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Valentine, S., K. Bouska, and G. Whitledge. 2025. Identifying recruitment sources across trophic levels in a large river food web." Ecology and Evolution: 15.4 e71208. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71208
Valentine, S. and G. Whitledge. 2024. Spatial and ontogenetic patterns of the trophic ecology of two predatory species in a large river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish: e12814. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12814
*Stanley, A. S. Valentine, and C. F. Narr. 2024. Divvying up the pie: tissue nutrient content is related to its parasite load. Ecology and Evolution 14(5): e11122. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11122
Valentine, S. A., K. L. Bouska, and G. W. Whitledge. 2024. Network connectivity contributes to native small‐bodied fish assemblages in the Upper Mississippi River System. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14251
Abdul Razak, S., S. Valentine, T. Marsh, J. Bauman, N. Mohd-Assaad, and K. Scribner. 2022. Compositional dynamics of gastrointestinal tract microbiomes associated with dietary transition and feeding cessation in Lake Sturgeon larvae. Microorganisms 10 (1872):10.3390/microorganisms10091872. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091872
Valentine, S. and K. Kwasek. 2022. Feeding rate and protein quality differentially affect growth and feeding efficiency response variables of Zebrafish. Zebrafish 19 (3):0.1089/zeb.2022.0002. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2022.0002
T. Atwood#, S. Valentine#, E. Hammill, D. McCauley, E. Madin, K. Beard, and W. Pearse. 2020. Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles. Science Advances 6 (32): eabb8458. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8458
Waraniak, J., S. Valentine, and K. Scribner. 2017. Effects of changes in alternative prey densities on predation of drifting lake sturgeon larvae (Acipenser fulvescens). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 32 (1): 619-632. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2017.1375440
Valentine, S., J. Bauman, and K. Scribner. Effects of transitioning to alternative foods on hatchery-reared larval Lake Sturgeon body size and survival. North American Journal of Aquaculture 79: 275-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2017.1330788