• Ph D, Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 2010
• MS, Biology, Western Carolina University, 2005
• BS, Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 2002

• Collaborative Research: Mechanisms to explain continental scaling of size spectra in freshwater streams., NSF, (2026 - 2029)
• Supplement: MSA: The influence of temperature and resource supply on community size spectra in streams, National Science Foundation, (2023 - 2024)
• Collaborative Research: MSA: The influence of temperature and resource supply on community size spectra in streams, NSF, (2021 - 2024)
• Define the spatial extent and population demography of bigheaded carp, USFWS, (2021 - 2023)
• Assessing bigheaded carp population distributions in eastern South Dakota tributaries to the Missouri River, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, (2021 - 2022)
• Biological characteristics and seasonal use of Blue Sucker in the James River, South Dakota, South Dakota Game, Fish, & Parks, (2020 - 2023)
• EAGER: Stage-structured predation between fish and aquatic insects, National Science Foundation, (2018 - 2021)
• REU Site: Sustainable RIVER (Remediating InVasives to Encourage Resilience), National Science Foundation, (2016 - 2020)
• Travel Grant to Society for Freshwater Science, USD, (2016 - 2016)
• Examining the impacts of agricultural tile drainage on wetland fauna in Eastern South Dakota., SD Game Fish and Parks, (2015 - 2017)
• Characterization of sediment sources in the Lewis and Clark Lake Delta, Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition (funding from US Environmental Protection Agency), (2015 - 2016)
• Freshwater ecosystem studies at USD's Experimental Aquatic Research Site (ExARS), A&S, (2015 - 2016)
• MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND THREATS TO FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS , Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, (2013 - 2014)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Campbell, Kaitlyn S., Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David M., Helton, Ashley M., Baranovic, Alison M., Agrawal, Anika, Stricker, Craig A., Provatas, Anthony A., Kraus, Johanna M., Briggs, Martin A., and others. An Ecosystem-Scale Model of PFAS Dynamics in Stream-to-Riparian Food Webs. Environmental Science \& Technology, 2026.
• Carlson, Tanner L., Schall, Benjamin J., Coulter, Alison A., Lucchesi, David O., and Wesner, Jeff. Population dynamics and aging structure comparison reveals newfound longevity of blue suckers (Cycleptus elongatus) in a Missouri River tributary, 61. Vol. 109, Iss. 2 Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2026.
• Rosso, Daniel, Hartshorn, Madelyn B., Wesner, Jeff, and Billman, Eric J.. Snail distribution may influence parasite--host interactions along a spring-fed stream gradient in Idaho, USA, 000--000. Vol. 45, Iss. 1 Freshwater Science, 2026.
• Gjoni, V., Glazier, Douglas S,, Pomeranz J,, Junker, J, Smith, Amy E., Woelber, J, Reynolds, Staci, Welch, Trevor, and Wesner, Jeff. Temperature and predation alter metabolic scaling without changing the size-based community structure of freshwater macroinvertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2026.
• Schall, BJ, Blackwell, Brian, Lucchesi, David, Kaufman, Todd, Ward, Matthew, and Wesner, Jeff. Effects of stocking, environment, and fish community on Walleye recruitment in eastern South Dakota natural lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 2025. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/najfmt/vqaf056)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Carlson, Tanner, Wesner, Jeff, Pasbrig, Chelsea, Chipps, Steve, and Schall, BJ. Reproductive characteristics and spawning potential ratio modeling of a vulnerable riverine specialist in the lower unchannelized Missouri river, USA. Vol. 286 Fisheries Research, 2025.
• Gjoni, Vojsava, Marchessaux, G, Glazier, DS, Wesner, Jeff, Bosch-Belmar, M, Mancuso, FP, Tantillo, MF, Marsigila, N, and Sarà, G. Metabolic scaling of an invasive mussel depends on temperature and chemical cues from an invasive predator, 20240066. Vol. 20, Iss. 6 Biology Letters, 2025. (DOI: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0066)
• Kotalik, Christopher, Willacker, James, Wesner, Jeff, Johnson, Branden, Pritz, Colleen, Nelson, Sarah, Walters, David, and Eagles-Smith, Collin. Ecosystem Drivers of Freshwater Mercury Bioaccumulation Are Context-Dependent: Insights from Continental-Scale Modeling. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. (DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.4c07280)
• Ridgway, Jacob, and Wesner, Jeff. A global dataset of freshwater fish trophic interactions, 160. Vol. 12, Iss. 1 Scientific Data, 2025.
• Landreth, Jarrett H., Murry, Brent A., Adase, Katherine A., Arantes, Caroline C., Smith, Dustin M., Wellman, Jr, David I., Junker, James R., Pomeranz, Justin P., and Wesner, Jeff. Ecosystem Size and Functional Group Relative Abundance Drive Stream Community Body Size Structure, 419. Vol. 10, Iss. 8 Fishes, 2025.
• Larsen, S, Wolfram, J, Wesner, Jeff, Kopp, D, Kraus, J, Muehlbauer, J, Schulz, R, and others. Global export of biomass and contaminants from water to land by aquatic insects. In Symposium of the International Society of River Science: ISRS 2025: One Earth, Many Rivers, Davis, California, 6-9 October 2025, 80.
• Novak, Bradley, Murry, Brent, Wesner, Jeff, Gjoni, Vojsava, Arantes, Caroline, Shepta, Erin, Pomeranz, Justin, Junker, James, Zipfel, Kathrine, Stump, Andrew, Solomon, Levi, Maxson, Kristopher, and DeBoer, Jason. Threshold responses of freshwater fish community size spectra to invasive species, e70090. Vol. 15, Iss. 12 Ecosphere, 2024. (DOI: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecs2.70090)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, and Britten, Hugh. Using environmental DNA to elucidate range expansion of bigheaded carp in two Missouri River tributaries in eastern South Dakota, 812-825. Vol. 44, Iss. 4 North American Journal of Fisheries Management , 2024. (DOI: https://academic.oup.com/najfm/article/44/4/812/7811688)
• Wesner, Jeff, Pomeranz, Justin, Junker, Jim, and Gjoni, Vojsava. Bayesian hierarchical modelling of size spectra. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2024.
• Monahan, Dylan, Wesner, Jeff, Parker, Stephanie M., and Schartel, Hannah. Correction: Monahan et al. Spatial Patterns in Fish Assemblages across the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON): The First Six Years. Fishes 2023, 8, 552, 68. Vol. 9, Iss. 2 Fishes, 2024.
• Monahan, Dylan, Wesner, Jeff, Parker, Stephanie M., and Schartel, Hannah. Spatial Patterns in Fish Assemblages across the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON): The First Six Years (Vol 8, 552, 2023). Vol. 9, Iss. 2 FISHES, 2024.
• Gjoni, Vojsava, Glazier, Douglas, Wesner, Jeff, Ibelings, Bastian, and Thomas, Mirdul. Temperature, resources and predation interact to shape phytoplankton size–abundance relationships at a continental scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2023.
• Carlson, Tanner, LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, Chipps, Steven, Coulter, Alison, and Schall, Benjamin. Receiver mount design, transmitter depth, and wind speed affect detection probability of acoustic telemetry transmitters in a Missouri River tributary, 1-10. Vol. 11, Iss. 1 Animal Biotelemetry, 2023. (DOI: 10.1186/s40317-022-00313-y)
• Larsen, Noah, Simkins, Richard, Wesner, Jeff, Tuckfield, R C., and Belk, Mark. Species-specific abundance response of montane stream fishes to drought-induced variation in streamflow. Vol. 14 Water, 2022.
• Kanz, Abraham, and Wesner, Jeff. Stage-structured feeding by freshwater fish assemblages in eastern South Dakota, USA, 905-916. Vol. 105 Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2022.
• CARLSON, TANNER, SCHALL, BJ, Lucchesi, Dave, and Wesner, Jeff. Development and application of a size structure index for Blue Sucker, 200-206. Vol. 42 North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 2022.
• Pomeranz, J, Junker, J, and Wesner, Jeff. Individual size distributions across North American streams vary with local temperature. , 848-858. Vol. 28 Global Change Biology, 2022.
• Albertson, Lindsey, Briggs, M A., Maguire, z, Swart, S, Cross, W F., Twining, C W., Wesner, Jeff, Baxter, C, and Walters, D. Dietary composition and fatty acid content of giant salmonflies (Pteronarcys californica) in two Rocky Mountain rivers. . Vol. 13 Ecosphere, 2022.
• Ayayee, Paul A., Wesner, Jeff, and Ouellette, Scot. Geography, taxonomy, and ecological guild: Factors impacting freshwater macroinvertebrate gut microbiomes, e9663. Vol. 12, Iss. 12 Ecology and Evolution, 2022.
• Kraus, J, Wesner, Jeff, and Walters, D. Insect-mediated contaminant flux at the land-water interface: Are ecological subsidies driving exposure or is exposure driving subsidies?. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021.
• Jarchow, Meghann, Davis, Abby, and Wesner, Jeff. Non-destructive estimation of aboveground plant biomass in South Dakota tallgrass prairie., 53-65. Vol. 100 Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 2021.
• Wesner, Jeff, and Pomeranz, Justin. Choosing priors in Bayesian ecological models by simulating from the prior predictive distribution. . Ecosphere, 2021.
• Liebl, Andrea L., Wesner, Jeff, Russell, Andrew F., and Schrey, Aaron W.. Methylation patterns at fledging predict delayed dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird. Vol. 16, Iss. 6 PLOS ONE, 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252227)
• Wesner, Jeff, Van Peursem, Dan, Flores, Jose, Lio, Yuhlong, and Wesner, Chelsea. Forecasting hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in South Dakota, USA, 218-229. Vol. 5, Iss. 2 Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research, 2021.
• Wesner, Jeff, and Raiche, Joseph. Inquiry and Analysis in Biology.
• Wesner, Jeff, Swanson, David, Dixon, Mark, Soluk, Daniel, Quist, Daniele, Yager, Lisa, Warmbold, Jerry, Oddy, Erika, and Seidel, Tyler. Loss of potential aquatic-terrestrial subsidies along the Missouri River floodplain. Ecosystems, 2020.
• Henry, Brianna L., Wesner, Jeff, and Kerby, Jacob. Cross-Ecosystem Effects of Agricultural Tile Drainage, Surface Runoff, and Selenium in the Prairie Pothole Region, 527-538. Vol. 40, Iss. 3 Wetlands, 2020.
• Pomeranz, Justin P., Wesner, Jeff, and Harding, Jon S.. Changes in stream food-web structure across a gradient of acid mine drainage increase local community stability, e03102. Vol. 101, Iss. 9 Ecology, 2020.
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna M., Henry, Brianna, and Kerby, Jacob. Metamorphosis and the Impact of Contaminants on Ecological Subsidies. In Contaminants and Ecological Subsidies, 111-125. Springer International Publishing, 2020. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49480-3_6)
• Kraus, Johanna M., Wesner, Jeff, and Walters, David M.. Synthesis: A Framework for Predicting the Dark Side of Ecological Subsidies. In Contaminants and Ecological Subsidies, 343-372. Springer International Publishing, 2020. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49480-3_14)
• Wesner, Jeff. Using stage-structured food webs to assess the effects of contaminants and predators on aquatic–terrestrial linkages, 928-935. Vol. 38, Iss. 4 Freshwater Science, 2019. (DOI: 10.1086/706103)
• Sazama, Eric J., Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff. Bacterial endosymbionts are common among, but not necessarily within, insect species, 127--133. Vol. 48, Iss. 1 Environmental entomology, 2019.
• Walters, David M., Wesner, Jeff, Zuellig, Robert E., Kowalski, Dan A., and Kondratieff, Matt C.. Holy flux: spatial and temporal variation in massive pulses of emerging insect biomass from western US rivers, 238--240. Vol. 99, Iss. 1 Ecology, 2018.
• Warmbold, Jerry W., and Wesner, Jeff. Predator foraging strategy mediates the effects of predators on local and emigrating prey, 579--589. Vol. 127, Iss. 4 Oikos, 2018.
• Henry, Brianna L., and Wesner, Jeff. Severing ties: Different responses of larval and adult aquatic insects to atrazine and selenium, 8848--8857. Vol. 52, Iss. 15 Environmental science \& technology, 2018.
• Jarchow, Meghann, Jennings, Ethan, Lynn, Kriston, Olvera, Selena, Seidel, Tyler, LaBelle, Aleisa, Kosola, Shelley, Austin, Shaylyn, Gray-Lobe, Geoffrey, Krasky, Rebecca, Ruiz, Sebastian, Vazquez Maestre, Bethany, Jordan, Brennan, Posthumus, David , Swanson, David, Kerby, Jacob, Wesner, Jeff, Dixon, Mark, Sweeney, Mark, Sayre, Matthew, and Rosenfeld, Silvana. A sustainable approach to environmental management, 54-57. Iss. 120 Research Features, 2017.
• Wanty, Rich, Balistrieri, Laurie, Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David, Schmidt, Travis, Kraus, Johanna, Stricker, Craig, and Wolf, Ruth. In vivo isotopic fractionation of zinc combined with novel biodynamic modeling yields insights into detoxification mechanisms in the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer, 1219-1229. Vol. 609 Science of the Total Environment, 2017.
• Sazama, Eric, Bosch, Michael , Shouldis, Carmelita, Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff. Incidence of Wolbachia in aquatic insects, 1165–1169. Vol. 7, Iss. 4 Ecology and Evolution, 2017. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2742)
• Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David M., Schmidt, Travis S., Kraus, Johanna M., Stricker, Craig A., Clements, William H., and Wolf, Ruth E.. Metamorphosis affects metal concentrations and isotopic signatures in a mayfly (Baetis tricaudatus): Implications for the aquatic-terrestrial transfer of metals, 2438--2446. Vol. 51, Iss. 4 Environmental Science \& Technology, 2017.
• Sweeney, Mark, Cowman, Tim, Dixon, Mark, and Wesner, Jeff. Characterization of the geomorphology, sediment sources, vegetation, and macroinvertebrate diversity of the Lewis and Clark Lake delta, 54.
• Belk, Mark C., Maxwell, Madison, Laidlaw, Clint, and Wesner, Jeff. Building a Better June Sucker: Characterization of Mouth Shape in the Captive Brood Stock, 29-36. Vol. 9, Iss. 1 The Open Fish Science Journal, 2016. (DOI: 10.2174/1874401x01609010029)
• Wesner, Jeff. Contrasting effects of fish predation on benthic versus emerging prey: a meta-analysis, 1205-1211. Vol. 180, Iss. 4 Oecologia, 2016.
• Allen, Daniel, and Wesner, Jeff. Synthesis: comparing effects of resource and consumer fluxes into recipient food webs using meta-analysis, 594-604. Vol. 97, Iss. 3 Ecology, 2016.
• Wanty, Richard, Balistrieri, Laurie, Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David, Schmidt, Travis, Podda, F, De Giudici, G, Stricker, Craig, Kraus, Johanna, Lattanzi, P, Wolf, Ruth, and Cidu, R. Isotopic insights into biological regulation of zinc in contaminated systems, 60-63. Vol. 13 Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 2015.
• Wesner, Jeff, Meyers, Peter, Billman, Eric J., and Belk, Mark C.. Habitat selection and consumption across a landscape of multiple predators, 121--129. Vol. 5, Iss. 1 Ecology and evolution, 2015.
• Wesner, Jeff, and Belk, Mark C.. Variation in the trophic position of common stream fishes and its relationship to the presence of a rare fish, northern leatherside chub (L epidomeda copei), 234--241. Vol. 24, Iss. 2 Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2015.
• Kraus, Johanna M., Walters, David M., Wesner, Jeff, Stricker, Craig A., Schmidt, Travis S., and Zuellig, Robert E.. Metamorphosis alters contaminants and chemical tracers in insects: implications for food webs, 10957--10965. Vol. 48, Iss. 18 Environmental science \& technology, 2014.
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna M., Schmidt, Travis S., Walters, David M., and Clements, William H.. Metamorphosis enhances the effects of metal exposure on the mayfly, Centroptilum triangulifer, 10415--10422. Vol. 48, Iss. 17 Environmental Science \& Technology, 2014.
• Carr, Natasha B., Garman, Steven L., Walters, Annika, Ray, Andrea, Melcher, Cynthia P., Wesner, Jeff, O'Donnell, Michael S., Sherrill, Kirk R., Babel, Nils C., and Bown, Zachary H.. Wyoming Basin Rapid Ecoregional Assessment Work Plan. USGS, 2013.
• Wesner, Jeff. Fish predation alters benthic, but not emerging, insects across whole pools of an intermittent stream, 438–449. Vol. 32, Iss. 2 Freshwater Science, 2013.
• Wesner, Jeff. Emerging aquatic insects as predators in terrestrial systems across a gradient of stream temperature in North and South America, 2465–2474. Vol. 57, Iss. 12 Freshwater Biology, 2012.
• Wesner, JS, and Belk, MC. Habitat relationships among biodiversity indicators and co-occurring species in a freshwater fish community, 445–456. Vol. 15, Iss. 5 Animal Conservation, 2012.
• Wesner, Jeff, Billman, Eric J., and Belk, Mark C.. Multiple predators indirectly alter community assembly across ecological boundaries, 1674–1682. Vol. 93, Iss. 7 Ecology, 2012.
• Gillette, David P., Fortner, Allison M., Franssen, Nathan R., Cartwright, Sara, Tobler, Courtney M., Wesner, Jeff, Reneau, Paulette C., Reneau, Franz H., Schlupp, Ingo, Marsh-Matthews, Edie C., and others. Patterns of change over time in darter (Teleostei: Percidae) assemblages of the Arkansas River basin, northeastern Oklahoma, USA, 855–864. Vol. 35, Iss. 9 Ecography, 2012.
• Wesner, Jeff. Predator diversity effects cascade across an ecosystem boundary, 53–60. Vol. 121, Iss. 1 Oikos, 2012.
• Wesner, Jeff, Cornelison, James W., Dankmeyer, Christopher D., Galbreath, Peter F., and Martin, Thomas H.. Growth, pH tolerance, survival, and diet of introduced northern-strain and native southern-strain Appalachian brook trout, 37–44. Vol. 140, Iss. 1 Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2011.
• Wesner, Jeff, Billman, Eric J., Meier, Adam, and Belk, Mark C.. Morphological convergence during pregnancy among predator and nonpredator populations of the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), 386–392. Vol. 104, Iss. 2 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011.
• Wesner, Jeff. Shoaling species drive fish assemblage response to sequential large floods in a small midwestern USA stream, 231–242. Vol. 91, Iss. 2 Environmental biology of fishes, 2011.
• Wesner, Jeff. Aquatic predation alters a terrestrial prey subsidy, 1435–1444. Vol. 91, Iss. 5 Ecology, 2010.
• Wesner, Jeff. Seasonal variation in the trophic structure of a spatial prey subsidy linking aquatic and terrestrial food webs: adult aquatic insects, 170–178. Vol. 119, Iss. 1 Oikos, 2010.
• Liebl, Andrea, Anderson, Susan C., Wesner, Jeff, Russell, Andrew F., and Petersen, Jason L.. Cooperative care influences DNA methylation of stress regulation and sociality genes in chestnut-crowned babblers. Philosophical Transactions B.
• Brandt, Jessica, Wesner, Jeff, and . Continental-scale nutrient and contaminant delivery by Pacific salmon. Nature.
• Pomeranz, Justin, Junker, James, Gjoni, Vojsava, and Wesner, Jeff. Maximum likelihood outperforms binning methods for detecting differences in abundance size spectra across environmental gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology. (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14044)
• Monahan, D, Wesner, Jeff, Parker, S, and Schartel, H. Spatial Patterns in Fish Assemblages across the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON): The First Six Years.
• Sazama, Eric J., Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff. Wolbachia is common among, but not necessarily within, insect species. Ecological Entomology.
• Wesner, Jeff, and Belk, Mark C.. Trophic position of common freshwater fishes declines in the absence of a threatened species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

• President’s Research Award for Established Faculty, USD, 2026
• Richard and Sharon Cutler Faculty Award, 2023
• Belbas Larson Award - Nominated, USD, 2016

• Junker, James, Gjoni, Vojsava, Pomeranz, Justin, and Wesner, Jeff, Macroecological patterns of biodiversity, allometry, and community biomass in streams of NEON. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2025)
• Wesner, Jeff, Larsen, Stefano, Kraus, Johanna, Muehlbauer, Jeff, Kopp, Darin, Schultz, Ralf , Wolfram, Jakob, Álvarez-Martínez, Jose, and Grigoropoulou, Afroditi, Mapping the global flux of biomass and contaminants from rivers by emerging aquatic insects. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2025)
• Reynolds, Staci, and Wesner, Jeff, Plankton Community Structure Throughout Middle Missouri River Basin. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2025)
• Brandt, Jess, Campbell, Kaitlyn, Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David, Helton, A, Stricker, C, Provatas, A, and Kraus, Johanna, Shifts in PFAS concentrations and mixtures in stream-to-riparian food webs. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2025)
• Landreth, Jarett, Murry, Brent, Adase, K, Arantes, C, Smith, D, Wellman, D, Junker, James, Pomeranz, Justin, and Wesner, Jeff, Stream community structure: The role of watershed and food web factors. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (May 2025)
• Wesner, Jeff, Gjoni, Vojsava, Junker, James, and Pomeranz, Justin, RESPONSES OF INDIVIDUAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS A CONTINENTAL GRADIENT OF TEMPERATURE AND RESOURCE SUPPLY. Presented at the Ecological Society of America, Long Beach, CA. (August 06, 2024)
• Campbell, Kaitlyn, Wesner, Jeff, Baranovic, Alison, Bartholomew, Jenna, Helton, Ashley, Provates, Anthony, Kraus, Johanna, Walters, David, and Brandt, Jessica, ADULT AQUATIC INSECTS ARE PFAS VECTORS IN LINKED STREAM AND RIPARIAN FOOD WEBS. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• McClure, Ryan, and Wesner, Jeff, CROSS CONTINENTAL ANALYSES REVEAL THAT NEON’S FISH DATA ACHIEVE STATISTICAL POWER. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• Smith, Aria, Gjoni, Vojsava, and Wesner, Jeff, INTERACTION OF TEMPERATURE AND NUTRIENTS ON MACROINVERTEBRATE SIZE SPECTRA. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• Wesner, Jeff, Gjoni, Vojsava, Junker, James, and Pomeranz, Justin, RESPONSES OF INDIVIDUAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS A CONTINENTAL GRADIENT OF TEMPERATURE AND RESOURCE SUPPLY. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• Wesner, Jeff, Gjoni, Vojsava, Junker, James, and Pomeranz, Justin, TEMPERATURE AND PREDATION AFFECT INDIVIDUAL METABOLIC CONSTRAINTS, SHAPING COMMUNITY SIZE SPECTRA PATTERNS UNDER THEIR INFLUENCE. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• Reynolds, Staci, Gjoni, Vojsava, and Wesner, Jeff, TEMPERATURE AND PREDATION EFFECTS ON PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY SIZE DISTRIBUTION. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Philadelphia, PA. (June 2024)
• LeBrie, Lindsey, Britten, Hugh, and Wesner, Jeff, Invasive Carp in Eastern South Dakota: Using eDNA and Acoustic Telemetry to Detect Movement. Presented at the Midwest Fisheries and Wildlife Convention, Overland Park, KS. (February 14, 2023)
• Wesner, Jeff, Metamorphosis and the impact of contaminants on ecological subsidies. Presented at the Wyoming Seminar Series, Laramie, Wyoming. (February 2023)
• Wesner, Jeff, Metamorphosis and the impact of contaminants on ecological subsidies. Presented at the MSU Seminar Series, Bozeman, MT. (September 2022)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, and Britten, Hugh, Tracking Movement of Invasive Silver and Bighead Carp in Three Missouri River Tributaries in Eastern South Dakota. Presented at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Spokane, WA. (July 2022)
• Wesner, Jeff, Metamorphosis and the impact of contaminants on ecological subsidies. Presented at the Society for Experimental Biology, Montepelier, France. (July 2022)
• Dunbeck, Ryan, and Wesner, Jeff, Distribution and abundance of phytoplankton in the Middle Missouri River Basin. Presented at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. (May 2022)
• Wesner, Jeff, Pomeranz, Justin, and Junker, Jim, The influence of temperature and resource supply on stream size spectra. Presented at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. (May 2022)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, and Britten, Hugh, Tracking Movement of Invasive Silver and Bighead Carp in Three Missouri River Tributaries in Eastern South Dakota. Presented at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. (May 2022)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, and Britten, Hugh, Tracking Movement of Invasive Silver and Bighead Carp in Three Missouri River Tributaries in Eastern South Dakota. Presented at the Annual Meeting Dakota Chapter American Fisheries Society, Sioux Falls, SD. (February 2022)
• LaBrie, Lindsey, Wesner, Jeff, and Britten, Hugh, Tracking Movement of Invasive Silver and Bighead Carp in Three Missouri River Tributaries in Eastern South Dakota. Presented at the Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Des Moines, IA. (February 2022)
• Wesner, Jeff, Metamorphosis and the impact of contaminants on ecological subsidies.., Belgium. (May 2021)
• Wesner, Jeff, Metamorphosis and the impact of contaminants on ecological subsidies., Montreal, Québec, Canada. (January 08, 2021)
• Wesner, Jeff, Body size distributions in freshwater fish and macroinvertebrates., Boulder, CO. (January 2021)
• Kraus, Johanna, Wesner, Jeff, and Walters, David, Insects as food web linkages mediating effects of aquatic contaminants on terrestrial insectivores. Presented at the Entomology 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting (November 20, 2020)
• Wesner, Jeff, Contaminants and predation in linked aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems., Boulder, CO. (September 2020)
• Ridgway, Jacob, Wesner, Jeff, and Pomeranz, Justin, New life for old data: compiling global diet data of freshwater fishes. Presented at the Digital Data Conference, Indiana University. (June 2020)
• Kanz, Abraham, Ridgway, Jacob, Wesner, Jeff, and Pomeranz, Justin, Stage-structured feeding in freshwater fishes. Presented at the Gordon Conference, Ventura, CA. (February 2020)
• Kanz, Abraham, and Wesner, Jeff, Foraging traits predict stage-structured feeding in freshwater fishes. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Annual Symposium (November 2019)
• Ridgway, Jacob, Pomeranz, Justin, and Wesner, Jeff, New life for old data: compiling global diet data of freshwater fishes. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Annual Symposium (November 2019)
• Swanson, David, Wesner, Jeff, Dixon, Mark, Warmbold, Jerry, Quist, Danielle, Yager, Lisa, Oddy, Erica, and Seidel, Tyler, Loss of aquatic-terrestrial subsidies in the Missouri River after 122 years  of habitat modification. Presented at the Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, Pierre, SD. (March 07, 2019)
• Henry, Brianna, Croteau, Marie-Noele, Walters, David M., Cain, Daniel, Miller, Janet, and Wesner, Jeff, Bioaccumulation dynamics and transfer of uranium across metamorphosis in mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI. (May 2018)
• Seidel, Tyler, and Wesner, Jeff, Effects of fishes on aquatic insects in linked aquatic-terrestrial food webs. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI. (May 2018)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Henry, Brianna, Responses of aquatic insect emergence to tile drains in the prairie potholes. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI. (May 2018)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Seidel, Tyler, Cross-ecosystem effects of stage-structured predator-prey interactions. Presented at the Gordon Conference on Predator Prey Interactions, Ventura, CA. (February 2018)
• Seidel, Tyler , and Wesner, Jeff, Effects of fishes on aquatic insects in linked aquatic-terrestrial food webs. . Presented at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (September 2017)
• Wesner, Jeff, Henning, Lauren, and Allen, Daniel, Are the effects of subsidies at the freshwater-terrestrial boundary consistent across multiple ecosystem boundaries?. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Henry, Brianna, Kerby, Jacob, and Wesner, Jeff, How do atrazine and selenium impact the link between water and land?. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Nearman, Charles, Wesner, Jeff, Henning, Lauren, Sazama, Eric, Henry, Brianna, Rolfes, Emily, Waage, Wyatt, and Olson, Stian, Minimal effects of fathead minnows on insect emergence from outdoor mesocosms. . Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Sazama, Eric, Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff, Prevalence and spatial distribution of Wolbachia within aquatic insects of the Missouri River and associated drainages. . Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Henning, Lauren, and Wesner, Jeff, Short-term responses of benthic and emerging insects to damselfly predation. . Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Oddy, Erika, and Wesner, Jeff, Spatial and temporal variation in insect emergence from four backwaters of the Missouri river. . Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (June 2017)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Warmbold, Jerry, Contrasting effects of fish predation on benthic versus emerging insects in the Missouri National Recreational River. . Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, NC. (February 2017)
• Farkas, Jillian, Davis, Drew , Henry, Brianna, Wesner, Jeff, and Kerby, Jacob, The Effect of Agricultural Runoff on Fish Habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region . Presented at the American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology Annual Meeting, New Orleans. (July 08, 2016)
• Siddons, Spencer, Wesner, Jeff, and Kerby, Jacob, Increased species richness reduces pathogen infection risk in amphibians: a meta-analysis . Presented at the American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology Annual Meeting, New Orleans. (July 07, 2016)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Warmbold, Jerry, CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF FISH PREDATION ON BENTHIC VERSUS EMERGING INSECTS. Presented at the Society for Freshwate Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (May 2016)
• Henning, Lauren, and Wesner, Jeff, A systematic review of the study of fish effects on benthic and emerging aquatic insects. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (May 2016)
• Henry, Brianna, Kerby, Jake, and Wesner, Jeff, Effects of selenium and pesticides on aquatic-terrestrial resource subsidies in the Prairie Potholes. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (May 2016)
• Sazama, Eric, Shouldis, Carmelita, Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff, PREVALENCE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WOLBACHIA WITHIN AQUATIC INSECTS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGES. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. (May 2016)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Warmbold, Jerry, Fish reduce algae and insect emergence by > 90% in a Missouri River backwater. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Symposium, USD. (April 07, 2016)
• Sazama, Eric, Wesner, Jeff, and Ouellette, Scot, Presence and distribution of Wolbachia in the Missouri National Recreational River. Presented at the Missouri River Institute Symposium, USD. (April 07, 2016)
• Sazama, Eric J., Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff, Surveying the presence of Wolbachia in the Missouri River ecosystem. Presented at the Entomology 2015, Minneapolis, MN. (November 15, 2015)
• Warmbold, Jerry, and Wesner, Jeff, AN EMERGING DECLINE: LARGE CONSUMERS REDUCE AQUATIC INSECT EMERGENCE BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IN A MISSOURI RIVER BACKWATER. Presented at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (August 2015)
• Wesner, Jeff, and Allen, Daniel, Resource and Consumer Fluxes at the Water-Land Interface and Beyond: A Meta-Analysis. Presented at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (August 2015)
• Wesner, Jeff, Walters, David, Schmidt, Travis, Kraus, Johanna, Wanty, Richard, Stricker, Craig, and Clements, William, METAL CONCENTRATIONS DECLINE BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE DURING METAMORPHOSIS IN THE MAYFLY (BAETIS TRICAUDATUS). Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science (May 2015)
• Warmbold, Jerry, and Wesner, Jeff, AN EMERGING DECLINE: LARGE CONSUMERS REDUCE AQUATIC INSECT EMERGENCE BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IN A MISSOURI RIVER BACKWATER. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. (May 2015)
• Sazama, Eric, Ouellette, Scot, and Wesner, Jeff, SURVEYING THE PRESENCE OF WOLBACHIA IN THE MISSOURI RIVER ECOSYSTEM. Presented at the Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. (May 2015)
• Wesner, Jeff, Holy flux: Cross-ecosystem impacts of fish species loss and pollution across the water-land boundary. Presented at the Environmental Graduate Student Organization Symposium, Ames, IA. (March 2015)
• Warmbold, Jerry, and Wesner, Jeff, AN EMERGING DECLINE: LARGE CONSUMERS REDUCE AQUATIC INSECT EMERGENCE BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IN A MISSOURI RIVER BACKWATER. Presented at the Dakota Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Bismark, ND. (January 2015)
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna, Schmidt, Travis, Walters, David, and Clements, William, Metamorphosis enhances the effects of metal exposure on the mayfly, Centroptilum triangulifer. Presented at the Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA. (August 2014)
• Kraus, Johanna, Walters, David, Wesner, Jeff, Stricker, Craig, and Schmidt, Travis, Metamorphosis in insects alters risk of contaminant exposure in food webs. Presented at the Joing Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR. (May 20, 2014)
• Walters, David, Zeullig, Robert, Kowalski, Daniel , and Wesner, Jeff, Quantifying the emergence of giant stonefly (Pteronarcys californica) and its importance to terrestrial foodwebs in the U.S. western rivers. Presented at the Joing Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR. (May 20, 2014)
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna, Schmidt, Travis, Walters, David, and Clements, William , The effects of aqueous zinc exposure are enhanced during mayfly metamorphosis in the lab. Presented at the Joing Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR. (May 20, 2014)
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna, Schmidt, Travis, Walters, David, and Clements, William, Metal exposure increases mortality of aquatic insects during metamorphosis. Presented at the Rocky Mountain SETAC, Laramie, WY. (April 17, 2014)
• Kraus, Johann, Walters, David, Wesner, Jeff, Stricker, Craig, and Zeullig, Robert, Metamorphosis in insects alters risk of contaminant exposure in food webs. Presented at the Rocky Mountain SETAC, Laramie, WY. (April 17, 2014)
• Schmidt, Travis, Kraus, Johanna , Wesner, Jeff, and Walters, David, The living dead: When aquatic life standards protect aquatic insect larvae but not adults. Presented at the Rocky Mountain SETAC, Laramie, WY. (April 17, 2014)
• Walters, Annika, Carr, Natasha, Sherrill, Kirk, and Wesner, Jeff, What insight can the Wyoming Basin Rapid Ecoregional Assessment provide for fisheries and aquatic habitat management in Wyoming?. Presented at the Colorado/Wyoming Chapter of the American Fisheries Association, Laramie, WY. (March 05, 2014)
• Kraus, Johanna M., Walters, David M., Wesner, Jeff, Stricker, Craig A., Schmidt, Travis S., and Zuellig, Robert E., Metamorphosis in insects alters contaminant transfer, diet tracers and risk to wildlife. Presented at the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. (November 19, 2013)
• Wesner, Jeff, Kraus, Johanna M., Schmidt, Travis S., Walters, David M., and Clements, William H., The role of metamorphosis in regulating metal flux from aquatic to terrestrial food webs. Presented at the Entomological Society of America, Austin, TX, USA. (November 10, 2013)
• Wesner, Jeff, The terrestrial impact of stream pollution and fish species loss., Brookings, SD. (October 23, 2013)