James H. Thorp
Research Centers - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Kansas Biological SurveyRoom 104a
Dr. James Thorp's research centers on the community through macrosystem ecology of freshwater systems.
Education
B.A., Zoology Department, University of Kansas
Masters Program, Zoology Dept., NCSU
Ph.D., Zoology Dept., North Carolina State
Teaching Interests
- Ecology of Rivers and Lakes
- Marine Biology
- Laboratory in Marine Biology
- Biology of Freshwater Invertebrates
Research
I currently have a rather wide range of research interests, and these were even broader from a historical standpoint (see my full publication list). My research is centered on the ecology of rivers (primarily), smaller streams, and other aquatic ecosystems where I work mostly at the community and now macrosystem levels. I have also worked in ephemeral wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs. To some colleagues I am best known for diverse research on benthic invertebrates, while others associate me with studies of river plankton or even fish ecology because I publish in all these areas. Still others know me best for my global series on identifying freshwater invertebrates (Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates). I enjoy using diverse research approaches (conceptual, field experimental, and descriptive techniques) to answer fundamental and applied environmental questions.
Within the fundamental research area, I am most interested at present in food web ecology and the effects of hydrogeomorphic fluctuations on the structure and functioning of river macrosystems (e.g., see The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis, Thorp et al. 2008). This is included in a major NSF study on river macrosystems in the USA and Mongolia.
Within the applied research area, I have always been most intrigued by how human interactions with the natural environment have altered basic ecosystem structure and functioning.
I am always looking for my talented colleagues with whom I can collaborate on various studies, and I am especially interested in interactions with my colleagues in other countries.
Research Interests
- Macroecology (e.g., effects of large-scale patch mosaics) and community ecology (e.g., food webs of rivers and vernal wetlands) of aquatic systems
- River management theory (including ecosystem services and rehabilitation)
- Ecology and diversity of aquatic organisms, especially inland water invertebrates
Selected Publications
Thorp, J. H., Lovell, L. L., Timm, T. Martin, P. Gelder, S. & Govedich, F. R. (2018). Phylum Annelida. In . (Ed.), Keys to Palaearctic Fauna. Lawrence.
Rogers, D. Christopher & Thorp, J. H. (Eds.). (in press). Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Vol. IV: Keys to Palaearctic Fauna. IV Elsevier.
Thorp, J. H., & Rogers, D. C. (2018). Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Introduction. Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Lawrence.
Hamada, N., Thorp, J. H., & Rogers, D. Christopher (Eds.). (2018). Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda (N. Hamada, J. H. Thorp, & D. Christopher Rogers, Eds., Vol. III). Elsevier.
Thorp, J. H., Rogers, D. C., & Hamada, N. (2018). Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Chapter 1. Introduction (D. Christopher Rogers). Volume III. Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda. III Elsevier.
Thorp, J. H., & Bowes, R. E. (2017). Carbon sources in Riverine Food Webs: new Evidence from Amino Acid Isotope Techniques. Ecosystems, 20, 1029-1041.
Bowes, R. E., Thorp, J. H., & Reuman, D. C. (2017). Multidimensional metrics of niche space for use with diverse analytical techniques. Nature, 20, 1-11.
Brett, M. T., & Thorp, J. (2017). How important are terrestrial carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems? Freshwater Biology, 62, 833-853.
Carroll, T. M., Thorp, J. H., & Roach, K. A. (2016). Autochthony in karst spring food webs. Hydrobiologia, 776, 173-191.
O'Neill, B. J., Rogers, D. C., & Thorp, J. h. (2016). Flexibility of ephemeral wetland crustaceans: environmental constraints and anthropogenic impacts. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 24, 279--291.
Thorp, J. H., & Rogers, D. C. (2016). Thorp and CovichΓÇÖs Freshwater Invertebrates. . Volume II. Keys to Nearctic Fauna .
Bowes, R. E., & Thorp, J. H. (2015). Consequences of employing amino acid vs. bulk-tissue, stable isotope analysis: a laboratory trophic position experiment. Ecosphere, 6(1).
Carroll, T. M., & Thorp, J. H. (2014). Ecotonal shifts in diversity and functional traits in zoobenthic communities of karst springs. Hydrobiologia, 738, 1-20.
Bowes, R. E., Lafferty, M. H., & Thorp, J. H. (2014). Less means more: nutrient stress leads to higher ╬┤15N ratios in fish. Freshwater Biology, 59, 1926-1931.
Thorp, J. H. (2014). Metamorphosis in river ecology: from reaches to macrosystems. Freshwater Biology , 59, 200-210. DOI:10.1111/fwb.12237
McCluney, K. E., Poff, N. L., Palmer, M. A., Thorp, J. H., Poole, G. C., Williams, B. S., Williams, M. R., & Baron, J. S. (2014). Riverine macrosystems ecology: Sensitivity, resistance, and resilience of whole river basins with human alterations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(1), 48-58.
O'Neill, B. J., & Thorp, J. H. (2014). Untangling food-web structure in an ephemeral ecosystem. Freshwater Biology, 59, 1462-1473.
Thorp, J. H. (2013). [Review of the book Climatic change and global warming of inland waters: Impacts and mitigation for ecosystems and societies, Goldman, C.R. et al. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, 472 p]. Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (CHOICE)
Williams, B. S., DΓÇÖAmico, E. Kastens, J. H., Thorp, J. H., Flotemersch, J. E., & Thoms, M. C. (2013). Automated riverine landscape characterization: GIS-based tools for watershed-scale research, assessment, and management. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI:10.1007/s10661-013-3114-6
Thorp, J. H., Flotemersch, J. E., Williams, B. S., & Gabanski, L. A. (2013). Critical role for hierarchical geospatial analyses in the design of fluvial research, assessment, and management. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI:10.1007/s10661-013-3091-9
Thorp, J. H. (2012). [Review of the book Management of freshwater biodiversity: Crayfish as bioindicators, Reynolds, J. et al. Cambridge, 374 p]. Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (CHOICE)
Poff, L. Thorp, J. & Stanley, S. (2012). Conceptual model. In Healthy watersheds integrated assessments workshop synthesis (pp. Pages 5-15).
Thorp, J. H. (2011). [Review of the book A word of rivers: Environmental change on ten of the worldΓÇÖs great rivers, Wohl, E. Univ. of Chicago Press, 359 p]. Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (CHOICE)
Thorp, J. H., & Rogers, D. C. (2011). Field guide to freshwater invertebrates of North America, Boston, MA: Elsevier. 274.
Sluss, T. D., Jack, J. D., & Thorp, J. H. (2011). A comparison of sampling methods for riverine zooplankton. River Systems, 19(4), 315-326.
O'Neill, B. J., & Thorp, J. H. (2011). A simple channel complexity metric for analyzing river ecosystem responses. River Systems, 19(4), 327-335.
Delong, M. D., Thorp, J. H., Thoms, M. C., & McIntosh, L. M. (2011). Trophic niche dimensions of fish communities as a function of historical hydrological conditions in a plains river. River Systems, 19, 177-187.
O'Neill, B. J., & Thorp, J. H. (2011). Zoobenthos of a sand bed river: Coping with hydrogeomorphic fluctuations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 30(2), 546-558.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (2010). An overview of inland aquatic habitats. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(3rd ed.) (pp. 25-47). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., Covich, A. P., & Dimmick, W. W. (2010). Introduction to invertebrates of inland waters. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(3rd ed.) (pp. 1-23). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Covich, A. P., Thorp, J. H., & Rogers, D. C. (2010). Introduction to the subphylum Crustacea. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(3rd ed.) (pp. 695-723). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., Lamberti, G. A., & Casper, A. F. (2010). St. Lawrence River. In A. C. Benke & C. E. Cushing (Eds.), Field guide to Rivers of North America. Academic Press (Elsevier).
Thorp, J. H. & Covich, A. P. (Eds.). (2010). Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates (J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich, Eds., 3rd ed.). Academic Press, Elsevier Inc. 1021.
Thorp, J. H., Flotemersch, J. E., Delong, M. D., Casper, A. F., Thoms, M. C., Ballantyne, F. Williams, B. S., O'Neill, B. J., & Haase, C. S. (2010). Linking ecosystem services, rehabilitation, and river hydrogeomorphology. BioScience, 60(1), 67-74.
Flotemersch, J. E., Thorp, J. H., & Williams, B. S. (2010). Application of the Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis (RES) and the Functional Process zone (FPZ) approach to EPA environmental mission tasks for rivers. U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development.
Thorp, J. H. (2009). [Review of the book Ecology and conservation of the San Pedro River, Stromberg, J.C. and B. Tellman. University of Arizona Press, Tucson]. Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (CHOICE)
Thorp, J. H. (2009). [Review of the book Inland fishes of the greater southwest: Chronicle of a vanishing biota, Minckley, W.L. and P.C. Marsh. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 426p ]. CHOICE (Current Reviews for Academic Libraries)
Thorp, J. H. (2009). [Review of the book The riverscape and the river. , S.M. Haslam. Cambridge Press. 404 p]. Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (CHOICE)
Thorp, J. H. (2009). Arthropoda and related groups. In V. H. Resh & R. T. Cardé (Eds.), Encyclopedia of insects(Secondth ed.) (pp. 50-56). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H. (2009). Models of ecological processes in river ecosystems. In G. E. Likens (Ed.), Encyclopedia of inland waters (Vol. 1, pp. 448-455). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Roach, K. A., Thorp, J. H., & Delong, M. D. (2009). Influence of lateral gradients of hydrologic connectivity on trophic position of fishes in the Upper Mississippi River. Freshwater Biology, 54, 607-620.
Delong, M. D., & Thorp, J. H. (2009). Mollusc shell periostracum as an alternative to tissue in isotopic studies. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7, 436-441.
Thorp, J. H., Thoms, M. C., & Delong, M. D. (2008). The riverine ecosystem synthesis, Boston, MA: Academic Press. 208.
Moore, S. L., & Thorp, J. H. (2008). Coping with hydrogeomorphic variations in a prairie river: Resiliency in young-of-the-year fishes. River Research and Applications, 24, 237-248.
Sluss, T. D., Cobbs, G. A., & Thorp, J. H. (2008). Impact of turbulence on riverine zooplankton: A mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Biology, 53, 199-2010.
Casper, A. F., & Thorp, J. H. (2007). Diel and lateral patterns of zooplankton distribution in the St. Lawrence River. River Research and Applications, 23(1), 73-86.
Thorp, J. H., Stanford, J. A., Thoms, M. C., & Petts, G. E. (2007). Global partnerships and the International Society for River Science (ISRS). River Res. and Applications 23, 1-5.
Casper, A. F., Thorp, J. H., Davies, S. P., & Courtemanch, D. L. (2006). Ecological responses of zoobenthos to dam removal on the Kennebec River, Maine, USA. Archiv f├╝r Hydrobiologie, Large Rivers, 16(4), 541-555.
Delong, M. D., & Thorp, J. H. (2006). Significance of instream autotrophs in trophic dynamics of the Upper Mississippi River. Oecologia, 147(1), 76-85.
Thorp, J. H., Thoms, M. C., & Delong, M. D. (2006). The riverine ecosystem synthesis: Biocomplexity in river networks across space and time. River Research and Applications, 22(2), 123-147.
Jack, J. D., Fang, W. & Thorp, J. H. (2006). Vertical, lateral and longitudinal movement of zooplankton in a large river. Freshwater Biology, 51, 1646-1654.
Thorp, J. H., Lamberti, G. A., & Casper, A. F. (2005). St. Lawrence River. In A. C. Benke & C. E. Cushing (Eds.), Rivers of North America (pp. 983-1028). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Buijse, A. D., Klijn, F., Leuven, R. S. E. W., Middelkoop, H., Schiemer, F., Thorp, J. H., & Wolfert, H. P. (Eds.). (2005). Rehabilitating large regulated rivers. Archiv f├╝r Hydrobiologie, Supplement 155 (Large Rivers 15) 738. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Buijse, A. D., Klijn, F. Leuven, R. W., Middelkoop, H. Schiemer, F. Thorp, J. H., & Wolfert, H. P. (2005). Rehabilitation of large rivers: References, achievements and integration into river management. Archiv f├╝r Hydrobiologie, Suppl, 155, 715-738.
Hein, T. Reckendorfer, W. Thorp, J. & Schiemer, F. (2005). The role of slackwater areas and the hydrologic exchange for biogeochemical processes in river corridors: Examples from the Austrian Danube. Archiv f├╝r Hydrobiologie, Suppl, 155, 425-442.
Thorp, J. H., & Mantovani, S. (2005). Zooplankton in turbid and hydrologically dynamic, prairie rivers. Freshwater Biology, 50(9), 1474-1491.
Thorp, J. H., & Casper, A. F. (2003). Importance of biotic interactions in large rivers: An experiment with planktivorous fish, dreissenid mussels, and zooplankton in the St. Lawrence. River Research and Applications, 19, 265-279.
Thorp, J. H., Alexander, J. E., & Cobbs, G. A. (2002). Coping with warmer, large rivers: A field experiment on potential range expansion of northern quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis). Freshwater Biology, 47(9), 1779-1790.
Thorp, J. H., & Delong, M. D. (2002). Dominance of autochthonous autotrophic carbon in food webs of heterotrophic rivers. Oikos, 96(3), 543-550.
Jack, J. D., & Thorp, J. H. (2002). Impacts of fish predation on an Ohio River zooplankton community. Journal of Plankton Research, 24(2), 119-127.
Thorp, J. H., & Casper, A. F. (2002). Potential effects on zooplankton from species shifts in mussel planktivory: a field experiment in the St. Lawrence River. Freshwater Biology, 47, 107-119.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (2001). An overview of freshwater habitats. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(2nd ed.) (pp. 19-41). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (2001). Introduction to freshwater invertebrates. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(2nd ed.) (pp. 1-18). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (2001). Introduction to freshwater invertebrates. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(2nd ed.) (pp. 1-18). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Covich, A. P., & Thorp, J. H. (2001). Introduction to the subphylum Crustacea. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(2nd ed.) (pp. 777-809). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H. (2001). [Review of the book The ecology of freshwater molluscs, R.T. Dillon, Jr. Cambridge Univ. Press. 509 p]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 76(1), 102.
Greenwood, K. S., & Thorp, J. H. (2001). Aspects of ecology and conservation of sympatric, prosobranch snails in a large river. Hydrobiologia, 455, 229-236.
Greenwood, K. S., Thorp, J. H., Summers, R. B., & Guelda, D. L. (2001). Effects of an exotic bivalve mollusc on benthic invertebrates and food quality in the Ohio River. Hydrobiologia, 462, 169-172.
Delong, M. D., Thorp, J. H., Greenwood, K. S., & Miller, M. C. (2001). Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 17(3), 217-232.
Jack, J. D., & Thorp, J. H. (2000). Effects of the benthic suspension feeder Dreissena polymorpha on zooplankton in a large river. Freshwater Biology, 44, 569-579.
Bukaveckas, P. A., Jourdian, E. Koch, R. & Thorp, J. H. (2000). Longitudinal gradients in nutrients and phytoplankton in the Ohio River. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 27, 3107-3110.
Thorp, J. H., Delong, M. D., & Casper, A. F. (1998). In situ experiments on predatory regulation of a bivalve mollusc (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Freshwater Biology, 39, 649-661.
Brown, K. M., Alexander, J. E., & Thorp, J. H. (1998). Differences in the ecology and distribution of lotic pulmonate and prosobranch gastropods. American Malacological Bulletin, 14(2), 91-101.
Thorp, J. H., Delong, M. D., Greenwood, K. S., & Casper, A. F. (1998). Isotopic analysis of three food web theories in constricted and floodplain regions of a large river. Oecologia, 117, 551-563.
Thorp, J. H., Alexander, J. E., Bukaveckas, B. L., Cobbs, G. A., & Bresko, K. L. (1998). Responses of Ohio River and Lake Erie dreissenid molluscs to changes in temperature and turbidity. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 55(1), 220-229.
Wehr, J. D., Lonergan, S. P., & Thorp, J. H. (1997). Concentrations and controls of dissolved organic matter in a constricted-channel region of the Ohio River. Biogeochemistry, 38, 41-65.
Wehr, J. D., & Thorp, J. H. (1997). Effects of navigation dams, tributaries, and littoral zones on phytoplankton of the Ohio River. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 54, 378-395.
Summers, R. B., Delong, M. D., & Thorp, J. H. (1997). Ontogenetic and temporal shifts in the diet of the amphipod Gammarus fasciatus in the Ohio River. Amer. Midl. Nat., 137(2), 329-336.
Alexander, J. E., Thorp, J. H., & Smith, J. C. (1997). Biology and potential impact of zebra mussels in large rivers In . (Ed.), American Water Works Association Research Foundation .
Thorp, J. H., Black, A. R., Jack, J. D., & Casper, A. F. (1996). Pelagic enclosures - modification and use for experimental study of riverine plankton. Archiv. f├╝r Hydrobiologie, Supplement 113, 10, 583-589.
Summers, R. B., Thorp, J. H., Alexander, J. E., & Fell, R. D. (1996). Respiratory adjustment of dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis) in response to chronic turbidity. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 53(7), 1626-1631.
Thorp, J. H. (1995). Invertebrates, freshwater. In W. A. Nierenberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of environmental biology (Vol. 2, pp. 357-370). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Jack, J. D., & Thorp, J. H. (1995). Daphnia lumholtzi: Appearance and likely impacts of an exotic cladoceran in the Ohio River. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci., 56(3/4), 101-103.
Thorp, J. H., Alexander, J. E., Greenwood, K. S., Casper, A. F., Kessler, R. K., Black, A. R., Fang, W. Westin, A. F., Summers, R. B., Sellers, T. W., & Lewis, B. (1994). Predicting the success of riverine populations of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) - a case history of early colonization and microhabitat distribution in the Ohio River. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Zebra Mussel Conference, March 7-10, 1994 (pp. 718 p). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin System, Sea Grant Institute.
Thorp, J. H., & Delong, M. D. (1994). The riverine productivity model: An heuristic view of carbon sources and organic processing in large river ecosystems. Oikos, 70(2), 305-308.
Alexander, J. E., Thorp, J. H., & Fell, R. D. (1994). Turbidity and temperature effects on oxygen consumption in zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). 51(1), 179-184.
Thorp, J. H., Black, A. R., Haag, K. H., & Wehr, J. D. (1994). Zooplankton assemblages in the Ohio River: Seasonal, tributary, and navigation dam effects. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 51, 1634-1643.
Delong, M. D., Summers, R. B., & Thorp, J. H. (1993). Influence of food type on the growth of a riverine amphipod, Gammarus fasciatus. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 50(9), 1891-1896.
Kessler, R. K., & Thorp, J. H. (1993). Microhabitat segregation of the threatened spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum) and closely related orangefin darter (E. bellum). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 50(5), 1084-1091.
Delong, M. D., Thorp, J. H., & Haag, K. H. (1993). New device for sampling macroinvertebrates from woody debris (snags) in nearshore areas of aquatic systems. Am. Midl. Nat., 130(2), 413-417.
Georgian, T. & Thorp, J. H. (1992). Effects of microhabitat selection on feeding rates of net-spinning caddisfly larvae. Ecology, 73, 229-240.
Thorp, J. H. (1992). Linkage between islands and benthos in the Ohio River, with implications for riverine management. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 49(9), 1873-1882.
Mellett, B. J., Bosserman, R. W., & Thorp, J. H. (1992). Use of fractal dimension to analyze meandering patterns in the Redbird River of eastern Kentucky. Trans. Kentucky Acad. Sci, 53(1-2), 46-49.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (1991). An overview of freshwater habitats. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(1st ed.) (pp. 17-36). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Covich, A. P., & Thorp, J. H. (1991). Crustacea: Introduction and Peracarida. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(1st ed.) (pp. 665-689). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (1991). Introduction to freshwater invertebrates . In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(1st ed.) (pp. 1-15). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Thorp, J. H., & Covich, A. P. (1991). Introduction to freshwater invertebrates. In J. H. Thorp & A. P. Covich (Eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates(1st ed.) (pp. 1-15). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Haag, K. H., & Thorp, J. H. (1991). Cross-channel distribution patterns of invertebrate benthos in a regulated reach of the Tennessee River. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 6, 225-233.
Thorp, J. H. (1989). [Review of the book Complex interactions in lake communities, S. R. Carpenter (editor), Springer-Verlag, New York]. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc, 8, 370-371.
Mayack, D. T., Thorp, J. H., & Cothran, M. (1989). Effects of burial and floodplain retention on stream processing of allochthonous litter. Oikos, 54, 378-388.
Thorp, J. H., Goldsmith, L. D., Polgreen, J. A., & Mayer, L. M. (1989). Foraging patterns of nesting and non-nesting sunfish (Centrarchidae: Lepomis auritus and L. gibbosus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 46, 1342-1346.
Thorp, J. H. (1988). Patches and the responses of lake benthos to sunfish nest-building. Oecologia, 76(2), 168-174.
Thorp, J. H., & Gloss, S. P. (1986). Field and laboratory tests on acute toxicity of cadmium to freshwater crayfish. Bull. Environ. Contam. & Toxicol, 37, 355-361.
Thorp, J. H. (1986). Two distinct roles for predators in freshwater assemblages. Oikos, 47(1), 75-82.
Thorp, J. H., Wallace, J. B., & Georgian, T. J. (1986). Untangling the web of caddisfly evolution and distribution. Oikos, 47(2), 253-256.
Thorp, J. H., McEwan, E. M., Flynn, M. F., & Hauer, F. R. (1985). Invertebrate colonization of submerged wood in a cypress-tupelo swamp and blackwater stream. Amer. Midl. Nat., 113, 56-68.
Cothran, M. L., & Thorp, J. H. (1985). Tests of prey preference and switching behavior of the dragonfly Celithemis fasciata. Oikos, 44(2), 350-355.
Diggins, M. R., & Thorp, J. H. (1985). Winter-spring depth distribution of Chironomidae in a southeastern reservoir. Freshwat. Invertebr. Biol, 4(1), 8-21.
Thorp, J. H. (1984). Evolutionary differentiation of caddisfly catchnets: Perspectives on the roles of competition and predation. Oikos, 43, 121-125.
Thorp, J. H., & Cothran, M. L. (1984). Regulation of freshwater community structure at multiple intensities of dragonfly predation. Ecology, 65(5), 1546-1555.
Thorp, J. H. (1984). Theory and practice in crayfish communication studies. J. Chem. Ecol, 10(8), 1283-1288.
Thorp, J. H. (1983). An evaluation of hypotheses on the evolutionary differentiation of catchnets in net-spinning caddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Oikos, 40(2), 308-312.
Thorp, J. H., & Chesser, R. K. (1983). Seasonal responses of lentic midge assemblages to environmental gradients. Holarctic Ecology, 6(2), 123-132.
Cothran, M. L., & Thorp, J. H. (1982). Emergence and size variation of Odonata in a thermal reservoir. Freshwat. Invertebr. Biol, 1(4), 30-39.
Thorp, J. H., & Diggins, M. R. (1982). Factors affecting depth distribution of dragonflies and other benthic insects in a thermally destabilized reservoir. Hydrobiologia, 87, 33-44.
Thorp, J. H., & Cothran, M. L. (1982). Floating field microcosms for studying benthic communities. Freshwater Invertebrate Biology, 1(1), 44-49.
Gresens, S. E., Cothran, M. L., & Thorp, J. H. (1982). The influence of temperature on the functional responses of the dragonfly Celithemis fasciata (Odonata: Libellulidae). Oecologia, 53, 281-284.
Thorp, J. H., & Itagaki, H. (1982). Verification versus falsification of existing theory: Analysis of possible chemical communication in crayfish. J. Chem. Ecol, 8(7), 1073-1077.
Thorp, J. H., & Bergey, E. A. (1981). Field experiments on interactions between vertebrate predators and larval midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the littoral zone of a reservoir. Oecologia, 50, 285-290.
Thorp, J. H., & Bergey, E. A. (1981). Field experiments on responses of a freshwater, benthic macroinvertebrate community to vertebrate predators. Ecology, 62(2), 365-375.
Itagaki, H. & Thorp, J. H. (1981). Laboratory experiments to determine if crayfish can communicate in a flow-through system. J. Chem. Ecol, 7(1), 115-126.
Thorp, J. H., & Winewriter, S. A. (1981). Stress and growth response of juvenile crayfish to rhythmic and arrhythmic temperature fluctuations. Arch. Environ. Contam. & Toxicol, 10, 69-77.
Caldwell, J. P., Thorp, J. H., & Jervey, T. O. (1980). Predator-prey relationships among larval dragonflies, salamanders and frogs. Oecologia, 46(3), 258-289.
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