Here are some of the labs most recent publications. Feel free to read and use the pdf's.
Published Books
Thorp, J.H. and A.P. Covich (eds.). 2009 in Press. Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. Academic Press (Elsevier), San Diego, CA [or Burlington, MA].
Thorp, J.H., M.C. Thoms, and M.D. Delong. 2008. The riverine ecosystem synthesis. Academic Press, Boston, MA, USA. 208 p. [ISBN: 978-0-12-370612-6]
Chapters in Encyclopedias and Edited Books:
Thorp, J.H. 2009. Models of ecological processes in river ecosystems. Pages 448-455 in: G.E. Likens, editor. Encyclopedia of inland waters. Vol. 1. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. Contact JHT (thorp@ku.edu) for a personal copy
Thorp, J.H. 2009. Arthropoda and related groups. in: V.H. Resh and R.T. Cardé (eds.), Encyclopedia of insects. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 2003: First Edition. Pages 59-66. Contact JHT (thorp@ku.edu) for a personal copy
Thorp, J.H., G.A. Lamberti, and A.F. Casper. 2005. Chapter. 22. St. Lawrence River. Pages 983-1028 in: A.C. Benke and C.E. Cushing (eds.), Rivers of North America. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. PDF Available
Research Publications
Roach, K.A., J.H. Thorp, and M.D. Delong. 2009. Influence of lateral gradients of hydrologic connectivity on trophic position of fishes in the Upper Mississippi River. Freshwater Biology 54: 607-620. PDF Available
Sluss, T.D., G.A. Cobbs, and J.H. Thorp. 2008 Impact of turbulence on riverine zooplankton: a mesocosm experiment. Freshwater Biology 53: 1999-2010. PDF Available
Moore, S.L. and J.H. Thorp. 2008. Coping with hydrogeomorphic variations in a prairie river: resiliency in young-of-the-year fishes. River Research and Applications 24:237-248. PDF Available
Casper, A.F. and J.H. Thorp. 2007. Diel and lateral patterns of zooplankton distribution in the St. Lawrence River. River Research and Applications 23(1):73-86. PDF Available
Jack, J.D. W. Fang, and J.H. Thorp. 2006. Vertical, lateral and longitudinal movement of zooplankton in a large river. Freshwater Biology 51:1646-1654. PDF Available
Casper, A.F., J.H. Thorp, S.P. Davies, and D.L. Courtemanch. 2006. Ecological responses of zoobenthos to dam removal on the Kennebec River, Maine, USA. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Large Rivers Vol 16 (4):541-555. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H., M.C. Thoms, and M.D. Delong. 2006. The riverine ecosystem synthesis: biocomplexity in river networks across space and time. River Research and Applications 22(2):123-147. PDF Available
Delong, M. D. and J. H. Thorp. 2006. Significance of instream autotrophs in trophic dynamics of the Upper Mississippi River. Oecologia 147(1):76-85. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H. and S. Mantovani. 2005. Zooplankton in turbid and hydrologically dynamic, prairie rivers. Freshwater Biology 50(9):1474-1491. PDF Available
Hein, T., W. Reckendorfer, J. Thorp, and F. Schiemer. 2005. The role of slackwater areas and the hydrologic exchange for biogeochemical processes in river corridors: examples from the Austrian Danube. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. Vol. 155 (Large Rivers Vol. 15): 425-442. PDF Available
Buijse, A.D., F. Klijn, R.S.E.W. Leuven, H. Middelkoop, F.Schiemer, J.H. Thorp, H.P. Wolfert. 2005. Rehabilitation of large rivers: references, achievements and integration into river management. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Suppl. Vol. 155 (Large Rivers Vol. 15): 715-738. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H. and A.F. Casper. 2003. Importance of biotic interactions in large rivers: an experiment with planktivorous fish, dreissenid mussels, and zooplankton in the St. Lawrence. River Research and Applications 19:265-279. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H, J.E. Alexander, Jr., and G. A. Cobbs. 2002. Coping with warmer, large rivers: a field experiment on potential range expansion of northern quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis). Freshwater Biology 47(9):1779-1790. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H. and M.D. Delong. 2002. Dominance of autochthonous autotrophic carbon in food webs of heterotrophic rivers. Oikos 96(3):543-550. PDF Available
Jack, J.D. and J.H. Thorp. 2002. Impacts of fish predation on an Ohio River zooplankton community. Journal of Plankton Research 24(2):119-127. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H. and A.F. Casper. 2002. Potential effects on zooplankton from species shifts in mussel planktivory: a field experiment in the St. Lawrence River. Freshwater Biology 47:107-119. PDF Available
Thorp, J.H., J.A. Stanford, M.C. Thoms, and G.E. Petts. 2007. Editorial: Global partnerships and the International Society for River Science (ISRS). River Res. and Applications 23:1-5. PDF Available