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Journal Articles
Cross, W.F., J.M. Hood, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.R. Welter, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2022. Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. doi: 10.1002/lol2.10244 PDF
Wilmot, O.J., J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, and J.P. Benstead. 2021. Decomposing decomposition: isolating direct effects of temperature from other drivers of detrital processing. Ecology 102:e03467. PDF
Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2021. Flow is more important than temperature in driving patterns of organic matter storage and stoichiometry in stream ecosystems. Ecosystems 24:1317-1331. PDF
Benstead, J.P., W.F. Cross, V. Gulis, and A.D. Rosemond. 2021. Combined carbon flows through detritus, microbes, and animals in reference and experimentally enriched stream ecosystems. Ecology 102:e03279. PDF
Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Resource supply governs the apparent temperature dependence of animal production in stream ecosystems. Ecology Letters 23:1809-1819. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Contrasting responses of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) to experimental whole-stream warming. Freshwater Biology 65:1793-1805. PDF
Manning, D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, and J.S. Kominoski. 2020. Transport of N and P in U.S. streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate forms. Ecological Applications 30:e02130. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2020. Experimental N and P additions relieve stoichiometric constraints on organic-matter flows through five stream food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:1468-1481. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, A. Fitsum, A.D. Huryn, B.R. Kuhajda, C.L. Cox, and J.P. Benstead. 2020. Evolutionary history and sex are significant drivers of crayfish demography in resource-limited cave ecosystems. Evolutionary Ecology 34:235-255. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Thermal niche diversity and trophic redundancy combine to drive neutral effects of experimental warming on organic matter flux through a stream food web. Ecology 101:e02952. PDF
Tomczyk, N.J., A.D. Rosemond, P.M. Bumpers, C.S. Cummins, J.P. Benstead and S.J. Wenger. 2020. Ignoring temperature variance leads to underestimation of the temperature sensitivity of plant litter decomposition. Ecosphere 11:e03050. PDF
Huryn, A.D. and J.P. Benstead. 2019. Seasonal changes in light availability modify the temperature dependence of secondary production in an arctic stream. Ecology 100:e02690. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2019. Experimental N and P additions alter stream macroinvertebrate community composition via taxon-level responses to shifts in detrital resource stoichiometry. Functional Ecology 33:855-867. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, B.M. Huntsman, J.W. Edmonds, R.H. Findlay, and J.B. Wallace. 2018. Experimental detritus manipulations unite surface and cave stream ecosystems along a common energy gradient. Ecosystems 21:629-642. PDF
Hood, J.M., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, G.M. Gíslason, J.R. Junker, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, and C. Tran. 2018. Increased resource use efficiency amplifies positive response of aquatic primary production to experimental warming. Global Change Biology 24:1069-1084. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2018. Litter P content drives consumer production in detritus-based streams spanning an experimental N:P gradient. Ecology 99:347-359. PDF
Kominoski, J.S., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, and D.W.P. Manning. 2018. Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus additions increase rates of stream ecosystem respiration and carbon loss. Limnology and Oceanography 63:22-36. PDF
Manning D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, and J.S. Kominoski. 2018. Nutrients and temperature additively increase stream microbial respiration. Global Change Biology 24:e233-e247. PDF
Gulis, V., K.A. Kuehn, L.N. Schoettle, D. Leach, J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Rosemond. 2017. Changes in nutrient stoichiometry, elemental homeostasis and growth rate of aquatic litter-associated fungi in response to inorganic nutrient supply. The ISME Journal 11:2729-2739. PDF
Bumpers, P.M., A.D. Rosemond, J.C. Maerz, and J.P. Benstead. 2017. Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams increases energy flow to predators along greener food-web pathways. Freshwater Biology 62:1794-1805. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Shifts in community size structure drive temperature invariance of secondary production in a stream-warming experiment. Ecology 98:1797-1806. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Experimental whole-stream warming alters community size structure. Global Change Biology 23:2618-2628. PDF
Vanni, M.J., P.B. McIntyre, D.L. Arnott, J.P. Benstead and sixty-nine co-authors. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology 98:1475. PDF
Manning, D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, J.S. Kominoski, and J.C. Maerz. 2016. Convergence of detrital stoichiometry predicts thresholds of nutrient-stimulated breakdown in streams. Ecological Applications 26:1745-1757. PDF
Williamson, T.J., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, G.M. Gíslason, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, and J.R. Welter. 2016. Warming alters coupled carbon and nutrient cycles in experimental streams. Global Change Biology 22:2152-2164. PDF
Bumpers, P.M., J.C. Maerz, A.D. Rosemond, and J.P. Benstead. 2015. Salamander growth rates increase along an experimental stream phosphorus gradient. Ecology 96:2994-3004. PDF
Manning D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, J.S. Kominoski, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, and J.C. Maerz. 2015. Litter stoichiometry as a critical nexus for the effects of streamwater nutrients on detrital breakdown. Ecology 96:2214-2224. PDF
Kominoski, J.S., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, J.C. Maerz, and D.W.P. Manning. 2015. Low-to-moderate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations accelerate microbially driven litter breakdown rates. Ecological Applications 25:856-865. PDF
Welter, J.R., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, and T.J. Williamson. 2015. Does N2-fixation amplify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism? Ecology 96:603-610. PDF
Rosemond, A.D., J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, V. Gulis, J.S. Kominoski, D.W.P. Manning, K. Suberkropp, and J.B. Wallace. 2015. Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems. Science 347:1142-1145. PDF
Cross, W.F., J.M. Hood, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, and D. Nelson. 2015. Interactions between temperature and nutrients across levels of ecological organization. Global Change Biology 21:1025-1040. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., B.M. Huntsman, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead, and B.R. Kuhajda. 2014. Quantitative food web analysis supports the energy-limitation hypothesis in cave stream ecosystems. Oecologia 176:859-869. PDF
O’Gorman, E.J., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, B.D. Sigurdsson, and G. Woodward. 2014. Climate change and geothermal ecosystems: natural laboratories, sentinel systems, and future refugia. Global Change Biology 20:3291-3299. PDF
Huryn, A.D., J.P. Benstead and S.M. Parker. 2014. Seasonal changes in light availability modify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism in an arctic stream. Ecology 95:2826-2839. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.M. Hood, N.V. Whelan, M.R. Kendrick, D. Nelson, A.F. Hanninen, and L.M. Demi. 2014. Coupling of dietary phosphorus and growth across diverse fish taxa: a meta-analysis of experimental aquaculture studies. Ecology 95:2768-2777. PDF
Starr, S.M., J.P. Benstead, and R.A. Sponseller. 2014. Spatial and temporal organisation of macroinvertebrate assemblages in a lowland floodplain ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 29:1017-1031. PDF
Kendrick, M.R. and J.P. Benstead. 2013. Temperature and nutrient availability interact to mediate growth and body stoichiometry in a detritivorous stream insect. Freshwater Biology 58:1820-1830. PDF
Morse, N.B., W.M. Wollheim, J.P. Benstead, and W.H. McDowell. 2012. Effects of suburbanization on foodweb stoichiometry of detritus-based streams. Freshwater Science 31:1202-1213. PDF
O’Gorman, E.J., D.E. Pichler, G. Adams, J.P. Benstead, N. Craig, W.F. Cross, B.O.L. Demars, N. Friberg, G.M. Gíslason, R. Gudmundsdóttir, A. Hawczak, J.M. Hood, L.N. Hudson, L. Johansson, M. Johansson, J.R. Junker, A. Laurila, J.R. Manson, E. Mavromati, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, D.M. Perkins, O. Petchey, M. Plebani, D.C. Reuman, B. Rall, R. Stewart, M. Thompson, and G. Woodward. 2012. Impacts of warming on the structure and functioning of aquatic communities: individual- to ecosystem-level responses. Advances in Ecological Research 47:81-176. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and D.S. Leigh. 2012. An expanded role for river networks. Nature Geoscience 5:678-679. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., A.D. Huryn, and J.P. Benstead. 2012. Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark-recapture data: a lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models. Freshwater Biology 57:1471-1481. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Huryn. 2012. Effects of organic matter and season on leaf litter colonisation and breakdown in cave streams. Freshwater Biology 57:773-786. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, and J.P. Benstead. 2011. Relating carrion breakdown rates to ambient resource level and community structure in four cave stream ecosystems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30:882-892. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and A.D. Huryn. 2011. Extreme seasonality of litter breakdown in an arctic spring-fed stream is driven by shredder phenology, not temperature. Freshwater Biology 56:2034-2044. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Huryn. 2011. Effects of organic matter availability on the life history and production of a top vertebrate predator (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus palleucus) in two cave streams. Freshwater Biology 56:1746-1760. PDF
Woodward, G., J.P. Benstead, O.S. Beveridge, J. Blanchard, T. Brey, L. Brown, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, T.C. Ings, U. Jacob, S. Jennings, M.E. Ledger, A.M. Milner, J.M. Montoya, E. O’Gorman, J.M. Olesen, O.L. Petchey, D.E. Pilcher, D.C. Reuman, M.S. Thompson, F.J.F. Van Veen, and G. Yvon-Durocher. 2010. Ecological networks in a changing climate. Advances in Ecological Research 42:71-138. PDF
Benstead, J.P., W.F. Cross, J.G. March, W.H. McDowell, A. Ramírez, and A.P. Covich. 2010. Biotic and abiotic controls on the ecosystem significance of consumer excretion in two contrasting tropical streams. Freshwater Biology 55:2047-2061. PDF
Suberkropp, K., V. Gulis, A.D. Rosemond, and J.P. Benstead. 2010. Ecosystem and physiological scales of microbial responses to nutrients in a detritus-based stream: results of a 5-year continuous enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography 55:149-160. PDF
Benstead, J.P., A.D. Rosemond, W.F. Cross, J.B. Wallace, S.L. Eggert, K. Suberkropp, V. Gulis, J.L. Greenwood, and C.J. Tant. 2009. Nutrient enrichment alters storage and fluxes of detritus in a headwater stream ecosystem. Ecology 90:2556-2566. PDF
Bixby, R., J.P. Benstead, M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2009. Relationships of stream algal community structure to catchment deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:466-479. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, K.C. Ewel, and J.W. Short. 2009. Biodiversity and ecosystem function in species-poor communities: community structure and leaf litter breakdown in a Pacific island stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:454-465. PDF
Cross, W.F., A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, J.P. Benstead, and A. Ramírez. 2008. Secondary production, longevity and consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams of contrasting geomorphology and food web structure. Freshwater Biology 53:2504-2519. PDF
Benstead, J.P., A.C. Green, L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, K. Slavik, W.B. Bowden, and A.E. Hershey. 2007. Recovery of three Arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology 52:1077-1089. PDF
Frost, P.C., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, H. Hillebrand, J.H. Larson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and T. Yoshida. 2006. Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters 9:774-779. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, B. Fry, K.C. Ewel, and C.M. Pringle. 2006. Testing IsoSource: stable isotope analysis of a tropical fishery with diverse organic matter sources. Ecology 87:326-333. PDF
Cross, W.F., J.P. Benstead, P.C. Frost, and S.A. Thomas. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in freshwater benthic systems: recent progress and perspectives. Freshwater Biology 50:1895-1912. PDF
Frost, P.C., W.F. Cross, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in benthic freshwater ecosystems: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 50:1781-1785. PDF
Wilcox, H.S., J.B. Wallace, J.L. Meyer, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Effects of labile carbon addition on a headwater stream food web. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1300-1312. PDF
Goodman, S.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Updated estimates of biotic diversity and endemism for Madagascar. Oryx 39:73-77. PDF
Benstead, J.P., L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, A.D. Huryn, W.B. Bowden, K. Suberkropp, K.M. Buzby, A.C. Green, and J. Vacca. 2005. Responses of a beaded Arctic stream to short-term N and P fertilisation. Freshwater Biology 50:277-290. PDF
Gulis, V., A.D. Rosemond, K. Suberkropp, H.S. Weyers, and J.P. Benstead. 2004. Effects of nutrient enrichment on the decomposition of wood and associated microbial activity in streams. Freshwater Biology 49:1437-1447. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and C.M. Pringle. 2004. Deforestation alters the resource base and biomass of endemic stream insects in eastern Madagascar. Freshwater Biology 49:490-501. PDF
Benstead, J.P., P. de Rham, J.-L. Gattolliat, F.-M. Gibon, P.V. Loiselle, M. Sartori, J.S. Sparks, and M.L.J. Stiassny. 2003. Conserving Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity. BioScience 53:1101-1111. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 2003. Damming tropical island streams: problems, solutions, and alternatives. BioScience 53:1069-1078. PDF
Benstead, J.P., M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2003. Relationships of stream invertebrate communities to deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Ecological Applications 13:1473-1490. PDF
Cross, W.F, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.B. Wallace. 2003. Consumer-resource stoichiometry in detritus-based streams. Ecology Letters 6:721-732. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M. Luckymis. 2003. Benthic community structure and invertebrate drift in a Pacific island stream, Kosrae, Micronesia. Biotropica 35:125-130. PDF
McCafferty, W.P. and J.P. Benstead. 2002. Cladistic resolution and ecology of the Madagascar genus Manohyphella Allen (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae). Annales de Limnologie 38:41-52. PDF
Benstead, J.P., K.H. Barnes, and C.M. Pringle. 2001. Diet, activity patterns, foraging movement and responses to deforestation of the aquatic tenrec Limnogale mergulus (Lipotyphla: Tenrecidae) in eastern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 254:119-129. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M.W. Ruebel. 2001. Linking shrimp assemblages with rates of detrital processing along an elevational gradient in a tropical stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:470-478. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, and C.M. Pringle. 2000. Estuarine larval development and upstream post-larval migration of freshwater shrimps in two tropical rivers of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 32:545-548. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1999. Effects of a low-head dam and water abstraction on migratory tropical stream biota. Ecological Applications 9:656-668. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1998. Migratory drift of larval freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams, Puerto Rico. Freshwater Biology 40:261-273. PDF
Benstead, J.P. 1996. Macroinvertebrates and the processing of leaf litter in a tropical stream. Biotropica 28:367-375. PDF
Wilmot, O.J., J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, and J.P. Benstead. 2021. Decomposing decomposition: isolating direct effects of temperature from other drivers of detrital processing. Ecology 102:e03467. PDF
Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2021. Flow is more important than temperature in driving patterns of organic matter storage and stoichiometry in stream ecosystems. Ecosystems 24:1317-1331. PDF
Benstead, J.P., W.F. Cross, V. Gulis, and A.D. Rosemond. 2021. Combined carbon flows through detritus, microbes, and animals in reference and experimentally enriched stream ecosystems. Ecology 102:e03279. PDF
Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Resource supply governs the apparent temperature dependence of animal production in stream ecosystems. Ecology Letters 23:1809-1819. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Contrasting responses of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) to experimental whole-stream warming. Freshwater Biology 65:1793-1805. PDF
Manning, D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, and J.S. Kominoski. 2020. Transport of N and P in U.S. streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate forms. Ecological Applications 30:e02130. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2020. Experimental N and P additions relieve stoichiometric constraints on organic-matter flows through five stream food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:1468-1481. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, A. Fitsum, A.D. Huryn, B.R. Kuhajda, C.L. Cox, and J.P. Benstead. 2020. Evolutionary history and sex are significant drivers of crayfish demography in resource-limited cave ecosystems. Evolutionary Ecology 34:235-255. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Thermal niche diversity and trophic redundancy combine to drive neutral effects of experimental warming on organic matter flux through a stream food web. Ecology 101:e02952. PDF
Tomczyk, N.J., A.D. Rosemond, P.M. Bumpers, C.S. Cummins, J.P. Benstead and S.J. Wenger. 2020. Ignoring temperature variance leads to underestimation of the temperature sensitivity of plant litter decomposition. Ecosphere 11:e03050. PDF
Huryn, A.D. and J.P. Benstead. 2019. Seasonal changes in light availability modify the temperature dependence of secondary production in an arctic stream. Ecology 100:e02690. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2019. Experimental N and P additions alter stream macroinvertebrate community composition via taxon-level responses to shifts in detrital resource stoichiometry. Functional Ecology 33:855-867. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, B.M. Huntsman, J.W. Edmonds, R.H. Findlay, and J.B. Wallace. 2018. Experimental detritus manipulations unite surface and cave stream ecosystems along a common energy gradient. Ecosystems 21:629-642. PDF
Hood, J.M., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, G.M. Gíslason, J.R. Junker, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, and C. Tran. 2018. Increased resource use efficiency amplifies positive response of aquatic primary production to experimental warming. Global Change Biology 24:1069-1084. PDF
Demi, L.M., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.C. Maerz. 2018. Litter P content drives consumer production in detritus-based streams spanning an experimental N:P gradient. Ecology 99:347-359. PDF
Kominoski, J.S., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, and D.W.P. Manning. 2018. Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus additions increase rates of stream ecosystem respiration and carbon loss. Limnology and Oceanography 63:22-36. PDF
Manning D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, and J.S. Kominoski. 2018. Nutrients and temperature additively increase stream microbial respiration. Global Change Biology 24:e233-e247. PDF
Gulis, V., K.A. Kuehn, L.N. Schoettle, D. Leach, J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Rosemond. 2017. Changes in nutrient stoichiometry, elemental homeostasis and growth rate of aquatic litter-associated fungi in response to inorganic nutrient supply. The ISME Journal 11:2729-2739. PDF
Bumpers, P.M., A.D. Rosemond, J.C. Maerz, and J.P. Benstead. 2017. Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams increases energy flow to predators along greener food-web pathways. Freshwater Biology 62:1794-1805. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Shifts in community size structure drive temperature invariance of secondary production in a stream-warming experiment. Ecology 98:1797-1806. PDF
Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, and J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Experimental whole-stream warming alters community size structure. Global Change Biology 23:2618-2628. PDF
Vanni, M.J., P.B. McIntyre, D.L. Arnott, J.P. Benstead and sixty-nine co-authors. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology 98:1475. PDF
Manning, D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, J.S. Kominoski, and J.C. Maerz. 2016. Convergence of detrital stoichiometry predicts thresholds of nutrient-stimulated breakdown in streams. Ecological Applications 26:1745-1757. PDF
Williamson, T.J., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, G.M. Gíslason, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, and J.R. Welter. 2016. Warming alters coupled carbon and nutrient cycles in experimental streams. Global Change Biology 22:2152-2164. PDF
Bumpers, P.M., J.C. Maerz, A.D. Rosemond, and J.P. Benstead. 2015. Salamander growth rates increase along an experimental stream phosphorus gradient. Ecology 96:2994-3004. PDF
Manning D.W.P., A.D. Rosemond, J.S. Kominoski, V. Gulis, J.P. Benstead, and J.C. Maerz. 2015. Litter stoichiometry as a critical nexus for the effects of streamwater nutrients on detrital breakdown. Ecology 96:2214-2224. PDF
Kominoski, J.S., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, J.C. Maerz, and D.W.P. Manning. 2015. Low-to-moderate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations accelerate microbially driven litter breakdown rates. Ecological Applications 25:856-865. PDF
Welter, J.R., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, and T.J. Williamson. 2015. Does N2-fixation amplify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism? Ecology 96:603-610. PDF
Rosemond, A.D., J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, V. Gulis, J.S. Kominoski, D.W.P. Manning, K. Suberkropp, and J.B. Wallace. 2015. Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems. Science 347:1142-1145. PDF
Cross, W.F., J.M. Hood, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, and D. Nelson. 2015. Interactions between temperature and nutrients across levels of ecological organization. Global Change Biology 21:1025-1040. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., B.M. Huntsman, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead, and B.R. Kuhajda. 2014. Quantitative food web analysis supports the energy-limitation hypothesis in cave stream ecosystems. Oecologia 176:859-869. PDF
O’Gorman, E.J., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, B.D. Sigurdsson, and G. Woodward. 2014. Climate change and geothermal ecosystems: natural laboratories, sentinel systems, and future refugia. Global Change Biology 20:3291-3299. PDF
Huryn, A.D., J.P. Benstead and S.M. Parker. 2014. Seasonal changes in light availability modify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism in an arctic stream. Ecology 95:2826-2839. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.M. Hood, N.V. Whelan, M.R. Kendrick, D. Nelson, A.F. Hanninen, and L.M. Demi. 2014. Coupling of dietary phosphorus and growth across diverse fish taxa: a meta-analysis of experimental aquaculture studies. Ecology 95:2768-2777. PDF
Starr, S.M., J.P. Benstead, and R.A. Sponseller. 2014. Spatial and temporal organisation of macroinvertebrate assemblages in a lowland floodplain ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 29:1017-1031. PDF
Kendrick, M.R. and J.P. Benstead. 2013. Temperature and nutrient availability interact to mediate growth and body stoichiometry in a detritivorous stream insect. Freshwater Biology 58:1820-1830. PDF
Morse, N.B., W.M. Wollheim, J.P. Benstead, and W.H. McDowell. 2012. Effects of suburbanization on foodweb stoichiometry of detritus-based streams. Freshwater Science 31:1202-1213. PDF
O’Gorman, E.J., D.E. Pichler, G. Adams, J.P. Benstead, N. Craig, W.F. Cross, B.O.L. Demars, N. Friberg, G.M. Gíslason, R. Gudmundsdóttir, A. Hawczak, J.M. Hood, L.N. Hudson, L. Johansson, M. Johansson, J.R. Junker, A. Laurila, J.R. Manson, E. Mavromati, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, D.M. Perkins, O. Petchey, M. Plebani, D.C. Reuman, B. Rall, R. Stewart, M. Thompson, and G. Woodward. 2012. Impacts of warming on the structure and functioning of aquatic communities: individual- to ecosystem-level responses. Advances in Ecological Research 47:81-176. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and D.S. Leigh. 2012. An expanded role for river networks. Nature Geoscience 5:678-679. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., A.D. Huryn, and J.P. Benstead. 2012. Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark-recapture data: a lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models. Freshwater Biology 57:1471-1481. PDF
Venarsky, M.P., J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Huryn. 2012. Effects of organic matter and season on leaf litter colonisation and breakdown in cave streams. Freshwater Biology 57:773-786. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, and J.P. Benstead. 2011. Relating carrion breakdown rates to ambient resource level and community structure in four cave stream ecosystems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30:882-892. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and A.D. Huryn. 2011. Extreme seasonality of litter breakdown in an arctic spring-fed stream is driven by shredder phenology, not temperature. Freshwater Biology 56:2034-2044. PDF
Huntsman, B.M., M.P. Venarsky, J.P. Benstead, and A.D. Huryn. 2011. Effects of organic matter availability on the life history and production of a top vertebrate predator (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus palleucus) in two cave streams. Freshwater Biology 56:1746-1760. PDF
Woodward, G., J.P. Benstead, O.S. Beveridge, J. Blanchard, T. Brey, L. Brown, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, T.C. Ings, U. Jacob, S. Jennings, M.E. Ledger, A.M. Milner, J.M. Montoya, E. O’Gorman, J.M. Olesen, O.L. Petchey, D.E. Pilcher, D.C. Reuman, M.S. Thompson, F.J.F. Van Veen, and G. Yvon-Durocher. 2010. Ecological networks in a changing climate. Advances in Ecological Research 42:71-138. PDF
Benstead, J.P., W.F. Cross, J.G. March, W.H. McDowell, A. Ramírez, and A.P. Covich. 2010. Biotic and abiotic controls on the ecosystem significance of consumer excretion in two contrasting tropical streams. Freshwater Biology 55:2047-2061. PDF
Suberkropp, K., V. Gulis, A.D. Rosemond, and J.P. Benstead. 2010. Ecosystem and physiological scales of microbial responses to nutrients in a detritus-based stream: results of a 5-year continuous enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography 55:149-160. PDF
Benstead, J.P., A.D. Rosemond, W.F. Cross, J.B. Wallace, S.L. Eggert, K. Suberkropp, V. Gulis, J.L. Greenwood, and C.J. Tant. 2009. Nutrient enrichment alters storage and fluxes of detritus in a headwater stream ecosystem. Ecology 90:2556-2566. PDF
Bixby, R., J.P. Benstead, M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2009. Relationships of stream algal community structure to catchment deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:466-479. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, K.C. Ewel, and J.W. Short. 2009. Biodiversity and ecosystem function in species-poor communities: community structure and leaf litter breakdown in a Pacific island stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:454-465. PDF
Cross, W.F., A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, J.P. Benstead, and A. Ramírez. 2008. Secondary production, longevity and consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams of contrasting geomorphology and food web structure. Freshwater Biology 53:2504-2519. PDF
Benstead, J.P., A.C. Green, L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, K. Slavik, W.B. Bowden, and A.E. Hershey. 2007. Recovery of three Arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology 52:1077-1089. PDF
Frost, P.C., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, H. Hillebrand, J.H. Larson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and T. Yoshida. 2006. Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters 9:774-779. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, B. Fry, K.C. Ewel, and C.M. Pringle. 2006. Testing IsoSource: stable isotope analysis of a tropical fishery with diverse organic matter sources. Ecology 87:326-333. PDF
Cross, W.F., J.P. Benstead, P.C. Frost, and S.A. Thomas. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in freshwater benthic systems: recent progress and perspectives. Freshwater Biology 50:1895-1912. PDF
Frost, P.C., W.F. Cross, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in benthic freshwater ecosystems: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 50:1781-1785. PDF
Wilcox, H.S., J.B. Wallace, J.L. Meyer, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Effects of labile carbon addition on a headwater stream food web. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1300-1312. PDF
Goodman, S.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Updated estimates of biotic diversity and endemism for Madagascar. Oryx 39:73-77. PDF
Benstead, J.P., L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, A.D. Huryn, W.B. Bowden, K. Suberkropp, K.M. Buzby, A.C. Green, and J. Vacca. 2005. Responses of a beaded Arctic stream to short-term N and P fertilisation. Freshwater Biology 50:277-290. PDF
Gulis, V., A.D. Rosemond, K. Suberkropp, H.S. Weyers, and J.P. Benstead. 2004. Effects of nutrient enrichment on the decomposition of wood and associated microbial activity in streams. Freshwater Biology 49:1437-1447. PDF
Benstead, J.P. and C.M. Pringle. 2004. Deforestation alters the resource base and biomass of endemic stream insects in eastern Madagascar. Freshwater Biology 49:490-501. PDF
Benstead, J.P., P. de Rham, J.-L. Gattolliat, F.-M. Gibon, P.V. Loiselle, M. Sartori, J.S. Sparks, and M.L.J. Stiassny. 2003. Conserving Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity. BioScience 53:1101-1111. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 2003. Damming tropical island streams: problems, solutions, and alternatives. BioScience 53:1069-1078. PDF
Benstead, J.P., M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2003. Relationships of stream invertebrate communities to deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Ecological Applications 13:1473-1490. PDF
Cross, W.F, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.B. Wallace. 2003. Consumer-resource stoichiometry in detritus-based streams. Ecology Letters 6:721-732. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M. Luckymis. 2003. Benthic community structure and invertebrate drift in a Pacific island stream, Kosrae, Micronesia. Biotropica 35:125-130. PDF
McCafferty, W.P. and J.P. Benstead. 2002. Cladistic resolution and ecology of the Madagascar genus Manohyphella Allen (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae). Annales de Limnologie 38:41-52. PDF
Benstead, J.P., K.H. Barnes, and C.M. Pringle. 2001. Diet, activity patterns, foraging movement and responses to deforestation of the aquatic tenrec Limnogale mergulus (Lipotyphla: Tenrecidae) in eastern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 254:119-129. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M.W. Ruebel. 2001. Linking shrimp assemblages with rates of detrital processing along an elevational gradient in a tropical stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:470-478. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, and C.M. Pringle. 2000. Estuarine larval development and upstream post-larval migration of freshwater shrimps in two tropical rivers of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 32:545-548. PDF
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1999. Effects of a low-head dam and water abstraction on migratory tropical stream biota. Ecological Applications 9:656-668. PDF
March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1998. Migratory drift of larval freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams, Puerto Rico. Freshwater Biology 40:261-273. PDF
Benstead, J.P. 1996. Macroinvertebrates and the processing of leaf litter in a tropical stream. Biotropica 28:367-375. PDF
Edited Volume
Goodman, S.M. and J.P. Benstead (Eds). 2003. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
Book Chapters
Benstead, J.P., M.A. Evans-White, C.A. Gibson, and J.M. Hood. 2017. Elemental content of stream biota. Pages 000-000 in Hauer, F.R. and Lamberti, G.A. (Eds). Methods in stream ecology. Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bowden, W.B., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead, H. Golden, M. Kendrick, S.M. Parker, E. Schuett, J.J. Vallino, and J.E. Hobbie. 2014. Ecology of streams of the Toolik Region. Pages 173-237 in Hobbie, J.E., and Kling, G.W. (Eds) Alaska’s changing Arctic: ecological consequences for tundra, streams, and lakes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Cross, W.F., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, S.L. Eggert, and J.B Wallace. 2005. Differential effects of consumers on C, N, and P dynamics: insights from long-term research. Pages 235-247 in de Ruiter, P.C., Wolters, V., and Moore, J.C. (Eds) Dynamic food webs: multispecies assemblages, ecosystem development and environmental change. Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
Benstead, J.P. and L. Olson. 2003. Limnogale mergulus. Pages 1267-1273 in Goodman, S.M. and Benstead, J.P. (Eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
Pringle, C.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2001. The effects of logging on tropical river ecosystems. Pages 305-325 in Fimbel, R.A, Grajal, A., and Robinson, J.G. (Eds) The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests. Columbia University Press, New York, USA.
Benstead, J.P., M.L.J. Stiassny, P.N. Loiselle, K.J. Riseng, and N. Raminosoa. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. Pages 205-231 in Boon, P.J., Davies, B.R., and Petts, G.E. (Eds) Global perspectives on river conservation: science, policy and practice. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
Bowden, W.B., B.J. Peterson, L.A. Deegan, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead, H. Golden, M. Kendrick, S.M. Parker, E. Schuett, J.J. Vallino, and J.E. Hobbie. 2014. Ecology of streams of the Toolik Region. Pages 173-237 in Hobbie, J.E., and Kling, G.W. (Eds) Alaska’s changing Arctic: ecological consequences for tundra, streams, and lakes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Cross, W.F., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, S.L. Eggert, and J.B Wallace. 2005. Differential effects of consumers on C, N, and P dynamics: insights from long-term research. Pages 235-247 in de Ruiter, P.C., Wolters, V., and Moore, J.C. (Eds) Dynamic food webs: multispecies assemblages, ecosystem development and environmental change. Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
Benstead, J.P. and L. Olson. 2003. Limnogale mergulus. Pages 1267-1273 in Goodman, S.M. and Benstead, J.P. (Eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
Pringle, C.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2001. The effects of logging on tropical river ecosystems. Pages 305-325 in Fimbel, R.A, Grajal, A., and Robinson, J.G. (Eds) The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests. Columbia University Press, New York, USA.
Benstead, J.P., M.L.J. Stiassny, P.N. Loiselle, K.J. Riseng, and N. Raminosoa. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. Pages 205-231 in Boon, P.J., Davies, B.R., and Petts, G.E. (Eds) Global perspectives on river conservation: science, policy and practice. Wiley, Chichester, UK.