Publications

Please email lindsey.albertson[at]montana.edu if you would like a copy of any of these papers. * denotes an undergraduate student author; = denotes equal contributions of authors

2024

• Johnson, M. F., L. K. Albertson, N. P. Everall, G. L. Harvey, R. Mason, A. Pledger, S. P. Rice and C. R. Thorne. 2024. Accounting for the power of Nature: Using flume and field studies to compare the capacities of bio-energy and fluvial energy to move surficial gravels. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 49: 2612 - 2627. [View as PDF]

• Johnson, M. F., L. K. Albertson, A. C. Algar, S. Dugdale, P. Edwards, J. England, C. Gibbins, S. Kazama, D. Komori, A. D. C. Maccoll, E. A. Scholl, F. O. Roque, R. Wilby, and P. Wood. 2024. Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience. WIREs Water 11:e1724. [View as PDF]

• Tronstad, L. M., D. R. Lujan, M. A. Briggs, L. K. Albertson, H. C. Glassic, C. S. Guy, and T. M. Koel. 2024. Novel technique for suppressing an apex invasive predator minimally alters nitrogen dynamics in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, USA. Hydrobiologia 851: 2215 - 2236. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., L. S. Sklar, B. B. Tumolo, W. F. Cross, S. F. Collins, and H. A. Woods. 2024. The ghosts of ecosystem engineers: Legacy effects of biogenic modifications. Functional Ecology 38:52-72. [View as PDF]

• Glassic, H. C., D. Chagaris, C. S. Guy, L. M. Tronstad, D. R. Lujan, M. A Briggs, L. K. Albertson, T. O. Brendan, T. Walsworth, and T. M. Koel. 2024. Yellowstone cutthroat trout recovery in Yellowstone Lake: Complex interactions among invasive species suppression, disease, and climate change. Fisheries 49:55-70. [View as PDF]

2023

• Bertagnolli, A. D., A. J. Maritan, B. B. Tumolo, S. F. Fritz, H. C. Oakland, E. J. Mohr, G. C. Poole, L. K. Albertson, and F. J. Stewart. 2023. Net-spinning caddisflies create denitrifier-enriched niches in the stream microbiome. ISME Communications 3:111. [View as PDF]

• Tumolo, B. B., L. K. Albertson, M. D. Daniels, L. S. Sklar, and W. F. Cross. 2023. Facilitation strength across environmental and beneficiary trait gradients in stream communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 92:2005-2015. [View as PDF]

• Glassic, H. C., C. S. Guy, L. M. Tronstad, M. A Briggs, L. K. Albertson, D. R. Lujan, and T. M. Koel. 2023. Decomposition rates of suppression-produced fish carcasses in a large, deep, high elevation lake in North America. Fishes 8:385. [View as PDF]

• Sanders, C. H., S. P. Rice, P. J. Wood, and L. K. Albertson. 2023. River bank burrowing is innate in native and invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) and is driven by biotic and abiotic cues. Biological Invasions 25:3425 -3442. Document Link

• Tumolo, B. B., L. K. Albertson, W. F. Cross, G. C. Poole, G. Davenport*, M. D. Daniels, and L. S. Sklar. 2023. Resource modification by ecosystem engineers generates hotspots of stream community assembly and ecosystem function. Ecology 104:e4052. Document Link

• Glassic, H. C., C. S. Guy, D. R. Lujan, L. M. Tronstad, M. A Briggs, L. K. Albertson, and T. M. Koel. 2023. Invasive predator diet plasticity has implications for native fish conservation and invasive species suppression. PLoS ONE 18:e0279099. [View as PDF]

• Fritz, S. F., L. K. Albertson, J. L. Hobgood^*, E. J. Mohr, H. C. Oakland, and G. C. Poole. 2023. Macroinvertebrate ecosystem engineering affects streambed retention of microplastics. Freshwater Science 42(2):133-145. Document Link

• Cox^*, T., M. J. Lance, L. K. Albertson, M. A. Briggs, A. J. Dutton, and A. V. Zale. 2023. Diet composition and resource overlap of sympatric native and introduced salmonids across neighboring streams during a peak discharge event. PLoS ONE 18:e0280833. [View as PDF]

2022

• Briggs, M. A., L. K. Albertson, D. R. Lujan, L. M. Tronstad, H. C. Glassic, C.S. Guy, and T. M. Koel. 2022. Fish carcass deposition to suppress invasive laketrout through hypoxia causes limited, non-target effects on benthic invertebrates in Yellowstone Lake. Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries 2:470-483. [View as PDF]

• McCarty, J., W. F. Cross, L. K. Albertson, B. B. Tumolo, and L. S. Sklar. 2022. Life histories and production of three Rocky Mountain aquatic insects along an elevation-driven temperature gradient. Hydrobiologia 849:3633 -3652. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., V. Ouellet, J. H. Reinert, N. Korb, and M. Jaeger. 2022. Influence of beaver mimicry restoration on habitat availability for fishes, including Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries 2:104-115. [View as PDF]

• Lujan, D. R., L. M. Tronstad, M. A Briggs, L. K. Albertson, H. C. Glassic, C. S. Guy, and T. M. Koel. 2022. Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton. Freshwater Science 41(1):88-99. [View as PDF]

• Albertson,  L. K., M. A. Briggs, Z. Maguire, S. Swart^*, W. F. Cross, C. W. Twining, J. S. Wesner, C. Baxter, and D. M. Walters. 2022. Dietary composition and fatty acid content of giant salmonflies (Pteronarcys californica) in two Rocky Mountain rivers. Ecosphere 13:e3904. [View as PDF]

• Reinert, J. H., L. K. Albertson, and J. R. Junker. 2022. Influence of biomimicry structures on ecosystem function in a Rocky Mountain incised stream. Ecosphere 13:e3897. [View as PDF]

2021

• Albertson, L. K., M. J. MacDonald, B. B. Tumolo, M. A. Briggs, Z. Maguire, S. Quinn, J. A. Sanchez-Ruiz, J. Veneros and L. A. Burkle. 2021. Uncovering patterns of freshwater positive interactions using meta-analysis: Identifying the roles of common participants, invasive species, and environmental context. Ecology Letters 24:594-607. [View as PDF]

• Briggs, M. A., L. K. Albertson, D. R. Lujan, L. M. Tronstad, H. C. Glassic, C. S. Guy, and T. M. Koel. 2021. Carcass deposition to suppress invasive lake trout causes differential mortality of two common benthic invertebrates in Yellowstone Lake. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 194(4):285-295. [View as PDF] 

• MacDonald, M. J., L. K. Albertson, and G. C. Poole. 2021. Ecosystem engineering in the streambed: Net-spinning caddisflies influence hydraulic properties. Ecohydrology 14(2):e2266. [View as PDF]

2020

• Tumolo, B. B., L. Calle, H. E. Anderson, M. A. Briggs, S. Carlson, M. J. MacDonald, J. H. Reinert, and L. K. Albertson. 2020. Toward spatio-temporal delineation of positive interactions in ecology. Ecology and Evolution 10:9026 -9036. [View as PDF]

• Maguire^*, Z., B. B. Tumolo, and L. K. Albertson. 2020. Retreat but no surrender: Net-spinning caddisfly (Hydropsychidae) silk has enduring effects on stream channel hydraulics. Hydrobiologia 847(6):1539 -1551. [View as PDF]

2019

• Anderson, H. E., L. K. Albertson, and D. M. Walters. 2019. Thermal variability drives synchronicity of an aquatic insect resource pulse. Ecosphere 10(8):e02852. [View as PDF]

• Anderson, H. E., L. K. Albertson, and D. M. Walters. 2019. Water temperature drives variability in salmonfly abundance, emergence timing, and body size. River Research and Applications 35(7):1013-1022. [View as PDF]

• Tumolo, B. B., L. K. Albertson, W. F. Cross, M. D. Daniels, and L. S. Sklar. 2019. Occupied and abandoned structures from ecosystem engineering differentially facilitate stream community colonization. Ecosphere 10(5):e02734. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., L. S. Sklar, S. D. Cooper, and B. J. Cardinale. 2019. Aquatic macroinvertebrates stabilize gravel bed sediment: A test using silk net-spinning caddisflies in semi-natural river channels. PLoS ONE 14(1):e0209087. [View as PDF]

2018

• Albertson, L. K., and M. D. Daniels. 2018. Crayfish ecosystem engineering effects on riverbed disturbance and topography are mediated by size and behavior. Freshwater Science 37(4):836-844. [View as PDF]

• Juras, M.,  L. K. Albertson, J. Cahoon, and E. Johnson. 2018. Incorporating macroinvertebrate biological structures into gravel-bedded fluid dynamics using 3D CFD modeling. Ecological Engineering 119:19-28. [View as PDF] 

• Albertson⁼, L. K., V. Ouellet⁼, and M. D. Daniels. 2018. Impacts of stream riparian buffer land use on water temperature and food availability for fish.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 33(1):195-210. [View as PDF]

2016 

• Albertson, L. K., and M. D. Daniels. 2016. Resilience of aquatic net-spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors. Freshwater Biology 61:670-679. [View as PDF] 

• Albertson, L. K., and M. D. Daniels. 2016. Effects of invasive crayfish on fine sediment accumulation, gravel movement, and macroinvertebrate communities. Freshwater Science 35(2):644-653. [View as PDF]

2015

• Albertson, L. K., L. S. Sklar, and B. J. Cardinale. 2015. Reply to comment on ‘A mechanistic model linking insect (Hydropsychidae) silk nets to incipient sediment motion in gravel-bedded streams.’ Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface 120(6):1151-1152. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., and D. C. Allen. 2015. Meta-analysis: Abundance, behavior, and hydrologic energy shape biotic effects on sediment transport in streams. Ecology 96(5):1329-1339. [View as PDF] 

2014

• Albertson, L. K., L. S. Sklar, M. Dow^*, P. Pontau^*, and B. J. Cardinale. 2014. A mechanistic model linking insect (Hydropsychidae) silk nets to incipient sediment motion in gravel-bedded streams. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface 119(9):1833-1852. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., B. J. Cardinale, and L. S. Sklar. 2014. Non-additive increases in sediment stability are generated by macroinvertebrate species interactions in laboratory streams. PLoS ONE 9(8):e103417. [View as PDF]

2012

• Utz, R. M., S. C. Zeug, B. J. Cardinale, and L. K. Albertson. 2012. Trophic ecology and population attributes of two resident non-game fishes in riverine habitat engineered to enhance salmon spawning success. California Fish and Game 98(2):104-124. [View as PDF]

• Albertson, L. K., L. E. Koenig^*, B. L. Lewis^*, S. C. Zeug, L. R. Harrison, and B. J. Cardinale. 2012. How does restored habitat for Chinook salmon in the Merced River California compare to other Chinook streams? River Research and Applications 29(4):469-482. [View as PDF]

2011

• Zeug, S. C., L. K. Albertson, B. J. Cardinale, H. S. Lenihan, and J. Hardy^*. 2011. Predictors of Chinook salmon extirpation in California’s Central Valley. Fisheries Management and Ecology 18:61-71. [View as PDF]

2010

• Albertson, L. K., B. J. Cardinale, S. C. Zeug, L. R. Harrison, H. S. Lenihan, and M. A. Wydzga. 2010. Impacts of channel reconstruction on invertebrate assemblages in a restored river. Restoration Ecology 19(5):627-638. [View as PDF]

• Viola, D. V., E. A. Mordecai, A. G. Jaramillo, S. A. Sistla, L. K. Albertson, J. S. Gosnell, B. J. Cardinale, and J. M. Levine. 2010. Does a competition-defense tradeoff maintain producer diversity? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(40):17217 -17222. [View as PDF]

2008

• Crain, C. M., L. K. Albertson^*, and M. D. Bertness. 2008. Secondary succession dynamics in estuarine marshes across landscape-scale salinity gradients. Ecology 89(10):2889 -2899. [View as PDF]

2006

• Macalady, J. L., E. H. Lyon, B. Koffman, L. K. Albertson^*, K. Meyer, S. Galdenzi, and S. Mariani. 2006. Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi cave system, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(8):5596 -5609. [View as PDF]