*Denotes undergraduate first author
2026
Cummins, C.S., A.D. Rosemond, H.M. Halvorson, A.T. Rugenski, N.J. Tomczyk, S.J.Wenger, P.M. Bumpers, V. Gulis, P.A. Rogers, J.P. Benstead. 2026. Aquatic insect thermal responses vary by physiological rate and diet. Freshwater Biology. In press
Chalfin, E.D., P.M. Bumpers, C.R. Jackson, S.J. Wenger. 2026. Habitat use of the Etowah bridled darter, a locally endemic fish species. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 109:73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-026-01839-3
2025
Bumpers, P.M., J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, J.S. Kominoski, J.C. Maerz, D.W.P. Manning, S.J. Wenger, A.D. Rosemond. 2025. Biofilm responses to experimental enrichment of forest streams: light and nutrient interact to increase biomass, and phosphorus alters stoichiometry. Ecosystems. 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-025-01004-4
Demi, L.M., P.M. Bumpers, W.F. Cross, S.L. Eggert, J.S. Kominoski, D.W.P. Manning, A.D. Rosemond, J.B. Wallace, S.J. Wenger, J.P. Benstead. 2025. Resource quantity and quality co- limit consumer production in forest streams. Ecology. 106(7), e70163. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70163
2024
Cummins, C.S., A.D. Rosemond, N.J. Tomczyk, S.J. Wenger, P.M. Bumpers, V. Gulis, A.M. Helton, J.P. Benstead. 2024. Temperature dependence of leaf breakdown in streams differs between organismal groups and leaf species. Ecology. 105 (10), e4405. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4405.
Hare, D.K., A.M. Helton, C.S. Cummins, P.M. Bumpers, N.J. Tomczyk, P.A. Rogers, S.J. Wenger, E.R. Hotchkiss, A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead. 2024. Litter quality influences how the thermal effect of groundwater modulates current and future leaf litter breakdown phenology in headwater stream networks. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9: 532-542. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10423
2023
Freeman, M.C., B. Albanese, P.M. Bumpers, M.M. Hagler, A.J. Nagy, B.J. Freeman, S.J. Wenger. 2023. Persistence of native riverine fishes downstream from two hydropower dams with contrasting operations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80:1723-1736. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0297
Bumpers, P.M., A.D. Rosemond, D.W.P. Manning, J.S. Kominoski, J.P. Benstead, L.M. Demi. 2023.Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams reduces ecosystem nitrogen and phosphorus storage. Limnology and Oceanography. 68: 1670-1685. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12376
Tomczyk, N.T., L. Naslund, C. Cummins, E. Bell. P. Bumpers, A. Rosemond. 2023. Nonpoint source pollution measures in the Clean Water Act have no detectable impact on decadal trends in nutrient concentrations in U.S. inland waters. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01869-6
2022
Tomczyk, N.J., A.D. Rosemond, P.M. Bumpers, C.S. Cummins, C. Yang, S.J. Wenger. 2022. Differences in respiration rates and abrasion losses may muddle attribution of breakdown to macroinvertebrates versus microbes in litterbag experiments. River Research Applications. 38: 1721-1729.
Wenger, S.J., E.S. Stowe, K.B. Gido, M.C. Freeman, Y. Kanno, N.R. Franssen, J.D. Olden, N.L. Poff, A.W. Walters. P.M. Bumpers, M.C. Mims, M.B. Hooten, X. Lu. 2022. Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time-series data. Ecology and Evolution. 12: e9339
2020
Prater, C., P.M. Bumpers, L.M. Demi, A.D. Rosemond, and P.D. Jeyasingh. 2020. Differential responses of macroinvertebrate ionomes across experimental N:P gradients in detritus-based headwater streams. Oecologia.193: 981-993.
Manning DWP, A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, 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.
Tomczyk, N.J., A. Rosemond, P.M. Bumpers, C.S. Cummins, S.J. Wenger, J.P. Benstead. 2020. Ignoring temperature variation leads to underestimation of the temperature sensitivity of plant litter decomposition. Ecosphere. 11:e03050
*Usher, R.L., J.L. Wood, P.M. Bumpers, S.J. Wenger, A.D. Rosemond. 2020. Nutrients stimulate detrital carbon loss across an urbanization gradient. Freshwater Science. 39: 101-114
2015-2017
Bumpers, P.M., A.D. Rosemond, J.C. Maerz, 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.
Freeman, M.C., M.M. Hagler, P.M. Bumpers, K. Wheeler, S.J. Wenger, B.J. Freeman. 2017. Long-term monitoring data provide evidence of declining species richness in a river valued for biodiversity conservation. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8:1-17.
Rosemond, A.D., J.P. Benstead, P.M. Bumpers, V. Gulis, J.S. Kominoski, D.W.P. Manning, K. Suberkropp, J.B. Wallace. 2015. Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems. Science. 347:1142-1145.
Bumpers, P.M., J.C. Maerz, A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead. 2015. Salamander growth rates increase along an experimental stream phosphorus gradient. Ecology. 96:2994-3004.