Publications
2025
2024
Perez Rocha, M., K. Cottenie, K. Clein, L. Elkins, R. Mangold, W. Nowlin, J. S. Perkin, K. Wright, and A. N. Schwalb. 2024. Using a nested sampling design across spatial scales to gain insights into distribution patterns of fishes, mussels and macroinvertebrates in a riverine system. Journal of Biogeography 51(12): 2456-2468. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15003
Cushway, K. C., Harris, A. E., Piercy, C. D., Mitchell*, Z. A., and A. N. Schwalb. 2024. Go with the flow: impacts of high and low flow conditions on freshwater mussel assemblages and distribution. PLOS One 19.2, e0296861. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296861
Cushway, K. C., and A. N. Schwalb. 2024. When rivers run dry: perennial pools as ecological refuges for freshwater mussels during drought. Freshwater Biology 69:226-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14206
Cushway, K. C., Geist, J., & Schwalb, A. N. (2024). Surviving global change: a review of the impacts of drought and dewatering on freshwater mussels. Biological Reviews, 100, 275-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13142
K.E. Perez, V. Cantu, V. Saenz, R. Gibson, P. Duncan, B.T. Hutchins (2024). Invertebrate diversity from deep wells of the southern boundary of the Edwards Aquifer of south-central Texas. Texas Journal of Science 76(1): article 2. https://doi.org/10.32011/txjsci_76_1_Article2
Santee, N.S., K.W. Conway, W.H. Nowlin, D. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. (2024). Alterations to water quality and quantity elicit similar stream fish functional trait responses in three North American rivers. Ecological Indicators 169:112917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112917
Stancheva, R., Cantonati, M., Manoylov, K., Furey, P. C., Cahoon, A. B., Jones, R. C., Gillevet, P., Amsler, C. D., Wehr, J. D., Salerno, J. L., Krueger-Hadfield, S. A. (2024). The Importance of Integrating Phycological Research, Teaching, Outreach, and Engagement in a Changing World. Journal of Phycology, 60, 1335–1348. https://doi. org/10.1111/jpy.13507
Bowles, D.H., and W.H. Nowlin. 2023. Ecology of aquatic invertebrates in springs and headwater streams: imperiled habitats in a changing world. Hydrobiology 2:463-466. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2030030
Mitchell, Z., K. Cottenie, and A.N. Schwalb. 2023. Trait-based and multi-scale approach provides insight on responses of freshwater mussels to environmental heterogeneity. Ecosphere 14(7): e4533. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4533
Perez, K.E., R. Castañeda, Y. Guerrero, P. Diaz, R. Gibson, B. Schwartz, and B. Hutchins. 2023. Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity Aquifers, Texas. Subterranean Biology 47: 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.47.113186
Perez Rocha, M., K. Cottenie, T. Morris, A.N. Schwalb. 2023. Limitations of beta diversity in conservation site selection. Ecological Indicators 154: 110732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110732
Evans, H. A., Booknis, M. I., Santee, N. S., Mangold, R. D., Roberts, H. C., Wolff, J. P., Ellard, J. K., Smith, D., & Perkin, J. S. (2023). Mesohabitat and macroecological correlates for blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) occurrence in regulated rivers. River Research and Applications 39:2102-2109. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4205
2023
DiNicola, M., C. L. Riggins, C. Garoutte, B. M. Crookstone, & B. A. Lane. (in review). Using 3D printed replicates to assess subadult freshwater mussel mobilization thresholds in a flume.
Austin-Bingamon, E., B. Schwartz, B. Hutchins, & S. Alman. (in review). Classifying flow regime by modelling hydrological indices at ungauged stream segments.
Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B., and Külköylüoğlu, O. (in review). The conservation status of Texas groundwater ostracods. Texas Journal of Science.
Perez, K.E., Saenz, V., Gonzales, L., Guerrero, E., Diaz, P., Hutchins, B.T., & Schwartz, B.F. 2025. New and revised groundwater snails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) from karst and associated hyporheic habitats in western Texas and northern Mexico. Subterranean Biology 50: 1119-151. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.50.138174
DiNicola, M., Riggins, C., Garouette, C., Crookston, B., & Lane, B. (in review) Using 3D printed replicates to assess subadult freshwater mussel mobilization thresholds in a flume, Journal of Ecohydraulics.
Wright, K.L.M., P. Nair, T.M. Swannack, & Nowlin, W.H. (In review). Assessing drivers of spatial variation in macroinvertebrate community structure in spring-fed subtropical rivers. Aquatic Ecology.
Publications
2024
Determan, Kiarra. “BENTHIC MACROINVERTABRATE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS: TESTING PREDICTIONS OF THE STREAM BIOME GRADIENT CONCEPT”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.
Krellenstein, Eleanor. “ASSESING THE DISTRIBUTION AND SURVIVAL OF MUSSEL COMMUNITIES IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN, TEXAS AFTER EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.
Sams, Miranda. “PATTERNS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION IN A SPATIALLY COMPLEX BASIN: tAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIT APPROACHES”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.
Austin-Bingamon, Eryl E. "HYPORHEIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AS A FUNCTION OF FLOW REGIME IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, TX." MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Cushway, Kiara. “GO WITH THE FLOW: IMPACTS OF HIGH AND LOW FLOW CONDITIONS ON FRESHWATER MUSSEL ASSEMBLAGES AND DISTRIBUTION.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Lorkovic, Emily. “TWO INVADERS, ONE ECOSYSTEM: EXPLORING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DREISSENA POLYMORPHA AND HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Martinski, Meghan E. “CHOOSING SIDES: FRESHWATER MUSSELS VARY ALONG A GRADIENT OF SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE AND MOBILITY IN A BEHAVIORAL CHOICE EXPERIMENT.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Pustka, Lucas. "RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ECOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL FACTORS TO GENETIC VARIATION AMONG HYPORHEIC POPULATIONS OF LIRCEOLUS SPP. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS." MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Rodriguez, Jasmine. “TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AFFECT MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN INMATURE SHARKS IN TEXAS BAYS”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
Santee, Noah. “DETERMINING STREAM FISH TRAIT- ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS SYSTEMS, SCALES, AND FORMS OF ALTERATION”. MS Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2023.
Sparks, Kenneth. “DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE OF STYGOBIONTS IN HYPORHEIC SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM OF KARST SPRINGS.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023
Sweet, Ethan. “HYPORHEIC ZONE HYDRODYNAMICS, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SAN SABA RIVER, TEXAS”. MS Thesis, University of Tennesse, 2023.
2022
2023
Theses
Elkins, Lindsey. “ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL REGULATORS OF FISH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND POPULATION SIZE IN SEMI-ARID RIVERSCAPES.” MS Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2022.
Stehle, Matthew R. “SEASONAL INFLUENCE OF LIGHT AVAILABILITY ON METABOLISM IN AN URBAN, SPRING-FED RIVER.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2022.
Wright, Kirby L. “SPATIAL VARIATION IN MACROINVERTEBRATES IN GROUNDWATER-DOMINATED RIVERS: IS COMMUNITY COMPOSITION EXPLAINED BY DISCRETE OR CONTINOUS RIVERINE MODELS?” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.
2022
Elkins, L.C., R. Mangold, M. Perez Rocha, A. Schwalb, B. Schwartz, W.H. Nowlin, K. Cottenie, C. Saltus, R. Johansen, D. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. 2023. Testing the cold-water climate shield model with stream fishes in the middle Colorado River of Texas. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas. February 24, 2023. (oral)
Santee, N.S., K.W. Conway, W.H. Nowlin, D. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. 2023. Testing responsiveness of stream fish functional traits to anthropogenic riverscape alterations. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas. February 24, 2023. (oral)
Santee, N.S., K.W. Conway, W.H. Nowlin, D. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. 2023. Testing responsiveness of stream fish functional traits to anthropogenic riverscape alterations. Texas A&M University Ecological Integration Symposium. College Station, Texas. March 31, 2023. (oral)
Santee, N.S., K.W. Conway, W.H. Nowlin, D. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. 2023. Testing responsiveness of stream fish functional traits to anthropogenic riverscape alterations. Abstract accepted for National American Fisheries Society Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 22, 2023. (oral)
Mierzejewski, C., B. Schwartz, B. Hutchins, G. Menichino, A. Casarez, E. Austin-Bingamon, K. Sparks, L. Pustka. 2023. Hyporheic exchange in Texas rivers: links between fluxes and invertebrate richness and diversity. Geological Society of America, Connects Meeting. October 15-18, 2023. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Austin-Bingamon, E., B. Schwartz, B. Hutchins, S. Altman, L. Pustka, K. Sparks, C. Miezerjewski, A. Casarez. 2023. Interpolating flow regime at ungaged sites to assess relationships with the hyporheic invertebrate community. Geological Society of America, Connects Meeting. October 15-18, 2023. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sweet, E., A. S. Engel, A. T. Paterson, H. Rigoni, G. Menichino, A. Cottrell, B. Hutchins, B. Schwartz. 2023. Couple biogeochemical cycling and hydrogeologic processes in the hyporheic zone of the San Saba River, Texas. Geological Society of America, Joint Southeastern & Northeastern Section Meeting. March 17-19, 2023. Reston, Virginia.
Pustka, L. 2023. Isopods: There's more than meets the eye! Cryptic diversity within the genus Lirceolus. Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum. October 20, 2023. Virtual
Sparks, K. Distribution and occurrence of stygobionts in hyporheic systems downstream of karst regions. Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum. October 20, 2023. Virtual
Austin-Bingamon, E. Hyporheic invertebrate community composition as a function of flow regime in the Colorado River Basin, TX. Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum. October 20, 2023. Virtual
2023
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Presentations
Schwartz, B. S., B. Hutchins, A. Cottrell, K. Perez, A. Engel, E. Sweet, A. Paterson, P. H. Diaz, A. Swink. 2022. Hyporheic stygobiont diversity and distribution in Texas, USA. National Speleological Society Annual Convention, Biospeleology Section. June 16, 2022. Rapid City, South Dakota.
Perkin, J.S., L.C. Elkins, R. Mangold, M. Perez Rocha, A. Schwalb, B. Schwartz, W.H. Nowlin, K. Cottenie, C. Saltus, R. Johansen, and D. Smith. 2022. Fish Assemblage Structure Along an Existing Aridity Gradient Mirrors Future Assemblage Projections Under Climate Change Scenarios. Desert Fishes Council Meeting, St. George, Utah. November 18, 2022. (oral)
Perez Rocha, M., A. Schwalb, J. Perkin, B. Schwartz, W.H. Nowlin, K. Cottenie. 2022. Differential responses of riverine communities to environmental heterogeneity: a multi-taxon approach across different spatial scales. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting – Grand Rapids, Michigan (oral)
Ramey, T.R., C. Ortega-Rodriguez, M.M. Chumchal, T. Swannack, and W.H. Nowlin. 2022. Using methylmercury to examine fluxes in riparian food webs: tales of an atypical tracer. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting – Grand Rapids, Michigan (oral)
Ramey, T.R., C. Ortega-Rodriguez, M.M. Chumchal, T. Swannack, and W.H. Nowlin. 2022. Using methylmercury to examine fluxes in riparian food webs: tales of an atypical tracer. South Central Regional SETAC Meeting – Corpus Christi, Texas (oral)
Nowlin, W.H., M. Stehle, and T. Swannack. 2022. Assessing effects of seasonal variation in light on ecosystem functioning in a thermally stable spring ecosystem. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting – Grand Rapids, Michigan (oral)