In preparation Hecke, K.B. B.S. Johnson E. Dodson, K.B. Mitchell, and S.A.Drake. The Use of Gastric Lavage in Small-bodied Darters (Etheostomatinae). Target Journal Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Hecke, K.B., and S.E. Lochmann. Age and Size Structure of the Strawberry Darter in the Strawberry River System of Arkansas. Target Journal: Southeastern Naturalist.
Hecke, K.B., J.B. Alford, A. Alford. Diet and Niche-breadth of the Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi. Target Journal Hydrobiologia
Hecke, K.B., J.B. Alford, D. Miller, and A. Alford. Multi-scale Associations between Watershed Stressors and Intersex Condition in Fishes Inhabiting the Upper Tennessee River Basin. Aquatic Toxicology (in review).
In review Hecke, K.B., J.B. Alford, A. Alford .Habitat Use and Fish Species Co-occurrence Patterns Associated with the Imperiled Sickle Darter ( Percina williamsi , Page and Near 2007). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Hecke, K.B., and J.B. Alford. Ecological Niche Modelling of The Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi) across Two Spatial Scales. Environmental Biology of Fishes
Peer-reviewed publications Parker, Ryley I., K.B. Hecke, and C.J. Gagen. 2024. Adapting to Taxonomic Change in Darters (Etheostomatinae): Reassessment of Preserved Specimens in a Natural History Collection. Southeastern Naturalist. Hecke, K.B., B.S. Johnson, A.F. Henry, K. Moles and J.E. Kaiser. Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas. Southeastern Naturalist 22 2: N41-N44.
Dinkins, G.R., A.C. Engman, Z.W. Clark, B.A. Bajo, J. Wolbert, K.B. Hecke and J.B. Alford. 2023. Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew. American Malacological Bulletin 39: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.4003/006.039.0107
Hecke, K.B., and J.B. Alford. Movement and home range of the Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi) in the upper Emory River of Tennessee, USA. Hydrobiologia 849,1053–1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04767-8
Hecke, K.B., and J.B. Alford. Spatiotemporal Assessment of Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi) Distribution in the Upper Tennessee River Basin. Journal of Applied Ichthyology https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14235
Hecke, K.B., and S.E. Lochmann. 2020. Occupancy and Status of the Strawberry Darter in the Strawberry River System of Arkansas. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-01037-9
Fernando, A.V., K.B. Hecke, and M.A. Eggleton. 2018. Length, Depth, and Gape Relationships and Inference on Piscivory Among Common North American Centrarchids. Southeastern Naturalist. 17: (2) 309-326. Hecke, K., Brinkman, E., Timmons, B., Olive, J., and Eggleton, M. 2016. Largemouth Bass Fishery Characteristics and Relationships with Hydrology in the Ouachita River, Arkansas. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3: 104-111.