Ben Tumolo - Department of Biology

2121 Weston Hall
Office Phone: (906) 227-6148
btumolo@nmu.edu 

Lab website

• 2022 - PhD, Ecology and Environmental Science, Montana State University
• 2015 - MS, Watershed Science, Murray State University
• 2013 - BS, Environmental Science, University of Lynchburg

What role do animals play in the structure and functioning of ecosystems? Understanding species interactions and their consequences for community structure and ecosystem function is foundational to ecology and predicting the effects of global change. My work examines the linkages between freshwater animals and ecosystem functions of streams, rivers, and lakes.

• Bi112 - Introductory Biology: Diversity
• Bi466 - Stream Ecology
• Bi465 - Aquatic Insect Ecology

Peer-Reviewed Publications (*mentored undergraduate student, ‡equal contribution)
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• Albertson LK, Sklar LS, Tumolo BB, Cross WF, Collins SF, and Woods AH. 2024. The ghosts of ecosystem engineers: Legacy effects of biogenic modifications. Functional Ecology 00:1-21. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14222.
• BertagnolliAD, MaritanAJ, Tumolo BB, Fritz SF, Oakland HC, Mohr EJ, Poole GC,
  Albertson LK, and Stewart, FJ. 2023. Net-spinning caddisflies create denitrifier-enriched niches in the stream microbiome. ISME Communications DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00315-8.
• Tumolo BB, Collins SM, Guan Y, and Krist AC. 2023. Resource quantity and quality differentially control stream invertebrate biodiversity across spatial scales. Ecology Letters DOI: 10.1111/ele.14317.
• Tumolo BB, Albertson LK, Cross, WF, Daniels MD, and Sklar LS. 2023. Facilitation
  strength across environmental and beneficiary trait gradients in stream communities. Journal of Animal Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13992.
• Tumolo BB, Albertson LK, Cross WF, Poole GC, Davenport G*, Daniels MD, and Sklar LS. 2023. Resource modification by ecosystem engineers facilitates hotspots in stream community assembly and ecosystem function. Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4052
• McCarty JD, Cross WF, Albertson LK, TumoloBB, and Sklar LS. 2022. Life histories and production of three Rocky Mountain aquatic insects along an elevation-driven temperature gradient. Hydrobiologia 849: 3633-3652. DOI: 0.1007/s10750-022-04978-7.
• Tumolo BB, Richardson BM, Lebeda DD, and Flinn MB. 2022. Phytoplankton survival in hindgut of invasive Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).The American Midland Naturalist 187:29-38. DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-187.1.29.
• Albertson LK, MacDonald MJ, Tumolo BB, Briggs MA, Maguire Z, Quinn S, Sanchez-Ruiz JA, Veneros J, and Burkle LA. 2021. Uncovering patterns of freshwater positive interactions using meta-analysis: Identifying the roles of common participants, invasive species, and environmental context. Ecology Letters 24(3), 594-607. DOI:10.1111/ele.13664.
• Tumolo BB, Calle L, Anderson HE, Briggs MA, Carlson S, MacDonald MJ, Reinert JH, and Albertson, LK. 2020. Toward spatio‐temporal delineation of positive interactions in ecology. Ecology and Evolution 10(17), 9026-9036. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.
• Maguire, Z*, Tumolo BB, and Albertson LK. 2020. Retreat but no surrender: Caddisfly silk has enduring effects on stream channel hydraulics. Hydrobiologia 847,1539-1551. DOI:10.1007/s10750-020-04210-4. 2019
• Tumolo BB, Albertson LK, Cross WF, Daniels MD, and Sklar LS. 2019. Occupied and abandoned structures from ecosystem engineering differentially facilitate stream community colonization. Ecosphere 10(5). DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2734.
• Tumolo BB, and Flinn MB. 2019. Diet of Invasive Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys
  molitrix) in a Mainstem Reservoir Ecosystem. Journal of Kentucky Academy of Science 78(1), 3-11.
• Tumolo BB, and Flinn MB. 2017. Top-down effects of an invasive omnivore: detection in long-term monitoring of large-river reservoir chlorophyll-a. Oecologia 185(2), 293-303.