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  • Mathers, K.L., Doretto, A., Fenoglio, S., Hill, M.J. and Wood, P.J. (2022). Temporal effects of fine sediment deposition on benthic macroinvertebrate community structure, function and biodiversity likely reflects landscape setting. Science of the Total Environment, 829, p.154612.
  • Mathers, K.L., Guareschi, S., Patel, C. and Wood, P.J., 2022. Response of freshwater snails to invasive crayfish varies with physiochemical exposure cues and predator experience. Freshwater Biology, 67(3), pp.473-486.
  • Mathers, K.L., Robinson, C.T. and Weber, C., 2021. Artificial flood reduces fine sediment clogging enhancing hyporheic zone physicochemistry and accessibility for macroinvertebrates. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(4), p.e12103.
  • Hill, M.J., Wood, P.J. and Mathers, K.L., 2021. Taxonomic and functional macroinvertebrate diversity of high‐altitude ponds in the Macun Cirque, Switzerland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(11), pp.3201-3214.
  • Mathers, K.L., Michalec, F-G., Holzner, M and Weber, C. (2020) Beneath the surface: Application of super absorbent polymer substrates to track faunal activity within the sediment layer. Freshwater Biology. 65, 1923-1935.
  • Mathers, K.L., White, J.C, Fornaroli, R. and Chadd, R. (2020) Flow regimes control the establishment of invasive crayfish and alter their effects on lotic macroinvertebrate communities. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 886-902.
  • Gething, K.J., Ripley, M.C., Mathers, K.L., Chadd, R.P. and Wood, P.J. (2020). The influence of substrate type on macroinvertebrate assemblages within agricultural drainage ditches. Hydrobiologia, 847, 4273-4284.
  • Mckenzie, M, Mathers, K.L., Wood, P.J., England, J., Forster, I., Lawler, D. and Wilkes, M (2020). Physical effects of suspended fine sediment on lotic macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia. 8467, 697-711.
  • Mathers, K.L., White, J.C., Guareschi, S., Hill, M.J., Heino, J. and Chadd, R. (2020). Invasive crayfish alter the long‐term functional biodiversity of lotic macroinvertebrate communities. Functional Ecology, 34,2350-2361. 
  • Beatty, C., Mathers, K.L., Patel, C., Constable, D. and Wood, P.J (2020). Substrate mediated predator-prey Interactions between invasive crayfish and native and non-native amphipods. Biological Invasions. 22, 2713-2724. 
  • Mathers, K.L., Stubbington, R., England, J., Leeming, D. and Westwood, C. (2019) Structural and functional responses of macroinvertebrate assemblages to long-term flow variability and nonperennial sites intermittence. Ecohydrology.  e2112.
  • Wilkes, M.A., Gittens, J., Mathers, K.L., Mason, R., Casas-Mulet, R., Vanzo, D., Mckenzie, M., Murray-Bligh, J., England, J., Gurnell, A. and Jones, J.I. (2019) Physical and biological controls on fine sediment transport and storage in rivers. WIREs Water. 6,e1331. 

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