publications

Brito, J. S., Cottenie, K., Brasil, L. S., Bastos, R. C., Ferreira, V. R. S., Cruz, G. M., Lima, D. V. M., Vieira, L. J. S., Michelan, T. S., & Juen, L. (2024). Main drivers of dragonflies and damselflies (insecta; odonata) metacommunities in streams inside protected areas in the brazilian amazon. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12444-1

Maggia, M.-E., Decaëns, T., Cottenie, K., & Steinke, D. (2024). Homogeneous earthworm communities in southern ontario. European Journal of Soil Biology, 122, 103655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103655

Nowosad, D. S. J., Hogg, I. D., Cottenie, K., Lear, C., Elliott, T. A., deWaard, J. R., Steinke, D., & Adamowicz, S. J. (2024). High diversity of freshwater invertebrates on inuinnait nuna, the canadian arctic, revealed using mitochondrial DNA barcodes. Polar Biology, 47(12), 1475–1490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03311-3

Perez Rocha, M., Cottenie, K., Clein, K., Elkins, L., Mangold, R., Nowlin, W., Perkin, J. S., Wright, K., & Schwalb, A. (2024). Using a nested sampling design across spatial scales to gain insights into distribution patterns of fishes, mussels and macroinvertebrates in a riverine system. Journal of Biogeography, 51(12), 2456–2468. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15003

Gleason, J. E., Hanner, R. H., & Cottenie, K. (2023). Hidden diversity: DNA metabarcoding reveals hyper-diverse benthic invertebrate communities. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02118-w

Halhed, A., Petrullo, L., Boutin, S., Dantzer, B., McAdam, A., Wu, M., & Cottenie, K. (2023). Consistent spatial patterns in microbial taxa of red squirrel gut microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13209

Mitchell, Z. A., Cottenie, K., & Schwalb, A. N. (2023). Trait‐based and multi‐scale approach provides insight on responses of freshwater mussels to environmental heterogeneity. Ecosphere, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4533

Omer, K., Jacobs, S., Cottenie, K., Bettger, W., Dawson, J., Graether, S., Murrant, C., Zettel, J., & Newton, G. (2023). Evaluating and improving the formative use of student evaluation of teaching. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2023.1.10960

Perez Rocha, M., Morris, T. J., Cottenie, K., & Schwalb, A. N. (2023). Limitations of beta diversity in conservation site selection. Ecological Indicators, 154, 110732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110732

Porter, E., Luo, M., Lit, B., McKechnie, I., Saha, J., Ratra, P., Lewis, N., Norman, Z., Cottenie, K., Jacobs, S., & Gillis, D. (2022). DEVELOPING a TRANSDISCIPLINARY CITIZEN SCIENCE TOOL FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: SQUIRREL LIFE IN a NUTSHELL. INTED2022 Proceedings, 1, 1781–1790. https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2022.0535

Rutherford, K. L., Cottenie, K., & Denomme-Brown, S. T. (2022). To go or not to go: Variable density-dependent dispersal in small mammals. Journal of Mammalogy, 104(4), 783–791. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac117

Bingham, B. E., Coulter, C., Cottenie, K., & Jacobs, S. R. (2021). A metacognitive instructional guide to support effective studying strategies. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2020.3.8318

Denomme-Brown, S. T., Cottenie, K., Falls, J. B., Falls, E. A., Brooks, R. J., & McAdam, A. G. (2021). Examining the effects of heterospecific abundance on dispersal in forest small mammals. Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab096

Dunck, B., Rodrigues, L., Lima-Fernandes, E., Cássio, F., Pascoal, C., & Cottenie, K. (2021). Priority effects of stream eutrophication and assembly history on beta diversity across aquatic consumers, decomposers and producers. Science of The Total Environment, 797, 149106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149106

Gibson, C., Cottenie, K., Gingras-Hill, T., Kokelj, S. V., Baltzer, J. L., Chasmer, L., & Turetsky, M. R. (2021). Mapping and understanding the vulnerability of northern peatlands to permafrost thaw at scales relevant to community adaptation planning. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), 055022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe74b

Kremer, S. C., Linquist, S., Saylor, B., Elliott, T. A., Gregory, T. R., & Cottenie, K. (2021). Long-term TE persistence even without beneficial insertion. BMC Genomics, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07568-4

Maggia, M.-E., Decaëns, T., Lapied, E., Dupont, L., Roy, V., Schimann, H., Orivel, J., Murienne, J., Baraloto, C., Cottenie, K., & Steinke, D. (2021). At each site its diversity: DNA barcoding reveals remarkable earthworm diversity in neotropical rainforests of french guiana. Applied Soil Ecology, 164, 103932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103932

Persaud, S. F., Cottenie, K., & Gleason, J. E. (2021). Ethanol eDNA reveals unique community composition of aquatic macroinvertebrates compared to bulk tissue metabarcoding in a biomonitoring sampling scheme. Diversity, 13(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13010034

Petsch, D. K., Cottenie, K., Padial, A. A., Dias, J. D., Bonecker, C. C., Thomaz, S. M., & Melo, A. S. (2021). Floods homogenize aquatic communities across time but not across space in a neotropical floodplain. Aquatic Sciences, 83(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-020-00774-4

Trombley, C. A., Schwalb, A. N., Hardy, T. B., & Cottenie, K. (2021). Spatio‐temporal analyses show conflicting evidence of the role of an invasive minnow in the decline of an endangered desert fish endemic to the south‐western u.s.a. Freshwater Biology, 66(11), 2158–2169. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13823

Denomme-Brown, S. T., Cottenie, K., Falls, J. B., Falls, E. A., Brooks, R. J., & McAdam, A. G. (2020). Variation in space and time: A long-term examination of density-dependent dispersal in a woodland rodent. Oecologia, 193(4), 903–912. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04728-3

Gleason, J. E., Elbrecht, V., Braukmann, T. W. A., Hanner, R. H., & Cottenie, K. (2020). Assessment of stream macroinvertebrate communities with eDNA is not congruent with tissue‐based metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology, 30(13), 3239–3251. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15597

Greyson-Gaito, C. J., Bartley, T. J., Cottenie, K., Jarvis, W. M. C., Newman, A. E. M., & Stothart, M. R. (2020). Into the wild: Microbiome transplant studies need broader ecological reality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1921), 20192834. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2834

Kremer, S. C., Linquist, S., Saylor, B., Elliott, T. A., Gregory, T. R., & Cottenie, K. (2020). Transposable element persistence via potential genome-level ecosystem engineering. BMC Genomics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6763-1

Vandamme, S., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Maes, G. E., Cottenie, K., Calboli, F. C. F., Diopere, E., & Volckaert, F. A. M. (2020). Reconciling seascape genetics and fisheries science in three codistributed flatfishes. Evolutionary Applications, 14(2), 536–552. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13139

Daniel, J., Gleason, J. E., Cottenie, K., & Rooney, R. C. (2019). Stochastic and deterministic processes drive wetland community assembly across a gradient of environmental filtering. Oikos, 128(8), 1158–1169. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05987

Newton, G., Poung, K., Laila, A., Bye, Z., Bettger, W., Cottenie, K., Dawson, J., Graether, S., Jacobs, S., Murrant, C., & Zettel, J. (2019). Perception of biology instructors on using student evaluations to inform their teaching. International Journal of Higher Education, 8(1), 133. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v8n1p133

Paterson, C., Cottenie, K., & MacDougall, A. S. (2019). Restored native prairie supports abundant and species‐rich native bee communities on conventional farms. Restoration Ecology, 27(6), 1291–1299. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12987

Trombley, C. A., & Cottenie, K. (2019). Quantifying the scientific cost of ambiguous terminology in community ecology. Philosophical Topics, 47(1), 203–218.

Zawalski, R., Nowlin, W. H., Cottenie, K., Grubh, A., & Schwalb, A. N. (2019). Distinctive macroinvertebrate communities in a subtropical river network. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 34(1), 135–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2019.1574921

Cunningham, J., Elliott, K., Cottenie, K., Hatch, S., & Jacobs, S. (2018). Individual foraging location, but not dietary, specialization: Implications for rhinoceros auklets as samplers of forage fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 605, 225–240. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12761

Houlahan, J. E., Currie, D. J., Cottenie, K., Cumming, G. S., Findlay, C. S., Fuhlendorf, S. D., Legendre, P., Muldavin, E. H., Noble, D., Russell, R., Stevens, R. D., Willis, T. J., & Wondzell, S. M. (2018). Negative relationships between species richness and temporal variability are common but weak in natural systems. Ecology, 99(11), 2592–2604. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2514

McDonald, L., Van Woudenberg, M., Dorin, B., Adcock, A. M., McMullin, R. T., & Cottenie, K. (2017). The effects of bark quality on corticolous lichen community composition in urban parks of southern ontario. Botany, 95(12), 1141–1149. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0113

Sunga, J., Sayers, J., Cottenie, K., Kyle, C. J., & Ethier, D. M. (2017). The effects of roads on habitat selection and movement patterns of the american badger subspecies taxidea taxus jacksoni in ontario, canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95(11), 821–828. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2016-0286

Ward-Campbell, B., Cottenie, K., Mandrak, N. E., & McLaughlin, R. (2017). Fish assemblages in agricultural drains are resilient to habitat change caused by drain maintenance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(10), 1538–1548. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0361

Bringloe, T. T., Adamowicz, S. J., Harvey, V. F. I., Jackson, J. K., & Cottenie, K. (2016). Detecting signatures of competition from observational data: A combined approach using <scp>DNA</scp> barcoding, diversity partitioning and checkerboards at small spatial scales. Freshwater Biology, 61(5), 646–657. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12732

Bringloe, T. T., Adamowicz, S. J., Harvey, V. F., Jackson, J. K., & Cottenie, K. (2016). Detecting signatures of competition from observational data: A combined approach using DNA barcoding, diversity partitioning and checkerboards at small spatial scales. Freshwater Biology, 61(5), 646–657.

Cottenie, K., & Staempfli, M. (2016). Concept mapping as means to critical thinking. Teaching and Learning Innovations, 18.

Gibson, C. M., Turetsky, M. R., Cottenie, K., Kane, E. S., Houle, G., & Kasischke, E. S. (2016). Variation in plant community composition and vegetation carbon pools a decade following a severe fire season in interior alaska. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27(6), 1187–1197. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12443

Helmers, A., Platek, A., Ponte, M., Secen, N., & Cottenie, K. (2016). The impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on plant species richness in the freshwater lakes of algonquin provincial park. SURG Journal, 9(1), 5–13.

Linquist, S., Gregory, T. R., Elliott, T. A., Saylor, B., Kremer, S. C., & Cottenie, K. (2016). Yes! There are resilient generalizations (or “laws”) in ecology. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 91(2), 119–131. https://doi.org/10.1086/686809

Liu, S., Xie, G., Wang, L., Cottenie, K., Liu, D., & Wang, B. (2016). Different roles of environmental variables and spatial factors in structuring stream benthic diatom and macroinvertebrate in yangtze river delta, china. Ecological Indicators, 61, 602–611.

Martin, G. K., Adamowicz, S. J., & Cottenie, K. (2016). Taxonomic resolution based on DNA barcoding affects environmental signal in metacommunity structure. Freshwater Science, 35(2), 701–711. https://doi.org/10.1086/686260

Pandit, S. N., Cottenie, K., Enders, E. C., & Kolasa, J. (2016). The role of local and regional processes on population synchrony along the gradients of habitat specialization. Ecosphere, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1217

Heino, J., Melo, A. S., Bini, L. M., Altermatt, F., Al‐Shami, S. A., Angeler, D. G., Bonada, N., Brand, C., Callisto, M., Cottenie, K., Dangles, O., Dudgeon, D., Encalada, A., Göthe, E., Grönroos, M., Hamada, N., Jacobsen, D., Landeiro, V. L., Ligeiro, R., … Townsend, C. R. (2015). A comparative analysis reveals weak relationships between ecological factors and beta diversity of stream insect metacommunities at two spatial levels. Ecology and Evolution, 5(6), 1235–1248. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1439

Linquist, S., Cottenie, K., Elliott, T. A., Saylor, B., Kremer, S. C., & Gregory, T. R. (2015). Applying ecological models to communities of genetic elements: The case of neutral theory. Molecular Ecology, 24(13), 3232–3242. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13219

Piasecka, A., Bernstein, R., Ollevier, F., Meersman, F., Souffreau, C., Bilad, R. M., Cottenie, K., Vanysacker, L., Denis, C., & Vankelecom, I. (2015). Study of biofilms on PVDF membranes after chemical cleaning by sodium hypochlorite. Separation and Purification Technology, 141, 314–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2014.12.010

Schwalb, A. N., Morris, T. J., & Cottenie, K. (2015). Dispersal abilities of riverine freshwater mussels influence metacommunity structure. Freshwater Biology, 60(5), 911–921. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12544

Gonçalves-Souza, T., Romero, G. Q., & Cottenie, K. (2014). Metacommunity versus biogeography: A case study of two groups of neotropical vegetation-dwelling arthropods. PloS One, 9(12), e115137.

Thompson, K. A., Sora, D. M., Cross, K. S., St. Germain, J. M., & Cottenie, K. (2014). Mucilage reduces leaf herbivory in schreber’s watershield, brasenia schreberi j.f. Gmel. (cabombaceae). Botany, 92(5), 412–416. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2013-0296

Vandamme, S., Maes, G., Raeymaekers, J., Cottenie, K., Imsland, A., Hellemans, B., Lacroix, G., Mac Aoidh, E., Martinsohn, J., Martı́nez, P., et al. (2014). Regional environmental pressure influences population differentiation in turbot (scophthalmus maximus). Molecular Ecology, 23(3), 618–636.

Vollbrecht, L., Cottenie, K., et al. (2014). Improving dichotomous keys for undergraduate teaching. Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph, 7(1), 23–32.

Germain, R. M., Johnson, L., Schneider, S., Cottenie, K., Gillis, E. A., & MacDougall, A. S. (2013). Spatial variability in plant predation determines the strength of stochastic community assembly. The American Naturalist, 182(2), 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1086/670928

Gonçalves‐Souza, T., Romero, G. Q., & Cottenie, K. (2013). A critical analysis of the ubiquity of linear local–regional richness relationships. Oikos, 122(7), 961–966. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00305.x

Linquist, S., Saylor, B., Cottenie, K., Elliott, T. A., Kremer, S. C., & Ryan Gregory, T. (2013). Distinguishing ecological from evolutionary approaches to transposable elements. Biological Reviews, 88(3), 573–584. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12017

Saylor, B., Elliott, T. A., Linquist, S., Kremer, S. C., Gregory, T. R., & Cottenie, K. (2013). A novel application of ecological analyses to assess transposable element distributions in the genome of the domestic cow, bos taurus. Genome, 56(9), 521–533. https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2012-0162

Saylor, B., Elliott, T. A., Linquist, S., Kremer, S. C., Gregory, T. R., Cottenie, K., & Bainard, J. (2013). A novel application of ecological analyses to assess transposable element distributions in the genome of the domestic cow, bos taurus 1. Genome, 56(9), 521–533.

Vollbrecht, L., Cottenie, K., et al. (2013). Improving dichotomous keys for undergraduate teaching. SURG Journal, 7(1), 23–32.

Frisch, D., Cottenie, K., Badosa, A., & Green, A. J. (2012). Strong spatial influence on colonization rates in a pioneer zooplankton metacommunity. PloS One, 7(7), e40205.

Pandit, S. N., Kolasa, J., & Cottenie, K. (2012). Population synchrony decreases with richness and increases with environmental fluctuations in an experimental metacommunity. Oecologia, 171(1), 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2407-8

Schwalb, A. N., Morris, T. J., Mandrak, N. E., & Cottenie, K. (2012). Distribution of unionid freshwater mussels depends on the distribution of host fishes on a regional scale. Diversity and Distributions, 19(4), 446–454. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00940.x

Siqueira, T., Bini, L. M., Roque, F. O., & Cottenie, K. (2012). A metacommunity framework for enhancing the effectiveness of biological monitoring strategies. PLoS ONE, 7(8), e43626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043626

Siqueira, T., Bini, L. M., Roque, F. O., Marques Couceiro, S. R., Trivinho-Strixino, S., & Cottenie, K. (2012). Common and rare species respond to similar niche processes in macroinvertebrate metacommunities. Ecography, 35(2), 183–192.

Stamplecoskie, K. M., Binder, T. R., Lower, N., Cottenie, K., McLaughlin, R. L., & McDonald, D. G. (2012). Response of migratory sea lampreys to artificial lighting in portable traps. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 32(3), 563–572.

Winegardner, A. K., Jones, B. K., Ng, I. S., Siqueira, T., & Cottenie, K. (2012). The terminology of metacommunity ecology. Trends Ecol Evol, 27, 253–254.

Hájek, M., Roleček, J., Cottenie, K., Kintrová, K., Horsák, M., Poulı́čková, A., Hájková, P., Fránková, M., & Dı́tě, D. (2011). Environmental and spatial controls of biotic assemblages in a discrete semi-terrestrial habitat: Comparison of organisms with different dispersal abilities sampled in the same plots. Journal of Biogeography, 38(9), 1683–1693.

Jones, B., Molenda, O., Hayward, C., D’Aguiar, M., Miller, N., Rye, L., & Cottenie, K. (2011). Patterns of tree diversity in response to logging in algonquin provincial park. Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph, 4(2), 56–62.

MacIntyre, O. J., Trevors, J. T., Stasiak, M., Dixon, M. A., & Cottenie, K. (2011). APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA IN a HYDROPONICS SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT IN SPACE - revised version. Acta Horticulturae, 893, 1285–1292. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2011.893.151

Schwalb, A. N., Cottenie, K., Poos, M. S., & Ackerman, J. D. (2011). Dispersal limitation of unionid mussels and implications for their conservation. Freshwater Biology, 56(8), 1509–1518.

Boisclair, D., Bouvier, L. D., Cottenie, K., & Doka, S. E. (2009). Aquatic connectivity and fish metacommunities in wetlands of the lower great lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 66(6), 933–948.

Ng, I. S., Carr, C. M., & Cottenie, K. (2009). Hierarchical zooplankton metacommunities: Distinguishing between high and limiting dispersal mechanisms. Hydrobiologia, 619(1), 133–143.

Pandit, S. N., Kolasa, J., & Cottenie, K. (2009). Contrasts between habitat generalists and specialists: An empirical extension to the basic metacommunity framework. Ecology, 90(8), 2253–2262.

Shurin, J. B., Cottenie, K., & Hillebrand, H. (2009). Spatial autocorrelation and dispersal limitation in freshwater organisms. Oecologia, 159(1), 151–159.

Sikes, B. A., Cottenie, K., & Klironomos, J. N. (2009). Plant and fungal identity determines pathogen protection of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizas. Journal of Ecology, 97(6), 1274–1280.

Cottenie, K., Muylaert, K., Vloemans, N., Jeppesen, E., Conde-Porcuna, J.-M., Schwenk, K., Zwart, G., et al. (2008). The power of species sorting: Local factors drive bacterial community composition over a wide range of spatial scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Houlahan, J., Cottenie, K., Cumming, G., Currie, D., Findlay, C., Gaedke, U., Legendre, P., Magnuson, J., McArdle, B., Stevens, R., et al. (2008). The utility of covariances: A response to ranta et al. Oikos, 117(12), 1912–1913.

Van de Meutter, F., Cottenie, K., & De Meester, L. (2008). Exploring differences in macroinvertebrate communities from emergent, floating-leaved and submersed vegetation in shallow ponds. Fundamental and Applied Limnology/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 173(1), 47–57.

Vanormelingen, P., Cottenie, K., Michels, E., Muylaert, K., Vyverman, W., & De Meester, L. (2008). The relative importance of dispersal and local processes in structuring phytoplankton communities in a set of highly interconnected ponds. Freshwater Biology, 53(11), 2170–2183.

Halpern, B. S., & Cottenie, K. (2007). Little evidence for climate effects on local-scale structure and dynamics of california kelp forest communities. Global Change Biology, 13(1), 236–251.

Houlahan, J., Currie, D., Cottenie, K., Cumming, G., Ernest, S., Findlay, C., Fuhlendorf, S., Gaedke, U., Legendre, P., Magnuson, J., et al. (2007). Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(9), 3273–3277.

Ashlock, D., Cottenie, K., Carson, L., Bryden, K. M., & Corns, S. (2006). An evolutionary algorithm for the selection of geographically informative species. Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2006. CIBCB’06. 2006 IEEE Symposium on, 1–7.

Halpern, B. S., Cottenie, K., & Broitman, B. R. (2006). Strong top-down control in southern california kelp forest ecosystems. Science, 312(5777), 1230–1232. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128613

Halpern, B. S., Cottenie, K., & Broitman, B. R. (2006). Top-down vs. Bottom-up effects in kelp forests-response. Science, 313(5794), 1738–1739.

Chase, J. M., Amarasekare, P., Cottenie, K., Gonzalez, A., Holt, R. D., Holyoak, M., Hoopes, M. F., Leibold, M. A., Loreau, M., Mouquet, N., et al. (2005). Competing theories for competitive metacommunities. Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities, 335–354.

Cottenie, K. (2005). Integrating environmental and spatial processes in ecological community dynamics. Ecology Letters, 8(11), 1175–1182.

Cottenie, K., & De Meester, L. (2005). Local interactions and local dispersal in a zooplankton metacommunity. Metacommunities. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 189–211.

Michels, E., Cottenie, K., Van de Meutter, F., Declerck, S., & De Meester, L. (2005). Ecologische gevolgen van verbindingen tussen leefgebieden: De vijvers van het natuurreservaat de maten (genk). Natuur. Focus, 4(1), 16–23.

Cottenie, K., & De Meester, L. (2004). Metacommunity structure: Synergy of biotic interactions as selective agents and dispersal as fuel. Ecology, 85(1), 114–119.

Cottenie, K., & De Meester, L. (2003). Comment to oksanen (2001): Reconciling oksanen (2001) and hurlbert (1984). Oikos, 100(2), 394–396.

Cottenie, K., & De Meester, L. (2003). Connectivity and cladoceran species richness in a metacommunity of shallow lakes. Freshwater Biology, 48(5), 823–832.

Cottenie, K., Michels, E., Nuytten, N., & De Meester, L. (2003). Zooplankton metacommunity structure: Regional vs. Local processes in highly interconnected ponds. Ecology, 84(4), 991–1000.

Forró, L., De Meester, L., Cottenie, K., & Dumont, H. (2003). An update on the inland cladoceran and copepod fauna of belgium, with a note on the importance of temporary waters. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 133(1), 31–36.

De Meester, L., Forró, L., Michels, E., Cottenie, K., Louette, G., & Dumont, H. (2002). The status of some exotic cladoceran (crustacea: Branchiopoda) species in the belgian fauna. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg, 87–88.

Cottenie, K., Nuytten, N., Michels, E., & De Meester, L. (2001). Zooplankton community structure and environmental conditions in a set of interconnected ponds. Hydrobiologia, 442(1-3), 339–350.

Michels, E., Cottenie, K., Neys, L., De Gelas, K., Coppin, P., & De Meester, L. (2001). Geographical and genetic distances among zooplankton populations in a set of interconnected ponds: A plea for using GIS modelling of the effective geographical distance. Molecular Ecology, 10(8), 1929–1938.

Michels, E., Cottenie, K., Neys, L., & De Meester, L. (2001). Zooplankton on the move: First results on the quantification of dispersal of zooplankton in a set of interconnected ponds. Hydrobiologia, 442(1-3), 117–126.

Maes, J., Taillieu, A., Van Damme, P., Cottenie, K., & Ollevier, F. (1998). Seasonal patterns in the fish and crustacean community of a turbid temperate estuary (zeeschelde estuary, belgium). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 47(2), 143–151.