Fortino, K, J. Hoak, M. N. Waters. 2019. Evidence for positive priming of leaf litter decomposition by contact with eutrophic pond sediments. Hydrobiologia 847:137-149 (https://doi.org/10.1101/749101)
Fortino, K., Whalen, S. C., Smoak, J. 2016. Patterns in the sediment organic matter content of arctic lakes. Hydrobiologia. 777:149-160.
Fortino, K., Whalen, S. C., Johnson, C. 2014. Relationships between lake transparency, thermocline depth and sediment oxygen demand in Arctic lakes. Inland Waters 4:79-90.
Fortino, K., A. E. Hershey, M. D. Keyse. 2009. Summer sedimentation in six shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia. 621:75-84.
Tranvik, L. J., J. Downing, and 26 others. 2009. Lakes and impoundments as regulators of carbon cycling and climate. Limnology and Oceanography. 54:2298-2314.
(This is a summary paper from a working group at the Chapman Conf. on Lakes as Sentinels, Integrators, and Regulators of Climate Change.)
Fortino, K. and Creed, R. P., 2007. Abiotic factors, competition, or predation: what determines the distribution of young crayfish in a watershed? Hydrobiologia. 575:301-314.
Keyse M.D., Fortino K., Hershey A.E., O’Brien W.J., Lienesch P.W., Luecke C., McDonald M.E. 2007. Effects of large lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) on the dietary habits of small lake trout: a comparison of stable isotopes (dN and dC) and stomach content analyses. Hydrobiologia. 579:175-185.
Beaty, S. R., Fortino, K., Hershey, A. E. 2006. Distribution and growth of benthic macroinvertebrates among different patch types of the littoral zone of two arctic lakes. Freshwater Biology. 51:2347-2361.
Fortino, K. 2006. Effect of season on the impact of ecosystem engineers in the New River, NC. 2006. Hydrobiologia. 559: 463 – 466.
Goodman, K. J., Hershey, A. E., Fortino, K. 2006. The effect of forest type on benthic macroinvertebrate structure and ecological function in a pine plantation in the North Carolina Piedmont. Hydrobiologia. 559: 305 – 318.
Hershey, A. E., Beaty, S., Fortino, K., Kelly, S., Keyse, M., Luecke, C., O’Brien, W. J., Whalen, S. C. 2006. Stable isotope signatures of benthic invertebrates in arctic lakes indicate limited coupling to pelagic production. Limnology and Oceanography. 51: 177 – 188.
Hershey, A. E., S. C. Whalen, W. J. O’Brien, M. D. Keyse, and K. Fortino. 2006. The effect of landscape surface age on linking terrestrial productivity to higher trophic levels in lake ecosystems through methanotrophic bacteria. Pages 225-233 in Water and the Landscape: The Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Ecosystems, B. Davies and S. Thomson Eds. Colin Cross Printers, Ltd., Garstang, UK. (Proceedings of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK)).
Hershey, A. E., Beaty, S., Fortino, K., Keyse, M., Mou, P. P., O’Brien, W. J., Ulseth, A. J., Gettel, G. A., Lienesch, P. W., Luecke, C., McDonald, M. E., Mayer, C. H., Miller, M. C., Richards, C., Schuldt, J. A., Whalen, S. C. 2006. Effect of landscape factors on fish distribution in arctic Alaskan lakes. Freshwater Biology. 51: 39 – 55.
Hershey, A. E., Fortino K., Peterson, B. J., Ulseth, A. J. 2006. Stream Food Webs. in Hauer, F. R. and Lamberti, G. A. (Eds.) Methods in Stream Ecology Academic Press. Burlington, MA.
Whalen, S. C., Chalfant, B. B., Fischer, E. N., Fortino, K., Hershey, A. E. 2006. Comparative influence of resuspended glacial sediment on physicochemical characteristics and primary production in two arctic lakes. Aquatic Sciences. 68: 65 – 77.
Hershey, A. E., S. Beaty, K. Fortino, S. Kelly, M. Keyse, C. Luecke, and W. J. O’Brien. 2005. C signatures of chironomids in arctic lakes: role and direction of benthic-pelagic coupling. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29(1):92-96.
Fortino, K., Hershey, A. E., Goodman, K. J. 2004. Utility of biological monitoring for detection of timber harvest effects on streams and evaluation of Best Management Practices: a review. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 23: 634 – 646.
