Publications

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Selected Publications

BJP Shaw, DB Ryves, H Glanville, EB Young, J Millett. Culturable endophytes from carnivorous plant traps in the UK: commonality of endophyte species across host species and sites. In Review.

Cagle G. McGrew A, Baiser B, Record S, Gotelli N, Gravel D,  Bittleston L, Gray S, Young EB,  Freedman Z.  Bacterial community assembly at the continental scale: Insights from the northern pitcher plant  Sarracenia purpurea model system. In revision.

Trevathan-Tackett S, Kepfer RS, Malerba M, Macreadie P, Djukic I, Zhao J, Young, Erica et al. Climate effects on belowground decomposition depend on ecosystem and organic matter types in global wetlands. In revision.

Bernardin JR, EB Young, SM Gray, LS Bittleston. Microbial community function increases host plant leaf growth in a pitcher plant experimental system. bioRxiv, 2024.01. 30.578016. In revision.

Sun PF et al. An acidophilic fungus is integral to prey digestion in a carnivorous plant. Accepted.

Arellano AA, Young EB, Coon KR. 2024. An inquiline mosquito modulates microbial diversity and function in an aquatic microecosystem. Molecular Ecology  33(6):e17314

Berges, John A., Young, Erica B., Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee, and Taylor, Alison R. 2022 Chapter 14: From genes to ecosystems: using molecular information from diatoms to understand ecological processes. Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology: Applications of Emerging Technologies.
Strzepek, Robert, Nunn, Brook, Bach, Lennart, Berges, John A., Young, Erica B., and Boyd, Philip. 2022. The ongoing need for rates: can physiology and omics come together to co-design the measurements needed to understand complex ocean biogeochemistry? Journal of Plankton Research fbac026.
Young, Erica B., Reed, Lindsay A., and Berges, John A. 2022. Growth parameters and responses of green algae across a gradient of phototrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions  PEER J 10:e13776.
Fremin, Brayon J., Bhatt, Ami S., Kyrpides, Nikos C., Global Phage Small Open Reading Frame (GP-SmORF) Consortium. 2022. Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes Cell Reports 39: 110984.
Grothjan, JJ., and Young, EB. 2022. Bacterial recruitment to carnivorous pitcher plant communities: identifying sources influencing plant microbiome composition and function. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.791079.
Bittleston, LS, Freedman, Z, Bernadin, JR, Grothjan, JJ., Young, EB., Record, S, Baiser, B, and Gray, S. 2021. Exploring microbiome functional dynamics through space and time with trait-based theory. mSystems 6.4: e00530-21.
Berges, John A., Driskill, Allison M., Guinn, Emily J., Pokrzywinski, Kaytee, Quinlan, Jessica, von Korff, Benjamin, and Young, Erica B 2021. Role of nearshore benthic algae in the Lake Michigan silica cycle. PLOS one 16: e0256838.
Wang, Zixuan, He, Zhen, and Young, Erica B. 2020. Toward enhanced performance of integrated photo-bioelectrochemical systems: Taxa and functions in bacteria-algae communities. Current Opinions in Chemical Biology 59: 130-139.
Nayfach, Stephen, Roux…part of IMG consortium),… and Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley. 2020. A Genomic Catalogue of Earth’s Microbiomes. Nature Biotechnology 39: 499–509
Donnelly, Alison C., Yu, Rong, Rheberg, Chloe, Meyer, Gretchen A., and Young, Erica B. 2020. Leaf chlorophyll estimates of temperate deciduous shrubs during autumn senescence using a SPAD-502 meter and calibration with extracted chlorophyll. Annals of Forest Sciences 77.30.
Luo, Shuai, Waller, Lucas, Badgely, Brian, He, Zhen, and Young, Erica B. 2020. Effects of bacterial inoculation and nitrogen loading on bacterial-algal consortium composition and functions in an integrated photobioelectrochemical system. Science of The Total Environment716: 137135.
Kozik, Christine, Young, Erica B., Sandgren, Craig D., and Berges, John A 2019. Cell death in individual freshwater phytoplankton species: relationships with population dynamics and environmental factors. European Journal of Phycology 54: 369-379.
Grothjan, Jacob J., and Young, Erica B. 2019. Diverse microbial communities hosted by the model carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea: Analysis of both bacterial and eukaryotic composition across distinct host plant populations PEER J 7:e6392.
Young, Erica B., Sielicki, Jessica R., and Grothjan, Jacob J. 2018. Regulation of hydrolytic enzyme activity in aquatic microbial communities hosted by carnivorous pitcher plants. Microbial Ecology76: 885-898.
Hanson, Alicia M., Berges, John A., and Young, Erica B. 2017. Virus diversity and relationship to bacteria and chlorophyll across a freshwater trophic gradient in the Lake Michigan watershed.  Hydrobiologia 741: 93-108.
Luo, Shuai, Berges, John A., He, Zhen, and Young, Erica B. 2017. Algal-Microbial Community Collaboration for Energy Recovery and Nutrient Remediation from Wastewater in Integrated Photo-Bioelectrochemical Systems.  Algal Research.
Young, Erica B., and Berges, John A. 2016. Nitrate reductase: a nexus of disciplines, organisms and metabolism” Aquatic Nutrient Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology: A Dual Perspective Ed. Glibert, Patricia.
Berg, Jason A., Meyer, Gretchen A., and Young, Erica B. 2016. Propagule pressure and environmental conditions interact to determine establishment success of and invasive plant species, glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus), across five different wetland habitat types  Biological Invasions 18: 1363-1373.
Young, Erica B., and Berges, John A. 2016. Nitrogen stress in the marine environment: from scarcity to surfeit. Stressors in the Marine Environment: physiological responses and ecological implications. Ed. Solan, Martin.
Lee, Philip O., McLellan, Sandra, Graham, Linda E., and Young, Erica B. 2015. Invasive Dreissenid mussels and benthic algae in Lake Michigan: Characterizing the effects on sediment bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91.1: 1-12.

Choi CJ, and Young EB. 2012. Rapid Detection of Dissolved Toxins Using Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: Variable Responses Among Diverse Freshwater Microalgae. Water Research 46: 26 1 5 -2 6 2 6.

Zulfikly S, Hanshew A. Young EB, Lee P, Graham ME, Graham ME, Piotrowski M,  Graham LE. 2012. The epiphytic microbiota of the globally widespread macroalga Cladophora glomerata (Chlorophyla, Cladophorales). American Journal of Botany 99: 1541-1552. 

Young EB, Tucker RC, Pansch L. 2010. Alkaline phosphatase in freshwater Cladophora-epiphyte assemblages: cell specific staining conditions and regulation in response to phosphorus supply. Journal of Phycology 46:93 – 101.

Young EB, Berges JA and Dring MJ. 2009. Physiological responses of marine intertidal algae to N deprivation and resupply of nitrate and ammonium. Physiologia Plantarum 135: 400–411. Cover Image

Mills JE, Reinartz J, Meyer GA and Young EB. 2009. Consequences of glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) invasion of a large wetland complex. Biological Invasions. 11: 1803-1820.

Young EB and Janssen J. 2009. Ecological Processes across the salinity divide: Contrasts and comparisons in marine and Great Lakes ecosystems. Invited Review for Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 90: 115-133.

Bott T, Meyer GA and Young EB. 2008. Nutrient limitation and morphological plasticity of the carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea in contrasting wetland environments. New Phytologist 180: 631-641. Cover image

Young EB, Dring MJ and Berges JA. 2007. Intertidal Fucus species show novel patterns of nitrate reductase activity, unaffected by irradiance and ammonium. Journal of Phycology 43:1200 – 1208.

Young EB, Dring MJ, Savidge G, Birkett DA and Berges JA. 2007. Seasonal variations in nitrate reductase activity and internal N pools in intertidal brown algae are correlated with ambient nitrate concentrations. Plant Cell and Environment 30: 764-774.

Young EB and Beardall J. 2005. Modulation of photosynthesis and inorganic carbon acquisition in a marine microalga by nitrogen, iron and light availability. Canadian Journal of Botany CCM Issue. 83: 917-928.

Young E, van Elven B, Lavery P, Berges J and Dring M. 2005. Inorganic nitrogen profiles in seagrass meadows and spatial patterns of nitrate reductase activity in macroalgal epiphytes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 288: 103-114.

Young E, Bootsma H and Berges J. 2004. Can Activity of Enzymes Involved in Nutrient Assimilation be Useful as Indices of Nutrient Status in Cladophora? ‘Cladophora Research and Management in the Great Lakes’ A Workshop at the Great Lakes WATER Institute, UWM, Dec 8, 2004. http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/GLWI/cladophora/page_report.html

Bootsma H, Young EB and Berges JA. 2004. Temporal and spatial patterns of Cladophora biomass and nutrient stoichiometry in Lake Michigan. Cladophora Research and Management in the Great Lakes’ A Workshop at the Great Lakes WATER Institute, UWM, December 8, 2004. http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/GLWI/cladophora/page_report.html

Young E and Beardall J. (2003) Photosynthetic function in Dunaliella tertiolecta during a nitrogen starvation and recovery cycle. Journal of Phycology 39: 897-905.

Young E and Beardall J. 2003. Transient perturbations in chlorophyll a fluorescence elicited by nitrogen re-supply to nitrogen-stressed microalgae: distinct responses to NO3- versus NH4+. Journal of Phycology 39: 332-342.

Young E, Giordano M and Beardall J. 2001. Inorganic carbon acquisition by Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyta) involves external carbonic anhydrase and direct HCO3- utilisation (insensitive to the anion exchange inhibitor DIDS). European Journal of Phycology 36: 81-88.

Beardall J, Young E and Roberts S. 2001. Interactions between nutrient uptake and cellular metabolism: approaches for determining algal nutrient status. Aquatic Sciences. 63 (1) 44-69.

McMahon K, Young E, Montgomery S, Cosgrove J, Wilshaw J and Walker DI . 1998. Status of a shallow seagrass system, Geographe Bay, southwestern Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of W.A. 80: 255-262.

Giordano M, Young E and Beardall J. 1997. Evidence for the absence of a DIDS-sensitive Anion-Exchange type HCO3- transporter in Dunaliella tertiolecta. Plant Physiology 114: 1103 Suppl. S Jul 1997.

Beardall J, Young E and Roberts S. 1995. Interactions between photosynthesis and the acquisition of N and P in Dunaliella. In P.Mathis (Ed) ‘Photosynthesis : from Light to Biosphere” Vol. V pp435-438. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Johansson S, Wide M, Young E and Lindblad P. 1993. Expression of alkaline phosphatase in mature mouse placenta visualised by in situ hybridization and enzyme histochemistry. Anatomy and Embryology 187: 409-414.

Atkins CA, Storer PJ and Young EB. 1991. Translocation of nitrogen and expression of nodule-specific uricase (nodulin-35) in Robinia pseudoacacia. Physiologia Plantarum 83: 483-491.