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2026
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, and R. A. McCleery. The ripple effect of surface water on dryland ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, in press, published online 8 August 2026.
Dutton, C. L., M. Follis, J. Munaweera, F. M. Maisha, C. J. Mulligan, and J. M. Moore. The gut microbiome in early life predicts malaria susceptibility. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 16, 1769376 (23 June 2026).
Frauendorf, T. C., A. Reside, C. L. Dutton, L. Njoroge, E. Njagi, E. J. Rosi, D. M. Post, and A. L. Subalusky. A gradient of wildlife subsidies alters riverine food web structure. Freshwater Biology 71(4), e70208 (7 April 2026).
Dutton, C. L., A. Goeckner, T. Goldwire, C. G. B. Grupstra, D. Houghtaling, L. E. Nonnamaker, and A. L. Subalusky. Bioreactors on the move: how animals contribute to microbial community coalescence and shape ecosystem function. Environmental Microbiology 28(4), e70291 (30 March 2026).
Twala, B. B., S. P. Ngcobo, R. A. McCleery, T. Dalu, C. L. Dutton, S. M. Ferreria, L. Munyai, A. L. Subalusky, M. D. Voysey, C. Coetsee, B. Wigley, and D. M. Parker. Effects of water impoundments on the distribution and activity of elephants in the southern Kruger National Park. African Journal of Ecology 64(2), e70154 (9 February 2026).
McCleery, R. A., S. M. Ferreria, P. Mhlava, O. Mathebula, T. Tanneback, C. Coetsee, T. Dalu, C. L. Dutton, D. Khosa, L. F. Munyai, D. M. Parker, A. L. Subalusky, B. Twala, M. D. Voysey, and B. J. Wigley. Artificial surface water broadens the spatiotemporal footprint of herbivores and alters species responses. Ecological Applications 36(1), e70185 (1 January 2026).
2025
Saha, A. K., C. L. Dutton, M. Manyifika, S. C. Jantzi, and S. N. Sirikare. Sediment fingerprinting enables the determination of soil erosion sources and sediment transport processes in a topographically complex Nile headwater basin. Soil Systems 9(3), 70 (4 July 2025).
Subalusky, A. L., and C. L. Dutton. Role of aquatic and terrestrial carcasses in freshwater ecosystems. Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and Their Applications, 2nd ed., CRC Press, pp. 424-436 (4 June 2025).
Ogutu, J. O., J. A. Stabach, J. G. C. Hopcraft, R. B. Boone, H. T. Dublin, C. L. Dutton, A. Gichira, A. Guthmann, A. L. Herrik, K. E. Holekamp, R. R. Karimi, S. C. Kifugo, P. Leimgruber, N. Mogensen, S. S. Moiko, J. M. Mukeka, H. Nabaala, S. Ndambuki, L. M. Njino, G. O. Ojwang, H. Olff, C. Packer, L. Parmuntoro, R. S. Reid, R. B. Rioba, M. Y. Said, J. S. Senteu, A. L. Subalusky, J.-C. Svenning, S. Thompson, A. Uzal, M. P. Veldhuis, and R. Buitenwerf. Short-term study fails to capture negative impacts of livestock intensification on wildlife. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(23), e2502418122 (30 May 2025).
Twining, C. W., A. Blanco, C. L. Dutton, M. Kainz, E. Harvey, J. Kraus, D. Martin-Creuzburg, et al. Integrating the bright and dark sides of aquatic resource subsidies, a synthesis. Ecology Letters 28(4), e70109 (8 April 2025).
Mulligan, C. J., E. B. Quinn, D. Hamadmad, C. L. Dutton, L. Nevell, A. M. Binder, C. Panter-Brick, and R. Dajani. Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees. Scientific Reports 15, 5945 (27 February 2025).
Covered in Science Magazine
2024
Benjamin, J., P. Ayesiga, M. Gomes, C. L. Dutton, J. Schoelynck, and A. L. Subalusky. Land-water connections from river source to mouth. Afrotropical Streams and Rivers: Structure, Ecological Processes and Management, Elsevier, pp. 349-374 (15 November 2024).
2023
Pringle, R. M., J. O. Abraham, T. M. Anderson, T. C. Coverdale, A. B. Davies, C. L. Dutton, A. Gaylard, J. R. Goheen, R. M. Holdo, M. C. Hutchinson, C. M. Kimuyu, R. A. Long, A. L. Subalusky, and M. P. Veldhuis. Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems. Current Biology 33(11), R584-R610 (5 June 2023).
Dutton, C. L., F. M. Maisha, E. Quinn, K. L. Morales, J. Moore, and C. J. Mulligan. Maternal psychosocial stress is associated with reduced diversity in the early infant gut microbiome. Microorganisms 11(4), 975 (8 April 2023).
Blaszczak, J. R., L. E. Koenig, F. H. Mejia, L. Gómez-Gener, C. L. Dutton, A. M. Carter, N. B. Grimm, J. W. Harvey, A. M. Helton, and M. J. Cohen. Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world’s streams and rivers. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8(3), 453-463 (published online 8 December 2022).
Klein, R., C. L. Dutton, and A. K. Koeser. Development of a low-cost traffic counter for assessing likelihood of impact for tree risk assessment. Arboricultural Journal 45(1), 49-71 (published online 27 February 2022).
2022
Kemp, A., C. H. Vane, A. Kim, C. L. Dutton, A. L. Subalusky, S. Kemp, and A. Parnell. Fecal steroids as a potential tool for conservation paleobiology in East Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation 31(1), 183-209 (published online 18 November 2021).
2021
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, A. Sanchez, S. Estrela, N. Lu, S. K. Hamilton, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. The meta-gut: community coalescence of animal gut and environmental microbiomes. Scientific Reports 11, 23117 (30 November 2021).
Covered by Science Magazine and others.
Included in the top 100 papers in Microbiology at Nature Scientific Reports for 2021.
Frauendorf, T. C., A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Dutton, S. K. Hamilton, F. O. Masese, E. J. Rosi, G. A. Singer, and D. M. Post. Animal legacies lost and found in river ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters 16(11), 115011 (1 November 2021).
Handler, K. S., A. L. Subalusky, C. J. Kendall, C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Temporal resource partitioning of wildebeest carcasses by scavengers after riverine mass mortality events. Ecosphere 12(1), e03326 (20 January 2021).
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. K. Hamilton, E. C. Bayer, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Alternative biogeochemical states of river pools mediated by hippo use and flow variability. Ecosystems 24(2), 284-300 (published online 8 June 2020).
2020
Akayezu, P., L. Musinguzi, V. Natugonza, R. Ogutu-Ohwayo, K. Mwathe, C. L. Dutton, and M. Manyifika. Using sediment fingerprinting to identify erosion hotspots in a sub-catchment of Lake Kivu, Rwanda. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192(12), 806 (2 December 2020).
Masese, F. O., M. J. Kiplagat, C. R. González-Quijano, A. L. Subalusky, C. L. Dutton, D. M. Post, and G. A. Singer. Hippopotamus are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies to and effects on aquatic ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(1926), 20193000 (29 April 2020).
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, L. M. Puth, and D. M. Post. A river of bones: wildebeest skeletons leave a legacy of mass mortality in the Mara River, Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 31 (27 February 2020).
2019
Schoelynck, J., A. L. Subalusky, E. Struyf, C. L. Dutton, D. Unzué-Belmonte, B. Van de Vijver, D. M. Post, E. J. Rosi, P. Meire, and P. Frings. Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius): the animal silicon pump. Science Advances 5(5), eaav0395 (1 May 2019).
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, T. D. Hill, J. C. Aleman, E. J. Rosi, K. B. Onyango, K. Kanuni, J. A. Cousins, A. C. Staver, and D. M. Post. A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 664, 148-160 (published online 1 February 2019).
Jantzi, S. C., C. L. Dutton, A. K. Saha, R. Maskini, and J. Almirall. Novel “filter pellet” sample preparation strategy for quantitative LA-ICP-MS analysis of filter-bound sediments: a “green chemistry” alternative to sediment fingerprinting in Tanzania’s Ruvu River basin. Journal of Soils and Sediments 19(1), 478-490 (published online 10 July 2018).
2018
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Organic matter and nutrient inputs from large wildlife influence ecosystem function in the Mara River, Africa. Ecology 99(11), 2558-2574 (8 October 2018).
Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. K. Hamilton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Organic matter loading by hippopotami causes subsidy overload resulting in downstream hypoxia and fish kills. Nature Communications 9, 1951 (16 May 2018).
Covered by Science Magazine, The Atlantic and others.
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Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. C. Anisfeld, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. The influence of a semi-arid sub-catchment on suspended sediments in the Mara River, Kenya. PLOS ONE 13(2), e0192828 (8 February 2018).
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2017
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. Annual mass drownings of the Serengeti wildebeest migration influence nutrient cycling and storage in the Mara River. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(29), 7647-7652 (published online 19 June 2017).
Covered by Science Magazine, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic and others.
2015
Subalusky, A. L., C. L. Dutton, E. J. Rosi-Marshall, and D. M. Post. The hippopotamus conveyor belt: vectors of carbon and nutrients from terrestrial grasslands to aquatic systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Freshwater Biology 60(3), 512-525 (published online 21 November 2014).
Covered by Science Magazine.
2013
Dutton, C. L., S. C. Anisfeld, and H. Ernstberger. A novel sediment fingerprinting method using filtration: application to the Mara River, East Africa. Journal of Soils and Sediments 13(10), 1708-1723 (14 June 2013).