Publications
Student Poster Presentations
Salinity Effects on Macroinvertebrates within Erie County, Western New York
Society for Freshwater Science
Raliegh, NC, US - May 2017
Water Chemistry, Algal Enzyme Activity and Fatty Acid Concentration as Indicators of Water Quality of Erie County Streams
Northeast Algal Symposium
New Haven, CT, US - April 2018
Effects of Boat Traffic on Water Chemistry of Lake Erie
Northeast Algal Symposium
New Haven, CT, US - April 2018
The effects of methane-related disturbance on fatty acid profiles in lotic systems
Department of Natural Sciences
Amherst, NY, US - May 2021
Glyphosate's effect on TOC concentrations in aquatic habitats
Northeast Algal Symposium
Burlington, VT, US - April 2022
Identification and Characterization of HAB Bloom in Ellicott Creek
Northeast Algal Symposium
Burlington, VT, US - April 2022
Excess chloride impairs over-winter quality of stream algal assemblages
Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Grand Rapids, MI, US - May 2022
Interannual variation in streams impacted by road salt
Society for Freshwater Science
Philadelphia, PA, US - June 2024
Published Manuscripts
Whorley, S.B. 2024. Ruth Patrick Annotated Bibliography. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0253.
Mayle, C., J. Bieler, S.B. Whorley. 2023. Excess chloride and impervious surfaces reduces over-winter quality of stream algal assemblages. BIOS 94:85-93.
Weatherley, S., H. Laird, C. Gatley-Montross, S.B. Whorley. 2022. Effects of Roundup on benthic microbial assemblages. Ecologies 3:557-569.
Whorley, S.B., and J.D. Wehr. 2022. Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams. Freshwater Science 41:153-166.
Whorley, S.B., N.J. Smucker, A. Kuhn, and J.D. Wehr. 2019. Urbanisation alters fatty acids in stream food webs. Freshwater Biology DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13279.
Whorley, S.B., and J.D. Wehr. 2018. Multiyear patterns in benthic algal fatty-acid compounds under agricultural stress. Freshwater Science 37:534–550.
Whorley, S.B., and J.D. Wehr. 2016. Connecting algal taxonomic information to essential fatty acid content for stream bioassessment. Phycologia 55:531-542.
Whorley, S.B., and J.D. Wehr. 2016. Flood events can reduce key fatty acid content of early-stage benthic algal assemblages in an urban stream. Journal of Urban Ecology 2:1-12.
Smucker, N.J., A. Kuhn, M.A. Charpentier, C.J. Cruz, C.M. Elonen, S.B. Whorley, B.H. Hill, and J.D. Wehr. 2016. Quantifying urban watershed stressor gradients and evaluating how different land cover datasets affect stream management. Environmental Management 57:683-695
Francoeur, S. N., S. T. Rier, and S. B. Whorley. 2013. Methods for sampling and analyzing wetland algae. Chapter 1 in Wetland Techniques: Volume 2 Organisms (J. T. Anderson and C. A. Davis, eds.) pp 1-58
Whorley, S.B., and S.N. Francoeur. 2013. Active fluorimetry improves nutrient-diffusing substrata bioassay. Freshwater Science 32:108-115