Johnson, E., E.F. Abernethy, J.C. Colón-Gaud. 2023. Decreasing richness and biomass during a flood pulse observed in a southeastern US coastal floodplain following a multi-year, supra-seasonal drought. Accepted in Wetlands
Colón-Gaud, C., K. Rosas-Rodríguez, J. Sanchez-Ruiz, P.E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca, A. Ramirez. 2022. Plant parts can be important for stream bugs. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:662975. doi: 10.3389/frym.2022.662975
Wilbanks, K.A., D.L. Mullis, C. Colón-Gaud. 2022. Fishing for river critters: The importance of wood as bait. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:705218 doi:10.3389/frym.2022.705218
Barnum T.R., J.T. Wootton, R.J. Bixby, J.M. Drake, D. Murray-Stoker, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, T.C. Frauendorf, S. Connelly, S.S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2022. Mechanisms underlying lack of functional compensation by insect grazers after tadpole declines in a Neotropical stream. Limnology and Oceanography 61: S198-S210 (Special Issue: Nonlinear dynamics, resilience, and regime shifts in aquatic communities and ecosystems.) https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11904
Chandler, H.C., J.C. Colón-Gaud, T.A. Gorman, K. Carson, C.A. Haas. 2021. Does long-term fire suppression impact leaf litter decomposition and aquatic invertebrate colonization in pine flatwoods wetlands? PeerJ 9:e12534
Boyero, L., N. López-Rojo, A.M. Tonin, J. Pérez, F. Correa-Araneda, R.G. Pearson, J. Bosch, R.J. Albariño, S. Anbalagan, L.A. Barmuta, A. Basaguren, F.J. Burdon, A. Caliman, M. Callisto, A.R. Calor, I.C. Campbell, B.J. Cardinale, J.J. Casas, A.M. Chará-Serna, E. Chauvet, S. Ciapala, C. Colón-Gaud et al. 2021. Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics. Nature Communications. 12:3700 (2021)
Boyero, L., J. Pérez, N. López-Rojo, A.M. Tonin, F. Correa-Araneda, R.G. Pearson, J. Bosch, R.J. Albariño, S. Anbalagan, L.A. Barmuta, L. Beesley, F.J. Burdon, A. Caliman, M. Callisto, I.C. Campbell, B.J. Cardinale, J.J. Casas, A.M. Chará-Serna, S. Ciapała, E. Chauvet, C. Colón-Gaud et al. 2021. Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition. Science Advances 7(13): eabe7860
Macias, N.A., P.J. Torres, C. Colón-Gaud. 2021. Distribution, abundance, and the use of a length to mass relationship to estimate standing stock biomass of the redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) introduced to the island of Puerto Rico. BioInvasions Records 10: In Press
Wilbanks, K.A., D.L. Mullis, J.C. Colón-Gaud. 2020. Comparison of a wood sampler for macroinvertebrate bioassessment of non-wadeable streams in the southeastern coastal plain. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 35: 429-448.
Ramírez, A. M. Caballero, G. Vázquez, C. Colón-Gaud. 2020. Preface: Recent advances in tropical lake research. Hydrobiologia. 847: 4143–4144
Mello, J.L.S., D.P. Abrahao, W.A. Saltarelli, M.R. Whiles, W.K. Dodds, C. Colón-Gaud, D.G.F. Cunha, and J.J. Corbi. 2020. Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and energy flow in headwater streams of the Brazilian savannah. Freshwater Science 39(4): 848-859.
Abernethy E.F., I. Arismendi, A.G. Boegehold, C. Colón-Gaud, M.R. Cover, E.I. Larson, E.K. Moody, B.E. Penaluna, A.J. Shogren, A.J. Webster, and M.M. Woller-Skar. 2020. Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science. Freshwater Science 39(3): 363-376.
Rosas, K.G., C. Colón-Gaud, and A. Ramirez. 2020. Trophic basis of production in tropical headwater streams, Puerto Rico: An assessment of the importance of allochthonous resources in fueling food webs. Hydrobiologia 847: 1961-1975.
Tiegs, S.D., D.M. Costello, M.W. Isken, G. Woodward, P.B. McIntyre, M.O. Gessner, E. Chauvet, N.A. Griffiths, A.S. Flecker, V. Acuña, R. Albariño, D.C. Allen, C. Alonso, P. Andino, C. Arango, J. Aroviita, M.V. M. Barbosa, L.A. Barmuta, C.V. Baxter, T.D. C. Bell, B. Bellinger, L. Boyero, L.E. Brown, A. Bruder, D.A. Bruesewitz, F.J. Burdon, M. Callisto, C. Canhoto, K.A. Capps, M.M. Castillo, J. Clapcott, F. Colas, C. Colón-Gaud, et al. 2019. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances. 5(1): eaav0486
Boyero, L., M.A.S. Graca, J. Perez, R.G. Pearson, A. Swafford, V. Ferreira, A. Landeira, A.M. Tonin, M. Alexandrou, R.J. Albariño, L.A. Barmuta, M. Callisto, J. Chará, E. Chauvet, C. Colón-Gaud, D. Dudgeon, A.C. Encalada, R. Figueroa, A.S. Flecker, T. Fleituch, M.O. Gessner, J.F. Goncalves Jr., J.E. Helson, T. Iwata, J. Manthooko, B.G. McKie, C.M. Pringle, A. Ramirez, C.M. Swan, and C.M. Yule. 2017. Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude. Scientific Reports 7: 10562.
Barnum, T.R., J.M. Drake, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, T.C. Frauendorf, S. Connelly, S.S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2015. Evidence for the persistence of food web structure after amphibian extirpation in a Neotropical stream. Ecology 96(8): 2106-2116.
Rantala, H.M., A.M. Nelson, J.N. Fulgoni, M.R. Whiles, R.O. Hall, W.K. Dodds, P. Verburg, A.D. Huryn, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, S.D. Peterson, K. Fritz, K.E. McLeran, S. Connelly. 2015. Long-term changes in structure and function of a tropical headwater stream following a disease-driven amphibian decline. Freshwater Biology 60: 575-589.
Connelly, S., C.M. Pringle, T. Barnum, M. Hunte-Brown, S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud. 2014. Initial versus longer-term effects of tadpole extirpation on algal resources and nitrogen cycling in a neotropical stream. Freshwater Biology 59: 1113-1122.
Macias, N.A., C. Colón-Gaud, J. W. Duggins, A. Ramirez. 2014. Do omnivorous shrimp influence mayfly nymph life history traits in a tropical island stream? Revista de Biologia Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology) 62: 39-49.
Frauendorf, T.C., C. Colón-Gaud, M.R. Whiles, T.R. Barnum, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, and S.S. Kilham. 2013. Trophic basis of production in a Panamanian headwater stream: Eating through a neotropical stream food web. Freshwater Biology 58: 1340-1352.
Barnum, T.R., S.S. Kilham, P. Verburg., M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud, C.M. Pringle. 2013. Use of stable isotope ratios to characterize potential shifts in the isotopic niches of algal-grazing insects following and amphibian decline in a Neotropical stream. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29: 291-299.
Whiles, M.R., R.O. Hall, Jr., W.K. Dodds, P. Verburg, A.D. Huryn, C.M. Pringle, K.R. Lips, S.S. Kilham, C. Colón-Gaud, A. Rugenski, S. Peterson, and S. Connelly. 2013. Disease-driven amphibian declines alter ecosystem processes in tropical streams. Ecosystems. 16: 146–157
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, R. Brenes, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, R. Brenes, and S.D. Peterson. 2010. Potential functional redundancy and resource facilitation between tadpoles and insect grazers in tropical headwater streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 2077-2088
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, S. Connelly, R. Brenes, and S.D. Peterson. 2010. Stream invertebrate responses to a catastrophic decline in consumer diversity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1185-1198
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, and S. D. Peterson. 2009. Assessing ecological responses to catastrophic amphibian declines: Changes in macroinvertebrate production and food web structure in upland Panamanian streams. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 331-343.
Colón-Gaud, C., S. Peterson, M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2008. Allochthonous litter inputs, organic matter standing stocks, and organic seston dynamics in upland Panamanian streams: Potential effects of larval amphibians on organic matter dynamics. Hydrobiologia 603: 301-312.
Whiles, M.R., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, S. Connelly, J.C. Colón-Gaud, M. Hunte-Brown, A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, and S. Peterson. 2006. The effects of amphibian population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 27-34.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and W.E. Kelso. 2005. Macroinvertebrate abundance and distribution in Hydrilla and Ceratophyllum habitats. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 42: 85-90.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and W.E. Kelso. 2003. A suitcase trap for sampling macroinvertebrates in dense submerged aquatic vegetation. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 667-671.
Colón-Gaud, C., K. Rosas-Rodríguez, J. Sanchez-Ruiz, P.E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca, A. Ramirez. 2022. Plant parts can be important for stream bugs. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:662975. doi: 10.3389/frym.2022.662975
Wilbanks, K.A., D.L. Mullis, C. Colón-Gaud. 2022. Fishing for river critters: The importance of wood as bait. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:705218 doi:10.3389/frym.2022.705218
Barnum T.R., J.T. Wootton, R.J. Bixby, J.M. Drake, D. Murray-Stoker, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, T.C. Frauendorf, S. Connelly, S.S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2022. Mechanisms underlying lack of functional compensation by insect grazers after tadpole declines in a Neotropical stream. Limnology and Oceanography 61: S198-S210 (Special Issue: Nonlinear dynamics, resilience, and regime shifts in aquatic communities and ecosystems.) https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11904
Chandler, H.C., J.C. Colón-Gaud, T.A. Gorman, K. Carson, C.A. Haas. 2021. Does long-term fire suppression impact leaf litter decomposition and aquatic invertebrate colonization in pine flatwoods wetlands? PeerJ 9:e12534
Boyero, L., N. López-Rojo, A.M. Tonin, J. Pérez, F. Correa-Araneda, R.G. Pearson, J. Bosch, R.J. Albariño, S. Anbalagan, L.A. Barmuta, A. Basaguren, F.J. Burdon, A. Caliman, M. Callisto, A.R. Calor, I.C. Campbell, B.J. Cardinale, J.J. Casas, A.M. Chará-Serna, E. Chauvet, S. Ciapala, C. Colón-Gaud et al. 2021. Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics. Nature Communications. 12:3700 (2021)
Boyero, L., J. Pérez, N. López-Rojo, A.M. Tonin, F. Correa-Araneda, R.G. Pearson, J. Bosch, R.J. Albariño, S. Anbalagan, L.A. Barmuta, L. Beesley, F.J. Burdon, A. Caliman, M. Callisto, I.C. Campbell, B.J. Cardinale, J.J. Casas, A.M. Chará-Serna, S. Ciapała, E. Chauvet, C. Colón-Gaud et al. 2021. Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition. Science Advances 7(13): eabe7860
Macias, N.A., P.J. Torres, C. Colón-Gaud. 2021. Distribution, abundance, and the use of a length to mass relationship to estimate standing stock biomass of the redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) introduced to the island of Puerto Rico. BioInvasions Records 10: In Press
Wilbanks, K.A., D.L. Mullis, J.C. Colón-Gaud. 2020. Comparison of a wood sampler for macroinvertebrate bioassessment of non-wadeable streams in the southeastern coastal plain. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 35: 429-448.
Ramírez, A. M. Caballero, G. Vázquez, C. Colón-Gaud. 2020. Preface: Recent advances in tropical lake research. Hydrobiologia. 847: 4143–4144
Mello, J.L.S., D.P. Abrahao, W.A. Saltarelli, M.R. Whiles, W.K. Dodds, C. Colón-Gaud, D.G.F. Cunha, and J.J. Corbi. 2020. Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and energy flow in headwater streams of the Brazilian savannah. Freshwater Science 39(4): 848-859.
Abernethy E.F., I. Arismendi, A.G. Boegehold, C. Colón-Gaud, M.R. Cover, E.I. Larson, E.K. Moody, B.E. Penaluna, A.J. Shogren, A.J. Webster, and M.M. Woller-Skar. 2020. Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science. Freshwater Science 39(3): 363-376.
Rosas, K.G., C. Colón-Gaud, and A. Ramirez. 2020. Trophic basis of production in tropical headwater streams, Puerto Rico: An assessment of the importance of allochthonous resources in fueling food webs. Hydrobiologia 847: 1961-1975.
Tiegs, S.D., D.M. Costello, M.W. Isken, G. Woodward, P.B. McIntyre, M.O. Gessner, E. Chauvet, N.A. Griffiths, A.S. Flecker, V. Acuña, R. Albariño, D.C. Allen, C. Alonso, P. Andino, C. Arango, J. Aroviita, M.V. M. Barbosa, L.A. Barmuta, C.V. Baxter, T.D. C. Bell, B. Bellinger, L. Boyero, L.E. Brown, A. Bruder, D.A. Bruesewitz, F.J. Burdon, M. Callisto, C. Canhoto, K.A. Capps, M.M. Castillo, J. Clapcott, F. Colas, C. Colón-Gaud, et al. 2019. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances. 5(1): eaav0486
Boyero, L., M.A.S. Graca, J. Perez, R.G. Pearson, A. Swafford, V. Ferreira, A. Landeira, A.M. Tonin, M. Alexandrou, R.J. Albariño, L.A. Barmuta, M. Callisto, J. Chará, E. Chauvet, C. Colón-Gaud, D. Dudgeon, A.C. Encalada, R. Figueroa, A.S. Flecker, T. Fleituch, M.O. Gessner, J.F. Goncalves Jr., J.E. Helson, T. Iwata, J. Manthooko, B.G. McKie, C.M. Pringle, A. Ramirez, C.M. Swan, and C.M. Yule. 2017. Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude. Scientific Reports 7: 10562.
Barnum, T.R., J.M. Drake, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, T.C. Frauendorf, S. Connelly, S.S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2015. Evidence for the persistence of food web structure after amphibian extirpation in a Neotropical stream. Ecology 96(8): 2106-2116.
Rantala, H.M., A.M. Nelson, J.N. Fulgoni, M.R. Whiles, R.O. Hall, W.K. Dodds, P. Verburg, A.D. Huryn, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud, A.T. Rugenski, S.D. Peterson, K. Fritz, K.E. McLeran, S. Connelly. 2015. Long-term changes in structure and function of a tropical headwater stream following a disease-driven amphibian decline. Freshwater Biology 60: 575-589.
Connelly, S., C.M. Pringle, T. Barnum, M. Hunte-Brown, S. Kilham, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud. 2014. Initial versus longer-term effects of tadpole extirpation on algal resources and nitrogen cycling in a neotropical stream. Freshwater Biology 59: 1113-1122.
Macias, N.A., C. Colón-Gaud, J. W. Duggins, A. Ramirez. 2014. Do omnivorous shrimp influence mayfly nymph life history traits in a tropical island stream? Revista de Biologia Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology) 62: 39-49.
Frauendorf, T.C., C. Colón-Gaud, M.R. Whiles, T.R. Barnum, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, and S.S. Kilham. 2013. Trophic basis of production in a Panamanian headwater stream: Eating through a neotropical stream food web. Freshwater Biology 58: 1340-1352.
Barnum, T.R., S.S. Kilham, P. Verburg., M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C. Colón-Gaud, C.M. Pringle. 2013. Use of stable isotope ratios to characterize potential shifts in the isotopic niches of algal-grazing insects following and amphibian decline in a Neotropical stream. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29: 291-299.
Whiles, M.R., R.O. Hall, Jr., W.K. Dodds, P. Verburg, A.D. Huryn, C.M. Pringle, K.R. Lips, S.S. Kilham, C. Colón-Gaud, A. Rugenski, S. Peterson, and S. Connelly. 2013. Disease-driven amphibian declines alter ecosystem processes in tropical streams. Ecosystems. 16: 146–157
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, R. Brenes, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, R. Brenes, and S.D. Peterson. 2010. Potential functional redundancy and resource facilitation between tadpoles and insect grazers in tropical headwater streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 2077-2088
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, S. Connelly, R. Brenes, and S.D. Peterson. 2010. Stream invertebrate responses to a catastrophic decline in consumer diversity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1185-1198
Colón-Gaud, C., M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S. Connelly, and S. D. Peterson. 2009. Assessing ecological responses to catastrophic amphibian declines: Changes in macroinvertebrate production and food web structure in upland Panamanian streams. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 331-343.
Colón-Gaud, C., S. Peterson, M.R. Whiles, S.S. Kilham, K.R. Lips, and C.M. Pringle. 2008. Allochthonous litter inputs, organic matter standing stocks, and organic seston dynamics in upland Panamanian streams: Potential effects of larval amphibians on organic matter dynamics. Hydrobiologia 603: 301-312.
Whiles, M.R., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, S. Connelly, J.C. Colón-Gaud, M. Hunte-Brown, A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, and S. Peterson. 2006. The effects of amphibian population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 27-34.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and W.E. Kelso. 2005. Macroinvertebrate abundance and distribution in Hydrilla and Ceratophyllum habitats. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 42: 85-90.
Colón-Gaud, J.C., and W.E. Kelso. 2003. A suitcase trap for sampling macroinvertebrates in dense submerged aquatic vegetation. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 667-671.