Daniel Allen
Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology
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311 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA - dca5269@psu.edu
Research Summary
The relationship between community structure and ecosystem processes in rivers and streams, and factors which influence this relationship across local, landscape, and regional spatial scales.
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Most Recent Publications
Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers
Arnaud Foulquier, Thibault Datry, Roland Corti, Daniel von Schiller, Klement Tockner, Rachel Stubbington, Mark O. Gessner, Frédéric Boyer, Marc Ohlmann, Wilfried Thuiller, Delphine Rioux, Christian Miquel, Ricardo Albariño, Daniel C. Allen, Florian Altermatt, Maria Isabel Arce, Shai Arnon, Damien Banas, Andy Banegas-Medina, Erin Beller, Melanie L. Blanchette, Joanna Blessing, Iola Gonçalves Boëchat, Kate Boersma, Michael Bogan, Núria Bonada, Nick Bond, Katherine Brintrup, Andreas Bruder, Ryan Burrows, Tommaso Cancellario, Cristina Canhoto, Stephanie Carlson, Núria Cid, Julien Cornut, Michael Danger, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Rubén del Campo, Verónica Díaz Villanueva, Fiona Dyer, Arturo Elosegi, Catherine Febria, Ricardo Figueroa Jara, Brian Four, Sarig Gafny, Rosa Gómez, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Simone Guareschi, Björn Gücker, Jason Hwan, J. Iwan Jones, Patrick S. Kubheka, Alex Laini, Simone Daniela Langhans, Bertrand Launay, Guillaume Le Goff, Catherine Leigh, Chelsea Little, Stefan Lorenz, Jonathan Marshall, Eduardo J. Martin Sanz, Angus McIntosh, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Marko Miliša, Musa C. Mlambo, Manuela Morais, Nabor Moya, Peter Negus, Dev Niyogi, Iluminada Pagán, Athina Papatheodoulou, Giuseppe Pappagallo, Isabel Pardo, Petr Pařil, Steffen U. Pauls, Marek Polášek, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Robert J. Rolls, Maria Mar Sánchez-Montoya, Ana Savić, Oleksandra Shumilova, Kandikere R. Sridhar, Alisha Steward, Amina Taleb, Avi Uzan, Yefrin Valladares, Ross Vander Vorste, Nathan J. Waltham, Dominik H. Zak, Annamaria Zoppini, 2024, Nature Communications
Macroinvertebrate, algal and diatom assemblages respond differently to both drying and wetting transitions in non-perennial streams
Michelle H. Busch, Kate S. Boersma, Stephen C. Cook, C. Nathan Jones, Chad Loflen, Raphael D. Mazor, Rosalina Stancheva, Adam N. Price, Rachel Stubbington, Margaret A. Zimmer, Daniel C. Allen, 2024, Freshwater Biology on p. 1568-1582
Impacts of stream drying depend on stream network size and location of drying
Megan C. Malish, Shang Gao, Daniel C. Allen, Thomas M. Neeson, 2024, Ecological Applications
Combined benthic and stream edge sampling better represent macroinvertebrate assemblages than benthic sampling alone along an aridity gradient
Brian A. Gill, Daniel C. Allen, Meryl C. Mims, Thomas M. Neeson, Albert Ruhi, Carla L. Atkinson, Arial J. Shogren, Travis M. Apgar, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Stephen Cook, Daryl R. Trumbo, Michelle H. Busch, Kelsey D. Hollien, Kyle Leathers, Megan C. Malish, Grace L. O'Malley, Samuel Silknetter, Chelsea R. Smith, Howard Dunleavy, Michael T. Bogan, 2024, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods on p. 208-216
Global patterns of allochthony in stream–riparian meta-ecosystems
Daniel C. Allen, James Larson, Christina A. Murphy, Erica A. Garcia, Kurt E. Anderson, Michelle H. Busch, Alba Argerich, Alice M. Belskis, Kierstyn T. Higgins, Brooke E. Penaluna, Veronica Saenz, Jay Jones, Matt R. Whiles, 2024, Ecology Letters
Asynchronous movement patterns between breeding and stopover locations in a long-distance migratory songbird
Theodore J. Zenzal, Andrea Contina, Hannah B.Vander Zanden, Leanne K. Kuwahara, Daniel C. Allen, Kristen M. Covino, 2024, Avian Conservation and Ecology
The Music of Rivers: The Mathematics of Waves Reveals Global Structure and Drivers of Streamflow Regime
Brian C. Brown, Aimee H. Fulerton, Darin Kopp, Flavia Tromboni, Arial J. Shogren, J. Angus Webb, Claire Ruffing, Matthew Heaton, Lenka Kuglerová, Daniel C. Allen, Lillian McGill, Jay P. Zarnetske, Matt R. Whiles, Jeremy B. Jones, Benjamin W. Abbott, 2023, Water Resources Research
Drying, more than warming, alters ecosystem functioning in streams with different energy pathways
Daniel Nelson, Michelle H. Busch, Darin A. Kopp, Daniel C. Allen, 2023, Functional Ecology on p. 1989-2001
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates
Daniel C. Allen, Brian A. Gill, Anya Metcalfe, Sophia Bonjour, Scott Starr, Junna Wang, Diana Valentin, Nancy B. Grimm, 2023, Limnology And Oceanography Letters on p. 464-472
The only lasting truth is change: multiple dimensions of biodiversity show historical legacy effects in community assembly processes of freshwater fish
Michelle H. Busch, Daniel C. Allen, Katharine A. Marske, Lucie Kuczynski, 2023, Oikos
Most-Cited Papers
Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
Scott Tiegs, David Costello, Mark Isken, Guy Woodward, Peter McIntyre, Mark Gessner, Eric Chauvet, Natalie Griffiths, Alex Flecker, Vicenc Acuna, Vicenç Acuña, Ricardo Albariño, Ricardo Albarino, Daniel Allen, Cecilia Alonso, Patricio Andino, Clay Arango, Jukka Aroviita, Marcus V.M. Barbosa, Barbosa, Marcus V. M., Leon Barmuta, Colden Baxter, Bell, Thomas D. C., Thomas D.C. Bell, Brent Bellinger, Luz Boyero, Lee Brown, Andreas Bruder, Denise Bruesewitz, Francis Burdon, Marcos Callisto, Cristina Canhoto, Krista Capps, Maria Castillo, Joanne Clapcott, Fanny Colas, Checo Colón-Gaud, Checo Colon-Gaud, Julien Cornut, Verónica Crespo-Pérez, Veronica Crespo-Perez, Wyatt Cross, Joseph Culp, Michael Danger, Olivier Dangles, Elvira De Eyto, de Eyto, Elvira, Alison Derry, Diaz Villanueva, Veronica, Veronica Díaz Villanueva, Michael Douglas, Arturo Elosegi, Andrea Encalada, Sally Entrekin, Rodrigo Espinosa, Diana Ethaiya, Veronica Ferreira, Carmen Ferriol, Kyla Flanagan, Tadeusz Fleituch, Shah, Jennifer J. Follstad, Jennifer J.Follstad Shah, André Frainer Barbosa, Andre Frainer, Nikolai Friberg, Paul Frost, Erica Garcia, Liliana Lago, Pavel Ernesto García Soto, Garcia Soto, Pavel Ernesto, Sudeep Ghate, Darren Giling, Alan Gilmer, José Francisco Gonçalves, Goncalves, Jose Francisco, Jr., Rosario Gonzales, Graca, Manuel A. S., Manuel A.S. Graça, Mike Grace, Hans-Peter Grossart, François Guérold, Francois Guerold, Vlad Gulis, Luiz Hepp, Scott Higgins, Takuo Hishi, Joseph Huddart, John Hudson, Samantha Imberger, Carlos Iñiguez-Armijos, Carlos Iniguez-Armijos, Tomoya Iwata, David Janetski, Eleanor Jennings, Andrea Kirkwood, Aaron Koning, Sarian Kosten, Kevin Kuehn, Hjalmar Laudon, Peter Leavitt, Aurea L.Lemes Da Silva, Lemes da Silva, Aurea L., Shawn Leroux, Carri Leroy, Peter Lisi, Richard MacKenzie, Amy Marcarelli, Frank Masese, Brendan Mckie, Adriana Oliveira Medeiros, Oliveira Medeiros, Adriana, Kristian Meissner, Marko Miliša, Marko Milisa, Shailendra Mishra, Yo Miyake, Ashley Moerke, Shorok Mombrikotb, Rob Mooney, Tim Moulton, Timo Muotka, Junjiro Negishi, Vinicius Neres-Lima, Mika Nieminen, Jorge Nimptsch, Jakub Ondruch, Riku Paavola, Isabel Pardo, Christopher Patrick, Edwin T.H.M. Peeters, Peeters, Edwin T. H. M., Jesus Pozo, Catherine Pringle, Aaron Prussian, Estefania Quenta, Antonio Quesada, Brian Reid, John Richardson, Anna Rigosi, Jose Rincon, José Rincón, Geta Risnoveanu, Geta Rîşnoveanu, C Robinson, Lorena Rodríguez-Gallego, Lorena Rodriguez-Gallego, Todd Royer, James Rusak, Anna Santamans, Geza Selmeczy, Gelas Simiyu, Agnija Skuja, Jerzy Smykla, Kandikere Sridhar, Ryan Sponseller, Aaron Stoler, Christopher Swan, David Szlag, Franco Teixeira-De Mello, Teixeira-de Mello, Franco, Jonathan Tonkin, Sari Uusheimo, Allison Veach, Sirje Vilbaste, Lena B.M. Vought, Vought, Lena B. M., Chiao-Ping Wang, Jackson Webster, Paul Wilson, Stefan Woelfl, Marguerite Xenopoulos, Adam Yates, Chihiro Yoshimura, Catherine Yule, Yixin Zhang, Jacob Zwart, 2019, Science advances on p. eaav0486
A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways
T. Datry, A. Foulquier, R. Corti, D. Von Schiller, von Schiller, D., K. Tockner, C. Mendoza-Lera, J. Clement, J. C. Clément, M. Gessner, M. Moleón, M. Moleon, R. Stubbington, B. Gücker, B. Gucker, R. Albarino, R. Albarinõ, Daniel Allen, F. Altermatt, Arce, M., I, M. I. Arce, S. Arnon, D. Banas, A. Banegas-Medina, E. Beller, M. Blanchette, J. Blanco-Libreros, J. Blessing, I. G. Boëchat, I. Boechat, K. Boersma, M. Bogan, N. Bonada, N. Bond, Brintrup Barria, K. C., K. C. Brintrup Barriá, A. Bruder, R. Burrows, T. Cancellario, C. Canhoto, S. Carlson, S. Cauvy-Fraunie, S. Cauvy-Fraunié, N. Cid, M. Danger, Bianca De Freitas Terra, Terra, Bianca de Freitas, A. M. De Girolamo, De Girolamo, A. M., Evans De La Barra, de La Barra, Evans, del Campo, R., R. Del Campo, V. Diaz-Villanueva, F. Dyer, A. Elosegi, E. Faye, C. Febria, B. Four, S. Gafny, S. Ghate, R. Gomez, R. Gómez, L. Gómez-Gener, L. Gomez-Gener, Graca, M. A. S., M. A.S. Gracą, S. Guareschi, F. Hoppeler, J. Hwan, J. I. Jones, Jones, J., I, S. Kubheka, A. Laini, S. Langhans, C. Leigh, C. Little, S. Lorenz, J. Marshall, E. Martín, E Martin, A. McIntosh, E. I. Meyer, Meyer, E., I, M. Miliša, M. Milisa, M. Mlambo, M. Morais, N. Moya, P. Negus, D. Niyogi, A. Papatheodoulou, I Pardo, P. Paril, P. Pařil, S. Pauls, V. Pešić, V Pesic, M. Polasek, M. Polášek, C Robinson, P. Rodriguez-Lozano, P. Rodríguez-Lozano, R. Rolls, M. Sanchez-Montoya, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, A. Savić, A. Savic, O. Shumilova, K. Sridhar, A. Steward, R. Storey, A. Taleb, A. Uzan, Ross Vander Vorste, Vander Vorste, Ross, N. Waltham, C. Woelfle-Erskine, D. Zak, C. Zarfl, A. Zoppini, 2018, Nature Geoscience on p. 497-503
Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States
Samuel C. Zipper, John C. Hammond, Margaret Shanafield, Margaret Zimmer, Thibault Datry, C. Nathan Jones, Kendra E. Kaiser, Sarah E. Godsey, Ryan M. Burrows, Joanna R. Blaszczak, Michelle H. Busch, Adam N. Price, Kate S. Boersma, Adam S. Ward, Katie Costigan, George H. Allen, Corey A. Krabbenhoft, Walter K. Dodds, Meryl C. Mims, Julian D. Olden, Stephanie K. Kampf, Amy J. Burgin, Daniel C. Allen, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network
Corey Krabbenhoft, George Allen, Peirong Lin, Sarah Godsey, Daniel Allen, Ryan Burrows, Amanda DelVecchia, Ken Fritz, Margaret Shanafield, Amy Burgin, Margaret Zimmer, Thibault Datry, Walter Dodds, C Jones, Meryl Mims, Catherin Franklin, J Hammond, Sam Zipper, Adam Ward, Katie Costigan, Hylke Beck, Julian Olden, 2022, Nature Sustainability on p. 586-592
Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero-flow stream gage readings
Margaret A. Zimmer, Kendra E. Kaiser, Joanna R. Blaszczak, Samuel C. Zipper, John C. Hammond, Ken M. Fritz, Katie H. Costigan, Jacob Hosen, Sarah E. Godsey, George H. Allen, Stephanie Kampf, Ryan M. Burrows, Corey A. Krabbenhoft, Walter Dodds, Rebecca Hale, Julian D. Olden, Margaret Shanafield, Amanda G. DelVecchia, Adam S. Ward, Meryl C. Mims, Thibault Datry, Michael T. Bogan, Kate S. Boersma, Michelle H. Busch, C. Nathan Jones, Amy J. Burgin, Daniel C. Allen, 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Nonperennial Flow Regimes in the Contiguous United States
John C. Hammond, Margaret Zimmer, Margaret Shanafield, Kendra Kaiser, Sarah E. Godsey, Meryl C. Mims, Samuel C. Zipper, Ryan M. Burrows, Stephanie K. Kampf, Walter Dodds, C. Nathan Jones, Corey A. Krabbenhoft, Kate S. Boersma, Thibault Datry, Julian D. Olden, George H. Allen, Adam N. Price, Katie Costigan, Rebecca Hale, Adam S. Ward, Daniel C. Allen, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
What's in a name? Patterns, trends, and suggestions for defining non-perennial rivers and streams
Michelle H. Busch, Katie H. Costigan, Ken M. Fritz, Thibault Datry, Corey A. Krabbenhoft, John C. Hammond, Margaret Zimmer, Julian D. Olden, Ryan M. Burrows, Walter K. Dodds, Kate S. Boersma, Margaret Shanafield, Stephanie K. Kampf, Meryl C. Mims, Michael T. Bogan, Adam S. Ward, Mariana Perez Rocha, Sarah Godsey, George H. Allen, Joanna R. Blaszczak, C. Nathan Jones, Daniel C. Allen, 2020, Water (Switzerland)
River ecosystem conceptual models and non-perennial rivers: A critical review
Daniel C. Allen, Thibault Datry, Kate S. Boersma, Michael T. Bogan, Andrew J. Boulton, Daniel Bruno, Michelle H. Busch, Katie H. Costigan, Walter K. Dodds, Ken M. Fritz, Sarah E. Godsey, Jeremy B. Jones, Tatiana Kaletova, Stephanie K. Kampf, Meryl C. Mims, Thomas M. Neeson, Julian D. Olden, Amandine V. Pastor, N. Le Roy Poff, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Albert Ruhi, Gabriel Singer, Paolo Vezza, Adam S. Ward, Margaret Zimmer, 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
Citizen scientists document long-term streamflow declines in intermittent rivers of the desert southwest, USA
Daniel C. Allen, Darin A. Kopp, Katie H. Costigan, Thibault Datry, Bernard Hugueny, Dale S. Turner, Gita S. Bodner, Timothy J. Flood, 2019, Freshwater Science on p. 244-256
Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams
D. von Schiller, T. Datry, R. Corti, A. Foulquier, K. Tockner, R. Marcé, G. García-Baquero, I. Odriozola, B. Obrador, A. Elosegi, C. Mendoza-Lera, M. O. Gessner, R. Stubbington, R. Albariño, D. C. Allen, F. Altermatt, M. I. Arce, S. Arnon, D. Banas, A. Banegas-Medina, E. Beller, M. L. Blanchette, J. F. Blanco-Libreros, J. Blessing, I. G. Boëchat, K. S. Boersma, M. T. Bogan, N. Bonada, N. R. Bond, K. Brintrup, A. Bruder, R. M. Burrows, T. Cancellario, S. M. Carlson, S. Cauvy-Fraunié, N. Cid, M. Danger, B. de Freitas Terra, A. Dehedin, A. M. De Girolamo, R. del Campo, V. Díaz-Villanueva, C. P. Duerdoth, F. Dyer, E. Faye, C. Febria, R. Figueroa, B. Four, S. Gafny, R. Gómez, L. Gómez-Gener, M. A.S. Graça, S. Guareschi, B. Gücker, F. Hoppeler, J. L. Hwan, S. Kubheka, A. Laini, S. D. Langhans, C. Leigh, C. J. Little, S. Lorenz, J. Marshall, E. J. Martín, A. McIntosh, E. I. Meyer, M. Miliša, M. C. Mlambo, M. Moleón, M. Morais, P. Negus, D. Niyogi, A. Papatheodoulou, I. Pardo, P. Pařil, V. Pešić, C. Piscart, M. Polášek, P. Rodríguez-Lozano, R. J. Rolls, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, A. Savić, O. Shumilova, A. Steward, A. Taleb, A. Uzan, R. Vander Vorste, N. Waltham, C. Woelfle-Erskine, D. Zak, C. Zarfl, A. Zoppini, 2019, Global Biogeochemical Cycles on p. 1251-1263
News Articles Featuring Daniel Allen
Aug 22, 2024
NSF grant to fund novel study of environmental DNA fate in streams
The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology Daniel Allen and his team a grant to support a project focused on analyzing how environmental DNA moves and in streams across the continent.
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Apr 12, 2024
Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds
An international team led by Penn State researchers has now found that forest and stream ecosystems appear to keep energy exchanges in balance
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Mar 13, 2024
Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds
Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them.
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Jan 30, 2023
Aquatic organisms respond to flooding and drought disturbance in different ways
Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in different ways that can be anticipated, according to a new Penn State-led study that employed a novel method to assess the stability of stream ecosystems.
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