PUBLICATIONS
25 Arnott, S.E.†*, Fugère, V.†, Symons, C.C.†, Melles, S.J.†, Beisner, B.E., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Hébert, M.-P.†, Brentrup, J.A., Downing, A.L., Gray, D.K.,
Greco, D.A., Hintz, W.D., McClymont, A., Relyea, R.A, Rusak, J.A., Searle, C.L., Astorg, L., Baker, H.K., Ersoy, A., Espinosa, C, Franceschini, J.M., Giorgio, A.T., Göbeler, N., Hassal, E., Huynh, M., Hylander, S., Jonasen, K.L., Kirkwood, A.E., Langenheder, S., Langvall, O., Laudon, H., Lind, L., Lundgren, M., Moffett, E.R.P, Proia, L., Schuler, M.S., Shurin, J.B., Steiner, C.F., Striebel, M., Thibodeau, S., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Vendrell-Puigmitja, L., Weyhenmeyer, G.A., and Derry, A.M.† Broad scale intraspecific variation in freshwater zooplankton salt tolerance. Accepted at Limnology and Oceanography. †Authors contributed equally to this work
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24 Baker, H.K.*, Li, S.S., Samu, S.C., Jones, N.T., Symons, C.C., and Shurin, J.B. 2022. Predation risk and prey naiveté jointly shape trophic cascades
in freshwater plankton. Oikos. Link
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23 Moffett, E.P, Benavente, J., Kinnison, M., Palkovacs, E.P., Symons, C.C., Simon, K. 2022. The effect of pregnancy on metabolic scaling in the
viviparous Gambusia affinis. Accepted to Integrative and Comparative Biology. Link
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22 Urmy, S.S.†*, Cramer, A.N.†*, Rogers, T.L., Sullivan-Stack, J., Schmidt, M., Stewart, S.D., and Symons C.C. 2022. When are bacteria really gazelles?
Comparing patchy ecologies with dimensionless numbers. Ecology Letters. 25, 1323-1341. †Authors contributed equally to this work. Link
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21 Hébert, M.-P.†, Symons, C.C.†, Cañedo-Argüelles†, M., Arnott, S.E., Derry, A.M., Fugère, V., Hintz, W.D., Melles, S.J., Astorg, L., Baker, H.K., Brentrup,
J.A., Downing, A.L., Ersoy, A., Espinosa, C, Franceschini, J.M., Giorgio, A.T., Göbeler, N., Gray, D.K., Greco, D.A., Hassal, E., Huynh, M., Hylander, S.,
Jonasen, K.L., Kirkwood, A.E., Langenheder, S., Langvall, O., Laudon, H., Lind, L., Lundgren, M., McClymont, A., Proia, L., Relyea, R.A, Rusak, J.A.,
Schuler, M.S., Searle, C.L., Shurin, J.B., Steiner, C.F., Striebel, M., Thibodeau, S., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Vendrell-Puigmitja, L., Weyhenmeyer, G.A.,
and Beisner, B.E.* 2022. Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm
experiments. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. †Authors contributed equally to this work. Link
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20 Little, C.J.*, Rizzuto, M.*, Luhring, T.M., Monk, J.D., Nowicki, R.J., Paseka, R.E., Stegen, J.C., Symons, C.C., Taub, F.B., Yen, J.D.L. 2022. Movement with
meaning: integrating information into meta-ecology. E08892. Oikos. Link
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19 Hintz, W. D. †*, Arnott, S.E. †*, Symons, C.C., Greco, D.A, McClymont, A., Brentrup, J.A., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Derry, A.M., Downing, A.L., Gray, D.K.,
Melles, S.J., Relyea, R.A., Rusak, J.A., Searle, C.L., Astorg, L., Baker, H.K., Beisner, B.E., Cottingham, K.L., Ersoy, Z., Espinosa, C., Franceschini, J.,
Giorgio, A.T., Göbeler, N., Hassal, E., Hébert, M.-P., Huynh, M., Hylander, S., Jonasen, K.L., Kirkwood, A.E., Langenheder, S., Langvall, O., Laudon,
H., Lind, L., Lundgren, M., Proia, L., Schuler, M.S., Shurin, J.B., Steiner, C.F., Striebel, M., Thibodeau, S., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Vendrell-Puigmitja, L.,
and Weyhenmeyer, G.A. Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization. 2022. 119,
e2115033119. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. †Authors contributed equally to this work. Link
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18 Wood, Z.T*., Lopez, L.K., Symons, C.C., Robinson, R.R., Palkovacs, E.P., Kinnison, M.T. 2022. Causes and consequences of eco-evolutionary trophic
cascades in mosquitofish. The American Naturalist 199:3. E91-E110. Link
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17 Moffett, E.R.P, Baker, H.K., Bonadonna, C.C.G, Shurin, J.B., and Symons, C.C.*. 2021. Cascading effects of freshwater salinization on plankton
communities in the Sierra Nevada. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. Link
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16 Symons, C.C.*, Schulhof, M.A., Cavalheri, H.B., and Shurin, J.B. 2021. Legacy effects of fish but not elevation influence lake ecosystem response
to environmental change. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 662-672. Link
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15 Jones, N.*, Symons, C.C., Cavalheri, H., Pedroza, A., and Shurin, J.B. 2020. Predators drive community reorganization during experimental range
shifts. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89: 2378-2388. Winner of the 2020 Elton Prize, Journal of Animal Ecology’s award for the best paper by
an Early Career Researcher. Link
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14 Rogers, T.L., Munch, S.B., Stewart, S.D., Palkovacs, E.P., Giron-Nava, A., Matsuzaki, S-I.S., and Symons, C.C.* 2020. Trophic control changes with
season and nutrient loading in lakes. Ecology Letters. 23, 1287–1297. Link
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13 Schulhof, M.A.*, Allen, A.E., Allen, E.E. Mladenov, N., McCrow, J.P., Jones, N.T., Blanton, J., Cavalheri, H.B., Symons, C.C., and Shurin, J.B. 2020.
Sierra Nevada mountain lake microbial communities are structured by temperature, resources, and geography. Molecular Ecology.
29: 2080-2093. Link
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12 Lemmen, K.D.*, Butler, O., Koffel, T., Rudman, S. and Symons, C.C. 2019. Stoichiometric traits vary widely within species: a meta-analysis of common
garden experiments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7. Link
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11 Wallen, K.*; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Pittman, J.; Posner, S.; Alexander, S.; Rolulo, C.; Bennett, D.; Clark, E.; Cousins, S.; Dubik, B.; Garcia, M.; Haig, H.; Koebele,
E.; Qiu, J.; Richards, R.; Symons, C.C. and Zipper, S. 2019. Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: an exploration of
the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9:218–233. Link
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10 Symons, C.C.*, Schulhof, M.A., Cavalheri, H.B., and Shurin, J.B. 2019. Antagonistic effects of temperature and allochthony on fish growth in California
mountain lakes. Oecologia 189:231-241. Link
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9 Cavalheri, H.B.*, Symons, C.C., Schulhof, M.A., Jones, N.T., and Shurin, J.B. 2019. Rapid evolution of thermal plasticity in mountain lake Daphnia
populations. Oikos 128:692–700. Link
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8 Filbee-Dexter, K.†*, Symons, C.C.†, Jones, K., Haig, H.A., Pittman, J., Alexander, S.M., Burke, MJ. 2018. Quantifying ecological and social drivers of
ecological surprise. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 2135-2146. †Authors contributed equally to this work. Link
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7 Filbee-Dexter, K.*, Pittman J., Haig, H.A., Alexander S.M., Symons C.C., and Burke, M.J. 2017. Ecological surprise: concept, synthesis, and social
dimensions. Ecosphere 8:e02005. Link
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6 Symons, C.C.* and Shurin, J.B. 2016. Climate constrains lake community and ecosystem responses to introduced predators. Proceedings of the
Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283:20160825. Winner of the Exceptional Promise in Graduate Research Award from the Aquatic
Section of the Ecological Society of America. Link
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5 Symons, C.C.* and Arnott, S.E. 2014. Timing is everything: priority effects alter post-disturbance invasibility. Ecology and Evolution 4: 397-407. Link
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4 Symons, C.C.*, Pedruski, M., Sweetman, J.N. and Arnott S.E. 2014. Spatial, abiotic and biotic determinants of zooplankton community composition
in Subarctic tundra ponds in Wapusk National Park, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 46: 159-190. Link
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3 Symons, C.C.* and Arnott, S.E. 2013. Regional zooplankton dispersal provides spatial insurance for ecosystem function. Global Change Biology
19: 1610–1619. Link
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2 Symons, C.C.*, Arnott, S.E. and Sweetman, J.N. 2012. Grazing rates of crustacean zooplankton communities on intact phytoplankton communities
in Canadian Subarctic lakes. Hydrobiologia 694: 131-141. Link
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1 Symons, C.C.*, Arnott, S.E. and Sweetman, J.N. 2012. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton communities in Subarctic lakes and ponds in Wapusk
National Park, Canada. Polar Biology 35: 481-489. Link