David Buchwalter

Embryonic Exposure to TPhP Elicits Osteotoxicity via Metabolic Disruption in Oryzias latipes

Gronske, M., Cochran, J., Foland, J., Jima, D., Buchwalter, D., Stapleton, H., & Kullman, S. (2025, July 31). Toxics, Vol. 13.

Trophic Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in a Periphyton-Mayfly-Zebrafish Food Chain

Farrell, M. R., Buchwalter, D. B., Weed, R. A., Enders, J. R., & Planchart, A. J. (2025, April 15).

Trophic transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl acids in a periphyton-mayfly-zebrafish food chain

Farrell, M. R., Buchwalter, D. B., Weed, R. A., Enders, J. R., & Planchart, A. (2025, August 7). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 287.

Osmoregulation in aquatic insects: A review

Cochran, J., Donini, A., & Buchwalter, D. (2024, January 1). Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 67, pp. 43–83.

The mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer senses decreasing oxygen availability (PO2) and responds by reducing ion uptake and altering gene expression

Cochran, J. K., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2024, October 18). Journal of Experimental Biology.

Physiological and life history responses in a mayfly (Callibaetis floridanus) inhabiting ponds with saltwater intrusion

Cochran, J. K., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2023, March 30). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 11.

Respirometry reveals major lineage-based differences in the energetics of osmoregulation in aquatic invertebrates

Cochran, J. K., Banks, C., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2023, September 28). Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 226.

Salinity-induced ionoregulatory changes in the gill proteome of the mayfly, Neocloeon triangulifer

Orr, S. E., Collins, L. B., Jima, D. D., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2022, November 8). Environmental Pollution, Vol. 316.

The acclimatory response of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to dilute conditions is linked to the plasticity of sodium transport

Cochran, J. K., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2022, July 27). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Vol. 289.

Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer

Orr, S. E., Cochran, J. K., Wallace, I. G., Gray, R. W., Overmyer, G. E., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2022, February 3). Freshwater Science, Vol. 41, pp. 215–225.

Assessing the Pcrit in relation to temperature and the expression of hypoxia associated genes in the mayfly, Neocloeon triangulifer

Cochran, J. K., Orr, S. E., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2021, November 23). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 808.

Physiological plasticity and acclimatory responses to salinity stress are ion-specific in the mayfly, Neocloeon triangulifer

Orr, S. E., Watanabe, T. T. N., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2021, May 3). Environmental Pollution, Vol. 286.

Energetics as a lens to understanding aquatic insect's responses to changing temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity regimes

Verberk, W. C. E. P., Buchwalter, D. B., & Kefford, B. J. (2020, June 18). Current Opinion in Insect Science, Vol. 41, pp. 46–53.

It’s all about the fluxes: Temperature influences ion transport and toxicity in aquatic insects

Orr, S. E., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2020, January 24). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 221.

Periphyton enhances arsenic release and methylation at the soil-water interface of paddy soils

Guo, T., Gustave, W., Lu, H., He, Y., Tang, X., Buchwalter, D. B., & Xu, J. (2020, December 24). Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 409.

Space colonization by branching trachea explains the morphospace of a simple respiratory organ

Ruiz-Sobrino, A., Martín-Blanco, C. A., Navarro, T., Almudí, I., Masiero, G., Jiménez-Caballero, M., … Casares, F. (2020, February 25). Developmental Biology, Vol. 462, pp. 50–59.

Transcriptomic and life history responses of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to chronic diel thermal challenge

Chou, H., Jima, D. D., Funk, D. H., Jackson, J. K., Sweeney, B. W., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2020, November 5). Scientific Reports, Vol. 10.

Water temperature interacts with the insecticide imidacloprid to alter acute lethal and sublethal toxicity to mayfly larvae

Macaulay, S. J., Buchwalter, D. B., & Matthaei, C. D. (2019, May 15). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 54, pp. 115–130.

Are sulfate effects in the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer driven by the cost of ion regulation?

Buchwalter, D., Scheibener, S., Chou, H., Soucek, D., & Elphick, J. (2018, December 3). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Vol. 374.

Cadmium exposure increases the risk of juvenile obesity: a human and zebrafish comparative study

International Journal of Obesity, 42(7), 1285–1295.

Ecotoxicology Essentials: Environmental Contaminants and Their Biological Effects on Animals and Plants. By Donald W. Sparling. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Boston (Massachusetts): Elsevier. $79.95 (paper). ix + 490 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-12-801947-4. 2016.

[Review of Ecotoxicology Essentials: Environmental Contaminants and Their Biological Effects on Animals and Plants, by D. W. Sparling]. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 93(1), 29–29.

The Good, the Bad, and the Lethal: Gene Expression and Metabolomics Reveal Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Thermal Effects in Mayfly Larvae (Neocloeon triangulifer)

Chou, H., Pathmasiri, W., Deese-spruill, J., Sumner, S. J., Jima, D. D., Funk, D. H., … Buchwalter, D. B. (2018, March 23). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 6.

Why adult mayflies of Cloeon dipterum (Ephemeroptera:Baetidae) become smaller as temperature warms

Freshwater Science, 37(1), 64–81.

Arsenic (V) bioconcentration kinetics in freshwater macroinvertebrates and periphyton is influenced by pH

Lopez, A. R., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2017, February 17). Environmental Pollution, Vol. 224, pp. 82–88.

Integrative behavioral ecotoxicology: bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation

Peterson, E. K., Buchwalter, D. B., Kerby, J. L., LeFauve, M. K., Varian-Ramos, C. W., & Swaddle, J. P. (2017, February 22). Current Zoology, Vol. 63, pp. 185–194.

Keep breathing: Linking respiration to thermally regulated life history outcomes in the Mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57, E225–225.

Linking physiological mechanisms to thermally driven life history outcomes in the Mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57, E225–225.

Metabolomics reveal physiological changes in mayfly larvae (Neocloeon triangulifer) at ecological upper thermal limits

Chou, H., Pathmasiri, W., Deese-Spruill, J., Sumner, S., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2017, July 18). Journal of Insect Physiology, Vol. 101, pp. 107–112.

Modernizing Water Quality Criteria in the United States: A Need to Expand the Definition of Acceptable Data

Buchwalter, D. B., Clements, W. H., & Luoma, S. N. (2017, January 24). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 36, pp. 285–291.

Periphyton and abiotic factors influencing arsenic speciation in aquatic environments

Lopez, A. R., Silva, S. C., Webb, S. M., Hesterberg, D., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2017, November 2). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 37, pp. 903–913.

Periphyton uptake and trophic transfer of coal fly-ash–derived trace elements

Scheibener, S. A., Rivera, N. A., Hesterberg, D., Duckworth, O. W., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2017, May 22). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 36, pp. 2991–2996.

Physiological responses to short-term thermal stress in mayfly (Neocloeon triangulifer) larvae in relation to upper thermal limits

Kim, K. S., Chou, H., Funk, D. H., Jackson, J. K., Sweeney, B. W., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2017, July 15). Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 220, pp. 2598–2605.

Response to Buchwalter et al. further considerations for modernizing water quality criteria in the United States and elsewhere reply

Sulfate transport kinetics and toxicity are modulated by sodium in aquatic insects

Scheibener, S., Conley, J. M., & Buchwalter, D. (2017, July 1). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 190, pp. 62–69.

The authors’ reply

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(6), 1425–1426.

Bioaccumulation Dynamics of Arsenate at the Base of Aquatic Food Webs

Lopez, A. R., Hesterberg, D. R., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2016, May 25). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 50, pp. 6556–6564.

Cant take the heat: Temperature-enhanced toxicity in the mayfly Isonychia bicolor exposed to the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid

Camp, A. A., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2016, July 20). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 178, pp. 49–57.

Coal ash constituents at the base of aquatic food webs: Processes affecting bioaccumulation and trophic transfer

Water Resources Research Institute News of the University of North Carolina, (465). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015255475&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Salinized rivers: degraded systems or new habitats for salt-tolerant faunas?

Kefford, B. J., Buchwalter, D., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Davis, J., Duncan, R. P., Hoffmann, A., & Thompson, R. (2016, March 1). Biology Letters, Vol. 12.

Saving freshwater from salts

Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Hawkins, C. P., Kefford, B. J., Schäfer, R. B., Dyack, B. J., Brucet, S., … Timpano, A. J. (2016, February 25). Science, Vol. 351, pp. 914–916.

Comparative sodium transport patterns provide clues for understanding salinity and metal responses in aquatic insects

Scheibener, S. A., Richardi, V. S., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2015, December 18). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 171, pp. 20–29.

The importance of retaining a phylogenetic perspective in traits‐based community analyses

Poteat, M. D., Jacobus, L. M., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2015, April 8). Freshwater Biology, Vol. 60, pp. 1330–1339.

A stressful shortness of breath: molting disrupts breathing in the mayfly Cloeon dipterum

Camp, A. A., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2014, July 1). Freshwater Science, Vol. 33, pp. 695–699.

Dynamic Selenium Assimilation, Distribution, Efflux, and Maternal Transfer in Japanese Medaka Fed a Diet of Se-enriched Mayflies

Conley, J. M., Watson, A. L. T. D., Xie, L., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2014, February 4). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, pp. 2971–2978.

Mercury bioaccumulation in Southern Appalachian birds, assessed through feather concentrations

Ecotoxicology, 23(2), 304–316.

Part 1: Laboratory culture of Centroptilum triangulifer (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) using a defined diet of three diatoms

Weaver, P. C., Lazorchak, J. M., Struewing, K. A., DeCelles, S. J., Funk, D. H., Buchwalter, D. B., & Johnson, B. R. (2014, June 2). Chemosphere, Vol. 139, pp. 589–596.

Part 2: Sensitivity comparisons of the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Daphnia magna using standard reference toxicants; NaCl, KCl and CuSO4

Struewing, K. A., Lazorchak, J. M., Weaver, P. C., Johnson, B. R., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2014, June 2). Chemosphere, Vol. 139, pp. 597–603.

Phylogeny and Size Differentially Influence Dissolved Cd and Zn Bioaccumulation Parameters among Closely Related Aquatic Insects

Poteat, M. D., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2014, April 14). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, pp. 5274–5281.

Bioconcentration and Biotransformation of Selenite versus Selenate Exposed Periphyton and Subsequent Toxicity to the Mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Conley, J. M., Funk, D. H., Hesterberg, D. H., Hsu, L.-C., Kan, J., Liu, Y.-T., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2013, June 17). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, pp. 7965–7973.

Calcium uptake in aquatic insects: Influences of phylogeny and metals (Cd and Zn)

Poteat, M., & Buchwalter, D. (2013, January 1). Journal of Experimental Biology.

Evolutionary Patterns in Trace Metal (Cd and Zn) Efflux Capacity in Aquatic Organisms

Poteat, M. D., Garland, T., Fisher, N. S., Wang, W.-X., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2013, June 17). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, pp. 7989–7995.

Four Reasons Why Traditional Metal Toxicity Testing with Aquatic Insects Is Irrelevant

Poteat, M. D., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2013, December 27). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, pp. 887–888.

Use of reconstituted waters to evaluate effects of elevated major ions associated with mountaintop coal mining on freshwater invertebrates

Kunz, J. L., Conley, J. M., Buchwalter, D. B., Norberg-King, T. J., Kemble, N. E., Wang, N., & Ingersoll, C. G. (2013, October 29). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 32, pp. 2826–2835.

Biochemical and behavioral responses in the estuarine polychaete Perinereis gualpensis (Nereididae) after in situ exposure to polluted sediments

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 89, 182–188.

Dietary (periphyton) and aqueous Zn bioaccumulation dynamics in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Kim, K. S., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2012, July 30). Ecotoxicology, Vol. 21, pp. 2288–2296.

Divalent metal (Ca, Cd, Mn, Zn) uptake and interactions in the aquatic insectHydropsyche sparna

Poteat, M. D., Díaz-Jaramillo, M., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2012, April 11). Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 215, pp. 1575–1583.

Absolute quantification of free glutathione and cysteine in aquatic insects using isotope dilution and selected reaction monitoring

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 402(1), 357–366.

Cadmium exposure route affects antioxidant responses in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Xie, L., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2011, June 26). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 105, pp. 199–205.

Food rationing affects dietary selenium bioaccumulation and life cycle performance in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Conley, J. M., Funk, D. H., Cariello, N. J., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2011, June 23). Ecotoxicology, Vol. 20, pp. 1840–1851.

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of selenium

In Ecological Assessment of Selenium in the Aquatic Environment (pp. 93–139). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85124058935&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Does proximity to coal-fired power plants influence fish tissue mercury?

Sackett, D. K., Aday, D. D., Rice, J. A., Cope, W. G., & Buchwalter, D. (2010, September 16). Ecotoxicology, Vol. 19, pp. 1601–1611.

Framework for traits-based assessment in ecotoxicology

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 7(2), 172–186.

Manganese Bioconcentration in Aquatic Insects: Mn Oxide Coatings, Molting Loss, and Mn(II) Thiol Scavenging

Dittman, E. K., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2010, November 4). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 44, pp. 9182–9188.

Top-down control analysis of the cadmium effects on molluscan mitochondria and the mechanisms of cadmium-induced mitochondrial dysfunction

Kurochkin, I. O., Etzkorn, M., Buchwalter, D., Leamy, L., & Sokolova, I. M. (2010, September 16). American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 300, pp. R21–R31.

Selenium Bioaccumulation and Maternal Transfer in the Mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer in a Life-Cycle, Periphyton-Biofilm Trophic Assay

Conley, J. M., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2009, September 15). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 43, pp. 7952–7957.

Trophic transfer of Cd from natural periphyton to the grazing mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer in a life cycle test

Xie, L., Funk, D. H., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2009, August 3). Environmental Pollution, Vol. 158, pp. 272–277.

Aquatic insect ecophysiological traits reveal phylogenetically based differences in dissolved cadmium susceptibility

Buchwalter, D. B., Cain, D. J., Martin, C. A., Xie, L., Luoma, S. N., & Garland, T. (2008, June 17). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 105, pp. 8321–8326.

Differential exposure, duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean bivalve life stages to environmental contaminants

Cope, W. G., Bringolf, R. B., Buchwalter, D. B., Newton, T. J., Ingersoll, C. G., Wang, N., … Hammer, E. (2008, April 22). Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Vol. 27, pp. 451–462.

Mercury(II) Bioaccumulation and Antioxidant Physiology in Four Aquatic Insects

Xie, L., Flippin, J. L., Deighton, N., Funk, D. H., Dickey, D. A., & Buchwalter, D. B. (2008, December 22). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 43, pp. 934–940.

Using Biodynamic Models to Reconcile Differences between Laboratory Toxicity Tests and Field Biomonitoring with Aquatic Insects

Environmental Science & Technology, 42(8), 3117–3117.

Cadmium Ecophysiology in Seven Stonefly (Plecoptera) Species:  Delineating Sources and Estimating Susceptibility

Environmental Science & Technology, 41(20), 7171–7177.

Cadmium biodynamics in the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus and its implications for trophic transfer

Xie, L., Lambert, D., Martin, C., Cain, D. J., Luoma, S. N., & Buchwalter, D. (2007, November 26). Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 86, pp. 265–271.

Cadmium ecophysiology in seven stonefly (Plecoptera) species: Delineating sources and estimating susceptibility

Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 41, pp. 7171–7177.

Metals

Buchwalter, D. B. (2007, October 23). Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Fourth Edition, pp. 413–439.

Using Biodynamic Models to Reconcile Differences Between Laboratory Toxicity Tests and Field Biomonitoring with Aquatic Insects

Buchwalter, D. B., Cain, D. J., Clements, W. H., & Luoma, S. N. (2007, May 26). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 41, pp. 4821–4828.

Influence of metal exposure history on the bioaccumulation and subcellular distribution of aqueous cadmium in the insect Hydropsyche californica

Cain, D. J., Buchwalter, D. B., & Luoma, S. N. (2006, March 22). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 25, pp. 1042–1049.

Differences in Dissolved Cadmium and Zinc Uptake among Stream Insects:  Mechanistic Explanations

Environmental Science & Technology, 39(2), 498–504.

Roles of uptake, biotransformation, and target site sensitivity in determining the differential toxicity of chlorpyrifos to second to fourth instar Chironomous riparius (Meigen)

Aquatic Toxicology, 66(2), 149–157.