Publications

Lopez, JW, CL Atkinson, CC Vaughn. (2025). Causes and consequences of long-term defaunation in multi-species aggregations: Species traits predict freshwater mussel declines and decreases in biogeochemical storage and recycling. Oecologia. 207(7), 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05755-8.

Lopez, JW, MB Lodato, TC Michael, LM Morris, CL Atkinson. (2025) A novel self-contained chamber design for conducting freshwater ecosystem experiments. Limnology & Oceanography: Methods. 23(7), 451–466. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10692. 

Lopez, JW, MB Lodato, CL Atkinson. (2025) Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits. Freshwater Science. 44(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1086/733812.

Brunetz, IA, JW Lopez, GW Hopper, I Sánchez González, CL Atkinson. (2025) Longevity, not stream flow, explains variation in freshwater mussel growth rates across four rivers. Freshwater Biology. 70(1), e14373. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14373.

Lopez, JW, CL Atkinson, AK Burrow, GW Hopper, WR Haag. (2024) Secondary production and biomass in mussel assemblages relate to species richness and stream size but not life history. Ecosphere. 15(7), e4934. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4934.

Lopez, JW, RN Harnett, TB Parr, & CC Vaughn. (2023) Ecosystem bioelement variability is associated with freshwater animal aggregations at the aquatic-terrestrial interface. Oecologia. 202, 795-806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05437-3.

Atkinson, CL, GW Hopper, DA Kreeger, JW Lopez, AN Maine, A Schwalb, CC Vaughn. (2023) Gains and gaps in knowledge surrounding freshwater mollusk ecosystem services. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Biology, 26(1), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.31931/fmbc-d-22-00002.

Lopez, JW, & CC Vaughn. (2023) Herbivore damage and riparian shade constrain biomass distribution in American water willow (Justicia americana). Aquatic Botany, 186, 103617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103617.

Lopez, JW, DC Allen, CC Vaughn. (2022) White-tailed deer consumption of emergent macrophytes mediates aquatic-to-terrestrial nutrient flows. Ecology and Evolution. 12(9), e9257. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9257.

Lopez, JW, TP DuBose, CC Vaughn, AJ Franzen, CL Atkinson. (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(10), 1571-1583. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3884.

Lopez, JW, & CC Vaughn. (2021) A review and evaluation of the effects of hydrodynamic variables on freshwater mussel communities. Freshwater Biology, 66, 1665-1679. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13784.

Lopez, JW, TB Parr, DC Allen, & CC Vaughn. (2020). Animal aggregations promote emergent aquatic plant production at the aquatic–terrestrial interface. Ecology, 101(10), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3126.