Publications
*, †, ‡ and § denote PhD, Masters, undergraduates and technicians in my lab, respectively
Riggins, CL, JS Perkin, WH Nowlin, and KK Smith. 2025. Population ecology and life history of Macrobranchium carcinus Linnaeus, 1758 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in a sping-fed, headwaters river of central Texas, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 45.
McCormack, MA, WH Nowlin, and J Dutton. 2022. Effect of trophic position on mercury concentrations in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops trancatus) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Research. 204:112-124.
Nair, P*, PH Diaz, and WH Nowlin. 2021. Interactions at surface – subterranean ecotones: structure and function of food webs within spring orifices. Oecologia. 196: 235-248.
Rodibaugh, KR†, JC Becker*, G Timmins§, and WH Nowlin. 2020.Physicochemical and carbon quantity–quality gradients equally influence bacterial carbon metabolism across an arid riverscape. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 54:677-696.
Nair, P*, M Huertas, and WH Nowlin. 2020. Metabolic responses to long-term food depravation in subterranean and surface amphipods. Subterranean Biology. 33:1-15.
Nair, P*, MA Worsham§, MA, AH Everett†, R Gibson, and WH Nowlin. 2019. Sexual dimorphism in three species of Heterelmis Sharp (Coleoptera: Elmidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 73:1075-1083.
Ortega-Rodriguez, C; MM Chumchal, RW Drenner, J Kennedy, WH Nowlin, B Barst, D Polk, M Hall, E Williams, K Lauck, A Santa-Rios, and N Basu. 2019. Relationship between methyl mercury contamination and proportion of aquatic and terrestrial prey in diets of seven taxa of shoreline spiders. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Zawalski, R†, WH Nowlin, A Grubh, K Cottenie, and AN Schwalb. 2018. Distinctive macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical river network. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 34:135-150.
Olson, J, J Robertson, TM Swannack, RF McMahon, WH Nowlin, and AN Schwalb. 2018. Dispersal of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) downstream of an invaded reservoir. Aquatic Invasions. 13:199-209.
Becker, JC*, KJ Rodibaugh†, D Hahn, and WH Nowlin. 2017. Bacterial carbon metabolism and biogeography in a sub-tropical riverscape. Hydrobiologia. 792:209-226.
Hutchins, BT, AS Engel, WH Nowlin, and BF Schwartz. 2016. Chemolithoautotrophy supports subterranean food webs and affects diversity and stability in groundwater communities. Ecology. 97:1530-1542.
Diaz, PH†, MRJ Forstner, and WH Nowlin. 2015. Survey of aquatic macroinvertebrates of a national wetland area in Bastrop County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science. 64:57-72.
Diaz, PH†, JN Fries, TH Bonner, MA Alexander, and WH Nowlin. 2015. Mesohabitat associations of the threatened San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana) across its geographic range. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 25:307-321.
Datri†, CW, CL Pray†, Y Zhang, and WH Nowlin. 2015. Nutrient enrichment scarcely affects ecosystem impacts of a non-native herbivore in a spring-fed river. Freshwater Biology. 60:551-562. (Special Issue: Synthesizing Ecosystem-Level Effects of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Dynamics in Fresh Waters).
Hutchins, BT, BF Schwartz and WH Nowlin. 2014, Morphological and trophic specialization in a subterranean amphipod assemblage. Freshwater Biology. 59:2447-2461.
Becker, JC*, KJ Rodibaugh†, BJ Labay, TH Bonner, Y Zhang, and WH Nowlin. 2014. Physiographic gradients determine nutrient concentrations more than land use in a Gulf Slope (USA) river system. Freshwater Science. 33:731-744.
Brown, DJ, WH Nowlin, E Ozel, I Mali, D Episcopo, MC Jones, and MRJ Forstner. 2013. Comparison of short term low, moderate, and high severity fire impacts to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem components of a couthern USA mixed pine/hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 312:179-192.
Jones, TA, MM Chumchal, RW Drenner, GN Timmins§, and WH Nowlin. 2013. Bottom-up nutrient and top-down fish impacts on contaminant flux from aquatic ecosystems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 32:1-7.
Capps, KA, CL Atkinson, A Rugetski, C Baxter, KS Boersma, CC Carey, PB McIntyre, JW Moore, WH Nowlin, and CC Vaughn. 2012. Organized oral session: Impacts of species addition and species loss on ecosystem function in freshwater systems. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 93:402-408.
Brown, DR, B DeVolld, WH Nowlin, and MR Forstner. 2012. Ants in Houston toad habitat: annual activity and responses to canopy cover and fire. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 3:870-876.
Scott, SE, CL Pray†, WH Nowlin, and Y Zhang. 2012. Effects of native and introduced consumers on stream ecosystem function. Aquatic Sciences. 74:793-808.
Henderson, BL, MM Chumchal, RW Drenner, PH Diaz†, and WH Nowlin. 2012. Mercury contamination of macroinvertebrates from grassland ponds with and without fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 31:870-876.
Becker, JC*, AW Groeger, WH Nowlin, MM Chumchal, and D Hahn. 2011. Spatial variability in the speciation and bioaccumulation of mercury in an arid subtropical reservoir ecosystem. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30:2300-2311.
Pound, KL, TH Bonner, WH Nowlin, and DG Huffman. 2011. Trophic ecology of a nonnative population of suckermouth catfishes (Hypostomus) in a central Texas spring-fed stream. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 90:277-285.
Davies JM, WH Nowlin, B Matthews, and A Mazumder. 2010. Temporal discontinuity of nutrient limitation in plankton communities. Aquatic Sciences. 72:393-402.
Smith, A†, A Abuzeineh*, MM Chumchal, TH Bonner, and WH Nowlin. 2010. Mercury contamination of the fish community of a semi-arid and arid river system: Spatial variation and the influence of environmental gradients. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 29:1762-1772.
Caston CB†, WH Nowlin, A Gaulke, and MJ Vanni. 2009. The relative importance of heterotrophic bacteria to pelagic ecosystem dynamics varies with reservoir trophic state. 2009. Limnology and Oceanography 54:2143-2156.
Pray, CL*, WH Nowlin, and MJ Vanni. 2009. Deposition and decomposition of periodical cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in woodland aquatic systems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:181-195.
Nowlin, WH, MJ Vanni and LH Yang. 2008. Comparing resource pulses in aquatic and terrestrial systems. Ecology 89:647-659.
Nowlin, WH, MJ González, MHH Stevens, MJ Vanni, MW Fields and JJ Valente. 2007.Allochthonous subsidy of periodical cicadas affects dynamics and stability of pond communities. Ecology 88:2174-2186.
Nowlin, WH, J-M Davies and A Mazumder. 2007. Planktonic phosphorus pool sizes and cycling efficiency in coastal and interior British Columbia lakes. Freshwater Biology 52: 860-877.
Nowlin, WH, RW Drenner, KR Guckenberger, M Lauden, T Alonso, JE Fennell and JL Smith. 2006. Gape limitation, prey size refuges and the top-down impacts of piscivorous largemouth bass in shallow pond ecosystems. Hydrobiologia 563: 357-369.
Chumchal, M, WH Nowlin, RW Drenner and S Mann. 2005. Biomass-dependent effects of common carp on water quality in shallow ponds. Hydrobiologia 545: 271-277.
Nowlin, WH, JL Evarts and MJ Vanni. 2005. Release rates and potential fates of nitrogen and phosphorus from sediments in a eutrophic reservoir. Freshwater Biology 50: 301-322.
Davies, J-M, WH Nowlin and A Mazumder. 2004. Temporal changes in nitrogen and phosphorus co-deficiency in plankton in lakes of coastal and interior British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1538-1551.
Nowlin, WH, J-M Davies, RN Nordin and A Mazumder. 2004. Effects of water level fluctuation and short-term climate variation on thermal and stratification regimes of a British Columbia reservoir and lake. Lake and Reservoir Management 20: 91-109.
Davies, J-M, WH Nowlin and A Mazumder. 2004. Variation in temporal [14C] plankton photosynthesis among warm monomictic lakes of coastal British Columbia. Journal of Plankton Research 26: 763-778.
Nowlin, WH, and RW Drenner. 2000. Context-dependent effects of bluegill on experimental mesocosm communities. Oecologia 122: 421-426.
