Publications

Skorupa, A. J., Bloomer, C. C., DeWalt, E. R., Douglass, S. A., Hogan, P. N., Hopper, G. W., Houghton, D. C., Schartel, T. E., Shoobs, N. F., Sietman, B. E., & Bried, J. T. (2026). Linking climate sensitivity to trait combinations and regional listing status in freshwater mussels, crayfish, and insects. [In review].

Cao, Y., Schartel, T. E., Houghton, D. C., Ross, J., & Infante, D. M. (2025). Evaluating machine learning algorithms for accuracy, stability, and among-predictors discriminability in modeling species-richness across ten datasets. Ecological Informatics, 90, Article 103323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103323.

Molinaro, S., Nixon, W., & Cao, Y. (2025). Monitoring aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Private Lands Programs: annual report 2025. (INHS Technical Report 2025 (18)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Schartel, T., Cao, Y., Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Metzke, B. (2025). Updating Illinois stream biological characterizations and assessments using species distribution modeling (Publication No. T-133-R-001). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Xu, M., Fang, M., Usoof, A. M., Mandrak, N. E., Chu, C., Qian, H., Cao, Y., Liu, C., Cuthbert, R. N., Li, S., Su, G., Tedesco, P. A., Dick, J. T. A., Wei, H., Yu, F., Shu, L., Wang, X., Mu, X., & Gu, D. (2025). Ecological similarity governs non-native fish establishment while human pressure and native diversity shape invasion richness. Science Advances, 11(32), Article eadw4347. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072587.

Molinaro, S., Nixon, W., & Cao, Y. (2024). Monitoring aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2024. (Technical Report INHS 2024 (26)). Illinois Natural History Survey. View Online

Molinaro, S. A., King, S. M., Solomon, L. E., Maxson, K. A., & Stein, J. A. (2024). Population structure and vital rates of Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus in a large floodplain river. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 107, 1441–1455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01583-6

Cao, Y., & Wang, L. (2023). How to statistically disentangle the effects of environmental factors and human disturbances: a review. Water, 15(4), Article 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040734.

Dai, Q., Cao, Y., Chu, M. L., Larson, E. R., & Suski, C. D. (2023). Agricultural conservation may not help Midwestern US freshwater biodiversity in a changing climate. Science of The Total Environment, 872, Article 162143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162143.

Mao, Z., Cao, Y., Gu, X., Cai, Y., Chen, H., Zeng, Q., & Jeppesen, E. (2023). Effects of nutrient reduction and habitat heterogeneity on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a large shallow eutrophic lake. Science of The Total Environment, 867, Article 161538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161538.

Molinaro, S., Nixon, W., Ragusa, K., & Cao, Y. (2023). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2023. (INHS Technical Report 2023 (47)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Schartel, T., & Cao, Y. (2023). Background selection complexity influences Maxent predictive performance in freshwater systems. Ecological Modeling, 488, Article 110592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110592.

Wang, L., Cao, Y., & Infante, D. M. (2023). Disentangling effects of natural factors and human disturbances on aquatic systems—needs and approaches. Water, 15(7), Article 1387. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071387. 

Zumbado-Ulate, H., Schartel, T. E., Simmons, G., & Daugherty, M. (2023). Assessing the risk of invasion by a vineyard moth pest guild. NeoBiota, 86, 169-191. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.86.100579.

Ashcraft, S., Cao, Y., & Hinz, L. C., Jr. (2022). Assessing population viability and habitat preference of River Redhorse and Eastern Sand Darter in Illinois running waters (Publication No. T-110-R-1). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Cao, Y., Hinz, L. C., Jr., Taylor, C. A., Metzke, B., & Cummings, K. S. (2022). Species richness of mussel assemblages and trait guilds in relation to environment and fish diversity in streams of Illinois, the USA. Hydrobiologia, 849, 2193-2208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04859-z.

Dai, Q., Hostert, L. E., Rondon, J. K., Cao, Y., & Suski, C. D. (2022). Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: what does not kill you makes you stronger? Freshwater Biology, 67(10), 1801-1814. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13976.

Mao, Z., Cao, Y., Gu, X., Zeng, Q., Chen, H., & Jeppesen, E. (2022). Response of zooplankton to nutrient reduction and enhanced fish predation in shallow eutrophic lake. Ecological Applications, 33(1), Article e2750. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2750.

Molinaro, S., Demeule, L., & Cao, Y. (2022). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2022. (INHS Technical Report 2023 (08)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Pang, W., Pan, Y., You, Q., Cao, Y., Wang, L., Den, G., & Wang, Q. (2022). Causes of aquatic ecosystem degradation related to tourism and the feasibility of restoration for karst nature reserves. Aquatic Ecology, 56, 1231-1243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-022-09983-5.

Qian, H., Chu, C., Li, D., Cao, Y., Sandel, B., Mohamed-Anas, M. U., & Mandrak, N. E. (2022). Effects of non-native species on phylogenetic dispersion of freshwater fish communities in North America. Diversity and Distributions, 29(1), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13647.

Feng, M., Schartel, T. E., South, E., Henning, B., Cao, Y., & Hinz, L. C., Jr. (2021). Effectiveness of Illinois’ protected land network at supporting SGCN and their habitats (Technical Report INHS 2021 (19)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Godefroid, M., Morente, M., Schartel, T. E., Cornara, D., Purcell, A., Gallego, D., Moreno, A., Pereira, J. A., & Fereres, A. (2021). Climate tolerances of Philaenus spumarius should be considered in risk assessment of disease outbreaks related to Xylella fastidiosa. Journal of Pest Science, 95, 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01413-z.

Hostert, L. E., Ashcraft, S., Beja, L., & Cao, Y. (2021). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2021. (INHS Technical Report 2021 (06)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

MacDonald, S. L., Schartel, T. E., & Cooper, M. L. (2021). Exploring grower-sourced data to understand spatiotemporal trends in the occurrence of a vector, Pseudococcus maritimus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and improve grapevine leafroll disease management. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114(4), 1452-1461. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab091.

Mao, Z., Gu, X., Cao, Y., Luo, J., Zeng, Q., Chen, H., & Jeppesen, E. (2021). How does fish functional diversity respond to environmental changes in two large shallow lakes? Science of The Total Environment, 753, Article 142158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142158.

Mao, Z., Gu, X., Cao, Y., Luo, J., Zeng, Q., Chen, H., & Jeppesen, E. (2021). Pelagic energy flow supports the food web of a shallow lake following a dramatic regime shift driven by water level changes. Science of The Total Environment, 756, Article 143642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143642.

Qian, H., Cao, Y., Chu, C., Li, D., Sandel, B., Wang, X., & Jin, Y. (2021). Taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity of freshwater fish assemblages in relationship to geographical and climatic determinants in North America. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(10), 1965-1977. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13358.

Schartel, T. E., Cao, Y., Henning, B., Feng, M.-L., & Hinz, L. C., Jr. (2021). Modelling and predicting freshwater mussel distributions in the Midwestern USA. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(12), 3370-3385. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3720.

Schartel, T. E. (2020, October 16). Modeling and predicting freshwater mussel distributions in the Midwestern USA. [Presentation and Lecture], INHS Seminar Series.

Schartel, T. E., Cooper, M. L., May, A., & Daugherty, M. P. (2021). Quantifying Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) invasion in Northern California vineyards to inform management strategy. Environmental Entomology, 50(2021), 138-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa141.

Deng, G., Wang, L., Tang, Y., Pan, Y., Cao, Y., Zhu, Z., Wang, B., Wang, Q., & Pang, W. (2020). Understanding human and nature interaction outcomes for sustaining tourist destinations: An example of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 23(3), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2020.1776498.

Hostert, L. E., Beja, L., & Cao, Y. (2020). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2020. (INHS Technical Report 2020 (29)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Mao, Z., Gu, X., Cao, Y., Zhang, M., Zeng, Q., Chen, H., Shen, R., & Jeppesen, E. (2020). The role of top-down and bottom-up control for phytoplankton in a subtropical shallow eutrophic lake: evidence based on long-term monitoring and modeling. Ecosystems, 23, 1449-1463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00480-0.

Parker, J., Pescitelli, S. M., Epifanio, J., & Cao, Y. (2020). Relationships among side-scan sonar classified substrates and fish-catch rates at multiple spatial scales. River Research and Applications, 36(8), 1579-1587. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3663.

Qian, H., Cao, Y., Li, D., Chu, C., Sandel, B., & Wang, X. (2020). Geographic patterns and environmental correlates of phylogenetic relatedness and diversity for freshwater fish assemblages in North America. Ecography, 43(12), 1814-1824. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05280.

Quantifying Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) invasion in northern California vineyards to inform management strategy. T.E. Schartel, M.L. Cooper, A. May, and M.P. Daugherty. Environmental Entomology, 50: 138-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa141

How does fish functional diversity respond to environmental changes in two large shallow lakes?. Z Mao, X Gu, Y Cao, J Luo, Q Zeng, H Chen, E Jeppesen. Science of the Total Environment 753, 142158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142158

Assessing population viability and habitat preference of River Redhorse and Eastern Sand Darter in Illinois running waters. Sara Ashcraft, Yong Cao, and Leon Hinz Jr. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Annual Interim Report T-110-R-1.

Hostert, L. E., & Cao, Y. (2019). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2020. (INHS Technical Report 2019 (34)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Hostert, L. E., & Cao, Y. (2019). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2018. (INHS Technical Report 2019 (25)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Hostert, L. E., Pintor, L. M., & Byers, J. E. (2019). Sex, size, and prey caloric value affect diet specialization and consumption of an invasive prey by a native predator. Current Zoology, 65(5), 499-507. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy076.

Metzke, B., Hinz, L. C., Jr., Beja, L., Hostert, L. E., & Cao, Y. (2019). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Phase II final report. (INHS Technical Report 2019 (26)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Weighting effective number of species measures by abundance weakens detection of diversity responses. Y Cao, CP Hawkins. Journal of Applied Ecology 56, 1200-1209. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13345

Relative importance of Conservation Reserve Programs to aquatic insect biodiversity in an agricultural watershed in the Midwest, USA. Eric South, Ed DeWalt, Yong Cao. Hydrobiologia 829, 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3842-2

Sampling central channel provided additional information on fish assemblages in a large boatable river in Midwest USA. Yong Cao, Jerrod Parker, Tim Edison, John Epifanio. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, DOI: https: 10.3996/042019-JFWM-028. https://doi.org/10.3996/042019-JFWM-028

Reconstructing the European Grapevine Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), invasion in California: insights from a successful eradication. T.E. Schartel, B.R. Bayles, M.L. Cooper, G. Simmons, S.M. Thomas, L.G. Varela, and M.P. Daugherty. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say056

Assessing population viability and habitat preference of River Redhorse and Eastern Sand Darter in Illinois running waters. Sara Ashcraft, Yong Cao, and Leon Hinz Jr. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Annual Interim Report T-110-R-1.

Cao, Y. (2018). Bias in estimates of the classic and incidence-based Jaccard similarity indices: insights from assemblage simulation. Community Ecology, 19(3), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1556/168.2018.19.3.12.

Fenner, J., Schartel, T. E., & Counterman, B. (2018). Lessons from butterflies of the Black Belt prairie: the southern dogface as an indicator of prairie remnants. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 144(2), 295-308. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.144.0202.

Parker, J., Cao, Y., Sass, G. G., & Epifanio, J. (2018). Large river fish functional diversity responses to improved water quality over a 28-year period. Ecological Indicators, 88, 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.035.

Parker, J., Fritts, M. W., & DeBoer, J. A. (2018). Length-weight relationships for small Midwestern US fishes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34,1081-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13721.

Schartel, T. E., & Brooks, C. P. (2018). Biotic constraints on Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) host use in the southern US and their implications for future spread. Food Webs, 15, Article e00083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00083.

Sicard, A., Zeilinger, A. R., Vanhove, M., Schartel, T. E., Beal, D. J., Daugherty, M. P., & Almeida, R. P.P. (2018). Xylella fastidiosa: insights into an emerging plant pathogen. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 56, 181-202. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-045849.

Wang, L., Pan, Y., Cao, Y., Li, B., Wang, Q., Wang, B., Pang, W., Zhang, J., Zhu, Z., & Deng, G. (2018). Detecting early signs of environmental degradation in protected areas: an example of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China. Ecological Indicators, 91, 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.080.

Brown, L. R., Caulkins, R. C., Schartel, T. E., Rosch, J. W., Honsa, E. S., Schultz-Cherry, S., Meliopoulos, V. A., Cherry, S., & Thornton, J. A. (2017). Increased zinc availability enhances initial aggregation and biofilm formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology and Immunology, 7, Article 233. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00233.

Cao, Y., Cummings, K., Hinz, L. C., Jr., Douglass, S. A., Stodola, A. P., & Holtrop, A. M. (2017). Reconstructing the natural distribution of individual unionid mussel species and species diversity in wadeable streams of Illinois, USA, with reference to stream bioassessment. Freshwater Science, 36(3), 669-682. https://doi.org/10.1086/692819.

Gibson-Reinemer, D. K., Sparks, R. E., Parker, J. L., DeBoer, J. A., Fritts, M. W., McClelland, M. A., Chick, J. H., & Casper, A. F. (2017). Ecological recovery of a river fish assemblage following the implementation of the Clean Water Act. BioScience, 67(11), 957-970. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix110.

Metzke, B. A., & Hinz, L. C., Jr. (2017). Establishing an aquatic monitoring program to assess the goals of the Illinois Conservation Reserve Program in the Kaskaskia river basin. (INHS Technical report 2017 (4)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Metzke, B. A., Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Beja, L. (2017). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Phase II. (INHS Technical Report 2017 (34)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Pan, Y., Den, G., Wang, L., Cao, Y., Pang, W., Wang, Q., Li, B., Wang, B., Zhang, J., & Xu, R. (2017). Effects of in situ phosphorus enrichment on the benthos in a subalpine karst stream and implications for bioassessment in nature reserves. Ecological Indicators, 73, 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.055.

Pearce, K. J., Serfass, T., Ashcraft, S., & Stevens, S. S. (2017). Applying social and ecological approaches to evaluate factors influencing river otter (Lontra canadensis) visitation to fish-rearing facilities in Pennsylvania. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 63, Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-017-1088-3.

Cao, Y., Wang, B., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Pan, Y., Wang, Q., Jian, D., Deng, G. (2016). Lake macroinvertebrate assemblages and relationship with natural environment and tourism stress in Jiuzhaigou Natural Reserve, China. Ecological Indicators, 62, 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.023.

Metzke, B. A., & Hinz, L. C., Jr. (2016).Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2016. (INHS Technical Report 2016 (50)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Pan, Y., Wang, L., Cao, Y., Pang, W., Wang, Q., Zhu, Z., Zhang, X., & Deng, G. (2016). Variation of benthic algal assemblages among habitats in subalpine Karstic Lakes and implications for bioassessment. Hydrobiologia, 777, 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2775-x.

Pearish, S., Hostert, L., & Bell, A. M. (2016). A standardized method for quantifying consistent individual differences in schooling behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(1), 443-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13176.

Schartel, T. E., & Schauber, E. M. (2016). Relative preference and localized food affect predator space use and consumption of incidental prey. PLoS One, 11(3), Article e0151483. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151483.

Importance of natural and anthropogenic environmental factors to fish communities of the Fox River in Illinois. S Schnier, X Cai, Y Cao. Environmental Management 57, 389-411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0611-0.

Modeling and mapping fish abundance across wadeable streams of Illinois, USA based on landscape-level environmental variables. Y Cao, L Hinz, B Metzke, JA Stein, AM Holtrop. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73, 1031-1046. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0343.

The Effects of Improved Water Quality on Fish Assemblages in a Heavily Modified Large River System. Jerrod Parker, John Epifanio, Andrew Casper, Yong Cao. River Research and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2917.

Cao, Y., Hinz, L. C., Jr., Metzke, B., Stein, J., & Holtrop, A. (2015). Modeling and mapping fish abundance across wadeable streams of Illinois, USA, based on landscape-level environmental variables. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73(7), 1031-1046. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0343.

Frazier, M. T., Mullin, C. A., Frazier, J. L., Ashcraft, S. A., Leslie, T. W., Mussen, E. C., & Drummond, F. A. (2015). Assessing honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) foraging populations and the potential impact of pesticides on eight U.S. crops. Journal of Economic Entomology, 108(5), 2141-2152. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov195.

Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Metzke, B. A. (2015). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2015. (INHS Technical Report 2015 (36)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Parker, J., Epifanio, J., Casper, A., & Cao, Y. (2015). The effects of improved water quality on fish assemblages in a heavily modified large river system. River Research and Applications, 32(5), 992-1007. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2917.

Schnier, S., Cai, X., & Cao, Y. (2015). Importance of natural and anthropogenic environmental factors to fish communities of the Fox River in Illinois. Environmental Management, 57, 389-411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0611-0.

Wilkins, P. M., Cao, Y., Heske, E. J., & Levengood, J. M. (2015). Influence of a forest preserve on aquatic macroinvertebrates, habitat quality, and water quality in an urban stream. Urban Ecosystems, 18, 989-1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0464-6%20/.

Modelling and mapping the distribution, diversity and abundance of freshwater mussels (Family Unionidae) in wadeable streams of Illinois, USA. Y Cao, A Stodola, S Douglass, D Shasteen, K Cummings, A Holtrop. Freshwater Biology 60, 1379-1397. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12575.

Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Metzke, B. A. (2014). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2014. (INHS Technical Report 2014 (35)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Li, L., Liu, L., Hughes, R. M., Cao, Y., & Wang, X. (2014). Towards a protocol for stream macroinvertebrate sampling in China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186, 469-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3391-0.

Qin, C.-Y., Zhou, J., Cao, Y., Zhang, Y., Hughes, R. M., & Wang, B.-X. (2014). Quantitative tolerance values for common stream benthic macroinvertebrates in the Yangtze River Delta, Eastern China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186, 5883-5895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3826-2.

Biddinger, D. J., Robertson, J. L., Mullin, C., Frazier, J., Ashcraft, S. A., Rajotte, E. G., Joshi, N. K., & Vaughn, M. (2013). Comparative toxicities and synergism of apple orchard pesticides to Apis mellifera (L.) and Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski). PLoS One, 8(9), Article e72587. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072587.

Cao, Y., DeWalt, R. E., Robinson, J. L., Tweddale, T., Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Pessino Massimo. (2013). Using Maxent to model the historic distributions of stonefly species in Illinois streams: the effects of regularization and threshold selections. Ecological Modelling, 259, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.03.012.

Hinz, L. C., Jr., & Metzke, B. A. (2013). Monitoring and assessment of aquatic life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia river basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: annual report 2013. (INHS Technical Report 2013 (30)). Illinois Natural History Survey.

Pearish, S., Hostert, L., & Bell, A. M. (2013). Behavioral type–environment correlations in the field: a study of three-spined stickleback. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67, 765-774. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1500-2.

Welsh, D. P., Zhou, M., Mussmann, S. M., Fields, L. G., Thomas, C. L., Pearish, S. P., Kilburn, S. L., Parker, J. L., Stein, L. R., Bartlett, J. A., Bertram, C. R., Bland, T. J., Laskowski, K. L., Mommer, B. C., Zhuang, X., & Fuller, R. C. (2013). The effects of age, sex, and habitat on body size and shape of the blackstripe topminnow, Fundulus notatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae) (Rafinesque 1820). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108(4), 784-789. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12022.

Modeling changes in freshwater mussel diversity in an agriculturally dominated landscape. Y Cao, J Huang, KS Cummings, A Holtrop. Freshwater Science 32, 1205-1218. https://doi.org/10.1899/12-040.1

Ashcraft, S., Mullin, C., Frazier, M., & Frazier, J. (2012). Managed pollinator CAP coordinated agricultural project. From the front lines – the war against Varroa. Bee Culture, 140(11), 25-29.

Bailey, R. C., Scrimgeour, G., Coté, D., Kehler, D., Linke, S., & Cao, Y. (2012). Bioassessment of stream ecosystems enduring a decade of simulated degradation: lessons for the real world. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 69(4), 784-796. https://doi.org/10.1139/f2012-010.

Czesny, S. J., Rinchard, J., Lee, B.-J., Dabrowski, K., Dettmers, J. M., & Cao, Y. (2012). Does spatial variation in egg thiamine and fatty-acid concentration of Lake Michigan lake trout Salvelinus namaycush lead to differential early mortality syndrome and yolk oedema mortality in offspring? Journal of Fish Biology, 80(7), 2475-2493. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03304.x.

DeWalt, R. E., Cao, Y., Tweeddale, T., Grubbs, S. A., Hinz, L. C., Jr., Pessino, M., & Robinson, J. L. (2012). Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states. ZooKeys, 178, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.178.2616.

Wang, L., Brenden, T., Cao, Y., & Seelbach, P. (2012). Delineation and validation of river network spatial scales for water resources and fisheries management. Environmental Management, 50, 875-887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9938-y.

Zhao, T., Yang, D., Cai, X., & Cao, Y. (2012). Predict seasonal low flows in the upper Yangtze River using random forests model. Shuili Fadian Xuebao/Journal of Hydroelectric Engineering, 31(3), 18-24+38.

First records of the parasitoid Temelucha sinuate Cushman (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Mississippi and Florida, USA. Schartel, T.E., T.D. Marsico, and C.P. Brooks. Entomological News, 122:376-377. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.122.0412

From the front lines: the war against varroa. Sara Ashcraft, Mullin C.A., Frazier M. and Frazier J.L. Bee Culture. 140, 25-29. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004323

Cao, Y., & Hawkins, C. P. (2011). The comparability of bioassessments: a review of conceptual and methodological issues. The North American Benthological Society, 30(3), 680-701. https://doi.org/10.1899/10-067.1.

Frazier, J., Mullin, C., Frazier, M., & Ashcraft, S. (2011). Managed pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural Project – Pesticides and their involvement in colony collapse disorder. American Bee Journal, 151(8), 779-784.

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