* indicates an undergraduate collaborator
** indicates a graduate student collaborator
Forthcoming
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Jackson, C.R., K.K. Cecala, S.J. Wenger, J.E. Kirsch, J.R. Webster, D.S. Leigh, J.M. Sanders, J.P. Love, J.D. Knoepp, J.M. Fraterrigo, and A.D. Rosemond. In press. Distinctive connectivities of near-stream and watershed-wide land uses differentially degrade rural aquatic ecosystems. BioScience.
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Cragg, S.**, K.K. Cecala, S.M. Fix, J.R. Ennen, and J.M. Davenport. In press. Role of abiotic factors and habitat heterogeneity in the interacts between stream salamanders and crayfish in the southern Appalachians. Freshwater Science.
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Kirsch, D.R.*, S. Mitchell**, J.M. Davenport, K.K. Cecala, and J.R. Ennen. In press. Body size is related to temperature in Hyla chrysoscelis tadpoles. Journal of Herpetology.
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Hood, N.* and K.K. Cecala. In press. Plestiodon inexpectatus. PREDATION. Herpetological Review.
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Zeitler, E.F.*, E.H. Walker*, and K.K. Cecala. In press. Lithobates sphenocephalus. HATCHING SUCCESS IN WASTEWATER. Herpetological Review.
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2021
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Zeitler, E.F.*, M. Kochinski*, and K.K. Cecala. 2021. Evaluating potential mechanisms for altered amphibian performance in treated wastewater. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16:412-424.
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Calhoun, W.R.* and K.K. Cecala. 2021. At the expense of the environment: Economic and regulatory factors impacting the location and management of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in North Carolina. Case Studies in the Environment 5:1428433.
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Zeitler, E.F.*, K.K. Cecala, and D.A. McGrath. 2021. Carryover effects minimize the positive effects of treated wastewater on anuran development. Journal of Environmental Management 289:112571.
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Ennen, J.R., K.K. Cecala, P. Gould**, R. Colvin, J. Dennison, D. Garig**, S. Hyder**, L. Recker, J.M. Davenport. 2021. Size matters: the influence of trap and mesh size on turtle captures. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45:130-137.
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Ennen, J.R., B.R. Kuhajda, S. Fix**, S.C. Sweat, B. Zuber, A.V. Watts, H.T. Mattingly, and K.K. Cecala. 2021. Assessing the success of conservation efforts for a North American topminnow at risk of extinction from spatially variable mosquitofish invasions. Freshwater Biology 66:458-467.
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2020
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McKenzie, B.A.* and K.K. Cecala. 2020. The value of residential forests for Plethodontid salamanders on the Cumberland Plateau, U.S.A. Natural Areas Journal 40:281-286.
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Cecala, K.K., E.H. Walker*, S.M. Fix, J.R. Ennen, and J.M. Davenport. 2020. Seasonal variation in the strength of interference competition among headwater vertebrates. Freshwater Biology 65:1440-1449.
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Carpenter, A.*, M. Thomas, and K.K. Cecala. 2020. Declining diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) learn how to escape from crab traps. Journal of Young Investigators 38:1-7.
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Thompson, S.*, E.H. Walker*, and K.K. Cecala. 2020. Behavioral reactions of naturalized ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) to native owl vocalizations. The American Midland Naturalist 184:274-279.
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2019
Bissell, K.E.*, and K.K. Cecala. 2019. Increases in temperature lead to higher rates of aggression in Appalachian stream salamanders. Freshwater Science 38:834-841.
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Zeitler, E.*, K.K. Cecala, and D.A. McGrath. 2019. Tertiary wastewater treatment wetlands provide suitable habitat for amphibians. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 33:475-488.
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2018
Hoffacker, M.L.*, K.K. Cecala, J.R. Ennen, S. Mitchell, and J.M. Davenport. 2018. Interspecific interactions are conditional on temperature in an Appalachian stream salamander community. Oecologia 188:623-631.
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Hoffacker, M.L*, and K.K. Cecala. 2018. Evaluating the potential for bias in common amphibian protocols. Herpetological Review 49:446-449.
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Cecala, K.K., J.C. Maerz, J. Chamblee, C.A. Dehring, J. F. Frisch, T.L. Gragson, J.A. Hepinstall-Cymerman, D.S. Leigh, C.R. Jackson, and J.T. Peterson. 2018. Assessment of multiple drivers, scales, and interactions influencing southern Appalachian stream salamander occupancy. Ecosphere 9:e02150.
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Drukker, S.S.*, K.K. Cecala, P.R. Gould*, B.A. McKenzie*, and C. Van de Ven. 2018. The ecology and natural history of the Cumberland Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus abditus): Distribution and demographics. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13:33-46.
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Sadler, B.E.* and K.K. Cecala. 2018. Distributions of crevice-dwelling salamanders on the southern Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. Journal of Tennessee Herpetology 1:11-19.
2017
Evans, J., K.K. Cecala, B.R. Scheffers, C.A. Oldfield*, N.A. Hollingshead, D.G. Haskell, and B.A. McKenzie*. 2017. Widespread degradation of a vernal pool complex in the southeastern United States: Challenges to current and future management. Wetlands 37:1093-1103.
Liles, L.*, K.K. Cecala, J. Ennen, and J. Davenport. 2017. Elevated temperatures change competitive outcomes in stream salamanders. Animal Conservation 20:502-510.
Gould, P.*, K.K. Cecala, S.S. Drukker*, B.A. McKenzie*, and C. Van de Ven. 2017. Biogeographical factors affecting the distribution of stream salamanders on the Cumberland Plateau, USA. Science of the Total Environment 599-600:1622-1629.
Mitchell, S.M., J.R. Ennen, K.K. Cecala, and J.M. Davenport. 2017. Ex-situ PIT tag retention study in two Desmognathus species. Herpetological Review 48:313-316.
Bliss, M.M.* and K.K. Cecala. 2017. Terrestrial salamanders alter antipredator behavior thresholds following tail autotomy. Herpetologica 73:94-99.
Cecala, K.K., W. Noggle*, and S. Burns*. 2017. Salamanders use light cues to avoid high temperatures. Journal of Herpetology 51:263-269.
Liford, A.*, and K.K. Cecala. 2017. Prioritization of light cues over predator cues by larval salamanders. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95:75-79.
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Cecala, K.K., J. Davenport, J. Ennen, & W. Fields. 2017. Amphibians and Reptiles. In Hauer, F.R. and G.A. Lamberti (eds) Methods in Stream Ecology 3rd Edition.
2016
Kirchberg, J.*, K.K. Cecala, S.J. Price, E.M. White, and D. Haskell. 2016. The effects of small impoundments on stream quality and salamanders on the Cumberland Plateau. Aquatic Conservation: Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems 26:1197-1206.
Gandhi, J.S.*, and K.K. Cecala. 2016. Interactive effects of temperature and glyphosate on the behavior of Blue Ridge two-lined salamanders, Eurycea wilderae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35:2297-2303.
McKee, R.*, K.K. Cecala, and M.E. Dorcas. 2016. Behavioural interactions of diamondback terrapins with crab pots demonstrate that bycatch reduction devices reduce entrapment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Environments 26:1081-1089.
Evans, J.P., C.A. Oldfield*, K.K. Cecala, J.K. Hiers, C. Van De Ven, and M.M. Armistead*. 2016. Spatial assessment of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on a forest community. Forests 7:101.
Strickland, J.C.*, A.P. Pinhiero*, K.K. Cecala, and M.E. Dorcas. 2016. Physiological constraints to respond to climate change: Insights from the effects of temperature on standard metabolic rate in larval salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 50:239-244.
Frisch, J.R., J.T. Peterson, K.K. Cecala, J.C. Maerz, C.R. Jackson, T.L. Gragson, and C.M. Pringle. 2016. Patch occupancy of stream fauna across a land cover gradient in the southern Appalachians, USA. Hydrobiologia 773:163-175.
Cecala, K.K. and J.C. Maerz. 2016. Effects of landscape disturbance on fine-scale phototaxic behaviors by larval stream salamanders. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:7-13.
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2015
Bliss, M.* & K.K. Cecala. 2015. Do Appalachian stream salamanders from disturbed habitat behave differently? Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:811-818.
Wyderko, J., E.F. Benfield, J.C. Maerz, K.K. Cecala, and L.K. Belden. 2015. Variable infection of stream salamanders in the southern Appalachians by the trematode Metagonimoides oregonensis (Family: Heterophyidae). Parasitology Research 114:3159-3165.
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Maerz, J.C., K. Barrett, K.K. Cecala, and J.L. DeVore. 2015. Monitoring and conservation planning for rare and cryptic species: a case study of an enigmatic salamander decline. Southeastern Naturalist 14:771-784.
Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Stream salamanders accurately assess size-dependent predation threats. Herpetologica 71:184-189.
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Liles, L.* and K.K. Cecala. 2015. Notophthalmus viridescens. Size at Metamorphosis. Herpetological Review 46:609-610.
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Bliss, M.*, A. Smith*, and K.K. Cecala. 2015. Notophthalmus viridescens. Diet. Herpetological Review 46:609.
2014
Cecala, K.K., W.H. Lowe, and J.C. Maerz. 2014. Riparian disturbance restricts in-stream movement of stream salamanders. Freshwater Biology 59:2354-2364.
Currinder, B.*, K.K. Cecala, R.M. Northington, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Response of stream salamanders to experimental drought in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 29:579-587.
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2013
Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Modeling the effects of life-history traits on estimation of population parameters for a cryptic stream species. Freshwater Science 32:116-125.
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2012
Webster, J., E.F. Benfield, K.K. Cecala, J.F. Chamblee, C. Dehring, T. Gragson, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, C.R. Jackson, J. Knoepp, D.S. Leigh, J.C. Maerz, & H.M. Valett. 2012. Water quality and exurbanization in southern Appalachian streams. In: Boon, P.J. and P.J. Raven (eds). River Conservation and Management. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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2011
Price, S.J., E.A. Eskew, K.K. Cecala, R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Estimating survival of a streamside salamander: Importance of temporary emigration, capture response, and location. Hydrobiologia 679:205-215.
Price, S.J., K.K. Cecala, R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Effects of urbanization on stream salamander occupancy. Conservation Biology 27:547-555.
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2010
Davis, A.K. and K.K. Cecala. 2010. Intraerythrocytic rickettsial inclusions in Ocoee salamanders (Desmognathus ocoee): prevalence, morphology, and comparisons with inclusions of Plethodon cinereus. Parasitology Research 107:363-367.
Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Ecology of juvenile northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) inhabiting low-order streams. Amphibia-Reptilia 31:169-174.
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2009
Davis, A.K., J.L. Devore, J.R. Milanovich, K.K. Cecala, J.C. Maerz, and M. Yabsley. 2009. New findings from an old pathogen: intraerythrocytic bacteria (Family Anaplasmatacea) in red-backed salamanders Plethodon cinereus. Ecohealth 6:219-228.
Cecala, K.K, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Factors affecting stream salamander movement: A re-examination of stream movement hypotheses. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:292-298.
2008
Cecala, K.K., J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Ecological effects of major injuries in diamondback terrapins: Implications for conservation and management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19:421-427.
Westfall, C., K.K. Cecala, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. The ecology of mite parasitism in salamanders of the Western Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of Parasitology 94:631-634.
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Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber). Polymelia. Herpetological Review 38:434.
2007
Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. The diet of larval red salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber) examined using a non-lethal technique. Journal of Herpetology 41:741-745.
Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. A comparison of MS-222 (Tricaine Methane Sulfonate) and Orajel® as amphibian anesthesia. Herpetological Review 38:63-66.
