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*Handler, K. S., A. L. Subalusky, C. J. Kendall, C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2021. Temporal resource partitioning of wildebeest carcasses by scavengers after riverine mass mortality events. Ecosphere 12(1):e03326. 10.1002/ ecs2.3326. (pdf)
Dutton, C.L., A.L. Subalusky, S.K. Hamilton, *E.C. Bayer, L. Njoroge, E.J. Rosi, and D.M. Post. Alternative Biogeochemical States of River Pools Mediated by Hippo Use and Flow Variability. Ecosystems (2020). doi 10.1007/s10021-020-00518-3. (pdf)
Masese, F. O., M. J. Kiplagat, C. Romero, A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Dutton, D. M. Post, and G. A. Singer. Wild mammalian herbivores are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies and ecosystem effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B, 287 (1926), 20193000. (pdf)
Subalusky A.L., C.L. Dutton, E.J. Rosi, L.M. Puth, and D.M. Post. 2020. A river of bones: wildebeest skeletons leave a legacy of mass mortality in the Mara River, Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8:31. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00031. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., E. Anderson, G. Jiménez, D. M. Post, D. Echeverri Lopez, *S. Garcia, *L. F. Nova León, *J. Reátiga Parrish, *A. Rojas, S. Solari, L. F. Jiménez Segura. 2019. Potential ecological and socio-economic effects of a novel megaherbivore introduction: The hippopotamus in Colombia. Oryx, 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0030605318001588. (pdf)
Schoelynck, J., A. L. Subalusky, E. Struyf, C. L. Dutton, P. Frings, D. Unzué-Belmonte, B. Van de Vijver, D. M. Post, D. Conley, E J. Rosi, P. Meire. 2019. Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius): the animal silica pump. Science Advances 5: eaav0395. (pdf)
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, T. D. Hill, J. C. Aleman, E. J. Rosi, K. B. Onyango, K. Kanuni, J. A. Cousins, A. C. Staver, D. M. Post. 2019. A 2000-year old sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 664: 148-160. (pdf)
Wenger, S., A. L. Subalusky, M. Freeman. 2019. The role of the missing dead in North American rivers. Food Webs 18: e00106. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., and D. M. Post. 2019. Context dependency of animal resource subsidies. Biological Reviews 94: 517-538. (pdf)
Smith, L. L., A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Atkinson, J, E, Earl, D. M. Mushet, D. E. Scott, S. L. Lance, and S. A. Johnson. 2019. Biological connectivity of seasonally ponded wetlands across spatial and temporal scales. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1-20. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12682. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. Organic matter and nutrient inputs from large wildlife influence ecosystem function in the Mara River, Africa. Ecology 99: 2558-2574. (pdf)
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. Organic matter loading by hippopotami causes subsidy overload resulting in downstream hypoxia and fish kills. Nature Communications 9: 1951. (pdf)
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. C. Anisfeld, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. The influence of a semi-arid sub-catchment on suspended sediments in the Mara River, Kenya. PLOS One 13:e0192828. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2017. Annual mass drownings of the Serengeti wildebeest migration influence nutrient cycling and storage in the Mara River. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: 7647-7652. (pdf)
Dudley, J. P., B. M. Hang’ombe, F. Leendertz, L. Dorward, J. de Castro, A. L. Subalusky, M. Clauss. 2015. Carnivory in Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes. Mammal Review 46:191-203. (pdf)
Fitzgerald, L. A., M. L. Treglia, N. Angeli, T. J. Hibbitts, D. J. Leavitt, A. L. Subalusky, I. Lundgren, and Z. Hillis-Starr. 2015. Determinants of successful establishment and post-translocation dispersal of a new population of the critically endangered St. Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops). Restoration Ecology 23:776-786. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi-Marshall, D. M. Post. 2015. The hippopotamus conveyor belt: vectors of carbon and nutrients from terrestrial grasslands to aquatic systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Freshwater Biology 60:512-525. (pdf)
McClain, M. E., A. L. Subalusky, E. P. Anderson, S. B. Dessu, A. M. Melesse, P. M. Ndomba, J. O. D. Mtamba, R. A. Tamatamah, and C. Mligo. 2014. Comparing flow regime, channel hydraulics and biological communities to infer flow-ecology relationships in the Mara River of Kenya and Tanzania. Hydrological Sciences Journal 59:801-819. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., R. C. Garrick, N. A. Schable, J. Osborne, and T. C. Glenn. 2012. Development and characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Conservation Genetics Resources 4:567-570. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., L. A. Fitzgerald, and L. L. Smith. 2009b. Ontogenetic niche shifts in American Alligators establish functional connectivity between aquatic systems. Biological Conservation 142:1507-1514. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., L. L. Smith, and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2009a. Detection of American Alligators in isolated, seasonal wetlands. Applied Herpetology 6:199-210. (pdf)
*indicates student author
*Handler, K. S., A. L. Subalusky, C. J. Kendall, C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2021. Temporal resource partitioning of wildebeest carcasses by scavengers after riverine mass mortality events. Ecosphere 12(1):e03326. 10.1002/ ecs2.3326. (pdf)
Dutton, C.L., A.L. Subalusky, S.K. Hamilton, *E.C. Bayer, L. Njoroge, E.J. Rosi, and D.M. Post. Alternative Biogeochemical States of River Pools Mediated by Hippo Use and Flow Variability. Ecosystems (2020). doi 10.1007/s10021-020-00518-3. (pdf)
- The open access data and R code for our paper can be found under DOI: 10.17632/spzzdjskrh.2
Masese, F. O., M. J. Kiplagat, C. Romero, A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Dutton, D. M. Post, and G. A. Singer. Wild mammalian herbivores are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies and ecosystem effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B, 287 (1926), 20193000. (pdf)
Subalusky A.L., C.L. Dutton, E.J. Rosi, L.M. Puth, and D.M. Post. 2020. A river of bones: wildebeest skeletons leave a legacy of mass mortality in the Mara River, Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8:31. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00031. (pdf)
- Supplementary materials for this paper, including our data and R code, can be found here.
- Covered by Nature
Subalusky, A. L., E. Anderson, G. Jiménez, D. M. Post, D. Echeverri Lopez, *S. Garcia, *L. F. Nova León, *J. Reátiga Parrish, *A. Rojas, S. Solari, L. F. Jiménez Segura. 2019. Potential ecological and socio-economic effects of a novel megaherbivore introduction: The hippopotamus in Colombia. Oryx, 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0030605318001588. (pdf)
- Covered by Atlas Obscura, Phys.org, and others.
Schoelynck, J., A. L. Subalusky, E. Struyf, C. L. Dutton, P. Frings, D. Unzué-Belmonte, B. Van de Vijver, D. M. Post, D. Conley, E J. Rosi, P. Meire. 2019. Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius): the animal silica pump. Science Advances 5: eaav0395. (pdf)
- Covered by Science News, Phys.org, Science Daily, and others.
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, T. D. Hill, J. C. Aleman, E. J. Rosi, K. B. Onyango, K. Kanuni, J. A. Cousins, A. C. Staver, D. M. Post. 2019. A 2000-year old sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 664: 148-160. (pdf)
- The open access data and R code for our paper can be found under DOI: 10.17632/vfd5vzm6rm.1
Wenger, S., A. L. Subalusky, M. Freeman. 2019. The role of the missing dead in North American rivers. Food Webs 18: e00106. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., and D. M. Post. 2019. Context dependency of animal resource subsidies. Biological Reviews 94: 517-538. (pdf)
Smith, L. L., A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Atkinson, J, E, Earl, D. M. Mushet, D. E. Scott, S. L. Lance, and S. A. Johnson. 2019. Biological connectivity of seasonally ponded wetlands across spatial and temporal scales. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1-20. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12682. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. Organic matter and nutrient inputs from large wildlife influence ecosystem function in the Mara River, Africa. Ecology 99: 2558-2574. (pdf)
- The open access data and R code for our paper can be found under DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g886d9
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. Organic matter loading by hippopotami causes subsidy overload resulting in downstream hypoxia and fish kills. Nature Communications 9: 1951. (pdf)
- The open access data and R code for our paper can be found under DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nh6hn0
- Covered by The Atlantic, Science Magazine, Science Daily, Mongabay, and others.
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. C. Anisfeld, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. The influence of a semi-arid sub-catchment on suspended sediments in the Mara River, Kenya. PLOS One 13:e0192828. (pdf)
- The open access data and R code for our paper can be found under DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d039
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2017. Annual mass drownings of the Serengeti wildebeest migration influence nutrient cycling and storage in the Mara River. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: 7647-7652. (pdf)
- Covered by Science Magazine, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic and others.
Dudley, J. P., B. M. Hang’ombe, F. Leendertz, L. Dorward, J. de Castro, A. L. Subalusky, M. Clauss. 2015. Carnivory in Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes. Mammal Review 46:191-203. (pdf)
Fitzgerald, L. A., M. L. Treglia, N. Angeli, T. J. Hibbitts, D. J. Leavitt, A. L. Subalusky, I. Lundgren, and Z. Hillis-Starr. 2015. Determinants of successful establishment and post-translocation dispersal of a new population of the critically endangered St. Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops). Restoration Ecology 23:776-786. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi-Marshall, D. M. Post. 2015. The hippopotamus conveyor belt: vectors of carbon and nutrients from terrestrial grasslands to aquatic systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Freshwater Biology 60:512-525. (pdf)
- Covered by Science Magazine (Pennisi, E. 2014. 346:802-805).
McClain, M. E., A. L. Subalusky, E. P. Anderson, S. B. Dessu, A. M. Melesse, P. M. Ndomba, J. O. D. Mtamba, R. A. Tamatamah, and C. Mligo. 2014. Comparing flow regime, channel hydraulics and biological communities to infer flow-ecology relationships in the Mara River of Kenya and Tanzania. Hydrological Sciences Journal 59:801-819. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., R. C. Garrick, N. A. Schable, J. Osborne, and T. C. Glenn. 2012. Development and characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Conservation Genetics Resources 4:567-570. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., L. A. Fitzgerald, and L. L. Smith. 2009b. Ontogenetic niche shifts in American Alligators establish functional connectivity between aquatic systems. Biological Conservation 142:1507-1514. (pdf)
Subalusky, A. L., L. L. Smith, and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2009a. Detection of American Alligators in isolated, seasonal wetlands. Applied Herpetology 6:199-210. (pdf)
*indicates student author