Journal articles

Woodward, G., J.P. Benstead, O.S. Beveridge, J. Blanchard, T. Brey, L. Brown, W.F. Cross, N. Friberg, T.C. Ings, U. Jacob, S. Jennings, M.E. Ledger, A.M. Milner, J.M. Montoya, E. O’Gorman, J.M. Olesen, O.L. Petchey, D.E. Pilcher, D.C. Reuman, M.S. Thompson, F.J.F. Van Veen, and G. Yvon-Durocher. 2010. Ecological networks in a changing climate. Advances in Ecological Research 42:71-138.

Benstead, J.P., W.F. Cross, J.G. March, W.H. McDowell, A. Ramírez, and A.P. Covich. 2010. Biotic and abiotic controls on the ecosystem significance of consumer excretion in two contrasting tropical streams. Freshwater Biology 55:2047-2061. PDF

Suberkropp, K., V. Gulis, A.D. Rosemond, and J.P. Benstead. 2010. Ecosystem and physiological scales of microbial responses to nutrients in a detritus-based stream: results of a 5-year continuous enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography 55:149-160. PDF

Benstead, J.P., A.D. Rosemond, W.F. Cross, J.B. Wallace, S.L. Eggert, K. Suberkropp, V. Gulis, J.L. Greenwood, and C.J. Tant. 2009. Nutrient enrichment alters storage and fluxes of detritus in a headwater stream ecosystem. Ecology 90:2556-2566. PDF

Bixby, R., J.P. Benstead, M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2009. Relationships of stream algal community structure to catchment deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:466-479. PDF

Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, K.C. Ewel, and J.W. Short. 2009. Biodiversity and ecosystem function in species-poor communities: community structure and leaf litter breakdown in a Pacific island stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:454-465. PDF

Cross, W.F., A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, J.P. Benstead, and A. Ramirez. 2008. Secondary production, longevity and consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams of contrasting geomorphology and food web structure. Freshwater Biology 53:2504-2519. PDF

Benstead, J.P., A.C. Green, L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, K. Slavik, W.B. Bowden, and A.E. Hershey. 2007. Recovery of three Arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology 52:1077-1089. PDF

Frost, P.C., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, H. Hillebrand, J.H. Larson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and T. Yoshida. 2006. Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters 9:774-779. PDF

Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, B. Fry, K.C. Ewel, and C.M. Pringle. 2006. Testing IsoSource: stable isotope analysis of a tropical fishery with diverse organic matter sources. Ecology 87:326-333. PDF

Cross, W.F., J.P. Benstead, P.C. Frost, and S.A. Thomas. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in freshwater benthic systems: recent progress and perspectives. Freshwater Biology 50:1895-1912. PDF

Frost, P.C., W.F. Cross, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Ecological stoichiometry in benthic freshwater ecosystems: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 50:1781-1785. PDF

Wilcox, H.S., J.B. Wallace, J.L. Meyer, and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Effects of labile carbon addition on a headwater stream food web. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1300-1312. PDF

Goodman, S.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2005. Updated estimates of biotic diversity and endemism for Madagascar. Oryx 39:73-77. PDF

Benstead, J.P., L.A. Deegan, B.J. Peterson, A.D. Huryn, W.B. Bowden, K. Suberkropp, K.M. Buzby, A.C. Green, and J. Vacca. 2005. Responses of a beaded Arctic stream to short-term N and P fertilisation. Freshwater Biology 50:277-290. PDF

Gulis, V., A.D. Rosemond, K. Suberkropp, H.S. Weyers, and J.P. Benstead. 2004. Effects of nutrient enrichment on the decomposition of wood and associated microbial activity in streams. Freshwater Biology 49:1437-1447. PDF

Benstead, J.P. and C.M. Pringle. 2004. Deforestation alters the resource base and biomass of endemic stream insects in eastern Madagascar. Freshwater Biology 49:490-501. PDF

Benstead, J.P., P. de Rham, J.-L. Gattolliat, F.-M. Gibon, P.V. Loiselle, M. Sartori, J.S. Sparks, and M.L.J. Stiassny. 2003. Conserving Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity. BioScience 53:1101-1111. PDF

March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 2003. Damming tropical island streams: problems, solutions, and alternatives. BioScience 53:1069-1078. PDF

Benstead, J.P., M.M. Douglas, and C.M. Pringle. 2003. Relationships of stream invertebrate communities to deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Ecological Applications 13:1473-1490. PDF

Cross, W.F, J.P. Benstead, A.D. Rosemond, and J.B. Wallace. 2003. Consumer-resource stoichiometry in detritus-based streams. Ecology Letters 6:721-732. PDF

March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M. Luckymis. 2003. Benthic community structure and invertebrate drift in a Pacific island stream, Kosrae, Micronesia. Biotropica 35:125-130. PDF

McCafferty, W.P. and J.P. Benstead. 2002. Cladistic resolution and ecology of the Madagascar genus Manohyphella Allen (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae). Annales de Limnologie 38:41-52.

Benstead, J.P., K.H. Barnes, and C.M. Pringle. 2001. Diet, activity patterns, foraging movement and responses to deforestation of the aquatic tenrec Limnogale mergulus (Lipotyphla: Tenrecidae) in eastern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 254:119-129. PDF

March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and M.W. Ruebel. 2001. Linking shrimp assemblages with rates of detrital processing along an elevational gradient in a tropical stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:470-478. PDF

Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, and C.M. Pringle. 2000. Estuarine larval development and upstream post-larval migration of freshwater shrimps in two tropical rivers of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 32:545-548. PDF

Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1999. Effects of a low-head dam and water abstraction on migratory tropical stream biota. Ecological Applications 9:656-668. PDF

March, J.G., J.P. Benstead, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1998. Migratory drift of larval freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams, Puerto Rico. Freshwater Biology 40:261-273. PDF

Benstead, J.P. 1996. Macroinvertebrates and the processing of leaf litter in a tropical stream. Biotropica 28:367-375. PDF

Edited book

Goodman, S.M. and J.P. Benstead (Eds). 2003. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Book chapters

Cross, W.F., A.D. Rosemond, J.P. Benstead, S.L. Eggert, and J.B Wallace. 2005. Differential effects of consumers on C, N, and P dynamics: insights from long-term research. Pages 235-247 in de Ruiter, P.C., Wolters, V., and Moore, J.C. (Eds) Dynamic food webs: multispecies assemblages, ecosystem development and environmental change. Academic Press, San Diego, USA.

Benstead, J.P. and L. Olson. 2003. Limnogale mergulus. Pages 1267-1273 in Goodman, S.M. and Benstead, J.P. (Eds) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Pringle, C.M. and J.P. Benstead. 2001. The effects of logging on tropical river ecosystems. Pages 305-325 in Fimbel, R.A, Grajal, A., and Robinson, J.G. (Eds) The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests. Columbia University Press, New York, USA.

Benstead, J.P., M.L.J. Stiassny, P.N. Loiselle, K.J. Riseng, and N. Raminosoa. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. Pages 205-231 in Boon, P.J., Davies, B.R., and Petts, G.E. (Eds) Global perspectives on river conservation: science, policy and practice. Wiley, Chichester, UK.