C.N. Jones, A.J. Shogren, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. Uncertainty in streamflow measurements significantly impacts estimates of downstream nitrate export. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad0ad2
  2. Hopper, G.W., J.R. Bucholz*, T. DuBose, K. Fogelman, S. Keogh, M.E. Kubala*, M.B. Lodato*, D. Nichols, I. Sánchez González*, J. Stoeckel, J. Pfeiffer, J.D. Lozier, and C.L. Atkinson. 2023. A trait dataset for freshwater mussels of the United States of America. Scientific Data 10:745.
  3. Bucholz, J.R.*, G.W. Hopper, T. Kelley*, I. Sánchez González *, C.R. Jackson, R. Garrick, C.L. Atkinson, J.D. Lozier. 2023. Community-wide correlations between species richness, abundance, and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot. Molecular Ecology. +Cover article & highlighted by the editor.
  4. Messanger, M.L., J.D. Olden, J. Tonkin, R. Stubbington, J.S. Rogosch, M.H. Busch, C.J. Little, A.W. Walters, C.L. Atkinson, M. Shanafield, S. Yu, K. Boersma, D. Lytle, R.H. Walker, R.M. Burrows, T. Daltry. 2023. A metasystem approach to designing environmental flows. BioScience 73:643-662.
  5. Hopper, G.W., J.R. Bucholz*, I. Sánchez González*, J.D. Lozier, and C.L. Atkinson. 2023. Ecosystem functions of diverse, naturally assembled filter-feeder communities are mediated by different components of biodiversity. Oikos e09699.
  6. Vaughn, S.N.*, C.L. Atkinson, P.D. Johnson, C.R. Jackson. 2023. Characterizing the gut microbial communities of native and invasive freshwater bivalves after long-term sample preservation. Microorganisms 11:2489. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11102489.
  7. Sánchez González, I.*, G.W. Hopper, J.R. Bucholz*, M.E. Kubala*, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. Niche specialization and community niche space increase with species richness in filter-feeder assemblages. Ecosphere DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4495
  8. Atkinson, C.L., A.J. Shogren, C.R. Smith*, S.W. Golladay. 2023. Water availability and seasonality shape elemental stoichiometry across space and time. Ecological Applications e2842.
  9. Hauck, L., C.L. Atkinson, J. Homyack, B. Penaluna, C. Mangum, A. Coble, J. Nettles, J. Thornton-Frost, M. Fix. 2023. Molecular identity crisis: environmental DNA metagenomics meets traditional taxonomy - assessing biodiversity and freshwater mussel populations (Unionidae) in Alabama. PeerJ 11:e15127 
  10. Atkinson, C.L., G.W. Hopper, D.A. Kreeger, J. Lopez, A.N. Maine, B.J. Sansom, A. Schwalb, C.C. Vaughn. 2023. Gains and gaps in knowledge surrounding freshwater mollusk ecosystem services. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 26:20-31.
  11. van Ee, B.C.*, P.D. Johnson, and C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Thermal sensitivity modulates temporal patterns of ecosystem functioning by freshwater mussels. Freshwater Biology 67:2064-2077
  12. Lopez, J.W., T.P. DuBose, A.J. Franzen, C.L. Atkinson, C.C. Vaughn. 2022. Long-term monitoring shows that drought sensitivity and riparian land use change coincide with freshwater mussel declines. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32:1571-1583.
  13. Smith*, C.S., S.W. Golladay, B.A. Clayton, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Litter breakdown among intermittently connected and unconnected geographically isolated wetlands: How nutrient inputs alter wetland function. Wetlands 42:57
  14. Hopper, G.W., J.K. Buchanan**, I. Sánchez González*, M.E. Kubala*, J.R. Bucholz*, M.B. Lodato*, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Little clams with big potential: nutrient release by Corbicula fluminea can exceed co-occurring freshwater mussel (Unionidae) assemblages. Biological Invasions 24:2529–2545. 
  15. Lawson*, L.A., C.L. Atkinson, C.R Jackson. 2022. The gut microbiome of the Threeridge mussel, Amblema plicata, varies between rivers but shows a consistent core community. Freshwater Biology 67: 1125-1136.
  16. Chiarello M., J. Bucholz*, M. McCauley, S. Vaughn, G.W. Hopper, C.L. Atkinson, J.D. Lozier, and C.R. Jackson. 2022. The invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea has a diverse microbiome, distinct from but potentially influenced by co-occurring native freshwater mussels. Frontiers in Microbiology 13. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.800061
  17. Kelley, T.E.**, G.W. Hopper, I. Sanchez-Gonzalez*, J.R. Bucholz*, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Identifying drivers of distribution patterns of invasive Corbicula fluminea and native freshwater mussels (Unionidae) across spatial scales. Ecology & Evolution 12: e8737. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8737
  18. Ferreira-Rodriguez, N. M. Gangloff, G. Shafer*, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Drivers of ecosystem vulnerability to Corbicula invasions in southeastern North America. Biological Invasions. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02751-4
  19. Atkinson, C.L. and K.J. Forshay. 2022. Patch-dynamics governs direct and indirect nutrient recycling by aggregated animals across spatial scales. Functional Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13982.
  20. Neely, W.J.*, S.E. Greenspan*, L. Stahl*, S.D. Heraghty*, V. Marshall*, C.L. Atkinson, C.G. Becker. 2021. Habitat disturbance linked with microbiome dispersion and Bd dynamics in temperate amphibians. Microbial Ecology doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01897-3
  21. Atkinson, C.L., D.D. Knapp*, L.L. Smith. 2021. Long-term patterns of amphibian diversity, abundance and nutrient export from small, isolated wetlands. Diversity 13:598. *Special Issue Amphibian Ecology in Geographically Isolated Wetlands. Open Access.​
  22. Hopper, G.W., G. Dickinson**, and C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Associations among elements in freshwater mussel shells (Unionidae) and their relation to morphology and life history. Freshwater Biology 66:1980-1991
  23. O’Donnell, F., M. Fisher, and C.L. Atkinson. 2021. A participatory approach for balancing accuracy and complexity in modeling resilience and robustness. Integrative and Comparative Biology: icab170​
  24. Hopper, G.W., S. Chen, I. Sanchez Gonzalez*, J. Bucholz*, Y. Lu, and C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Freshwater mussel assemblage structure influences the stoichiometry and composition of excreted energy and nutrients. Functional Ecology 35:1183-1195.
  25. Knapp, D.D.*, L.L. Smith, and C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Development and life-history traits affect larval anuran stoichiometry: understanding the role of larval anurans in wetland nutrient storage. Ecosphere. ​Free Text Online.
  26. ​Sánchez González, I. *, G.W. Hopper, J. Bucholz*, and C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Long-term monitoring reveals asymmetric responses of mussel and host fish communities in a biodiversity hotspot. Diversity. *Special issue on Freshwater Mollusk Conservation.​ Open Access.
  27. Nickerson, Z.L.*, P.A.M. Green**, L.N. Shouse**, C.L. Atkinson. Accepted. Enhanced species richness of functionally similar stream consumers results in higher ecological function. Freshwater Science. 
  28. McCauley, M., M. Chiarello, C.L. Atkinson, C. Jackson. 2021. Gut microbiomes of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) are taxonomically and phylogenetically variable across years, but remain functionally stable Microorganisms 9:411.
  29. Atkinson, C.L., H.M. Halvorson, K.A. Kuehn, M. Winebarger, A. Hamid**, M.N. Waters. 2021. Filter-feeders have differential bottom-up impacts on green and brown food webs. Oecologia 195:187-198.
  30. Pennock, C.A., P. Budy, C.L. Atkinson, and N. Barrett. 2021. Effects of increased temperature on arctic fish is mediated by food availability: Implications for climate change. Freshwater Biology 66:549-561.
  31. Atkinson, C.L., B.C. van Ee*, J. Pfeiffer. 2020. Evolutionary history drives stoichiometric niche variation within a single guild. Ecology 101:e3101.
  32. Atkinson, C.L., T.B. Parr, B.C. van Ee*, D.D. Knapp*, M. Winebarger*, K.J. Madoni*, W.R. Haag. 2020. Scaling benthic biomass: Length-mass equations for estimating function in freshwater unionid mussel communities. Freshwater Science 39:377-390.
  33. Aceves, A.K.*, C.K. Arias, P.D. Johnson, C.L. Atkinson, B.C. van Ee*, S.A. Bullard. 2020. Characterization of the digestive gland microbiome of the Ohio Pigtoe, Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820): evidence on artificial mesocosms inducing dysbiosis. Journal of Molluscan Studies: eyaa024
  34. van Ee, B.C.*, Z.L. Nickerson*, C.L. Atkinson. 2020. Picky pigs prefer pigtoes: Feeding selection by feral pigs in freshwater mussel communities. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation and Biology 23:92-98.
  35. Nickerson, Z.L.*, B. Mortazavi, C.L. Atkinson. 2020. Using functional traits to assess the influence of burrowing bivalves on nitrogen-removal in streams. Biogeochemistry ​146:125-143. Link.
  36. Weingarten, E.A., C.L. Atkinson, C.R. Jackson. 2019. The gut microbiome of freshwater Unionidae mussels is determined by host species and is selectively retained from filtered seston. PLoS One 14: e0224796.
  37. Halvorson, H.M. and C.L. Atkinson. 2019. Egestion versus excretion: A meta-analysis examining nutrient release rates and ratios across freshwater fauna. Diversity 11:189. *lnvited Ecological Stoichiometry Issue submission
  38. DuBose, T.P.*, C.L. Atkinson, C.C. Vaughn, S.W. Golladay. 2019. Drought-induced, punctuated loss of freshwater bivalves leads to short-term increases, but long-term decreases in ecosystem function. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:274.
  39. McLeay, S.M.*, L.L. Smith, C.L. Atkinson. 2019. The stoichiometry of larval anuran development. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 34:497-512. PDF.
  40. Atkinson, C.L., A. Alexiades, K.L. MacNeill, A.C. Encalada, A.S. Flecker. 2019. Nutrient regeneration by insect and fish communities in high elevation tropical streams. Hydrobiologia 838:13-28. ^Cover article PDF.
  41. Atkinson, C.L., B.C. van Ee*, Y. Lu, and W. Zhong. 2019. Wetland floodplain flux: Temporal and spatial availability of organic matter and dissolved nutrients in an unmodified river. Biogeochemistry 142:395-411. PDF.
  42. Smith, L.L., A.L. Subalusky, C.L. Atkinson, J.E. Earl, D.M. Mushet, D.E. Scott, S.L. Lance, and S.A. Johnson. 2019. Biological connectivity of seasonally ponded wetlands across spatial and temporal scales. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 55: 334-353. ​^Invited Review. PDF.
  43. Pfeiffer, J., C.L. Atkinson, A. Sharpe, K.A. Capps, K. Emery, and L. Page. 2019. Phylogenetic analysis of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zoologica Scripta 48:106-117
  44. ​Hopper, G.W., K.B. Gido, C.C. Vaughn, T.B. Parr, T.G. Popejoy, K.K. Gates, and C.L. Atkinson. 2018. Comparing fish and mussel communities as biogeochemical hotspots. Oecologia 188:1133-1144. DOI:10.1007/s00442-018-4277-1
  45. Larson, E.I., N.L. Poff, C.L. Atkinson, and A.S. Flecker. 2018. Extreme non-seasonal flood disturbance decreases stream consumer autochthony. Freshwater Biology 63:1483-1497. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13177
  46. Atkinson, C.L., A.C. Encalada, A.T. Rugenski, S.A. Thomas, A. Landeira-Dabarca, N.L. Poff, and A.S. Flecker. 2018. Determinants of food resource assimilation by stream insects along a tropical elevation gradient. Oecologia 187:731-744. PDF.
  47. Atkinson, C.L., B.J. Sansom, C.C. Vaughn, and K.J. Forshay. 2018. Consumer aggregations drive nutrient dynamics and ecosystem metabolism in nutrient-limited systems. Ecosystems e21:521-535. LINK
  48. Trentman, M.T., C.L. Atkinson, and J.D. Brant. 2018. Native freshwater mussel effects on nitrogen cycling: Impacts of nutrient limitation and biomass dependency. Freshwater Science 37:276-286. 
  49. ​Castro, A.J., C. Quintas-Soriano, J. Brandt, C.V. Baxter, B. Martin López, M. Garcia-Llorente, J.P. Julian, C.C. Vaughn, C.L. Atkinson, H. Liao, B. Egoh, K. Running, M. Burnham, and BA. Norström.  2018. Applying place-based social-ecological research to address water scarcity: insights for future research. Sustainability 10:1516. LINK
  50. Atkinson, C.L., D.C. Allen, L. Davis, and Z.L. Nickerson*. 2018. Incorporating ecogeomorphic feedbacks to better understand resiliency in streams: a review and directions forward. Geomorphology: 305:123-140. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.016. +Special Issue: Resilience and Bio-Geomorphic Systems (as part of the Binghampton Symposium). Link
  51. Atkinson, C.L., K.A. Capps, A.T. Rugenski, and M.J. Vanni. 2017. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems: from individuals to ecosystems. Biological Reviews 92:2003-2023. Link.
  52. Smith, L.L., A.L. Subalusky, C.L. Atkinson, and L.K. Kirkman. 2017. Geographically Isolated Wetlands: Embedded Habitats in Longleaf Pine Forests. Pp. 153-171, In: Ecology and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  53. Atkinson, C.L., L.L. Smith, and S.W. Golladay. 2017. Larval anuran stable isotope signatures and stoichiometry across multiple geographically isolated wetlands in the southeastern United States. Southeastern Naturalist 16:87-104. PDF.
  54. Atkinson, C.L. and J.T. Cooper. 2016. Benthic algal community composition across a watershed: coupling processes between land and water. Aquatic Ecology 50: 315-326.  PDF. 
  55. Castro, A.J., C.C. Vaughn, M. Garcia-Llorente, and C.L. Atkinson. 2016. Willingness to pay for ecosystem services among stakeholder groups in a South Central U.S. watershed with regional conflict. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 142: 05016006. PDF.
  56. Sansom, B., C.L. Atkinson, and C.C. Vaughn. 2016. Growth and longevity estimates for mussel populations in three Ouachita Mountain Rivers. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 19:19-26. PDF.
  57. Sitters, J., C.L. Atkinson, N. Guelzow, P. Kelly, and L.L. Sullivan. 2015. Spatial stoichiometry: cross-ecosystem material flows and their impact on recipient ecosystems and organisms. Oikos 124:920-930. *Written as a part of Woodstoich III. PDF.​
  58. Vaughn, C.C., C.L. Atkinson, and J.P. Julian. 2015. Multiple droughts lead to long-term losses in mussel-provided ecosystem services. Ecology and Evolution 5:1291-1305. Link.
  59. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, and A.T. Rugenski. 2015. Implications of species addition and species loss on nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Science 34: 485-496. Link. 
  60. Atkinson, C.L. and C.C. Vaughn. 2015. Temporal and spatial scaling of the impact of freshwater mussels on ecosystem function. Freshwater Biology 60: 563-574. *Special Issue: Synthesizing Ecosystem-Level Effects of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Dynamics in Fresh Waters. PDF.
  61. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, and A.T. Rugenski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 60: 439-442. *Special Issue: Synthesizing Ecosystem-Level Effects of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Dynamics in Fresh Waters. PDF.
  62. Atkinson, C.L., J.P. Julian, and C.C. Vaughn. 2014. Species and function lost: interaction between drought and land cover. Biological Conservation 176:30-38. Link
  63. Atkinson, C.L., J.F. Kelly, and C.C. Vaughn. 2014. Tracing consumer-derived nitrogen in riverine food webs. Ecosystems 17:485-496. Link. ​
  64. Atkinson, C.L., A.D. Christian, D.E. Spooner, and C.C. Vaughn. 2014. Long-lived organisms provide an integrative footprint of agricultural land use. Ecological Applications 24:375-384. PDF.
  65. Atkinson, C.L., C.C. Vaughn, K.J. Forshay, and J.T. Cooper. 2013. Aggregated filter-feeding consumers alter nutrient limitation – Consequences for ecosystem and community dynamics. Ecology 94:1359-1369. PDF         
  66. Atkinson, C.L. 2013. A comprehensive review of North America’s most imperiled faunal group: setting the framework for new hypotheses. Invited review, Ecology 94:2657-2658.
  67. Atkinson, C.L. 2013. Razor-backed musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) diet across a zone of invasion. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8:561-570. PDF
  68. Atkinson, C.L. 2013. Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed musk turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43:639-640. PDF
  69. Atkinson, C.L., J.P. Julian, and C.C. Vaughn. 2012. Scale dependent longitudinal patterns in mussel community composition. Freshwater Biology 57:2272-2284. PDF
  70. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski, C. Baxter, K.S. Boersma, C.C. Carey, P.B. McIntyre, J.W. Moore, W.H. Nowlin, C.C. Vaughn. 2012. Impacts of Species Addition and Species Loss on Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Systems. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93: 402-408. PDF
  71. Atkinson, C.L., S.W. Golladay, and M.R. First. 2011. Water quality and planktonic microbial assemblages of isolated wetlands in an agricultural landscape. Wetlands 35:885-894. PDF
  72. Atkinson, C.L., M.R. First, A.P. Covich, S.P. Opsahl, and S.W. Golladay. 2011. Suspended material availability and filtration-biodeposition processes performed by native and invasive bivalve species in streams. Hydrobiologia 667:191-204. PDF
  73. Atkinson, C.L., S.P. Opsahl, A.P. Covich, S.W. Golladay, and L.M. Conner. 2010. Stable isotopic signatures, tissue stoichiometry, and nutrient cycling (C and N) of a native and invasive bivalve. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:496-505. PDF
  74. Atkinson, C.L., S.W. Golladay, S.P. Opsahl, and A.P. Covich. 2009. Stream discharge and floodplain connections affect seston quality and stable isotopic signatures in a coastal plain stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:360-370. PDF​
  75. Sterrett, S.C., L.L. Smith, M.B. Howze, A.M. Heupel and C.L. Atkinson. 2008. Pseudemys concinna (Eastern River Cooter) movement.Herpetological Review 39:464.