Publications

Atkinson, CL, AJ Franzen, GW Hopper, JW Lopez, ZD Zbinden, CC Vaughn. (2025). Environmental gradients drive convergence in life history strategies among disparate but coevolved taxonomic groups. Ecology. 106 (12), e70273. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70273.

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.