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2024

  • Chaffin, J. D., Barker, K. B., Bickman, S. R., Bratton, J. F., Bridgeman, T. B., Bhatia, M., … & Westrick, J. A. (2024). An assessment of a biosensor system for the quantification of microcystins in freshwater cyanobacterial blooms. Analytical Biochemistry, 687, 115429.
  • Lu, Z., Cai, Q., Lai, S., Chen, N., Huang, L., Liu, Y., … & Wang, F. (2024). Coupling of cylindrospermopsin and pho-harboring Verrucomicrobia supports the formation of Raphidiopsis blooms in low-phosphorus waters. Water Research, 250, 121010.
  • Van de Waal, D. B., Gsell, A. S., Harris, T., Paerl, H. W., de Senerpont Domis, L. N., & Huisman, J. (2024). Hot summers raise public awareness of toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Water research, 249, 120817.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Chase, E. E., Denison, E. R., Gilbert, N. E., Truchon, A. R., Frenken, T., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2024). Declines in ice cover are accompanied by light limitation responses and community change in freshwater diatoms. The ISME Journal, wrad015.

2023

  • Stark, G. F., Truchon, A. R., Dittmann, E., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2023). Closed circular genome sequence of a Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 Δ mcyB (UTK) non-toxic mutant. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(11), e00700-23.
  • Stark, G. F., Martin, R. M., Smith, L. E., Wei, B., Hellweger, F. L., Bullerjahn, G. S., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2023). Microcystin aids in cold temperature acclimation: Differences between a toxic Microcystis wildtype and non-toxic mutant. Harmful algae, 129, 102531.
  • Yancey, C. E., Kiledal, E. A., Chaganti, S. R., Denef, V. J., Errera, R. M., Evans, J. T., … & Dick, G. J. (2023). The Western Lake Erie Culture Collection: A promising resource for evaluating the physiological and genetic diversity of Microcystis and its associated microbiome. Harmful Algae, 126, 102440.
  • Chaffin, J. D., Westrick, J. A., Reitz, L. A., & Bridgeman, T. B. (2023). Microcystin congeners in Lake Erie follow the seasonal pattern of nitrogen availability. Harmful Algae, 102466.
  • Yancey, C. E., Yu, F., Tripathi, A., Sherman, D. H., & Dick, G. J. (2023). Expression of Microcystis Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Natural Populations Suggests Temporally Dynamic Synthesis of Novel and Known Secondary Metabolites in Western Lake Erie. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(5), e02092-22.
  • Yancey, C. E., Mathiesen, O., & Dick, G. J. (2023). Transcriptionally active nitrogen fixation and biosynthesis of diverse secondary metabolites by Dolichospermum and Aphanizomenon-like Cyanobacteria in western Lake Erie Microcystis blooms. Harmful Algae, 124, 102408.
  • Zhang, J., Shi, K., Paerl, H. W., Rühland, K. M., Yuan, Y., Wang, R., … & Smol, J. P. (2023). Ancient DNA reveals potentially toxic cyanobacteria increasing with climate change. Water Research, 229, 119435.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Wilhelm, S. W., Bullerjahn, G. S., & Paerl, H. W. (2023). Climate change and the aquatic continuum: A cyanobacterial comeback story. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 15(1), 3-12.

2022

  • Laiveling, A., Nauman, C., Stanislawczyk, K., Bair, H. B., Kane, D. D., & Chaffin, J. D. (2022). Potamoplankton of the Maumee River during 2018 and 2019: The relationship between cyanobacterial toxins and environmental factors. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 48(6), 1587-1598.
  • Wilhelm, S. W., Hellweger, F. L., Martin, R. M., Schampera, C., Eigemann, F., Smith, D. J., & Dick, G. J. (2022). Response to “Model assumptions limit implications for nitrogen and phosphorus management”: The need to move beyond the phosphorus= biomass= toxin doctrine. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 48(6), 1738-1739.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Niknejad, D. J., Stark, G. F., Truchon, A. R., Martin, R. M., Rossignol, K. L., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Morphological, physiological, and transcriptional responses of the freshwater diatom Fragilaria crotonensis to elevated pH conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 1044464.
  • Hellweger, F. L., Schampera, C., Martin, R. M., Eigemann, F., Smith, D. J., Dick, G. J., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Response to Comment on “Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic”. Science, 378(6620), eade2277.
  • Den Uyl, P. A., Thompson, L. R., Errera, R. M., Birch, J. M., Preston, C. M., Ussler III, W., … & Goodwin, K. D. (2022). Lake Erie field trials to advance autonomous monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1021952.
  • Martin, R. M., Gann, E. R., Truchon, A. R., Boyer, G. L., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Metagenome-Assembled Genome of a Pseudanabaena sp. from a Crimson Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Salubria, New York, USA. Microbiology resource announcements, 11(9), e00494-22.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Truchon, A. R., Gann, E. R., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Draft genome sequence of the freshwater diatom Fragilaria crotonensis SAG 28.96. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(9), e00289-22.
  • McKindles, K. M., McKay, R. M., & Bullerjahn, G. S. (2022). Genomic comparison of Planktothrix agardhii isolates from a Lake Erie embayment. Plos one, 17(8), e0273454.
  • Marino Jr, J. A., Denef, V. J., Dick, G. J., Duhaime, M. B., & James, T. Y. (2022). Fungal community dynamics associated with harmful cyanobacterial blooms in two Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 48(4), 1021-1031.
  • Smith, D. J., Berry, M. A., Cory, R. M., Johengen, T. H., Kling, G. W., Davis, T. W., & Dick, G. J. (2022). Heterotrophic bacteria dominate catalase expression during Microcystis blooms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(14), e02544-21.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Denison, E. R., Chaffin, J. D., Bullerjahn, G. S., Pennacchio, C. P., Frenken, T., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Metatranscriptomic sequencing of winter and spring planktonic communities from Lake Erie, a Laurentian Great Lake. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(7), e00351-22.
  • Chaffin, J. D., Westrick, J. A., Furr, E., Birbeck, J. A., Reitz, L. A., Stanislawczyk, K., … & Mayali, X. (2022). Quantification of microcystin production and biodegradation rates in the western basin of Lake Erie. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(7), 1470-1483.
  • Carson, M. A., Doberneck, D. M., Hart, Z., Kelsey, H., Pierce, J. Y., Porter, D. E., … & Triezenberg, H. A. (2022). A strategic framework for community engagement in oceans and human health. Community science, 1(1), e2022CSJ000001.
  • Hellweger, F. L., Martin, R. M., Eigemann, F., Smith, D. J., Dick, G. J., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic. Science, 376(6596), 1001-1005.
  • Yancey, C. E., Smith, D. J., Den Uyl, P. A., Mohamed, O. G., Yu, F., Ruberg, S. A., … & Dick, G. J. (2022). Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic insights into population diversity of Microcystis blooms: spatial and temporal dynamics of mcy genotypes, including a partial operon that can be abundant and expressed. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(9), e02464-21.
  • Lu, Z., Ye, J., Chen, Z., Xiao, L., Lei, L., Han, B. P., & Paerl, H. W. (2022). Cyanophycin accumulated under nitrogen-fluctuating and high-nitrogen conditions facilitates the persistent dominance and blooms of Raphidiopsis raciborskii in tropical waters. Water Research, 214, 118215.
  • Pound, H. L., Martin, R. M., Zepernick, B. N., Christopher, C. J., Howard, S. M., Castro, H. F., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Changes in microbiome activity and sporadic viral infection help explain observed variability in microcosm studies. Frontiers in microbiology, 13, 809989.
  • Stark, G. F., Martin, R. M., Smith, L., Wei, B., Boyer, G. L., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Microcystin aids in photo-acclimation during prolonged cold stress treatment in Microcystis aeruginosa strain PCC7806.
  • Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Deng, J., Zhu, G., Liu, J., Hamilton, D. P., … & Ji, X. (2022). Polluted lake restoration to promote sustainability in the Yangtze River Basin, China. National Science Review, 9(1), nwab207.

2021

  • Dick, G. J., Duhaime, M. B., Evans, J. T., Errera, R. M., Godwin, C. M., Kharbush, J. J., … & Denef, V. J. (2021). The genetic and ecophysiological diversity of Microcystis. Environmental Microbiology, 23(12), 7278-7313.
  • Xu, H., Qin, B., Paerl, H. W., Peng, K., Zhang, Q., Zhu, G., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Environmental controls of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Chinese inland waters. Harmful Algae, 110, 102127.
  • Pound, H. L., Gann, E. R., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2021). A comparative study of metatranscriptomic assessment methods to characterize Microcystis blooms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19(12), 846-854.
  • Corchis-Scott, R., Geng, Q., Seth, R., Ray, R., Beg, M., Biswas, N., … & McKay, R. M. L. (2021). Averting an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a university residence hall through wastewater surveillance. Microbiology spectrum, 9(2), e00792-21.
  • Hoke, A. K., Reynoso, G., Smith, M. R., Gardner, M. I., Lockwood, D. J., Gilbert, N. E., … & Steffen, M. M. (2021). Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere. PLoS One, 16(9), e0257017.
  • Pound, H. L., Martin, R. M., Sheik, C. S., Steffen, M. M., Newell, S. E., Dick, G. J., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2021). Environmental studies of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms should include interactions with the dynamic microbiome. Environmental science & technology, 55(19), 12776-12779.
  • McKindles, K. M., Manes, M. A., McKay, R. M., Davis, T. W., & Bullerjahn, G. S. (2021). Environmental factors affecting chytrid (Chytridiomycota) infection rates on Planktothrix agardhii. Journal of Plankton Research, 43(5), 658-672.
  • Sun, D., Tang, X., Zhao, M., Zhang, Z., Hou, L., Liu, M., … & Han, P. (2021). Corrigendum: Distribution and Diversity of Comammox Nitrospira in Coastal Wetlands of China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 731921.
  • Chaffin, J. D., Bratton, J. F., Verhamme, E. M., Bair, H. B., Beecher, A. A., Binding, C. E., … & Zhou, X. (2021). The Lake Erie HABs Grab: A binational collaboration to characterize the western basin cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms at an unprecedented high-resolution spatial scale. Harmful Algae, 108, 102080.
  • Papoulis, S. E., Wilhelm, S. W., Talmy, D., & Zinser, E. R. (2021). Nutrient loading and viral memory drive accumulation of restriction modification systems in bloom-forming Cyanobacteria. Mbio, 12(3), 10-1128.
  • Qin, B., Deng, J., Shi, K., Wang, J., Brookes, J., Zhou, J., … & Wu, L. (2021). Extreme climate anomalies enhancing cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Water Resources Research, 57(7), e2020WR029371.
  • Smith, D. J., Tan, J. Y., Powers, M. A., Lin, X. N., Davis, T. W., & Dick, G. J. (2021). Individual Microcystis colonies harbour distinct bacterial communities that differ by Microcystis oligotype and with time. Environmental microbiology, 23(6), 3020-3036.
  • Duan, Z., Tan, X., Paerl, H. W., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2021). Ecological stoichiometry of functional traits in a colonial harmful cyanobacterium. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(5), 2051-2062.
  • Zepernick, B. N., Gann, E. R., Martin, R. M., Pound, H. L., Krausfeldt, L. E., Chaffin, J. D., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2021). Elevated pH conditions associated with Microcystis spp. blooms decrease viability of the cultured diatom Fragilaria crotonensis and natural diatoms in Lake Erie. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 598736.
  • McKindles, K. M., Jorge, A. N., McKay, R. M., Davis, T. W., & Bullerjahn, G. S. (2021). Isolation and characterization of Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota), obligate parasites of Planktothrix agardhii in a Laurentian Great Lakes embayment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(4), e02308-20.
  • Martin, R. M., Kausch, M., Yap, K., Wehr, J. D., Boyer, G. L., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2021). Metagenome-assembled genome sequences of raphidiopsis raciborskii and planktothrix agardhii from a cyanobacterial bloom in kissena lake, New York, USA. Microbiology resource announcements, 10(2), 10-1128.
  • Barnard, M. A., Chaffin, J. D., Plaas, H. E., Boyer, G. L., Wei, B., Wilhelm, S. W., … & Paerl, H. W. (2021). Roles of nutrient limitation on western Lake Erie cyanoHAB toxin production. Toxins, 13(1), 47.

2020

  • Pound, H. L., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2020). Tracing the active genetic diversity of Microcystis and Microcystis phage through a temporal survey of Taihu. Plos one, 15(12), e0244482.
  • Plaas, H. E., & Paerl, H. W. (2020). Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality. Environmental science & technology, 55(1), 44-64.
  • Martin, R. M., Moniruzzaman, M., Stark, G. F., Gann, E. R., Derminio, D. S., Wei, B., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2020). Episodic decrease in temperature increases mcy gene transcription and cellular microcystin in continuous cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. Frontiers in microbiology, 11, 601864.
  • Paerl, H. W. (2020). Tackling Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms with Chinese Colleagues: We’re All in the Same Boat. Journal of Phycology, 56(6), 1398-1403.
  • Paerl, H. W., Havens, K. E., Xu, H., Zhu, G., McCarthy, M. J., Newell, S. E., … & Qin, B. (2020). Mitigating eutrophication and toxic cyanobacterial blooms in large lakes: The evolution of a dual nutrient (N and P) reduction paradigm. Hydrobiologia, 847, 4359-4375. Matson, P. G., Boyer, G. L., Bridgeman, T. B., Bullerjahn, G. S., Kane, D. D., McKay, R. M., … & Davis, T. W. (2020). Physical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary. Limnology and oceanography, 65(12), 2866-2882.
  • Tan, J. Y., Wang, S., Dick, G. J., Young, V. B., Sherman, D. H., Burns, M. A., & Lin, X. N. (2020). Co-cultivation of microbial sub-communities in microfluidic droplets facilitates high-resolution genomic dissection of microbial ‘dark matter’. Integrative Biology, 12(11), 263-274.
  • Hunnell, J., Triezenberg, H., & Doberneck, D. (2020). Training early career Great Lakes scientists for effective engagement and impact. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 170(1), 19-34.
  • McKindles, K. M., Manes, M. A., DeMarco, J. R., McClure, A., McKay, R. M., Davis, T. W., & Bullerjahn, G. S. (2020). Dissolved microcystin release coincident with lysis of a bloom dominated by Microcystis spp. in western Lake Erie attributed to a novel cyanophage. Applied and environmental microbiology, 86(22), e01397-20.
  • Wilhelm, S. W., Bullerjahn, G. S., & McKay, R. M. L. (2020). The complicated and confusing ecology of Microcystis blooms. MBio, 11(3), 10-1128. McKay, R. M., Frenken, T., Diep, N., Cody, W. R., Crevecoeur, S., Dove, A., … & Zastepa, A. (2020). Bloom announcement: An early autumn cyanobacterial bloom co-dominated by Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and Planktothrix agardhii in an agriculturally-influenced Great Lakes tributary (Thames River, Ontario, Canada). Data in Brief, 30, 105585.
  • Paerl, H. W., & Barnard, M. A. (2020). Mitigating the global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms: Moving targets in a human-and climatically-altered world. Harmful Algae, 96, 101845.
  • Krausfeldt, L. E., Farmer, A. T., Castro, H. F., Boyer, G. L., Campagna, S. R., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2020). Nitrogen flux into metabolites and microcystins changes in response to different nitrogen sources in Microcystis aeruginosa NIES‐843. Environmental microbiology, 22(6), 2419-2431. Zepernick, B. N., Krausfeldt, L. E., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2020). Flaming as part of aseptic technique increases CO2 (g) and decreases pH in freshwater culture media. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 18(5), 211-219.
  • Pound, H. L., Gann, E. R., Tang, X., Krausfeldt, L. E., Huff, M., Staton, M. E., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2020). The “neglected viruses” of Taihu: abundant transcripts for viruses infecting eukaryotes and their potential role in phytoplankton succession. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 338.
  • Cook, K. V., Li, C., Cai, H., Krumholz, L. R., Hambright, K. D., Paerl, H. W., … & Zhu, G. (2020). The global Microcystis interactome. Limnology and oceanography, 65, S194-S207.

2019

  • Krausfeldt, L. E., Steffen, M. M., McKay, R. M., Bullerjahn, G. S., Boyer, G. L., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2019). Insight into the molecular mechanisms for microcystin biodegradation in Lake Erie and Lake Taihu. Frontiers in microbiology, 10, 2741.
  • Davenport, E. J., Neudeck, M. J., Matson, P. G., Bullerjahn, G. S., Davis, T. W., Wilhelm, S. W., … & McKay, R. M. L. (2019). Metatranscriptomic analyses of diel metabolic functions during a Microcystis bloom in Western Lake Erie (United States). Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 2081.
  • Wurtsbaugh, W. A., Paerl, H. W., & Dodds, W. K. (2019). Nutrients, eutrophication and harmful algal blooms along the freshwater to marine continuum. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 6(5), e1373. Martin, R. M., Moniruzzaman, M., Mucci, N. C., Willis, A., Woodhouse, J. N., Xian, Y., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2019). Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Virus and host: genomic characterization and ecological relevance. Environmental microbiology, 21(6), 1942-1956.
  • Krausfeldt, L. E., Farmer, A. T., Castro Gonzalez, H. F., Zepernick, B. N., Campagna, S. R., & Wilhelm, S. W. (2019). Urea is both a carbon and nitrogen source for Microcystis aeruginosa: tracking 13C incorporation at bloom pH conditions. Frontiers in microbiology, 10, 1064.
  • Paerl, H. W., Havens, K. E., Hall, N. S., Otten, T. G., Zhu, M., Xu, H., … & Qin, B. (2019). Mitigating a global expansion of toxic cyanobacterial blooms: confounding effects and challenges posed by climate change. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(5), 579-592.
  • Smith, Z. J., Martin, R. M., Wei, B., Wilhelm, S. W., & Boyer, G. L. (2019). Spatial and temporal variation in paralytic shellfish toxin production by benthic Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei in a freshwater New York lake. Toxins, 11(1), 44.

2018

  • Kramer, B. J., Davis, T. W., Meyer, K. A., Rosen, B. H., Goleski, J. A., Dick, G. J., … & Gobler, C. J. (2018). Nitrogen limitation, toxin synthesis potential, and toxicity of cyanobacterial populations in Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie River Estuary, Florida, during the 2016 state of emergency event. PLoS One, 13(5), e0196278.
  • Peng, G., Martin, R. M., Dearth, S. P., Sun, X., Boyer, G. L., Campagna, S. R., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2018). Seasonally relevant cool temperatures interact with N chemistry to increase microcystins produced in lab cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843. Environmental science & technology, 52(7), 4127-4136.
  • Chaffin, J. D., Davis, T. W., Smith, D. J., Baer, M. M., & Dick, G. J. (2018). Interactions between nitrogen form, loading rate, and light intensity on Microcystis and Planktothrix growth and microcystin production. Harmful Algae, 73, 84-97.

2017

  • Steffen, M. M., Davis, T. W., McKay, R. M. L., Bullerjahn, G. S., Krausfeldt, L. E., Stough, J. M., … & Wilhelm, S. W. (2017). Ecophysiological examination of the Lake Erie Microcystis bloom in 2014: linkages between biology and the water supply shutdown of Toledo, OH. Environmental science & technology, 51(12), 6745-6755.