M.C. Mims on Google Scholar

In review / in revision / in press:

  • Hyman, A., E. Crone, J. Dunham, A. Lynch, A. Thompson, M.C. Mims. Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity: A review of assessments that use two elements of the IPCC climate change vulnerability framework. In review after revision, Conservation Science & Practice.

  • DuBose, T.P., C.E. Moore, V. Farallo, A. Benson, W.A. Hopkins, S.C. Silknetter, M.C. Mims. Some of these are not like the others: relative thermal sensitivity among anuran species of the southeastern United States. In review.

  • Malish, M., S. Gao, D. Allen, M.C. Mims, A. Ruhi, A. Shogren, C. Atkinson, M.T. Bogan, Y. Hong, T. Neeson. Dry gets wetter, wet gets drier: counterintuitive changes in stream drying driven by cross-scale interactions between regional and global hydrologic processes. In review.

Published:

  • Drake, J., G.L. O’Malley, J. Kraft, M.C. Mims. 2024. Combining graph theory and spatially explicit, individual-based models to improve invasive species control strategies at a regional scale. Landscape Ecology, 38:185.

  • Price, A.N., M.A. Zimmer, A.J. Bergstrom, A.J. Burgin, E.C. Seybold, C.A. Krabbenhoft, S. Zipper, M.H. Busch, W.K. Dodds, A.W. Walters, J.S. Rogosch, R. Stubbington, R.H. Walker, J.C. Stegen, T. Datry, M.L. Messager, J.D. Olden, S. Godsey, M. Shanafield, D.A. Lytle, R.M. Burrows, K.E. Kaiser, G.H. Allen, M.C. Mims, J.D. Tonkin, M.T. Bogan, J. Hammond, K.S. Boersma, A.N. Meyers-Pigg, A.G. DelVecchia, D.C. Allen, S. Yu, A. Ward. 2024. Biogeochemical and community ecology responses to the wetting of non-perennial streams. Nature Water, 2:815-826.

  • Barney, J.N., G.L. O’Malley, G.N. Ripa, J.C. Drake, D. Franusich, M.C. Mims. 2024. A silent spring, or a new cacophony? Invasive plants as maestros of modern soundscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22:e2729.

  • Silknetter, S.C., A.L. Benson, J.A. Smith, M.C. Mims. 2024. Scale-dependent patterns of climate change sensitivity for freshwater fishes of the United States. Ecosphere, 15:e4779.

  • DuBose, T.P., V. Catalan, C.E. Moore, V.R. Farallo, A.L. Benson, J.L. Dade, W.A. Hopkins, M.C. Mims. 2024. Thermal Traits of Anurans Database for the Southeastern United States (TRAD): a database of thermal trait values for 40 anuran species. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 112:21-30.

  • Moore, C.E., M.C. Mims. 2024. Sampling through space and time: multi-year analysis reveals dynamic population genetic patterns for an amphibian metapopulation. Conservation Genetics, 25:771-788.

  • Gill, B.A., D.C. Allen, M.C. Mims, T.M. Neeson, A. Ruhi, C.L. Atkinson, A.J. Shogren, T.M. Apgar, Z.G. Compson, S. Cook, D.R. Trumbo, M.H. Busch, K.D. Hollien, K. Leathers, M.C. Malish, G.L. O’Malley, S.C. Silknetter, C.R. Smith, H. Dunleavy, M.T. Bogan. 2024. Combined benthic and stream edge sampling better represent macroinvertebrate assemblages than benthic sampling alone to varying extents across an aridity gradient. Limnology & Oceanography Methods, 22:208-216.

  • Shadle, E.J., W.A. Hopkins, L.K. Belden, M.A. Hallmark, M.C. Mims. 2023. Experimental warming and drying reveals complex relationships among key developmental traits for two amphibian species. Freshwater Biology, 68:1657-1659.

  • Mims, M.C., J.C. Drake, J.J. Lawler, J.D. Olden. 2023. Simulating the response of a threatened amphibian to climate-induced reductions in breeding habitat. Landscape Ecology, 38:1051–1068.

  • DuBose, T.P., C.E. Moore, S.C. Silknetter, A.L. Benson, T. Alexander, G.L. O’Malley, M.C. Mims. 2023. Mismatch between conservation status and climate change sensitivity leaves some anurans in the United States unprotected. Biological Conservation, 227:109866.

  • Wenger, S., E. Stowe, K. Gido, M. Freeman, Y. Kanno, N.R. Franssen, J.D. Olden, N.L. Poff, A.W. Walters, P.M. Bumpers, M.C. Mims, M. Hooten, X. Lu. 2022. Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time series data. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9):e9339.

  • Krabbenhoft, C.A., G.H. Allen, P. Lin, S.E. Godsey, D.C. Allen, R.M. Burrows, A.G. DelVecchia, K.M. Fritz, M. Shanafield, A.J. Burgin, M. Zimmer, T. Datry, W.K. Dodds, C.N. Jones, M.C. Mims, C. Franklin, J.C. Hammond, S.C. Zipper, A.S. Ward, K.H. Costigan, H.E. Beck, J.D. Olden. 2022. Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network. Nature Sustainability, doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00873-0.

  • Freeman, M.C., K.R. Bestgen, D. Carlisle, E.A. Frimpong, N.R. Franssen, K.B. Gido, E. Irwin, Y. Kanno, C. Luce, S.K. McKay, M.C. Mims, J.D. Olden, N.R. Poff, D.L. Propst, L. Rack, A.H. Roy, A. Walters, S.J. Wenger. 2022. Toward improved understanding of streamflow effects on freshwater fishes. Fisheries 47(7):290-298.

  • Gendreau, K.L., V.L. Buxton, C.E. Moore, M.C. Mims. 2021. Temperature loggers capture intraregional variation of inundation timing for intermittent ponds. Water Resources Research 57(11):e2021WR029958.

  • Moore, C.E., J. Helmann, Y. Chen, S. St. Amour, L. Hughes, N. Wax, M.C. Mims. 2021. Anuran Traits of the United States (ATraiU): A database for anuran traits-based conservation, management, and research. Ecology, 102(3):e03261. 10.1002/ecy.3261.

  • Hammond, J., M. Shanafield, M.C. Mims, J.D. Olden, M. Zimmer, K. Kaiser, S. Kampf, S.E. Godsey, S.C. Zipper, N. Jones, R. Hale, C.A. Krabenhoft, D.C. Allen, G. Allen, R. Burrows, W. Dodds, M. Bogan, K.S. Boersma, K. Costigan, J. Hosen, T. Datry, A. Price, A.S. Ward. 2021. Spatial patterns and drivers of non-perennial flow regimes in the contiguous U.S. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL090794.

  • Zipper, S.C., J.C. Hammond, M. Shanafield, M. Zimmer, T. Datry, D.C. Allen, C.N. Jones, K.E. Kaiser, S.E. Godsey, R.M. Burrows, J.R. Blaszczak, M.H. Busch, A.N. Price, K.S. Boersma, A.S. Ward, K. Costigan, G.H. Allen, C.A. Krabbenhoft, W.K. Dodds, M.C. Mims, J.D. Olden, S.K. Kampf, A.J. Burgin. 2021. Pervasive changes in stream intermittence across the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 16:084033.

  • Busch, M.H., K.H. Costigan, K.M. Fritz, T. Datry, C.A. Krabbenhoft, J.C. Hammond, M. Zimmer, J.D. Olden, R.M. Burrows, W.K. Dodds, K.S. Boersma, M. Shanafield, S.K. Kampf, M.C. Mims, M.T. Bogan, A. S. Ward, M. Perez Rocha, G.H. Allen, J.R. Blaszczak, C. Nathan Jones, D.C. Allen. 2020. What’s in a name? Patterns and trends in the definition of non-perennial rivers and streams. Water, 12(7):1980. doi.org/10.3390/w12071980.

  • Mims, M.C., C.E. Moore, E.J. Shadle. 2020. Threats to aquatic taxa in an arid landscape: knowledge gaps and areas of understanding for amphibians of the American Southwest. WIREs Water, 7:e1449. 10.1002/wat2.1449.

  • Allen, D., T. Datry, K. Boersma, M. Bogan, A. Boulton, D. Bruno, M. Busch, K. Costigan, W. Dodds, K. Fritz, S. Godsey, J. Jones, T. Kaletova, S. Kampf, M.C. Mims, T. Neeson, J.D. Olden, A. Pastor, N.L. Poff, B. Ruddell, A. Ruhi, G. Singer, P. Vezza, Paolo; A. Ward, M. Zimmer. 2020. River ecosystem conceptual models and non-perennial rivers: A critical review. WIREs Water 10.1002/wat2.1473.

  • Zimmer, M., K. Kaiser, J. Blaszczak, S. Zimmer, J. Hammond, K. Fritz, K. Costigan, J. Hosen, S. Godsey, G. Allen, S. Kampf, R. Burrows, C. Krabbenhoft, W. Dodds, R. Hale, J. Olden, M. Shanafield, A. DelVecchia, A. Ward, M.C. Mims, T. Datry, M. Bogan, K. Boersma, M. Busch, C. Jones, A. Burgin, D. Allen. 2020. Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero-flow stream gage readings. WIREs Water, 7:e1436. 10.1002/wat2.1436.

  • Shanafield, M., S. Godsey, T. Datry, R. Hale, S.C. Zipper, K. Costigan, C.A. Krabbenhoft, W.K. Dodds, M. Zimmer, D.C. Allen, M. Bogan, K. Kaiser, R. Burrows, J.C. Hammond, M. Busch, S. Kampf, M.C. Mims, A. Burgin, J.D. Olden. 2020. Science gets up to speed on dry rivers. Eos, 101, 10.1029/2020EO139902.

  • Parsley, M.B.G , M.L. Torres G , S. Banerjee G , Z. Tobias G , C.S. Goldberg, M.A. Murphy, M.C. Mims. 2020. Combining landscape genetics and eDNA to inform functional connectivity in an amphibian metapopulation. Landscape Ecology, 10.1007/s10980-019-00948-y.

  • Smith, J.A., A.L. Benson, Y. Chen, S.A. Yamada, M.C. Mims. 2020. The power, potential, and pitfalls of open access biodiversity data in range size assessments: lessons from the fishes. Ecological Indicators, 110: 105896.

  • Hamilton, A., R Schäfer, M. Pyne, B. Chessman, K. Kakouei, K. Boersma, P. Verdonschot, R. Verdonschot, MC. Mims, K. Khamis, B. Bierwagen, J. Stamp. 2020. Limitations of trait-based approaches for stressor assessment: the case of freshwater invertebrates and climate drivers. Global Change Biology, 26:364-379.

  • Mims, M.C., C. Day, J.J. Burkhart, M. Fuller, J. Hinkle, A. Bearlin, J. Dunham, P.W. DeHaan, Z.A. Holden, E. Landguth. 2019. Simulating demography, genetics, and spatially-explicit processes to inform reintroduction of a threatened char. Ecosphere, 10:e02589.

  • Pyron, M., M.C. Mims, M.M. Minder, R.C. Shields, N. Chodkowski, C.C. Artz. 2019. Long-term fish assemblages of the Ohio River: modified trophic and life history strategies with hydrologic alterations and landuse modifications. PLoS ONE, 14(4):e0211848.

  • Mims, M.C., D.H. Olson, D.S. Pilliod, J.B. Dunham. 2018. Functional and geographic components of risk for climate sensitive vertebrates in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Biological Conservation, 228:183-194.

  • Mims, M.C., E.E. Hartfield Kirk, D.A. Lytle, J.D. Olden. 2018. Traits-based approaches support the conservation relevance of landscape genetics. Conservation Genetics, 19:17-26.

  • Mims, M.C., E.H. Hodgson, L.M. Kuehne, M.C. Siple. 2016. The benefits of workshopping graduate fellowships: a how-to guide for students and early career scientists. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 9:24-39.

  • Guderyahn, L.B., A.P. Smithers, M.C. Mims. 2016. Assessing habitat requirements of pond-breeding amphibians in a highly urbanized landscape: implications for management. Urban Ecosystems, 19:1801-1821.

  • Mims, M.C., L. Hauser, C.S. Goldberg, J.D. Olden. 2016. Genetic differentiation, isolation-by-distance, and indications of a metapopulation of the Arizona treefrog (Hyla wrightorum) in an isolated portion of its range. PLoS One.

  • Mims, M.C., I.C. Phillipsen, D. A. Lytle, E.E. Hartfield Kirk, and J.D. Olden. 2015. Ecological strategies predict associations between aquatic and genetic connectivity for dryland amphibians. Ecology, 96:1371-1382.

  • Hale, J.R., M.C. Mims, M.T. Bogan, J.D. Olden. 2015. Links between two interacting factors, novel habitats and non-native predators, and aquatic invertebrate communities in a dryland environment. Hydrobiologia, 746:313-326.

  • Phillipsen, I.C., E.E. Hartfield Kirk, M.T. Bogan, M.C. Mims, J.D. Olden, D.A. Lytle. 2015. Dispersal ability and habitat requirements determine landscape-level genetic patterns in desert aquatic insects. Molecular Ecology, 24:54-69.

  • Kuehne, L.M., L.A. Twardochleb, K.J. Fritschie, M.C. Mims, D.J. Lawrence, P.P. Gibson, B. Stewart-Koster, and J.D. Olden. 2014. Practical science communication strategies for graduate students.Conservation Biology, 28: 1225-1235.

  • Olden, J.D., C.P. Konrad, T.S. Melis, M.J. Kennard, M.C. Freeman, M.C. Mims, E.N. Bray, K.B. Gido, N.P. Hemphill, D.A. Lytle, L.E. McMullen, M. Pyron, C.T. Robinson, J.C. Schmidt, J.G. Williams. 2014. Are large-scale flow experiments informing the science and management of freshwater ecosystems? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12:176-185.

  • Mims, M.C., J.D. Olden. 2013. Fish assemblages respond to altered flow regimes via ecological filtering of life history strategies. Freshwater Biology, 58: 50–62.

  • Olden, J.D., L. Ray, M.C. Mims, M.C. Horner-Devine. 2013. Filtration rates of the non-native Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis) and potential impacts on microbial communities. Limnetica, 32: 107-120.

  • Mims, M.C., J.D. Olden. 2012. Life history theory predicts fish assemblage response to hydrologic regimes. Ecology, 93: 35-45.

  • Konrad, C.P., J.D. Olden, D.A. Lytle, T.S. Melis, J.C. Schmidt, E.N. Bray, M.C. Freeman, K.B. Gido, N.P. Hemphill, M.J. Kennard, L.E. McMullen, M.C. Mims, M. Pyron, C.T. Robinson, J.G. Williams. 2011. Large-scale flow experiments for managing river systems. Bioscience, 61: 948-959.

  • Lawrence, D.J., E.R. Larson, C.A. Reidy Liermann, M.C. Mims, T.K. Pool, J.D. Olden. 2011. National parks as protected areas for U.S. freshwater fish diversity. Conservation Letters, 4: 364-371.

  • Mims, M.C., J.D. Olden, Z.R. Shattuck, N.L. Poff. 2010. Life history trait diversity of native freshwater fishes in North America. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 19: 390-400.

  • Mims, M.C., C. D. Hulsey, B. M. Fitzpatrick, J. T. Streelman. 2010. Geography disentangles ancestral polymorphism from introgression in Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology, 19: 940-951.

  • Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, N.F. Parnell, J.T. Streelman. 2010. Comparative rates of lower jaw diversification in cichlid adaptive radiations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23:1456-1467.

  • Olden, J. D., E. R. Larson, M. C. Mims. 2009. Home-field advantage: native signal crayfish (Pacifastancus lenisuculus) out consumes newly introduced crayfishes for invasive Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis). Aquatic Ecology, 43: 1073-1084.

  • Loh, Y. E., L.S. Katz, M.C. Mims, T.D. Kocher, S. Yi, J.T. Streelman. 2008. Comparative analysis of mosaic genomes among Lake Malawi cichlids. Genome Biology, 9: R113-113.12.

  • Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, J.T. Streelman. 2007. Do constructional constraints influence cichlid craniofacial diversification?Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) Series, 274: 1867-1875.