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Publications (*student, bold = lab members)

Kapsar, K., L. Kounta, P. Bills, A. Smith, S. Record, A.L. Strecker, B. Baiser, P. Zarnetske. 2026. Multi-scale environmental geodiversity: data for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) with an adaptable workflow. Scientific Data, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07613-5

Fluck, I.E., S. Record, A.L. Strecker, P. Zarnetske, D. Adams, M.W. Tingley, R. Siegel, B. Baiser. 2026. Continental drivers of population-level intraspecific trait variability in salamanders, birds, and small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 35: e70266
. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70266.


Strecker, A., H. Sauer, P. Leavitt, and M. Holgerson. 2025. Stable isotope-inferred hydrology of ponds created by the Mount St. Helens eruption.  Ecohydrology 18: e70103. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.70103

Jansen, L.*, N. Tromas, A.L. Strecker, J. Shapiro. 2025. Shifts in bacterioplankton during cyanobacterial blooms reflect bloom toxicity and lake trophic state.
Harmful Algae 149: 
102937 
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 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102937

Fey, S., Campbell, E., Kuder, H.E., Gibson, D., Smith, A.K., Meier, H.S., Layden, T.J., and Strecker, A.L. 2025. Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality. Limnology & Oceanography Letters 10: 
702-711 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70032

McGrew, A., C. Gantz*, B. Wills*, B. Baiser, S. Record, P. Zarnetske, A.L. Strecker. 2025. Abiotic variables drive different aspects of fish community trait variation and species richness across the continental United States. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70014

Fluck, I.E., S. Record, A.L. Strecker, P. Zarnetske, B. Baiser. 2024. The influence of sample size and sampling design on estimating population-level intra specific trait variation (ITV) along environmental gradients. Ecology and Evolution, 14:e70250. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70250

Juetten, K.*, W.J. De Bruyn, Z. Landram*, A.W. Harrison, A. Strecker, C. D. Clark. 2025. Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake. Aquatic Sciences 
87: 55, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-025-01180-4.

Jansen, L.S.*, D. Sobota, Y. Pan, and A.L. Strecker. 2024. Watershed, lake and food web factors influence diazotrophic cyanobacteria in mountain lakes. Limnology & Oceanography 69:  681-699,  https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12523

Strecker, A., A. McGrew, and A. Chiapella.  2024. Lake and Pond Ecosystems in  Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, third edition, S. Scheiner, ed. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00070-0
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Juetten, K.*, A.L. Strecker, A. Harrison, Z. Landram*, W.J. De Bruyn, and C. Clark. 2022. Optical characterization of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in low and high elevation lakes in the Pacific Northwest region, USA. Earth and Space Science 9: e2022EA002503, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002503

Murphy, C.A.*, A.M.M. Pollock, A. Strecker, S.L. Johnson. 2023. Minimal diel vertical migration and consistent zooplankton capturability in low productivity reservoirs, Oregon. Journal of Plankton Research,
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbac060.

Gantz, C.*, R. Miller, S. Wells, M.D. Sytsma, A.L. Strecker. 2022. Mussel squeeze: Dissolved oxygen and temperature can “squeeze” zebra mussels out of invaded reservoirs. Management of Biological Invasions, link
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Holgerson, M., M. Barnard*, B. Ahn*, M.P. Hayes, A.L. Strecker. 2022. Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs. Freshwater Science.  link

McGann, B.N.*, A.L. Strecker. 2022. Coherent recovery of zooplankton to whole-lake disturbance but variation by functional group. Ecosphere 13: e3983.  link


Kuehne, L.M., R.J. Rolls, K. J. Brandis, K. Chen, K. M. Fraley, L.K. Frost, S.S. Ho, E.H. Kunisch, S.D. Langhans, C.J. LeRoy, G. McDonald, P.J. McInerney, K.R. O’Brien, A.L. Strecker. 2022. Benefits of permanent adoption of virtual conferences for conservation ecology and ecologists. Conservation Biology.  link

Chiapella, A.M.*, Eagles‐Smith, C.A. and Strecker, A.L.  2021.  From forests to fish: Mercury in mountain lake food webs influenced by factors at multiple scales. Limnology and Oceanography 66:1021-1035.  link

Chiapella, A.M.*, M. Kainz, A.L. Strecker. 2020. Fatty acid stable isotopes add clarity, but also complexity, to tracing energy pathways in aquatic food webs. Ecosphere 12: e03360.  link

Loewen, C., A.L. Strecker, B. Gilbert, D. Jackson. 2020. Climate warming moderates the impacts of introduced sportfish on prey biodiversity. Global Change Biology 26:4937-4951.  link


Kuehne, L., A.L. Strecker, and J.D. Olden.  2020. Knowledge exchange and social capital for freshwater ecosystem assessments. BioScience 70: 174–183.  link

Holgerson, M., A. Duarte, M. Hayes, M. Adams, J. Tyson, K. Douville, and A.L. Strecker. 2019. Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite facing multiple ecological threats.  Ecosphere 10: e02853  link
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Lockwood, J.L., D.J. Welbourne, C. Romagosa, P. Cassey, N.E. Mandrak, A.L. Strecker, B. Leung, O.C. Stringham*, B. Udell*, D.J. Episcopio-Sturgeon*, M.F. Tlusty, J. Sinclair, M. Springborn, E.F. Pienaar, and A. Rhyne.  2019. When pets become pests: The role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17:323-330  link

Moser, K., J. Baron, J. Brahney, I. Oleksy, J. Saros, E. Hundey, S. Sadro, J. Kopacek, M. Kainz, A. Strecker, et al. 2019. Mountain lakes: Eyes on global environmental change. Global and Planetary Change 178: 77-95  link

Jordan, M.P.*, A.R. Stewart, C.A. Eagles-Smith, A.L. Strecker. 2019. Nutrients mediate the effects of temperature on methylmercury concentrations in freshwater zooplankton.  Science of the Total Environment 667: 601-61  link

Loewen, C.J.G.*, A.L. Strecker, G.L. Larson, A. Vogel, J.M. Fischer, R.D. Vinebrooke. 2018. Macroecological drivers of zooplankton communities across the mountains of western North America.  Ecography 
42: 791-803.  link

Chiapella, A.*, M. Nielsen-Pincus, and A.L. Strecker. 2018. Public perceptions of mountain lake fisheries management in national parks.  Environmental Management 226:169-179.  link

Cimino, S.A.* and A.L. Strecker. 2018. Boater knowledge and behavior regarding aquatic invasive species at a boat wash station.  Northwest Science 92:224-233.  link

Record, S.^, A.L. Strecker^, M-N. Tuanmu, L. Beaudrot, P.L. Zarnetske, J. Belmaker, B. Gerstner*. 2018. Does scale matter? A systematic review of incorporating biological realism when predicting changes in species distributions, PLOS One 13: e0194650.  link 
^ equal contributors 

Brittain, J.T.* and A.L. Strecker. 2018. The interactive effect of multiple stressors on crustacean zooplankton communities in montane lakes.  Water Resources Research, in press.  link

Read, Q.D., J.M. Grady, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, L. Beaudrot, K. Thibault. 2018. Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient.  Ecography, in press.  link

Chang, J., E. Watson*, and A.L. Strecker. 2018. Climate change and stream temperature in the Willamette River Basin: Implications for fish habitat. In “Bridging Science and Policy Implication for Managing Climate Extremes,” (ed. H-S. Jung and B. Wang). World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Vol. 10, Singapore, p 119-132.  link

​Whitney, J.E., J.B. Whittier, C.P. Paukert, J.D. Olden, and A.L. Strecker. 2017. Forecasted range shifts of arid-land fishes in response to climate change: the influence of fish traits. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries  doi:10.1007/s11160-017-9479-9  link

Kuehne, L.M., Olden, J.D., Strecker, A.L., Lawler, J.J. & Theobald, D.M. 2017. Past, present, and future of ecological integrity assessment for fresh waters. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15: 197–205   link

Zarnetske, P.L.,  B. Baiser, A.L. Strecker, S. Record, J. Belmaker, and M.-N. Tuanmu. 2017. The interplay between landscape structure and biotic interactions. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 2: 12–29  link

Strecker, A.L. and J.T. Brittain.*  2017.  Increased habitat connectivity homogenizes freshwater communities: historical and landscape perspectives. Journal of Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12882  link 

Elder, T.*, Woodley C., Weiland M. and Strecker A.L.  2016. Factors Influencing the Survival of Outmigrating Juvenile Salmonids through Multiple Dam Passages: An Individual-Based Approach.  Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2326  link

Granek, EF, KE Conn, E Nilsen, L Pillsbury, AL Strecker, B Fish, and S Rumrill.  2016. Spatial and temporal variability of contaminants within estuarine sediments and native Olympia oysters: A contrast between a developed and an undeveloped estuary.  Science of the Total Environment 557-558:869-879.  link

​Pool, T.K., J. Cucherousset, S. Boulêtreau, S. Villéger, A.L. Strecker, G. Grenouillet.  2015.  Increased taxonomic and functional similarity does not increase communities’ trophic similarity. Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.12384  link

Belmaker, Y., P.L. Zarnetske, M.-N. Tuanmu, S. Zonneveld*, S. Record, A.L. Strecker, and L. Beaudrot. 2015.  Empirical evidence for the scale-dependence of biotic interactions. Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.12311  link
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Strecker, A.L., and J.D. Olden. 2014. Fish species introductions provide novel insights into the patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure in freshwaters. Proceedings of the Royal Society - B 281: 20133003.  link

Pool, T.K.*, Strecker, A.L., and J.D. Olden. 2013. Identifying preservation and restoration priority areas for desert fishes in an increasingly invaded world. Environmental Management  51:631-641 link

Chang, H., I-W. Jung, A.L. Strecker, D. Wise, M. Lafrenz, V. Shandas, H. Moradkhani, A. Yeakley, Y. Pan, R. Bean*, G. Johnson*, and M. Psaris*. 2013. Water supply, demand, and quality indicators for assessing the spatial distribution of water resource vulnerability in the Columbia River basin. Atmosphere-Ocean  51: 339-356.  PDF
   ** A ‘Most Read’ paper in Atmosphere-Ocean; included in the 2013        Water Science and Resources Reading List.

Foster, S.E., W.G. Sprules, and A.L. Strecker. 2012.  Effects of Bythotrephes longimanus on the abundance, morphology and prey community of Leptodora kindtii.  Hydrobiologia  683:163-172   PDF


MacLennan, M.*, S.E. Arnott, and A.L. Strecker. 2012. Differential sensitivity of planktonic trophic levels to extreme summer temperatures in boreal lakes. Hydrobiologia  680: 11-23  PDF

Stasko, A.*, T. Patenaude*, A.L. Strecker, and S.E. Arnott. 2012. Portage connectivity does not predict establishment success of canoe-mediated dispersal for crustacean zooplankton. Aquatic Ecology  46: 9-24  PDF

Young, J.D., A.L. Strecker, and N.D. Yan. 2011. Increased abundance of the non-indigenous zooplanktivore, Bythotrephes longimanus, is strongly correlated with greater spring prey availability in Canadian Shield lakes.Biological Invasions 13: 2605-2619   PDF

Rennie, M.D,  A.L. Strecker, and M.E. Palmer. 2011. Bythotrephes invasion elevates trophic position of zooplankton and fish: Implications for contaminant biomagnification. Biological Invasions 13:2621-2634  PDF

Strecker, A.L., J.D. Olden, J. Whittier, and C. Paukert. 2011. Defining conservation priorities for freshwater fishes according to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity. Ecological Applications  21: 3002-3013  PDF  Supplements

Strecker, A.L., J.M. Casselman, M-J. Fortin, D.A. Jackson, M.S. Ridgway, P.A. Abrams, and B.J. Shuter. 2011. A multi-scale comparison of trait linkages to environmental and spatial variables in fish communities across a large freshwater lake.  Oecologia 166:819-831.  PDF  Supplements

Strecker, A.L., P.M. Campbell*, and J.D. Olden. 2011. The aquarium trade as an invasion pathway in the Pacific Northwest. Fisheries 36:74-85.  PDF
    ** A ‘Most Read’ paper in Fisheries.

Strecker, A.L., B.E. Beisner, S.E. Arnott, A.M. Paterson, J. Winter, O.E. Johannsson, and  N.D. Yan. 2011. Direct and indirect effects of an invasive planktonic predator on pelagic food webs. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 179‐192.  PDF

Strecker, A.L. and S.E. Arnott. 2010. Complex interactions between regional dispersal of native taxa and an invasive species. Ecology 91: 1035-1047.  PDF

Strecker, A.L. and S.E. Arnott.  2008.  Invasive predator, Bythotrephes, has varied effects on ecosystem function in freshwater lakes. Ecosystems 11: 490-503.  PDF  Appendix

Strecker, A.L., R. Milne*, and S.E. Arnott.  2008.  Dispersal limitation and climate-induced environmental gradients structure crustacean zooplankton community composition in freshwater lakes, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  65: 1905-1918.  PDF  Supplementary Tables

Strecker, A.L., S.E. Arnott, N.D. Yan, and R. Girard.  2006. Variation in the response of crustacean zooplankton species richness and composition to the invasive predator Bythotrephes longimanus.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 2126-2136.  PDF  Supplementary Table

Strecker, A.L. and S.E. Arnott.  2005. Impact of Bythotrephes invasion on zooplankton communities in acid-damaged and recovered lakes on the Boreal Shield.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 2450-2462.  PDF

Strecker, A.L., T.P. Cobb, and R.D. Vinebrooke. 2004. Effects of experimental greenhouse warming on phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in fishless alpine ponds.  Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1182-1190.  PDF
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Field sampling locations for salamanders, birds, and small mammals. (Fluck et al. 2026)
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Conceptual diagram of how individual-level trait measurements are used to characterize different facets of trait dimensionality (McGrew et al. 2025)
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Conceptual model of watershed, lake and food web impacts on diazotrophic cyanobacteria in mountain lakes (Jansen et al 2024)
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Optical characterization of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in low and high elevation lakes in the Pacific Northwest region, USA
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Mussel squeeze: Dissolved oxygen and temperature can “squeeze” zebra mussels out of invaded reservoirs
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Fatty acid stable isotopes add clarity, but also complexity, to tracing energy pathways in aquatic food webs
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Climate warming moderates the impacts of introduced sportfish on prey biodiversity. Global Change Biology.
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When pets become pests: The role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
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Mountain lakes: Eyes on global environmental change. Global and Planetary Change 178:77
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Public perceptions of mountain lake fisheries management in national parks. Environmental Management 226:169-179
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Does scale matter? A systematic review of incorporating biological realism when predicting changes in species distributions, PLOS One 13: e0194650
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The interactive effect of multiple stressors on crustacean zooplankton communities in montane lakes. Water Resources Research doi: 10.1002/2017WR020605
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Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient. Ecography doi: 10.1111/ecog.03641
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Past, present, and future of ecological integrity assessment for fresh waters. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment DOI: 10.1002/fee.1483
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Increased habitat connectivity homogenizes freshwater communities: historical and landscape perspectives. Journal of Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12882
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Scale dependence of biotic interactions - Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.12311
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Fish phylogenetic structure in freshwaters - Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133003
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Water supply vulnerability, Columbia Basin -Atmosphere-Ocean 51: 339
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Sensitivity of trophic levels to extreme summer temperatures - Hydrobiologia 680:11
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Conservation priorities for freshwater fishes - Ecological Applications 21: 3002
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Complex interactions between regional dispersal of native taxa and an invasive species - Ecology 91:1035
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Invader effects on ecosystem functions in lakes - Ecosysems 11: 490
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Invader effects on zooplankton communities - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 2126
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Warming effects on plankton communities - Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1182

Chapters

Cimino, S.A.*, V. Brenneis, A.L. Strecker. 2020. An investigation of invasion: The influence of New Zealand mud snails in freshwater and brackish water ecosystems.  In “Invasive Species: Ecology, Impacts, and Potential Uses” (ed. V. Londe), p 1-29.


Chang, J., E. Watson*, and A.L. Strecker. 2018. Climate change and stream temperature in the Willamette River Basin: Implications for fish habitat. In “Bridging Science and Policy Implication for Managing Climate Extremes,” (ed. H-S. Jung and B. Wang). World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Vol. 10, Singapore, p 119-132.

Strecker, A.L. 2011. An overview of invasive freshwater cladocerans: 
Bythotrephes longimanus as a case study. In "Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species," Francis, R. (ed), Earthscan, London, UK, pp. 149-156.


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Sampling locations for New Zealand mud snails in Oregon state - Invasive Species: Ecology, Impacts, and Potential Uses
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Model predictions of vulnerability to Bythotrephes invasion - Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species
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