Peer reviewed publications
40. Zieritz, A., J. I. Brian, R. Sousa, D. C. Aldridge, C.L. Atkinson, K. Douda, C. C. Vaughn, Y. Bespalaja, T. Blackwell, A. Crisp, G.W. Hopper, A. Cmiel, A. Dobler, J. Dołęga, F. Ercoli, E. B. Oliveira Esteves, J. Geist, I. Sánchez González, D. Halabowski, P. Hoos, H. Hyvärinen, M. Illarri, I. Lewin, A. Lipinska, J. Magerøy, D. Nizzoli, I. Ollard, M. Österling, N. Riccardi, S. Rock, N. Ferreira Rodriquez, T. Sjönberg, J. Taskinen, G. Urbanic, M. Urbanska, Q. Yu, A. S. Vaz. A global meta-analysis of freshwater bivalve ecosystem services and functions. (Under review at Biological Reviews)
39. Hopper, G. W., J. W. Lopez, K. J. Fogelman, C. C. Vaughn. Response to Yoon et al (2024): Empirical concerns on freshwater fish and mussel distributions. (Under review at Science of the Total Environment).
38. Atkinson, C. L., I. Sánchez González, J.R. Bucholz, G.W. Hopper, R. C. Garrick, C. R. Jackson, J.D. Lozier. Integration of genetic, taxonomic, and functional dimensions of biodiversity yields conservation insights. (Under review at Biological Conservation)
37. Atkinson, C. L., A. Franzen, G.W. Hopper, J.W. Lopez, Z.D. Zbinden, C.C. Vaughn. Environmental gradients drive convergence in life history strategies among disparate but linked taxonomic groups. (In revision at Ecology)
36. Sánchez González, J.R. Bucholz, I. G.W. Hopper, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 3D morphometrics reveal patterns of unionid shell variation along environmental gradients (In revision at Journal of Biogeography)
35. Sánchez González, I. G.W. Hopper, J.R. Bucholz, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. A functional morphological classification for North American Freshwater Mussels: Associations between morphology and environmental parameters across spatial scales. (In revision at Biological Reviews)
34. Brunetz, I. A., J. W. Lopez, G. W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, C. L. Atkinson. Variation in freshwater mussel growth rates across four rivers is explained by longevity but not stream flow. (In revision at Freshwater Biology)
33. Hopper, G.W., J.M. Pfieffer, A.J. Skorupa, P.D. Hazelton, C.L. Atkinson, K.S. Cummings. Emerging patterns from the Freshwater Mussel Host Database: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for fish and mussel conservation. (In revision at Freshwater Science)
32. Hopper, G.W., E.J. Miller, J. Hofmeier. Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics in response to a harvest moratorium and water quality improvements. (In revision at Freshwater Science)
31. Siders, A.C., G.W. Hopper, M.R. Whiles, A.J. Reisinger, K.B. Gido. Drought-induced decreases in abundance of emergent midge subsidies offset by increased body size in a prairie stream. (In revision at Freshwater Biology)
30. Bucholz, J.R., G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, C.R. Jackson, R.C. Garrick, C.L. Atkinson, J. D. Lozier. In Press. Multispecies genetic structure scales with β-diversity across river hierarchies in a freshwater mussel biodiversity hotspot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
29. Vaughn, S. N., G. W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, J. R. Bucholz, R. C. Garrick, J. D. Lozier, P. D. Johnson, C. L. Atkinson, C. R. Jackson. 2024. Introduction into natural environments shifts the gut microbiome of captivity-raised filter-feeding bivalves. ISME Communications, ycae125.
28. Kubala, M.E., G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, C.R. Jackson, C.L. Atkinson. 2024. Freshwater mussels enhance sediment N-removal potentials and alter sediment bacterial communities via nutrient release and bioturbation. Freshwater Science. 43 (4):000-000
27. Lopez, J.W., A. Burrow, W.R. Haag, G.W. Hopper, C.L. Atkinson. 2024. Secondary production and biomass in freshwater mussel assemblages is related to species richness and stream size but not life history strategy composition. Ecosphere. 15 (7), e4934.
26. Kubala, M.E., G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, C.R. Jackson, K.A. Kuehn, H.M. Halvorson, A.D. Huryn, C.L. Atkinson. 2024. Species identity and diversity of filter-feeding bivalves impacts green and brown food webs. Freshwater Biology. 69(8):1104-1117.
25. Dubose, T.P., C.C. Vaughn, G.W. Hopper, K.B. Gido, T.B. Parr. 2024. Habitat engineering effects of freshwater mussels in rivers vary across spatial scales. Hydrobiologia. 851, 3897–3910.
24. Hopper, G.W., E. Miller, W.R. Haag, C.C. Vaughn, D.J. Hornbach, J.W. Jones, C.L. Atkinson. 2024. A test of the loose-equilibrium concept with long-lived organisms: evaluating temporal change in freshwater mussel assemblages. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(3):281-293. Supplemental material.
23. Hopper, G.W., J.R. Bucholz, T.P. Dubose, K.J. Fogelman, S.M. Keogh, M.E. Kubala, M.B. Lodato, D.H. Nichols, I. Sánchez González, J.M. Pfeiffer, J.A. Stoeckel, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. A trait dataset for freshwater mussels of the United States of America. Scientific Data. 10, article number 745. Data
22. Hopper, G.W., I. Sánchez González, J.R. Bucholz, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. Different components of biodiversity mediate two ecosystem functions derived from naturally assembled filter-feeder communities. Oikos. 10, e09699
21. Bucholz, J.R., G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, T.E. Kelley, C.R. Jackson, R.C. Garrick, C.L. Atkinson, J. D. Lozier. 2023. Community-wide correlations between species richness, abundance, and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot. Molecular Ecology. 32(22): 5894-5912. Cover photo and Editor Highlight.
20. Sánchez González, I, G.W. Hopper, J.R. Bucholz, M.E. Kubala, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2023. Niche specialization and community niche space increase with species richness in filter-feeder assemblages. Ecosphere. e4495
19. Hopper, G.W., K. B. Gido. C.C. Vaughn. 2023. Indirect functional effects of neighbors on food web compartments could not overcome density-dependent limited growth of a grazing minnow. Food Webs. e00277
18. Atkinson, C.L., G.W. Hopper, D.A. Kreeger, J.W. Lopez, A.N. Maine, A.N. Schwalb, B.J. Sansom, C.C. Vaughn. 2023. Gains and gaps in knowledge surrounding freshwater mollusk ecosystem services. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 26:20–31
17. Gido, K.B., S.C. Hedden, L.A. Bruckerhoff, C.A. Pennock, C.K. Hedden, G.W. Hopper, E.A. Renner, E.R. Johnson, B.J. Postlethwait. 2023. A perched culvert and natural obstructions limit fish dispersal in an intermittent prairie stream. Freshwater Science. 42(1):33-43
16. Hopper, G.W., J.K. Buchanan, I. Sánchez González, M.E. Kubala, J.R. Bucholz, M.D. Lodato, J.D. Lozier, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Little clams with big potential: nutrient release by Corbicula fluminea can exceed that of co-occurring freshwater mussel (Unionidae) assemblages. Biological Invasions. 24:2529-2545. Supplemental material
15. Kelley, T.E., G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, J.R. Bucholz, C.L. Atkinson. 2022. Identifying potential drivers of distribution patterns of Corbicula fluminea relative to native freshwater mussels (Unionidae) across spatial scales. Ecology and Evolution. 12, e8737
14. Chiarello, M., J.R. Bucholz, M. McCauley, S. Vaughn, G.W. Hopper, I. Sánchez González, C.L. Atkinson, J.D. Lozier, C.R. Jackson. 2022. Environment and co-occurring native mussel species, but not host genetics, impact the microbiome of a freshwater invasive species (Corbicula fluminea). Frontiers in Microbiology
13. Vaughn, C.C., T.B. Parr, T.P. DuBose, K.K. Gates., G.W. Hopper, K.B. Gido. 2021. Do mobile consumers homogenize the distribution of resources in stream food webs? A test with overlapping fish and mussel aggregations. Freshwater Biology. 67:684-694
12. Hopper, G.W., G.K. Dickinson, C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Associations among elements in freshwater mussel shells (Unionidae) and their relation to morphology and life history. Freshwater Biology 66:1980-1991
11. Sánchez González, I., G.W. Hopper, J.R. Bucholz, C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Long-term monitoring reveals differential responses of mussel and host fish communities in a biodiversity hotspot. Diversity. Editors choice in special issue: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation. 13,122.
10. Hopper, G.W., S. Chen, I. Sánchez González, J.R. Bucholz, Y. Lu, C.L. Atkinson. 2021. Aggregated filter feeders govern the flux and stoichiometry of locally available energy and nutrients in rivers. Functional Ecology 35:1183-1195: Supplemental material
9. Hopper, G.W., K.B. Gido, C.A. Pennock, S.C. Hedden, B.D. Frenette, N. Barts, C.K. Hedden, L.A. Bruckerhoff. 2020. Nowhere to swim: interspecific responses of prairie stream fishes in isolated pools during severe drought. Aquatic Sciences 82, 42.
8. Hopper, G.W., K.B. Gido, C.A. Pennock, S.C. Hedden, J.P. Guinnip, M.A. Fisher, C.M. Tobler, C.K. Hedden, L.A. Bruckerhoff. 2020. Biomass loss and change in species dominance shift stream community excretion stoichiometry during severe drought. Freshwater Biology 65:403-416
7. Hopper, G.W., T.P. DuBose, K.B. Gido, C.C. Vaughn. 2019. Freshwater mussels alter fish distribution through habitat modifications at fine spatial scales. Freshwater Science 38:702-712. Featured in The Revelator
6. Hopper, G.W. 2019. An observation of aquatic surface respiration by Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) in isolated pools during severe drought.Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences. 122:264-266
5.Perkin J.S., T.A. Starks, C.A. Pennock, K.B. Gido, G.W. Hopper, S.C. Hedden. 2019. Extreme drought causes fish recruitment failure in a fragmented Great Plains riverscape. Ecohydrology.
4. Hopper, G.W., K.B. Gido, C.C. Vaughn, T.B. Parr, T.G. Popejoy, C.L. Atkinson, K.G. Gates. 2018. Biomass distribution of fishes and mussels mediates spatial and temporal heterogeneity in nutrient cycling in streams. Oecologia 188:1133-1144
3. Hopper, G.W., Morehouse, R.L., & Tobler, M. 2017. Body shape variation in two species of darter (Etheostoma, Percidae) and its relation to the environment. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 26:4-18
2. Culumber Z.W., G.W. Hopper, N. Barts, C.N. Passow, S. Morgan , A. Brown, L. Arias-Rodriguez, and M. Tobler. 2016. Habitat use of two extremophile, highly endemic, and critically endangered fish species (Gambusia eurystoma & Poecilia sulphuraria; Poeciliidae). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Research 26:1155-1167
1. Hopper, G.W. and M. Tobler. 2016. Patterns of diet variation and individual specialization in two species of darter (Etheostoma, Percidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research 17:53-73
Book chapters and reviews
1. Atkinson, C.L., H.M. Halvorson, G.W. Hopper, M.A. Evans-White, M.J. Vanni. 2021. Ecological stoichiometry in streams. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd Edition. Ed. K. Tockner
2. Gido, K.B., and G.W. Hopper. Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West-(Book Review). 2018. Great Plains Research 28:22