The Ohio State University Aquatic Ecology Laboratory

Publications - Dr. Jim Hood

Publications - Dr. Jim Hood

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  1. Collis, L.M., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, A.D. Huryn, J.R. Welter, P.C. Furey, P.W. Johnson, G. M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson, J.M. Hood. Nitrogen fixation mediates response of stream ecosystem metabolism to temperature and nutrients. Ecological Monographs. 95(3): e70028. 10.1002/ecm.70028 doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70028 
  2. Harms, T., J. Hood, M.D. Scheuerell, I. Creed, J.L. Campbell, I. Fernandez, S.N. Higgins, S.L. Johnson, J.B. Shanley, S. Sebestyen, K.B. Webster, H. Yao. Seasonal synchronicity and multidecadal stability of headwater biogeochemistry in the northern temperate zone. Biogeochemistry. 168, 72. doi.org/10.1007/s10533-025 01263-2 
  3. Peters, D., L. M. Collis, M. Shaw, Z. Slagle, H. Vanderploeg, J. M. Hood. Mesozooplankton grazing patterns and preferences during a cyanobacteria harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie. Harmful Algae. 150: 102963.  doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102963 
  4. Benesh, K., A. Banerji, S. Ludsin, D. Bolgrien, T. Jicha, K. Bowen, K. Busch, P. Collingsworth, A. Cotter, A. Opseth, W. Currie, J. Hood, M. Manubolu, M. Munawar, L. G. Rudstam, J. Watkins, J. C. Hoffman. Stable 1 isotopes reveal an imprint of harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 28(1): 51-66. doi.org/10.14321/aehm.028.01.51 
  5. Gonzalez, A., J. Merder, K. Andraczek, U. Brose, M. Filipiak, S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, M. Jackson, M. Jochum, S. Leroux, M. Nessel, R. Onstein, R. Paseka, G. Perry, A. Rugenski, J. Sitters, E. Sperfeld, M. Striebel, E. Zandona, J. Aymes, A. Blanckaert, S. Bluhm, H. Doi, N. Eisenhauer, V. Farjalla, J. Hood, P. Kratina, J. Labonne, C. Lovelock, E. Moody, A. Mozsár, L. Nash, M. Pollierer, A. Potapov, G. Romero, J. Roussel, S. Scheu, N. Scheunemann, J. Seeber, M. Steinwandter, W. Ika Susanti, A. Tiunov, O. Dézerald. "StoichLife: A global database of plant and animal elemental content". Scientific Data. 12: 569. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04852-w  
  6. González, A. L., J. Merder, K. Andraczek, U. Brose, M. Filipiak, W. S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, M. C. Jackson, M. Jochum, S. J. Leroux, M. P. Nessel, R. E. Onstein, R. Paseka, G. L. W. Perry, A. Peace, A. Rugenski, J. Sitters, E. Sperfeld, M. Striebel, E. Zandona, A. Mozsár, S. Bluhm, H. Doi, N. Eisenhauer, V. F. Farjalla, J. Hood, P. Kratina, C. Lovelock, E. K. Moody, M. E. Pollierer, A. Potapov, G. Q. Romero, J.-M. Roussel, S. Scheu, N. Scheunemann, J. Seeber, M. Steinwandter, W. I. Susanti, A. Tiunov, and O. Dézerald. 2025. Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry. Nature Communications 16:10977. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65960-0 
  7. Bailey, J. and J. M. Hood. Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9: 219-228. doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10377 
  8. Kreiling, R. M., L. A. Bartsch, P. M. Perner, K. J. Breckner, J. N. Williamson, J. M. Hood, N. F. Manning, L. J. Johnson. Controls on in-stream nitrogen loss in western Lake Erie tributaries. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50 (2), 102284. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102284 
  9. Budnik, R. R., K. T. Frank, L. M. Collis, M. E. Fraker, L. A. Mason, A. M. Muir, S. Pothoven, D. F. Clapp, P. D. Collingsworth, J. C. Hoffman, J.M. Hood, T. B. Johnson, M. A. Koops, L. G. Rudstam, S. A. Ludsin. Feasibility of implementing an integrated long-term database to advance ecosystem-based management in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50 (2), 102308. DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102308. 
  10. Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, G.M. Gíslason. Environmental warming increases the importance of high-turnover energy channels in stream food webs. Ecology e4314 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4313. 
  11. Siqueira, T., C. Hawkins, J. Olden, J. Tonkin, L. Comte, V. Saito, T. Anderson, N. Bonada, C. Bonecker, M. Cañedo-Argüelles, T. Datry, M. Flinn, P. Fortuño, G. Gerrish, P. Haase, M. Hill, J.M. Hood, K. Huttunen, M. Jeffries, T. Muotka, D. O’Donnell, R. Paavola, P. Paril, M. Paterson, C. Patrick, G. Perbiche, L. Rodrigues, S. Schneider, M. Straka, A. Ruhi. Understanding temporal variability across trophic levels and spatial scales in freshwater ecosystems. Ecology. 105(2) e4219 DOI/10.1002/ecy.4219. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4219 
  12. Sinclair, J.S., M.E. Fraker, J.M. Hood, E.D. Reavie, S.A. Ludsin. 2023. Eutrophication, water quality, and fisheries: a wicked management problem with insights from a century of change in Lake Erie. Ecology & Society 28(3):10. doi.org/10.5751/ES-14371-280310
  13. O’Donnell, D.R., R. Briland, R. Budnik, S.A. Ludsin, J.M. Hood. 2023. Trends in Lake Erie phytoplankton biomass and community structure during a 20-year period of rapid environmental change. Journal of Great Lakes Research 49(3): 672-684. doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.12.011
  14. O’Donnell, D.R., R. Briland, R.R. Budnik, S.A. Ludsin, J.M. Hood. 2023. Trends in Lake Erie zooplankton biomass and community structure during a 25-year period of rapid environmental change. Journal of Great Lakes Research 49(3): 685-697. doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.02.011  
  15. Kreiling, R.M., P.M. Perner, K.J. Breckner, T.N. Williamson, L.A. Bartsch, J.M. Hood, N.F. Manning, L.T. Johnson. 2023. Watershed- and reach-scale drivers of phosphorus retention and release by streambed sediment in a western Lake Erie watershed during summer. Science of the Total Environment 863:160804. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160804  
  16. Sinclair, J. S., R. Briland, M.E. Fraker, J.M. Hood, K.T. Frank, M.D. Faust, C. Knight, S.A. Ludsin. 2023. Anthropogenic change decouples a freshwater predator’s density feedback. Scientific Reports 13:7613. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34408-0
  17. Field, H.R., A.H. Sawyer, S.A. Welch, R.K. Benefiel, D.M. Mathie, J.M. Hood, E.D. Pawlowski, D.L. Karwan, R.M. Kreiling, Z.I. Johnson, B.R. Hanrahan, K.W. King. Importance of dense aquatic vegetation in seasonal phosphate and particle transport in an agricultural headwater stream. Water Resources Research. 59(9). E2022WR033782. doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033782 
  18. King, W.M.*, S.E. Curless, J.M. Hood*. 2022. River phosphorus cycling during high flow may constrain Lake Erie cyanobacteria blooms. Water Research. 222:118845. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118845 *Authors contributed equally.
  19. Fraker, M.E., J.S. Sinclair, K.T. Frank, J.M. Hood, S.A. Ludsin. 2022. Temporal scope influences ecosystem driver-response relationships: A case study of Lake Erie with implications for ecosystem-based management. Science of The Total Environment 813:152473. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152473
  20. Cross, W.F.*, J.M. Hood*, J.P. Benstead, A. D. Huryn, J. R. Welter, G. M. Gíslason, J. S. Ólafsson. 2022. Nutrient enrichment intensifies the effects of warming on metabolic balance of stream ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 7(4): 332-341. doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10244  *Authors contributed equally.
  21. Pace, S., J.M. Hood, H. Raymond, B. Moneymaker, S.W. Lyon. 2022. High-frequency monitoring to estimate loads and identify nutrient transport dynamics in the Little Auglaize River, Ohio. Sustainability 14(24): 16484. doi.org/10.3390/su142416848
  22. May, C.J., R.R. Budnik, S.A. Ludsin, D.R. O’Donnell, J.M. Hood, E.F. Roseman, E.A. Marschall. 2021. Evidence that copepod biomass during the larval period regulates recruitment of Lake Erie walleye. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(6):1737-1745. doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.09.009
  23. Hood, J.M., L.M. Collis, J.D. Schade, R.A. Stark, and J.C. Finlay. 2021. Longitudinal patterns and linkages in benthic fine particulate organic matter composition, respiration, and nutrient uptake. Limnology and Oceanography 66(7): 2684-2696. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11781
  24. Sinclair, J.F., M.E. Fraker, J.M. Hood, K. Frank, M.R. DuFour, A.M. Gorman, S.A. Ludsin. 2021. Functional traits reveal the dominant drivers of long-term community change across a North American Great Lake. Global Change Biology 27(23): 6232-6251. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15902
  25. Wilmot, O.J., J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, J.P. Benstead. 2021. Decomposing decomposition: isolating direct effects of temperature from other drivers of detrital processing. Ecology 102(10): e03467. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3467
  26. Heinrich, K.K., C.V. Baxter, A.T.C. Bell, J.M. Hood. 2021. Of olives and carp: Interactive effects of an aquatic and a terrestrial invader on a stream-riparian ecosystem. Ecosphere 12(10):e03789. doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3789
  27. Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2021. Flow is more important than temperature in driving patterns of organic matter storage and stoichiometry in stream ecosystems. Ecosystems 24: 1317-1331. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00585-6
  28. Junker, J.R., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, J.M. Hood, D. Nelson, G.M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Resource supply governs the apparent temperature dependence of animal production in stream ecosystems. Ecology Letters 23(12):1809-1819. doi.org/10.1111/ele.13608
  29. Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Contrasting responses of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) to experimental whole‐stream warming. Freshwater Biology 65(10):1793-1805. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13583
  30. Nelson, D., J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2020. Thermal niche diversity and trophic redundancy drive neutral effects of warming on energy flux through a stream food web. Ecology 101(4), e02952. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2952
  31. Hood, J.M., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, A.D. Huryn, P.W. Johnson, G.M. Gíslason, J.R. Junker, D. Nelson, J.S. Ólafsson, C. Tran. 2018. Increased resource use efficiency amplifies positive response of aquatic primary production to experimental warming. Global Change Biology 24(3):1069-1084. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13912
  32. Nelson, D. J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, GM. Gislason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Experimental whole-stream warming alters community size structure. Global Change Biology 23(7):2618-2628. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13574
  33. Welti, N., M. Striebel, A.J. Ulseth, W.F. Cross, S. DeVilbiss, P.M. Gilbert, L. Guo, A.G. Hirst, J.M. Hood, J.S. Kominoski, K.L. MacNeill, A.S. Mehring, J.R. Welter, and H. Hillebrand. 2017. Bridging food webs, ecosystem metabolism, and biogeochemistry using ecological stoichiometry theory. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1298. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01298
  34. Nelson, D. J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, J.R. Junker, G.M. Gislason, J.S. Ólafsson. 2017. Shifts in community size structure drive temperature invariance of secondary production in a stream-warming experiment. Ecology 98(7):1797-1806. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1857
  35. Benstead, J.P., M.A. Evans-White, C.A. Gibson, J.M. Hood. 2017. Elemental content of stream biota. In Methods in Stream Ecology, Volume 2: Ecosystem Function. Chapter 36, pp.255-273. Edited by G.A. Lamberti and F.R. Hauer. Academic Press, London United Kingdom. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813047-6.00014-0
  36. Vanni, M.J., P.B. McIntyre, … J.M.Hood and 72 others. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology 98(5):1475. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1792
  37. Williamson, T.J., W.F. Cross, J.P. Benstead, G.M. Gíslason, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.M. Johnson, J.R. Welter. 2016. Warming alters coupled carbon and nutrient cycles in experimental streams. Global Change Biology 22(6):2152-2164. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13205
  38. Demars, B.O.L., G.M. Gíslason, J.S. Ólafsson, J.R. Manson, N. Frieberg, J.M. Hood, J.J.D. Thompson, T.E. Freitag. 2016. Impact of warming on CO2 emissions from streams countered by aquatic photosynthesis. Nature Geoscience 9:758-761. doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2807
  39. Sterner, R.W., J.M. Hood, M.R. Kearney, J. Urabe, D. Raubenheimer. 2015. Couples that have chemistry: When ecological theories meet. Oikos 124(7):917-919. doi.org/10.1111/oik.02672
  40. Welter, J., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, J.M. Hood, A.D. Huryn, P.M. Johnson, T. Williamson. 2015. Does N2 fixation amplify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism? Ecology 96(3):603-610. doi.org/10.1890/14-1667.1
  41. Cross, W.F., J.M. Hood, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Huryn, D. Nelson. 2015. Interactions between temperature and nutrients across levels of ecological organization. Global Change Biology 21(3):1025-1040. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12809
  42. Hood, J.M., C. McNeely, J.C. Finlay, R.W. Sterner. 2014. Selective feeding determines patterns of nutrient release by stream invertebrates. Freshwater Science 33(4):1093-1107. doi.org/10.1086/678693
  43. Benstead, J.P., J.M. Hood, N.V. Whelan, M.R. Kendrick, D. Nelson, A.F. Hanninen, L.M. Demi. 2014. Coupling of dietary phosphorus and growth across diverse fish taxa: a meta-analysis of experimental aquaculture studies. Ecology 95(10):2786-2777. doi.org/10.1890/13-1859.1
  44. O’Gorman, E.J., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, J.M. Hood, P.W. Johnson, B.D. Sigurðsson, G. Woodward. 2014. Climate change and geothermal ecosystems: natural laboratories, sentinel systems, and future refugia. Global Change Biology 20(11):3291-3299. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12602
  45. Hood, J.M., R.W. Sterner. 2014. Carbon and phosphorus linkages in Daphnia growth are determined by growth rate, not species or diet. Functional Ecology 28(5):1156-1165. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12243
  46. O’Gorman, E.J., D.E. Pichler, G. Adams, J.P. Benstead, H. Cohen, N. Craig, W. Cross, B.O. Demars, N. Friberg, G. Gíslason, R. Gudmundsdóttir, A. Hawczak, J.M. Hood, L.N. Hudson, L.S. Johansson, M.P. Johansson, J.R. Junker, A. Laurila, J.R. Manson, E. Mavromati, D. Nelson, J. Ólafsson, D.M. Perkins, O.L. Petchey, M. Plebani, D.C. Reuman, B.C. Rall, R. Stewart, M.S.A. Thompson, G. Woodward. 2012. Impacts of warming on the structure and functioning of aquatic communities: Individual- to ecosystem-level responses. Advances in Ecological Research 47:81-176. doi.org/10.1016/B978...
  47. Sterner, R.W., G.E. Small, and J.M. Hood. 2011. The conservation of mass. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):20. Link to article.
  48. Finlay, J.C., J.M. Hood, M.P. Limm, M.E. Power, J.D. Schade, J.R. Welter. 2011. Light-mediated thresholds in stream-water nutrient composition in a river network. Ecology 92(1):140-150. doi.org/10.1890/09-2243.1
  49. Schade, J.D., K. MacNeill, S.A. Thomas, F.C. McNeely, J.R. Welter, J.M. Hood, M. Goodrich, M.E. Power, J.C. Finlay. 2011. The stoichiometry of nitrogen and phosphorus spiraling in heterotrophic and autotrophic streams. Freshwater Biology 56(3):424-436. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02509.x
  50. Hood, J.M. and R.W. Sterner. 2010. Diet mixing: Do animals integrate growth or resources across temporal heterogeneity? The American Naturalist 176(5):651- 663. doi.org/10.1086/656489
  51. Persson, J., P. Fink, A. Goto, J.M. Hood, J. Jonas, S. Kato. 2010. To be or not to be what you eat: regulation of stoichiometric homeostasis among autotrophs and heterotrophs. Oikos 119(5):741-751. *Authors contributed equally. doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18545.x
  52. Sterner, R.W., T. Andersen, J.J. Elser, D.O. Hessen, J.M. Hood, E. McCauley, J. Urabe. 2008. Scale-dependent carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus seston stoichiometry in marine and freshwaters. Limnology and Oceanography 53(3):1169-1180. doi.org/10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.1169
  53. McIntyre P.B., A.S. Flecker, M.J. Vanni, J.M. Hood, B.W. Taylor, S.A. Thomas. 2008. Fish distributions and nutrient cycling in streams: can fish create biogeochemical hotspots. Ecology 89(8):2335-2346. doi.org/10.1890/07-1552.1
  54. Hood, J.M., S. Brovold, R.W. Sterner, M. Villar-Argaiz, K.D. Zimmer. 2006. Near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS) for the analysis of seston carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from diverse sources. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 4(4):96-104. doi.org/10.4319/lom.2006.4.96
  55. Hood, J.M., M.J. Vanni, A.S. Flecker. 2005. Nutrient recycling by two phosphorus rich grazing catfish: the potential for phosphorus-limitation of fish growth. Oecologia 146(2):247-257. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0202-5
  56. Elser J.J., K. Acharya, M. Kyle, J. Cotner, W. Makino, T. Markow, T. Watts, S. Hobbie, W. Fagan, J. Schade, J.M. Hood, R.W. Sterner. 2003. Growth rate-stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota. Ecology Letters 6(10):936-943. doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00518.x
  57. Vanni M.J., A.S. Flecker, J.M. Hood, J.L. Headworth. 2002. Stoichiometry of nutrient recycling by vertebrates in a tropical stream: linking species identity and ecosystem processes. Ecology Letters 5(2):285-293. doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00314.x
  58. Flecker A.S., B.W. Taylor, E.S. Bernhardt, J.M. Hood, W.K. Cornwell, S.R. Cassatt, M.J. Vanni. 2002. Interactions between herbivorous fishes and limiting nutrients in a tropical stream ecosystem. Ecology 83(7):1831-1844. doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)...
  59. Frost T.M., J.P. Descy, B.T. DeStasio, G. Gerrish, J.M. Hood, J.P. Hurley and A. L. St. Amand. 1998. Evaluations of phytoplankton communities using varied techniques: A multi-media comparison of lakes in northern Wisconsin USA. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27(2):1023-1030. doi.org/10.1080/03680770.1998.11901393