Publications

1. Biddanda, B.A. and J.B. Cotner. 2003. Enhancement of dissolved organic carbon bioavailability by sunlight and its role in the carbon cycle of Lakes Superior and Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res 9(2): 228-241. (9)
2. Biddanda, B.A. and J.B. Cotner. 2002. Love handles in aquatic ecosystems: The role of dissolved organic carbon drawdown, resuspended sediments and terrigenous inputs in the carbon balance of Lake Michigan. Ecosystems 5:431-445. electronic version. (9)
3. Biddanda, B.A., M.L. Ogdahl, and J.B. Cotner. 2001. Dominance of bacterial metabolism in oligotrophic relative to eutrophic waters. Limnol. Oceanogr 46:730-739. electronic version. (9)
4. Chen, C., L. Wang, J. Qi, H. Liu, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, H. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, T.H. Johengen, J.B. Cotner, and P.J. Lavrentyev. 2004. A modeling study of benthic detritus flux's impacts on heterotrophic proceses in Lake Michigan. J. Geophys. Res 109:C10S11, 13 pp. electronic version. (2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13)
5. Chen, C., L. Wang, R. Ji, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, H. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, and J.B. Cotner. 2004. Impacts of suspended sediment on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan: A comparison between the 1998 and 1999 plume event. J. Geophys. Res 109:C10S05, 18 pp. electronic version. (2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
6. Chen, C., R. Ji, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, M. Jiang, T.H. Johengen, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, J.W. Budd, M.H. Bundy, W. Gardner, J.B. Cotner, and P.J. Lavrentyev. 2002. A model study of the coupled biological and physical dynamics in Lake Michigan. Ecol. Modeling 152:145-168. (2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
7. Cotner, J.B. and B.A. Biddanda. 2002. Small players, large role: Microbial influence on biogeochemical processes in pelagic aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems 5(2):105-121. electronic version. (9)
8. Cotner, J.B., M.L. Ogdahl, and B.A. Biddanda. 2001. Double-stranded DNA measurement in lakes with the fluorescent stain PicoGreen and application to bacterial bioassays. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 25:65-74. electronic version. (9)
9. Cotner, J.B., T.H. Johengen, and B.A. Biddanda. 2000. Intense winter heterotrophic production stimulated by benthic resuspension. Limnology and Oceanography 45:1672-1676. (9)
10. Eadie, B.J., D. Schwab, T. Johengen, P. Lavrentyev, G. Miller, R. Holland, G. Leshkevich, M. Lansing, N. Morehead, J. Robbins, N. Hawley, D. Edgington, and P. Van Hoof. 2002. Particle transport, nutrient cycling, and algal community structure associated with a major winter-spring sediment resuspension event in southern Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res 28(3):324-337. (1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 16)
11. Gardner, W.S., P.J. Lavrentyev, J.F. Cavaletto, M.J. McCarthy, B.J. Eadie, T.H. Johengen, and J.B. Cotner. 2004. Distribution and dynamics of nitrogen and microbial plankton in southern Lake Michigan during spring transition 1999-2000. J. Geophys. Res 109:C03007, 16 pp. electronic version. (8, 9, 12)
12. Ji, R., C. Chen, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, T.H. Johengen, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, J.B. Cotner, W. Gardner, and M.H. Bundy. 2002. Influences of suspended sediments on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan: a 3-D coupled bio-physical modeling experiment. Ecol. Modeling 152:169-190. (2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
13. Millie, D.F., G.L. Fahnenstiel, S.E. Lohrenz, H.J. Carrick, T.H. Johengen, and O.M.E. Schofield. 2003. Physical-biological coupling in southern Lake Michigan: influence of episodic resuspension on phytoplankton. Aquatic Ecology 37:393-408. (9, 10)

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1. Cotner, J.B. 2001. Heterotrophic bacterial growth and nutrient limitation in large, oligotrophic lakes and oceans. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol (9)

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