Published Work
W.R. Budnick, J. Mruzek, C. Larson, and S. Passy. 2021. The impacts of nutrient supply versus nutrient imbalance on subcontinental co-occurrence and interaction networks of stream algae. Ecography. 44(7): 1109-1120
T. Leboucher, J. Tison-Rosebery, W.R. Budnick, A. Jamoneau, W. Vyverman, J. Soininen, S. Boutry and S. Passy. 2020 (Early View). A metacommunity approach for detecting species influenced by mass effect. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(10): 2031-2040
W. Budnick, C. Bonvillain, S. Lott, and M.D. Kaller. 2020. Breaking the Mississippi River barrier: range extensions of Faxonius palmeri. subspecies and overlap with rare crayfish species in Louisiana. The Southeastern Naturalist. 19(1): 152-160.
W.R. Budnick, T. Leboucher, J. Beilard, J. Soininen, I. Lavoie, K. Pound, A. Jamoneau, J. Tison-Rosebery, E. Tales, V. Pajunen, S. Campeau, and S. Passy. 2019. Local and regional drivers of taxonomic homogenization in stream communities along a land use gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
28(11): 1597-1607.
T. Leboucher*, W.R. Budnick*, S. Passy, S. Boutry, A. Jamoneau, J. Soininen, W. Vyverman, and J. Tison-Rosebery. 2019. Diatom β-diversity in streams increases with spatial scale and decreases with nutrient enrichment across regional to sub-continental scales. Journal of Biogeography. 46(4): 734-744.
*Co-first author
S. Passy, C. Larson, A. Jamoneau, W.R. Budnick, J. Heino, T. Leboucher, J. Tison-Rosebery, and J. Soininen. 2018. The biogeographical patterns of species richness and abundance distribution in stream diatoms are driven by climate and water chemistry. American Naturalist. 192(5): 605-617.
W.R. Budnick, W. E. Kelso, S. B. Adams, and M.D. Kaller. 2018. A multigear protocol for sampling crayfish assemblages in Gulf of Mexico coastal streams. Hydrobiologia. 822: 55-67.
W.R. Budnick. 2015. Metacommunity dynamics and the biogeography of Louisiana Crayfishes. Masters Thesis: Louisiana State University
B. Helms, W.R. Budnick, P. Pecora, J. Skipper, E. Kosnicki, J. Feminella, and J. Stoeckel. 2013. The influence of soil type, congeneric cues, and floodplain connectivity on the local distribution of the devil crayfish (Cambarus diogenes Girard). Freshwater Science. 32(4): 1333-1344
T. Leboucher, J. Tison-Rosebery, W.R. Budnick, A. Jamoneau, W. Vyverman, J. Soininen, S. Boutry and S. Passy. 2020 (Early View). A metacommunity approach for detecting species influenced by mass effect. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(10): 2031-2040
W. Budnick, C. Bonvillain, S. Lott, and M.D. Kaller. 2020. Breaking the Mississippi River barrier: range extensions of Faxonius palmeri. subspecies and overlap with rare crayfish species in Louisiana. The Southeastern Naturalist. 19(1): 152-160.
W.R. Budnick, T. Leboucher, J. Beilard, J. Soininen, I. Lavoie, K. Pound, A. Jamoneau, J. Tison-Rosebery, E. Tales, V. Pajunen, S. Campeau, and S. Passy. 2019. Local and regional drivers of taxonomic homogenization in stream communities along a land use gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
28(11): 1597-1607.
T. Leboucher*, W.R. Budnick*, S. Passy, S. Boutry, A. Jamoneau, J. Soininen, W. Vyverman, and J. Tison-Rosebery. 2019. Diatom β-diversity in streams increases with spatial scale and decreases with nutrient enrichment across regional to sub-continental scales. Journal of Biogeography. 46(4): 734-744.
*Co-first author
S. Passy, C. Larson, A. Jamoneau, W.R. Budnick, J. Heino, T. Leboucher, J. Tison-Rosebery, and J. Soininen. 2018. The biogeographical patterns of species richness and abundance distribution in stream diatoms are driven by climate and water chemistry. American Naturalist. 192(5): 605-617.
W.R. Budnick, W. E. Kelso, S. B. Adams, and M.D. Kaller. 2018. A multigear protocol for sampling crayfish assemblages in Gulf of Mexico coastal streams. Hydrobiologia. 822: 55-67.
W.R. Budnick. 2015. Metacommunity dynamics and the biogeography of Louisiana Crayfishes. Masters Thesis: Louisiana State University
B. Helms, W.R. Budnick, P. Pecora, J. Skipper, E. Kosnicki, J. Feminella, and J. Stoeckel. 2013. The influence of soil type, congeneric cues, and floodplain connectivity on the local distribution of the devil crayfish (Cambarus diogenes Girard). Freshwater Science. 32(4): 1333-1344
Publications in progress
W.R. Budnick and M.D. Kaller. In prep. Land use effects on environmental and spatial drivers of Louisiana crayfish metacommunity diversity and relative abundance.
W.R. Budnick, J. Mruzek, C. Larson, and S. Passy. In prep. Node degree distributions in continental stream co-occurrence networks show distinct responses to climate, nutrient, and spatial gradients.
W.R. Budnick, J. Mruzek, C. Larson, and S. Passy. In prep. Node degree distributions in continental stream co-occurrence networks show distinct responses to climate, nutrient, and spatial gradients.