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Overview

Arthur C. Benke is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a strong emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and aquatic systems.

Their work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Global and Planetary Change

Benke's research topics cover multiple aspects of freshwater ecosystems and related environmental processes. These include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Water Quality and Resources Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine and Fisheries Research

Their recent publications reflect an interest in freshwater biology and long-term ecological monitoring. The published works include:

  • Long-term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon-specific biomass change, 2023, Freshwater Biology
  • dmurraystoker/OGC-biomass: Long-term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon-specific biomass change, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • dmurraystoker/OGC-biomass: Long-term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon-specific biomass change, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Data and code for: "Taxon-specific biomass declines in a blackwater river: the importance of a community approach to understanding invertebrate loss", 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Benke frequently collaborates with a consistent group of researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kelly M. Murray-Stoker
  • Joseph V. McHugh
  • Keith A. Parsons
  • David Murray-Stoker
  • Amy D. Rosemond

The scientist has contributed multiple works to notable academic venues, with a majority of publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Freshwater Biology

Best Publications

  • Length-mass relationships for freshwater macroinvertebrates in North America with particular reference to the southeastern United States

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn;Leonard A. Smock

  • INVERTEBRATE PRODUCTIVITY IN A SUBTROPICAL BLACKWATER RIVER: THE IMPORTANCE OF HABITAT AND LIFE HISTORY'

    Arthur C. Benke;Thomas C. Van Arsdall;David M. Gillespie;Fred K. Parrish

  • A Perspective on America's Vanishing Streams

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Concepts and patterns of invertebrate production in running waters

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Trophic Basis of Production Among Net-Spinning Caddisflies in a Southern Appalachian Stream

    Arthur C. Benke;J. Bruce Wallace

  • A modification of the Hynes method for estimating secondary production with particular significance for multivoltine populations

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Importance of Snag Habitat for Animal Production in Southeastern Streams

    A. C. Benke;R. L. Henry;D. M. Gillespie;R. J. Hunter

  • Rivers of North America

    Arthur C. Benke;C. E. Cushing

  • Quantification of Wood Habitat in Subtropical Coastal Plain Streams

    J. Bruce Wallace;Arthur C. Benke

  • TROPHIC BASIS OF PRODUCTION AMONG RIVERINE CADDISFLIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD WEB ANALYSIS

    Arthur C. Benke;J. Bruce Wallace

  • URBANIZATION AFFECTS STREAM ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION BY ALTERING HYDROLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOTIC RICHNESS

    Michael A. Chadwick;Dean R. Dobberfuhl;Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • Influence of wood on invertebrate communities in streams and rivers

    Arthur Benke;J. Bruce Wallace

  • INTERACTIONS AMONG COEXISTING PREDATORS- A FIELD EXPERIMENT WITH DRAGONFLY LARVAE

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Dragonfly Production and Prey Turnover

    Arthur C. Benke

  • FLOOD PULSE DYNAMICS OF AN UNREGULATED RIVER FLOODPLAIN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COASTAL PLAIN

    Arthur C. Benke;Indrajeet Chaubey;G. Milton Ward;E. Lloyd Dunn

  • CHAPTER 29 – Secondary Production of Macroinvertebrates

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • COMPARATIVE DYNAMICS AND LIFE HISTORIES OF COEXISTING DRAGONFLY POPULATIONS

    Arthur C. Benke;Susan S. Benke

  • PRODUCTION DYNAMICS OF RIVERINE CHIRONOMIDS: EXTREMELY HIGH BIOMASS TURNOVER RATES OF PRIMARY CONSUMERS

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Importance of flood regime to invertebrate habitat in an unregulated river-floodplain ecosystem

    Arthur C. Benke

  • Benthic invertebrate production—facilitating answers to ecological riddles in freshwater ecosystems

    Arthur C. Benke;Alexander D. Huryn

  • TROPHIC BASIS OF PRODUCTION AMONG NET-SPINNING CADDISFLIES IN A SOUTHERN

    Appalachian Stream;Arthur C. Benke;J. Bruce Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander D. Huryn
Alexander D. Huryn University of Alabama
J. Bruce Wallace
J. Bruce Wallace University of Georgia
Judy L. Meyer
Judy L. Meyer University of Georgia
F. Richard Hauer
F. Richard Hauer University of Montana
Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
Wyatt F. Cross
Wyatt F. Cross Montana State University
Jeremy B. Jones
Jeremy B. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Charles F. Rabeni
Charles F. Rabeni University of Missouri
Indrajeet Chaubey
Indrajeet Chaubey University of Connecticut

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