Publications

The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory
A. S. L. Lewis, C. R. Rollinson, A. J. Allyn, J. Ashander, S. Brodie, C. B. Brookson, E. Collins, M. C. Dietze, A. S. Gallinat, N. Juvigny-Khenafou, G. Koren, D. J. McGlinn, H. Moustahfid, J. A. Peters, N. R. Record, C. J. Robbins, Jonathan D. Tonkin, G. M. Wardle
2023 Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects
Afroditi G., approx. 100 others including, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Sami Domisch
2023 Global Ecology and Biogeography

Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
B. S. Halpern, C. Boettiger, M. C. Dietze, plus approx. 100 others including, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2023 Ecosphere

Causes, Responses, and Implications of Anthropogenic versus Natural Flow Intermittence in River Networks
T. Datry, A. Truchy, J. D. Olden, M. H. Busch, R. Stubbington, W. K Dodds, S. Zipper, S. Yu, M. L. Messager, Jonathan D. Tonkin, K. E. Kaiser, J. C. Hammond, E. K. Moody, R. M. Burrows, R. Sarremejane, A. G. DelVecchia, M. L. Fork, C. J. Little, R. H. Walker, A. W. Walters, D. Allen
2023 BioScience

Forecasting the future of life in Antarctica
Gabrielle Koerich, C. I. Fraser, C. K. Lee, F. J. Morgan, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2022 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Spatial mismatch in diversity facets reveals contrasting protection for New Zealand's cetacean biodiversity
T. L. Mouton, F. Stephenson, L. G. Torres, W. Rayment, T. Brough, M. McLean, Jonathan D. Tonkin, C. Albouy, F. Leprieur
2022 Biological Conservation

Seasonal variation in the metacommunity structure of benthic macroinvertebrates in a large river-connected floodplain lake
Z. Li, Jonathan D. Tonkin, X. Meng, Z. Liu, J. Zhang, X. Chen, Z. Xie, J. Heino
2022 Ecological Indicators

Environmental flows in an uncertain future
E. D. Stein, A. C. Horne, R. E. Tharme, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science

Climate and land-use driven reorganisation of structure and function in river macroinvertebrate communities
T. L. Mouton, F. Leprieur, M. Floury, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2022 Ecography

Climate Change and Extreme Events in Shaping River Ecosystems
Jonathan D. Tonkin
2022 Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition)

A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research
A. Maasri, S. C. Jähnig, plus approx. 100 others including, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2022 Ecology Letters

Hydropeaking intensity and dam proximity limit aquatic invertebrate diversity in the Colorado River Basin
E. F. Abernethy, J. D. Muehlbauer, T. A. Kennedy, Jonathan D. Tonkin, R. Van Driesche, D. A. Lytle
2021 Ecosphere

Designing flow regimes to support entire river ecosystems
Jonathan D. Tonkin, J. D. Olden, D.. M. Merritt, L. V. Reynolds, J. S. Rogosch, D. A. Lytle
2021 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

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Distance decay of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a mountain river network: do dispersal routes and dispersal ability matter?
Z. Li, X. Chen, X. Jiang, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Z. Xie, J. Heino
2021 Science of The Total Environment

Toward a Generalizable Framework of Disturbance Ecology Through Crowdsourced Science
E. B. Graham, C. Averill, B. Bond-Lamberty, plus approx. 40 others including, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2021 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The dual nature of metacommunity variability
T. Lamy, N. I. Wisnoski, R. Andrade, M. C. N. Castorani, A. Compagnoni, N. Lany, L. Marazzi, S. Record, C. M. Swan, Jonathan D. Tonkin, N. Voelker, S. Wang, P. L. Zarnetske, E. R. Sokol
2021 Oikos

The application of metacommunity theory to the management of riverine ecosystems
C.J. Patrick, K.E. Anderson, B.L. Brown, C.P. Hawkins, A. Metcalfe, P. Saffarinia, T. Siqueira, C.M. Swan, Jonathan D. Tonkin, L.L. Yuan
2021 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity
S.C. Jähnig, V. Baranov, F. Altermatt, P. Cranston, M. Friedrichs-Manthey, J. Geist, F. He, J. Heino, D. Hering, F. Hölker, J. Jourdan, G. Kalinkat, J. Kiesel, F. Leese, A. Maasri, M.T. Monaghan, R.B. Schäfer, K. Tockner, Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Domisch
2021 WIREs Water

Physiology, niche characteristics and extreme events: Current and future habitat suitability of a rhodolith-forming species in the Southwestern Atlantic
Gabrielle Koerich, G.B. Costa, M.N. Sissini, C.L. Ortiz, B.F. Canever, W. Oliveira, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P.A. Horta
2021 Marine Environmental Research

Novel insights to be gained from applying metacommunity theory to long-term, spatially replicated biodiversity data
S. Record, N.M. Voelker, P.L. Zarnetske, N.I. Wisnoski, Jonathan D. Tonkin, C. Swan, L. Marazzi, N. Lany, T. Lamy, A. Compagnoni, M.C.N. Castorani, R. Andrade, E.R. Sokol
2021 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of stream epilithic bacteria around Qiandao Lake
M. Li, J. Liu, Jonathan D. Tonkin, J. Shen, N. Xiao, J. Wang
2020 Aquatic Sciences

Conservation of freshwater macroinvertebrate biodiversity in tropical regions
S. Sundar, J. Heino, F.d-O. Roque, J.P. Simaika, A.S. Melo, Jonathan D. Tonkin, D.G. Nogueira, D.P. Silva
2020 Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Local contribution to beta diversity is negatively linked with community-wide dispersal capacity in stream invertebrate communities
F. Li, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P. Haase
2020 Ecological Indicators

Increasing climate-driven taxonomic homogenization but functional differentiation among river macroinvertebrate assemblages
T.L. Mouton, Jonathan D. Tonkin, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg, M. Floury
2020 Global Change Biology

Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain future
Jonathan D. Tonkin, N.L. Poff, N.R. Bond, A. Horne, D.M. Merritt, L.V. Reynolds, J.D. Olden, A. Ruhi, D.A. Lytle
2019 Nature

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Urbanization impacts the physicochemical characteristics and abundance of fecal markers and bacterial pathogens in surface water
T. Yuan, K.K. Vadde, Jonathan D. Tonkin, J. Wang, J. Lu, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, A.J. McCarthy, R. Sekar
2019 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The three rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, recruitment, and refugia
K. Van Looy, Jonathan D. Tonkin, M. Floury, C. Leigh, J. Soininen, S. Larsen, J. Heino, N. LeRoy Poff, M. Delong, S.C. Jähnig, T. Datry, N. Bonada, J. Rosebery, A. Jamoneau, S.J. Ormerod, K.J. Collier, C. Wolter
2019 River Research and Applications

Reintroduction of freshwater macroinvertebrates: Challenges and opportunities
J. Jourdan, M. Plath, Jonathan D. Tonkin, M. Ceylan, A.C. Dumeier, G. Gellert, W. Graf, C.P. Hawkins, E. Kiel, A.W. Lorenz, C.D. Matthaei, P.F.M. Verdonschot, R.C.M. Verdonschot, P. Haase
2019 Biological Reviews

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Moderate warming over the past 25 years has already reorganized stream invertebrate communities
P. Haase, F. Pilotto, F. Li, A. Sundermann, A.W. Lorenz, Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll
2019 Science of the Total Environment

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Increasing drought favors nonnative fishes in a dryland river: Evidence from a multispecies demographic model
J.S. Rogosch, Jonathan D. Tonkin, D.A. Lytle, D.M. Merritt, L.V. Reynolds, J.D. Olden
2019 Ecosphere

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Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
S.D. Tiegs, D.M. Costello, M.W. Isken, G. Woodward, P.B. McIntyre, M.O. Gessner, E. Chauvet, N.A. Griffiths, plus approx. 140 others including, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2019 Science Advances

Diverging response patterns of terrestrial and aquatic species to hydromorphological restoration
F. Pilotto, Jonathan D. Tonkin, K. Januschke, A.W. Lorenz, J. Jourdan, A. Sundermann, D. Hering, S. Stoll, P. Haase
2019 Conservation Biology

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Unlocking biodiversity data: Prioritization and filling the gaps in biodiversity observation data in europe
F.T. Wetzel, H.C. Bingham, Q. Groom, P. Haase, U. Kõljalg, M. Kuhlmann, C.S. Martin, L. Penev, T. Robertson, H. Saarenmaa, D.S. Schmeller, S. Stoll, Jonathan D. Tonkin, C.L. Häuser
2018 Biological Conservation

The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways
Jonathan D. Tonkin, F. Altermatt, D.S. Finn, J. Heino, J.D. Olden, S.U. Pauls, D.A. Lytle
2018 Freshwater Biology

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The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity
P. Haase, Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll, B. Burkhard, M. Frenzel, I.R. Geijzendorffer, C. Häuser, S. Klotz, I. Kühn, W.H. McDowell, M. Mirtl, F. Müller, M. Musche, J. Penner, S. Zacharias, D.S. Schmeller
2018 Science of the Total Environment

Real gaps in European bird monitoring: A reply to Voříšek et al.
F.T. Wetzel, D.S. Schmeller, H.C. Bingham, Q. Groom, P. Haase, U. Kõljalg, M. Kuhlmann, C.S. Martin, L. Penev, T. Robertson, H. Saarenmaa, S. Stoll, Jonathan D. Tonkin, C.L. Häuser
2018 Biological Conservation

Metacommunities in river networks: The importance of network structure and connectivity on patterns and processes
Jonathan D. Tonkin, J. Heino, F. Altermatt
2018 Freshwater Biology

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Flow regime alteration degrades ecological networks in riparian ecosystems
Jonathan D. Tonkin, D.M. Merritt, J.D. Olden, L.V. Reynolds, D.A. Lytle
2018 Nature Ecology and Evolution

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Effects of changing climate on european stream invertebrate communities: A long-term data analysis
J. Jourdan, R.B. O’Hara, R. Bottarin, K.-L. Huttunen, M. Kuemmerlen, D. Monteith, T. Muotka, D. Ozoliņš, R. Paavola, F. Pilotto, G. Springe, A. Skuja, A. Sundermann, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P. Haase
2018 Science of the Total Environment

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Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death, T. Muotka, A. Astorga, D.A. Lytle
2018 PeerJ

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Dispersal capacity and broad-scale landscape structure shape benthic invertebrate communities along stream networks
F. Li, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P. Haase
2018 Limnologica

Assessing phytoplankton composition and structure within micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: A community analysis approach
T. Dalu, M.L. Magoro, Jonathan D. Tonkin, L.R.D. Human, R. Perissinotto, S.H.P. Deyzel, J.B. Adams, A.K. Whitfield
2018 Hydrobiologia

Water or sediment? partitioning the role of water column and sediment chemistry as drivers of macroinvertebrate communities in an austral south african stream
T. Dalu, R.J. Wasserman, Jonathan D. Tonkin, T. Mwedzi, M.L. Magoro, O.L.F. Weyl
2017 Science of the Total Environment

Severity multipliers as a methodology to explore potential effects of climate change on stream bioassessment programs
S.C. Jähnig, Jonathan D. Tonkin, M. Gies, S. Domisch, D. Hering, P. Haase
2017 Water

Seasonality and predictability shape temporal species diversity
Jonathan D. Tonkin, M.T. Bogan, N. Bonada, B. Rios-Touma, D.A. Lytle
2017 Ecology

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Metacommunity structuring in himalayan streams over large elevational gradients: The role of dispersal routes and niche characteristics
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.D. Tachamo Shah, D.N. Shah, F. Hoppeler, S.C. Jähnig, S.U. Pauls
2017 Journal of Biogeography

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Linking river flow regimes to riparian plant guilds: A community-wide modeling approach
D.A. Lytle, D.M. Merritt, Jonathan D. Tonkin, J.D. Olden, L.V. Reynolds
2017 Ecological Applications

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High mortality and enhanced recovery: Modelling the countervailing effects of disturbance on population dynamics
L.E. McMullen, P. De Leenheer, Jonathan D. Tonkin, D.A. Lytle
2017 Ecology Letters

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Effects of Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) on freshwater snail communities
S. Stoll, N. Hormel, D. Früh, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2017 Hydrobiologia

Characterizing fish responses to a river restoration over 21 years based on species' traits
S. Höckendorff, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P. Haase, M. Bunzel-Drüke, O. Zimball, M. Scharf, S. Stoll
2017 Conservation Biology

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Assessing drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in african highland streams: An exploration using multivariate analysis
T. Dalu, R.J. Wasserman, Jonathan D. Tonkin, M.E. Alexander, M.T.B. Dalu, S.N. Motitsoe, K.I. Manungo, O. Bepe, T. Dube
2017 Science of the Total Environment

Time is no healer: Increasing restoration age does not lead to improved benthic invertebrate communities in restored river reaches
M. Leps, A. Sundermann, Jonathan D. Tonkin, A.W. Lorenz, P. Haase
2016 Science of the Total Environment

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Scale-dependent effects of river habitat quality on benthic invertebrate communities - implications for stream restoration practice
S. Stoll, P. Breyer, Jonathan D. Tonkin, D. Früh, P. Haase
2016 Science of the Total Environment

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Exploring stream communities in a tropical biodiversity hotspot: Biodiversity, regional occupancy, niche characteristics and environmental correlates
Jonathan D. Tonkin, F.O. Arimoro, P. Haase
2016 Biodiversity and Conservation

Environmental and spatial characterisation of an unknown fauna using DNA sequencing - an example with Himalayan Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera)
F. Hoppeler, R.D. Tachamo Shah, D.N. Shah, S.C. Jähnig, Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Sharma, S.U. Pauls
2016 Freshwater Biology

Elements of metacommunity structure of river and riparian assemblages: Communities, taxonomic groups and deconstructed trait groups
Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase
2016 Ecological Complexity

Contrasting metacommunity structure and beta diversity in an aquatic-floodplain system
Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase
2016 Oikos

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Context dependency in biodiversity patterns of central German stream metacommunities
Jonathan D. Tonkin, J. Heino, A. Sundermann, P. Haase, S.C. Jähnig
2016 Freshwater Biology

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Anthropogenic land-use stress alters community concordance at the river-riparian interface
Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase
2016 Ecological Indicators

Small-scale patch complexity, benthic invertebrate colonisation and leaf breakdown in three headwater streams in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Jonathan D. Tonkin, A. Brown, E.M. Chappell
2015 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Latitudinal patterns and large-scale environmental determinants of stream insect richness across Europe
D.N. Shah, Jonathan D. Tonkin, P. Haase, S.C. Jähnig
2015 Limnologica

Environmental controls on river assemblages at the regional scale: An application of the elements of metacommunity structure framework
Jonathan D. Tonkin, A. Sundermann, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase
2015 PLoS ONE

Disentangling environmental drivers of benthic invertebrate assemblages: The role of spatial scale and riverscape heterogeneity in a multiple stressor environment
M. Leps, Jonathan D. Tonkin, V. Dahm, P. Haase, A. Sundermann
2015 Science of the Total Environment

Community-environment relationships of riverine invertebrate communities in central Chinese streams
S.C. Jähnig, D.N. Shah, R.D. Tachamo Shah, F. Li, Q. Cai, A. Sundermann, Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stendera
2015 Environmental Earth Sciences

Climatic and catchment-scale predictors of chinese stream insect richness differ between taxonomic groups
Jonathan D. Tonkin, D.N. Shah, M. Kuemmerlen, F. Li, Q. Cai, P. Haase, S.C. Jähnig
2015 PLoS ONE

A preliminary survey of altitudinal variation in two ground wētā species, Hemiandrus maculifrons (Walker) and Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Walker) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
E.M. Chappell, D.S. Webb, A.J. Brown, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2015 New Zealand Entomologist

The rise of riverine flow-ecology and environmental flow research
Jonathan D. Tonkin, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase
2014 Environmental Processes

The combined effects of flow regulation and an artificial flow release on a regulated river
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death
2014 River Research and Applications

Periphyton control on stream invertebrate diversity: Is periphyton architecture more important than biomass?
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death, J. Barquín
2014 Marine and Freshwater Research

Notes on sexual size dimorphism, sex ratio and movements of adult ground weta Hemiandrus maculifrons (Walker) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
E.M. Chappell, D.S. Webb, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2014 New Zealand Entomologist

Learning the ropes: Mussel spat ropes improve fish and shrimp passage through culverts
B.O. David, Jonathan D. Tonkin, K.W.T. Taipeti, H.T. Hokianga
2014 Journal of Applied Ecology

Drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in unmodified streams
Jonathan D. Tonkin
2014 PeerJ

Dispersal distance and the pool of taxa, but not barriers, determine the colonisation of restored river reaches by benthic invertebrates
Jonathan D. Tonkin, S. Stoll, A. Sundermann, P. Haase
2014 Freshwater Biology

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Scale dependent effects of productivity and disturbance on diversity in streams
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death
2013 Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Productivity-diversity relationships for stream invertebrates differ geographically
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death, J. Barquín
2013 Aquatic Ecology

Macroinvertebrate drift-benthos trends in a regulated river
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death
2013 Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Do productivity and disturbance interact to modulate macroinvertebrate diversity in streams?
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death, K.J. Collier
2013 Hydrobiologia

Mussel spat ropes assist redfin bully emphGobiomorphus huttoni passage through experimental culverts with velocity barriers
Jonathan D. Tonkin, L.A. Wright, B.O. David
2012 Water

Consistent Effects of Productivity and Disturbance on Diversity Between Landscapes
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R. G. Death
2012 Ecosphere

A new approach to assess bed stability relevant for invertebrate communities in upland streams
A.C. Schwendel, R.G. Death, I.C. Fuller, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2012 River Research and Applications

Invertebrate drift patterns in a regulated river: Dams, periphyton biomass or longitudinal patterns?
Jonathan D. Tonkin, R.G. Death, M.K. Joy
2009 River Research and Applications

Ecological values of Hamilton urban streams (North Island, New Zealand): constraints and opportunities for restoration
K.J. Collier, B.M.T.A. Aldridge, B.J. Hicks, J. Kelly, A. Macdonald, B.J. Smith, Jonathan D. Tonkin
2009 New Zealand Journal of Ecology