2024

Feng et al. 2024. Harmful algal blooms in inland waters

Zepernick et al. 2024 A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting?

Luczkovich et al. 2024 Bottom water hypoxia suppresses fish chorusing in estuaries

Zhao et al. 2024 Nitrate sources and transformations in a river-reservoir system: Response to extreme flooding and various land use

2023

Preece et al. 2023 Managing a cyanobacteria harmful algae bloom “hotspot” in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta, California

Chandra et al. 2023 The Case Study of What Is Controlling the Fabled Water Clarity of Lake Tahoe

2022

Meerhoff et al. 2022 Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back

Zhao, Xu, et al. “Meta-analysis reveals cyanotoxins risk across African inland waters.” Journal of Hazardous Materials (2023): 131160.

Peter A Thompson, Hans W Paerl, Lisa Campbell, Kedong Yin, Karlie S McDonald, Tropical cyclones: what are their impacts on phytoplankton ecology?, Journal of Plankton Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January/February 2023, Pages 180–204

Raphael M. Kudela, Meredith D. A. Howard, Stephen Monismith, Hans W. Paerl. – Status, Trends, and Drivers of Harmful Algal Blooms Along the Freshwater-to-Marine Gradient in the San Francisco Bay–Delta System. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.

Paerl, H.W. and H. Xu. 2022.  Protecting global aquatic resources from the mountains to the sea: growing need for dual nutrient (N and P) input controls along the freshwater-to-marine continuum.  Science Bulletin (in press).

Barnard and Paerl 2022 – Using dilution grazing assays to measure size-fractionated phytoplankton mortality rates across the freshwater-to-marine continuum

Plaas et al. 2022 – Harmful cyanobacterial aerosolization dynamics in the airshed of a eutrophic estuary

Zepernick et al. 2022 – Climate change and the aquatic continuum: A cyanobacterial comeback story – Zepernick – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Lu et al. 2022 water research- Cyanophycin accumulated under nitrogen-fluctuating and high-nitrogen conditions facilitates the persistent dominance and blooms of Raphidiopsis raciborskii in tropical waters

Meerhof et al. Inland waters 2022 – Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike bac

Meerhoff et al. 2022. Feedbacks between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back, Inland Waters

Hounshell et al. 2022 – Riverine Discharge and Phytoplankton Biomass Control Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter Dynamics over Spatial and Temporal Scales in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina

Lu et al.  – Cyanophycin accumulated under nitrogen-fluctuating and high-nitrogen conditions facilitates the persistent dominance and blooms of Raphidiopsis raciborskii in tropical waters

Lu et al. J. Hydrology 2022 – Storm and floods increase the duration and extent of phosphorus limitation on algal blooms in a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Fang et al. Global Change Biology preprint- 2022 – Fang – Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982‐2018

2021

Fang Global Change Biology – 2022 – Fang – Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982-2018

Duan Limnology Oceanography – 2021_- Ecological stoichiometry of functional traits in a colonial harmful cyanobacterium

Donis et al LO 2021 – Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer

Christensen et al. 2021- Ecosystem-based management for military training, biodiversity, carbon storage and climate resiliency on a complex coastal land/water-scape 

Katin et al 2021- Simulating algal dynamics within a Bayesian framework to evaluate controls on estuary productivity 

Xu et al l&O 2021- Contributions of external nutrient loading and internal cycling to cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for nutrient management 

Qin et al., 2021 – Extreme Climate Anomalies Enhancing Cyanobacterial Blooms in Eutrophic Lake Taihu, China 

Duan et al.2021 –Ecological stoichiometry of functional traits in a colonial harmful cyanobacterium  

coastalreview-org-2021-08-nc-at-a-crossroads-in-dealing-with-water-quality-challenges

Paerl & Crosswell CERF’s Up! -Expanding CERF’s Horizon: Synthesizing Human and Climatic Drivers of Change along the Freshwater to Marine Continuum  

2020

Roles of Nutrient Limitation on Western Lake Erie CyanoHAB Toxin Production_Barnard et al. 2021 Toxins

Elevated organic carbon pulses persist in estuarine environment after major storm events_Asmala et al L&O 2020

Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes_Janssen et al fwb. 2020

Plaas and Paerl ES&T cyanotoxin review – 2020

Tackling Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms with Chinese Colleagues: We’re All in  the Same Boat – 2020

Mitigating the global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms: Moving targets in a human- and climatically-altered world, Harmful Algae- 2020

Improvement in municipal wastewater treatment alters lake nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in populated regions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA- 2020

The global Microcystis interactome, Limnology and Oceanography- 2020

Perspective: Advancing the research agenda for improving understanding of cyanobacteria in a future of global change, Harmful Algae- 2020

Use of Geospatial, Hydrologic, and Geochemical Modeling to Determine the Influence of Wetland-Derived Organic Matter in Coastal Waters in Response to Extreme Weather Events- Frontiers in Marine Science- 2020

Nutrient addition bioassay and phytoplankton community structure monitored during autumn in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China- Chemosphere- 2020

2019

Nitrogen transformations differentially affect nutrient-limited primary production in lakes of varying trophic state, Limnology and Oceanography Letters- 2019

Feedback Regulation between Aquatic Microorganisms and the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, Applied and Environmental Microbiology- 2019

Why Lake Taihu continues to be plagued with cyanobacterial blooms through 10 years (2007–2017) efforts- Science Bulletin- 2019

A study of bioavailable phosphorus in the inflowing rivers of Lake Taihu, China- Aquatic Sciences- 2019

Mitigating eutrophication and toxic cyanobacterial blooms in large lakes: The evolution of a dual nutrient (N and P) reduction paradigm- Hydrobiologia- 2019

Climate exerts a greater modulating effect on the phytoplankton community after 2007 in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China: Evidence from 25 years of recordings- Ecological Indicators- 2019

Long-term trends, current status, and transitions of water quality in Chesapeake Bay- Scientific Reports- 2019

Perspective: Advancing the research agenda for improving understanding of cyanobacteria in a future of global change- Harmful Algae- 2019

Recent increase in catastrophic tropical cyclone flooding in coastal North Carolina, USA: Long-term observations suggest a regime shift- Scientific Reports- 2019

Cyanobacteria in eutrophic waters benefit from rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations- Science of the Total Environment-2019

Nutrients, eutrophication and harmful algal blooms along the freshwater to marine continuum- Wires Water-2019

Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate- Harmful Algae-2019

Mitigating a global expansion of toxic cyanobacterial blooms, confounding effects and challenges posed by climate change- CSIRO Publishing-2019

Nitrogen fixation does not automatically lead to phosphorus limitation in aquatic ecosystems-OIKOS 2019

Lingering Carbon Cycle Effects of Hurricane Matthew-AGU100 2019

Extreme weather events modulate processing and export of dissolved-Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2019

Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of different forms-Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2019

2018

Flood-driven CO2 emissions from adjacent North Carolina estuaries during-Marine Chemistry 2018

Why does N-limitation persist in the world’s marine waters- Marine Chemistry 2018

Two decades of tropical cyclone impacts on North Carolina’s estuarine carbon, nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics implications for biogeochemical cycling and water quality in a stormier world- Biogeochem 2018-

Nitrogen fixation does not axiomatically lead to phosphorus limitation in aquatic ecosystems-Oikos 2018

CO2 limited conditions favor cyanobacteria in a hypereutrophic lake-Limnology and Oceanography 2018

Extreme weather event may induce Microcystis blooms in the Qiantang River, Southeast China-Environmental Science and Pollution 2018

Cyanobacterial Blooms_NatureRM2018_earlyonline

Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins- Toxins 2018.pdf (please send request for this paper)

CyanoHABs along Continuum 2018-Mitigating the Expansion of Harmful Algal Blooms Across the Freshwater-to-Marine Continuum- Environmental Science & Technology 2018

The impact of flooding on aquatic ecosystem services- Biogeochemistry 2018

CO2 limited conditions favor cyanobacteria in a hypereutrophic lake, An empirical and theoretical stable isotope study-Limnology and Oceanography 2018

Watershed-Scale Drivers of Air-Water CO2 Exchanges in Two Lagoonal North Carolina (USA) Estuaries-Journal of Geophysical Research 2018

Eukaryotic phytoplankton community spatiotemporal dynamics as identified through gene expression within a eutrophic estuary-Environmental_Microbiology 2018

Mitigating Toxic Planktonic Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Ecosystems Facing Increasing Anthropogenic and Climatic Pressures-Toxins 2018

2017

Controlling cyanobacterial harmful blooms in freshwater ecosystems-Microbial Biotechnology 2017

Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a climatically more extreme world management options and research needs-Journal of Plankton Research 2017

Evidence for the Importance of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to Eutrophic Lake Dianchi, China-Environmental Science & Technology 2017

Formation of Low-Molecular-Weight Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Predenitrification Biological Nutrient Removal Systems and Its Impact on Eutrophication in Coastal Waters-Environmental Science & Technology 2017

Stimulation of Phytoplankton Production by Anthropogenic Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in a Coastal Plain Estuary-Environmental Science & Technology 2017

The cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation paradox in natural waters-F1000 Research 2017

The molecular ecology of Microcystis sp. blooms in the San Francisco Estuary-Environmental Microbiology 2017

Allelopathy_Cyanobacteria-Allelopathic interactions of linoleic acid and nitric oxide increase the competitive ability of Microcystis aeruginosa-The ISME Journal 2017

Carbon budget of a shallow, lagoonal estuary Transformations and source-sink dynamics along the river-estuary-ocean continuum-Limnology & Oceanography 2017

Climate Change Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Freshwaters A Screening-Level Assessment-Environmental Science & Technology 2017

Community Biological Ammonium Demand A Conceptual Model for Cyanobacteria Blooms in Eutrophic Lakes-Environmental Science & Technology 2017

2016

Impacts of Climate Change on Cyanobacteria in Aquatic Environments-Climate Change and Microbial Ecology_chapter_1_2016

It takes two to tango Environmrntal Science & Technology 2016

Long-term nutrient trends and harmful cyanobacterial bloom potential in hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China-Hydrobiologia 2016

Mitigating cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems impacted by climate change and anthropogenic nutrients-Harfmful Algae 2016

Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms strategies for control of nitrogen and phosphorus loads-Aquat Ecol 2016

Molecular insights into a dinoflagellate bloom-The ISME Journal 2016

Moving towards adaptive management of cyanotoxin-impaired water bodies-Microbial_Biotechnology 2016

Predicting Sources of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen to an Estuary from an Agro-Urban Coastal Watershed-Environmental Science & Technology

Variable climatic conditions dominate recent phytoplankton dynamics in Chesapeake Bay-Nature Reports 2016

A review of the Global ecology, genomics and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Mycrocystis spp.-Harmful Algae 2016

Duelling ‘CyanoHABs’ unravelling the environmental drivers controlling dominance and succession among diazotrophic and non-N2-fixing harmful cyanobacteria-Environmental Microbiology 2016

Dynamic, mechanistic, molecular-level modelling of cyanobacteria Anabaena and nitrogen interaction-Environmental_Microbiology 2016

EffectsofNitrogenAvailabilityandFormon PhytoplanktonGrowthinaEutrophied Estuary(NeuseRiverEstuary,NC,USA)-PLOS one 2016

Extreme Weather Events and Climate Variability Provide a Lens to How Shallow Lakes May Respond to Climate Change-Wtare 2016

Global solutions to regional problems, Collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A lake Erie case study-Harmful Algae 2016

How rising CO2 and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms-Harmful algae 2016

2015

Mesozooplankton abundance in relation to the chlorophyll maximum- ECSS 2015

Nutrient limitation dynamics examined on a multi-annual scale in Lake Taihu, China implications for controlling eutrophication and harmful algal blooms-JFE 2015

The persistence of cyanobacterial (Microcystis spp.) blooms throughout winter in Lake Taihu, China- L&O 2015

Vertical spatio-temporal patterns of Phytoplankton due to migration behaviors in two shallow, microtidal estuaries, influence on phytoplankton and structure-ECSS 2015

Controlling Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms in the Face of Climate Change- Lakeline 2015

Determining Critical Nutrient Thresholds Needed to Control Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Eutrophic Lake Taihu, China-ES&T 2015

Harmful Algal Blooms-Freshwater Algae of North America, W&S Chapter 20

Havens and Paerl 2015 ES&T Climate Change Blooms-Climate Change at a Crossroad for Control of Harmful Algal Blooms

Health Effects of Toxic Cyanobacteria in U.S. Drinking and Recreational Waters Our Current Understanding and Proposed Direction-EHR_2015

Long-Term Trends of Nutrients and Phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay- Chesapeake Trends paper 2015

2014

Effects of Nutrients, Temperature and Their Interactions on Spring Phytoplankton Community Succession in Lake Taihu, China-Plos One 2014

Environmental factors controlling colony formation in blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. in Lake Taihu, China- Harmful Algae 2014

Evolving Paradigms and Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal- E&C 2014

Extensive CO2 emissions from shallow coastal waters during passage of Hurricane Irene (August 2011) over the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the U.S.A.-L&O 2014

Green algal over cyanobacterial dominance promoted with nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a mesocosm study at Lake Taihu, China-Environmental Pollution Res 2014

Mitigating Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in a Human- and Climatically-Impacted World-Life 2014

Optical and chemical characterization of base-extracted particulate- Marine Chemistry 2014

Scientific Bases for Numerical Chlorophyll Criteria- E&C 2014

Seasonal Changes in sturine dissolved organic matter due to variable flushing time and wind-driven mixing events-EC&SS 2014

The role of tropical cyclones in stimulating cyanobacterial (Microcystis spp.) blooms in hyertrophic Lake Taihu- Harmful Algae 2014

When a Hurricane Burps an Estuary-Endeavours 2014

A study of anthropogenic and climatic disturbance of the New River- Marine Pollution Bulletin (83) 2014

Algal blooms Noteworthy nitrogen-Science-2014

Alternative Stable States in Lareg Shallow Lakes-JGLR 2014

Comment on Bachmann et al. (2013) A nonrepresentative sample cannot describe the extent of cultural eutrophication of natural lakes in the United States-L&O 2014

Controlling Cyanobacterial Blooms in Hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China Will Nitrogen Reductions Cause Replacement of Non-N2 Fixing by N2 Fixing Taxa- PLOS One 2014

Earlier and warmer springs increase blooms in Taihu-Freshwater Biology(59) 2014

Response to comments Quantification of the extent of cultural eutrophication of natural lakes in the United States-L&O 2014

Smith et al. 2014 – Comment on Bachmann no eutrophication-Comment Cultural eutrophication of natural lakes in the United States is real and widespread

2013

Growth response of Microcystis spp. to iron enrichment- Hydrobiologia 2013

Hydrologic Variability and Its Control of Phytoplankton- E&C 2013

Blooms Bite the Hand That- Science Perspective 2013

Comment An alternative interpretation of the relationship-NRC Research Press 2013

Estuarine Phytoplankton-estuarine ecology_Ch 4 2013

2012

Air-water CO2 fluxes in the microtidal Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina-Journal of Geophysical Research 2012

Climate Change, Links to Global Expansion of Harmful Bacteria-Water Research 2012

Comment An alternative interpretation of the relationship between TN to TP and Microcystins in Canadian Lakes- NRC Research Press 2012

Composition of inorganic and organic nutrient sources-Aquatic ecology 2012

Effects of climatic variability on phytoplankton community structure and bloom- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2012

Fluorescence Tracking of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter-ES&T 2012

Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms Causes, Consequences,and Controls-Microb Ecology 2012

Non-monotonic Responses of Phytoplankton Biomas Accumulation to Hydrologic Variability; A Comparison of Two Coastal Plain North Carolina Estuaries- E&C 2012

Spatiotemporal Patterns and Ecophysiology of Toxigenic Microcystis Blooms in Lake Taihu, China Implications for Water Quality Management-ES&T 2012

Evaluation of Progress in Achieving TMDL-EM 2012

2011

Allied attack climate change and eutrophication-ISL 2011

China Aims to Turn Tide Against-Taihu Science article 2011

Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a hyper-eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China); The need for a dual nutrient (N&P) management strategy- water research 2011

Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a world experiencing anthropogenic and climatic-induced change -STOTEN 2011

Determining the potential for the proliferation of the harmful cyanobacterium-Harmful Algae 2011

Facultative diazotrophy increases Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii competitiveness under fluctuating nitrogen availability-FEMSEC 2011

MERIS Retrieval of Water Quality Components in the Turbid Albemarle-Pamlico Sound Estuary, USA-Remote Sensing 2011

Nutrients in precipitation and the phytoplankton responses to enrichment in surface waters of the Albemarle Peninsula,NC, USA after the establishment of a large-scale chicken egg farm-Hydrobiologia-2011

Phylogenetic Inference of Colony Isolates Comprising Seasonal Microcystis Blooms in Lake Taihu, China-ME 2011

Primary Producers Phytoplankton Ecology and Trophic Dynamics-Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal ESCO_Coastal phytoplankton 2011

Rationale for Control of Anthropogenic Nitrogen and Phosphorus to Reduce Eutrophication of Inland Waters- ES&T 2011

Reactive Nitrogen in the United States; An Analysis of Inputs, Flows, Consquenses, and Management Options-EPA Report 2011

Structural and functional responses of microbial mats to reductions in nutient and salinity stressors in a Bahamian hypersaline laggon-Aquat Microb Ecol 2011

The relationships between nutrients, cyanobacterial toxins and the microbial community in Taihu (Lake Taihu), China- Harmful Algae 2011

Vertical migration patterns of phytoflagellates in-MEPS 2011

2010

Assessing the Response of the Pamlico Sound, North Acrolina, USA to Human and Climatic Disturbances management implications- Pamlico Sound Lagoonal Chapter 2

Environmental Dynamics, Community Structure and function in a hypersaline Microbial mat-Microbial Mats 2010

Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs control phytoplankton growth in eutrophic Lake Tahiu, China-L&O 2010

Picophytoplankton A major contributor to planktonic biomass and primary production in a eutrophic, river-dominated esturay.ecss 2010

Throwing Fuel on the Fire; Synergistic Effects of Eccesive Nitrogen Inputs and Global Warming on Harmful Alga; Blooms -EST Viewpoint 2010

2009

A Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China; Linkage to Climatic Variability and Lake Management- Environmental Management 2009

Controlling Eutrophication along the Freshwater–Marine Continuum; Dual nutrient (N and P) Reductions are Essential-E&C 2009

Controlling Eutrophication by Reducing Both Nitrogen And Phosphorus-Science 2009

Experimental analysis of the response and recovery of Zostera marina (L.) and Halodule wrightii (Ascher.) to repeated light-limitation stress-Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 369 (2009)

FerryMon; Ferry Based Monitoring and Assesment of Human and Climatically Driven Environmental Change in the Albamarle-Pamlico Sound System-E,S&T 2009

Phytoplankton Community Indicators of Short- and Longterm Longterm Ecological Change in the Anthropogenically and Climatically Impacted Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA- E&C 2009

2008

Blooms Like It Hot- Science

Co-occurrence of dinoflagellate and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida coastal waters dual nutrient (N and P) input controls-Marine Ecology Progress Series

Ecological Responses of the Neuse River–Pamlico Sound Estuarine Continuum to a Period of Elevated Hurricane Activity; Impacts of Individual Storms and Longer-Term Trends-AFS Symp manuscript

Environmental Factors Contributing to the Development and Demise of a Toxic Dinoflagellate (Karlodinium veneficum) Bloom in a Shallow, Eutrophic, Lagoonal Estuary -E&S2008

Global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in water supplies due to human development and climate change.- sustainable drinking water symp. 08

Molecular Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation in the Marine Environment-Microbial Ecology of the Oceans_ch13_2nd

Nitrogen and Marine Eutrophication-Nitrogen in the Environment -chapter 11 2008

2007

Application of Bayesian Structural equation modeling for examining phytoplankton dynamics in the Neuse Rive Estuary (North Carolina, USA)- Esturine Coastal and SHelf Science 2007

Importance of Submarine Groundwater Discharge as a Source of Nutrients for the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina-Fear et al., Estuaries & Coasts U2007_30_6_1027_1033

Morphological and Genetic Evidence that the Cyanobacterium-Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2007

Nutrient and other environmental controls of harmful cyanobacterial-ISOCHAB_ch_10_paerl

Phytoplankton Indicators of Ecological Change in the Eutrophying Pamlico Sound System, NorthCarolina-ecological applications 07