WHNowlin CV (Most Recent)
Publications
*, †, ‡ and § denote PhD, Masters, undergraduates and technicians in my lab, respectively
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.