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  • 1946 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James H. Thorp is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science with specialization in ecology, nature and landscape conservation, water science and technology, ecological modeling, and oceanography.

The scientist's main research topics include fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, hydrology and sediment transport processes, hydrology and watershed management studies, species distribution and climate change, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics.

Recent publications reflect a concentration on macrosystems biology and freshwater biodiversity. Some selected papers authored by or involving Thorp include:

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research (2021) Ecology Letters
  • Multi-scale biodiversity drives temporal variability in macrosystems (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Macrosystems as metacoupled human and natural systems (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Variation in macroinvertebrate community structure of functional process zones along the river continuum: New elements for the interpretation of the river ecosystem synthesis (2021) River Research and Applications
  • The evolution of macrosystems biology (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Frequent collaborators in their work include Alain Maasri, Flavia Tromboni, Sudeep Chandra, Mark Pyron, and Emily R. Arsenault.

The scientist's research is regularly published in venues such as Ecology Letters, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, River Research and Applications, Ecology and Evolution, and BioScience.

Best Publications

  • Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates

    James H. Thorp;Alan P. Covich

  • The riverine ecosystem synthesis : Biocomplexity in river networks across space and time

    James H. Thorp;Martin C. Thoms;Michael D. Delong

  • The riverine productivity model: an heuristic view of carbon sources and organic processing in large river ecosystems

    James H. Thorp;Michael D. Delong

  • Dominance of autochthonous autotrophic carbon in food webs of heterotrophic rivers

    James H. Thorp;Michael D. Delong

  • How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems

    Michael T. Brett;Stuart E. Bunn;Sudeep Chandra;Aaron W. E. Galloway

  • Riverine macrosystems ecology: sensitivity, resistance, and resilience of whole river basins with human alterations

    Kevin E McCluney;Kevin E McCluney;Kevin E McCluney;N LeRoy Poff;Margaret A Palmer;James H Thorp

  • Predator-prey relationships among larval dragonflies, salamanders, and frogs

    J. P. Caldwell;J. H. Thorp;T. O. Jervey

  • Isotopic analysis of three food web theories in constricted and floodplain regions of a large river

    James H. Thorp;Michael D. Delong;Kim S. Greenwood;Andrew F. Casper

  • The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis: Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science

    James H. Thorp;Martin C. Thoms;Michael D. Delong

  • Zooplankton assemblages in the Ohio River: seasonal, tributary, and navigation dam effects

    James H. Thorp;A. Ross Black;Kim H. Haag;John D. Wehr

  • Field Experiments on Responses of a Freshwater, Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community to Vertebrate Predators

    James H. Thorp;E. A. Bergey

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Linking Ecosystem Services, Rehabilitation, and River Hydrogeomorphology

    James H. Thorp;Joseph E. Flotemersch;Michael D. Delong;Andrew Fowler Casper

  • Significance of instream autotrophs in trophic dynamics of the Upper Mississippi River.

    Michael D. Delong;James H. Thorp

  • Two distinct roles for predators in freshwater assemblages

    James H. Thorp

  • Effects of Microhabitat Selection on Feeding Rates of Net-Spinning Caddisfly Larvae

    Ted Georgian;James H. Thorp

  • Importance of biotic interactions in large rivers: An experiment with planktivorous fish, dreissenid mussels and zooplankton in the St Lawrence River

    James H. Thorp;Andrew Fowler Casper

  • The control of robot manipulators with bounded input

    M. Spong;J. Thorp;J. Kleinwaks

  • Turbidity and Temperature Effects on Oxygen Consumption in the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

    James E. Alexander;James H. Thorp;Ronald D. Fell

  • Introduction to the Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis

    James H. Thorp;Martin C. Thoms;Michael D. Delong

  • Energy and environmental stress in aquatic systems

    James H. Thorp;J. Whitfield Gibbons

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Martin C. Thoms
Martin C. Thoms University of New England
Alan P. Covich
Alan P. Covich University of Georgia
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Hans Middelkoop
Hans Middelkoop Utrecht University
J. Whitfield Gibbons
J. Whitfield Gibbons University of Georgia
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rob S. E. W. Leuven
Rob S. E. W. Leuven Radboud University
Andrés Viña
Andrés Viña Michigan State University
Hsiao-Dong Chiang
Hsiao-Dong Chiang Cornell University

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