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Publications and presentations

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Publications (* indicates undergraduate author):

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Published / In press

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2021

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Stoler, A. B. and R. A. Relyea. 2021. Love it or leaf it: site selection of breeding treefrogs based on leaf litter subsidies. Ichthyology and Herpetology 109:785-790

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Coldsnow, K. D., W. D. Hintz, M. S. Schuler, A. B. Stoler, and R. A. Relyea. 2021. Calcium chloride pollution mitigates the negative effects of an invasive clam. Biological Invasions 23:1349-1366.

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2020

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Stoler, A. B. and R. A. Relyea (2020). Reviewing the role of plant litter inputs to forested wetland ecosystems: leafing through the literature. Ecological Monographs 90:e01400

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Schuler, M. S., W. D. Hintz, D. K. Jones, B. M. Mattes, A. B. Stoler, and R. A. Relyea (2020). The effects of nutrient enrichment and invasive mollusks on freshwater environments. Ecosphere 11:e03196.

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Hintz, W. D., M. S. Schuler, J. J. Borrelli, L. W. Eichler, A. B. Stoler, V. W. Moriarty, L. E. Ahrens, Ch. W. Boylen, S. A. Nierzwicki-Bauer, and R. A. Relyea (2020). Concurrent improvement and deterioration of epilimnetic water quality in an oligotrophic lake over 37 years. Limnology and Oceanography 65:927-938.

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2019

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Hintz, W. D., M. S. Schuler, D. K. Jones, K. D. Coldsnow, A. B. Stoler, and R. A. Relyea. 2019. Nutrients influence the multi-trophic impacts of an invasive species unaffected by native competitors or predators. Ecology 694:133704

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Tiegs, S. D., et al. (> 100 authors) 2019. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zone. Science Advances 5:eaav0486

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2018

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Lind, L., Schuler, M. S., Hintz, W. Stoler, A. B., Jones, D., Mattes, B. M., Relyea R. A. (2018) Salty fertile lakes: how salinization and eutrophication alter the structure of freshwater communities. Ecosphere 9:e02383

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Stoler, A.B., Sudol, K.*, Mruzek, J.*, and Relyea, R. A. (2018) Interactive effects of road salt and sediment disturbance on the productivity of seven common aquatic macrophytes. Freshwater Biology 63:709-720

 

Relyea, R.A., Stephens, P.R., Barrow, L., Bradley, P.W., Buck, J.C., Blaustein, A.R., Chang, A., Collins, J.P., Crother, B., Earl, J., Gervasi, S.S., Hoverman, J.T., Hyman, O., Lemmon, E.M., Luhring, T.M., Michelson, M., Murray, C., Price, S., Semlitsch, R.D., Sih, A., Stoler, A.B., VandenBroek, N., Warwick, A., Wengert, G., Hammond, J.I. (2018) Phylogenetic patterns of trait and trait plasticity evolution: insights from amphibian embryos. Evolution 72:663-678

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2017

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Stoler, A. B., Mattes, B. M., Hintz, W. D., Jones, D. K., Lind, L., Schuler, M. S. and Relyea, R. A. 2017. Effects of a common insecticide on wetland communities with varying quality of leaf litter inputs. Environmental Pollution 226:452-462

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Schuler, M, Hintz, W., Jones, D., Lind, L., Mattes, B., Stoler, A. B., Sudol, K.*, Relyea, R. 2017. How common road salts and organic additives alter freshwater food webs. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1353-1361

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Stoler, A. B., Hintz, W., Jones, D., Lind, L., Schuler, M., Relyea, R. 2017. Leaf litter mediates the impact of road salt on forested wetland communities. Freshwater Science 36:415-426

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Hintz, W. D., Mattes, B.M., Schuler, M.S., Jones, D.K., Stoler, A.B, Lind, L., and Relyea, R.A. 2017. Salinization triggers a trophic cascade in experimental freshwater communities with varying food-chain length. Ecology 27:833-844

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Jones, D.K., B.M. Mattes, W.D. Hintz, M.S. Schuler, A.B. Stoler, L. Lind, R.O. Cooper, and R.A. Relyea. 2017. Investigation of road salts and biotic stressors on freshwater wetland communities. Environmental Pollution 221:159-167

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Lambert, M. R., Stoler, A. B., Smylie, M. S., Relyea, R. A., Skelly, D. K. 2017. Interactive effect of road salt and leaf litter on wood frog sex ratios and metamorphic sexual size dimorphism. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Science 74:141-146

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Stoler, A. B., Walker, B.*, Mattes, B., Hintz, W. D., Jones, D. K., Lind, L., Schuler, M. S. and Relyea, R. A. 2017. Combined effects of road salt and an insecticide on wetland communities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 36:771-779

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Stephens, J. P., Stoler, A. B., Sckrabulis, J., *Fetzer, A., Berven, K., Tiegs, S. D., and Raffel, T. R. 2017. Ontogenetic changes in sensitivity to nutrient limitation of tadpole growth. Oecologia 183:263-273

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2016

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Stoler, A. B., Burke, D., and Relyea, R. A. 2016. Litter chemistry and chemical diversity drive ecosystem processes in forest ponds. Ecology 97:1783-1795

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Stoler, A. B., Berven, K. A., and Raffel, T. R. 2016. Leaf litter inhibits growth of an amphibian fungal pathogen. EcoHealth 13:392-404

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Stoler, A. B., *Golembieski, M., Stephens, J., and Raffel, T. R. 2016. Differential consumption and assimilation of leaf litter by wetland “herbivores”: alternative pathways for decomposition and trophic transfer. Freshwater Science 125:179-191

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Stoler, A. B. and Relyea, R. A. 2016. Leaf litter species identity alters the structure of pond communities. Oikos 125:179-191

 

2015

 

Stoler, A. B., Stephens, J. Relyea, R. A., Berven, K. and Tiegs, S. D. 2015. Leaf litter resource quality induces morphological changes in wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) metamorphs. Oecologia 179:667-677

 

Buck, J. C., Hua, J., Brogan, W. R., Dang, T. D., Urbina, J., Bendis, R. J., Stoler, A. B., Blaustein, A. R., and Relyea, R. A. 2015. Effects of pesticide mixtures on host-pathogen dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132832. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132832

 

2014

 

Cothran, R. D., A. B. Stoler, and R. A. Relyea. 2014. Leaves and litterbugs: how litter quality affects amphipod life history and sexually selected traits. Freshwater Science 33:812-819

 

2013

 

Stoler, A. B. and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Bottom-up meets top-down: leaf litter inputs influence predator-prey interactions in wetlands. Oecologia 173:249-257



Stoler, A. B. and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Leaf litter quality induces morphological and developmental changes in larval amphibians. Ecology 94:1594-1603



Hua, J., R. D. Cothran, A. B. Stoler, and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Cross-tolerance in amphibians: wood frog mortality when exposed to three insecticides with a common mode of action. Environmental Toxicology ​and Chemistry 32:932-936.

 

2011



Stoler, A. B. and R. A. Relyea. 2011. Turning over a new leaf: the influence of leaf litter on forested pond communities in mesocosms. Oikos 120:862-872

 

2009

 

Brogan, W. R, A. N. Hale, C. D. Heckel, J. Hua, A. Montesinos, A. R. Rohde, H. M. Shaffery, A. B. Stoler, M. Wolfe, T.-L. Ashman, and W. P. Carson. 2009. Review of “Positive Interactions and Interdependence in Plant Communities” by R.M. Callaway, 2007. Plant Science Bulletin 55: 125-126.

 

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These are called books. Once upon a time, this was where journal articles were found. They smelled good and were far better on your eyes than a computer screen. Amazingly, they did not require any electricity to run.

Invited Presentations:

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2018 When man and nature collide: explorations in freshwater ecotoxicology. Stockton University, NJ

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2018 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. Rowan University, NJ

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2017 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. University of Texas San Antonio, TX

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2017 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. Lebanon Valley University, PA

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2017 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. Scranton University, PA

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2017 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. Merrimack College, MA

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2016 From wading pools to watersheds: aquatic community ecology in a changing world. Utah State University, UT

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2016 Exploring aquatic-terrestrial linkages in a changing world. High Point University, NC

 

2016 Exploring aquatic-terrestrial linkages in a change world. Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

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2015 Does diversity matter: exploring the role of species diversity in forests and wetlands. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

 

2013 From tree to pond: how changes in temperate forests alter wetland commuinities. Cornell University, Ithaca NY

 

2011 Conceptualizing diversity in northeast forests and understanding the link to ecosystem function. Slippery Rock University Department Seminar Series, Slippery Rock PA

 

2010 Living in the litter: the impact of tree litter diversity on forest aquatic habitats. Clarion University Departmental Seminar Series, Clarion PA


Conference presentations
 

2019 Ecotoxicological effects of microplastic in freshwater environments. Stoler, A., Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ

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2019 Ecotoxicological effects of microplastic in freshwater environments. Stoler, A., Society for Freshwater Science, Salt Lake City, UT

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2018 Does road salt facilitate the invasion of a carnivorous aquatic plant? Ghimirey, A.*, Beidler, R.*, Stoler, A. B., Urban, R. A., University of Maryland Baltimore County Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore MD

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2017 The impacts of road salt salinization on lake food webs. Hintz, W. D., Coldsnow, K. D., Schuler, M. S., Stoler, A. B., Jones, D. K., Lind, L., Mattes, B. M., Relyea, R. A. Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network, Lake Mohonk, NY

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2017 Subsidies, salt, and sex ratios: interactive effects of road salt pollution with variation in leaf litter quality on wetland consumers. Society of Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC

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2017 Global-scale Patterns and Drivers of Organic Matter Decomposition in Streams and Riparian Zones. Tiegs, S.D., Costello, D., Szlag, D., Isken, M., Ethaiya, D. and the CELLDEX Consortium. Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC

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2015 Litter leachates inhibit growth of a common amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD (Poster)

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2014 Differential assimilation of leaf litter resources by common wetland consumers. Joint Aquatic Society Meeting (JASM), Portland OR

 

2012 The influence of leaf litter chemistry and diversity on larval anurans. World Congress of Herpetology (WCH), Vancouver, BC

2011 Functional trait diversity of leaf litter and its influence on biological processes of forest ponds. Ecological Society of America (ESA)  Annual Meeting, Austin TX


2010 Love in the litter: the effect of leaf litter on amphibian oviposition site selection. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh PA


2009 How the presence of leaves from different species of trees in the water affect the survival of tadpoles and the gastropods Physa acuta and Helisoma trivolvis. Ohio River Valley Unified Malacologists (OVUM) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh PA


2009 The effect of American chestnut leaf litter on forested pond ecosystems. The American Chestnut Foundation Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh PA


2009 Turning over a new leaf: the effect of tree litter on forested ponds and wetland communities. Ecology Society of American (ESA) Annual Meeting, Albuquerque NM


2009 Turning over a new leaf: the influence of tree litter on forest pond communities. North American Benthological Society (NABS) Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids MI


Public seminars
 

2017 Upcoming: Importance of aquatic weeds in lake ecosystems. Presentation to the Synder's L.A.K.E. Association

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2014 After the fall: how autumn leavesaffect ponds and streams. "Science Saturday" public talk at Belle Isle Conservancy, Detroit MI
 

2011 Diversity for what it's worth. Meeting of the Wissahickon Nature Club, Sewickley PA

2009 Frogs, trees, and leaves: how leaf litter changes a pond environment. Meeting of the Wissahickon Nature Club, Sewickley PA

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