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Gray PC, Savelyev I, Cassar N, Lévy M, Boss E, Lehahn Y, Bourdin G, Thompson KA, Windle A, Gronniger J, Floge S, Hunt DE, Silsbe G, Johnson ZI, Johnston DW (2024). Evidence for Kilometer-Scale Biophysical Features at the Gulf Stream Front. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 129: e2023JC020526. DOI: 10.1029/2023JC020526

Gronniger JL, Gray PC, Niebergall AK, Johnson ZI and Hunt DE (2023). A Gulf Stream frontal eddy harbors a distinct microbiome compared to adjacent waters. PLOS ONE 18(11): e0293334. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0293334

Field HR, Sawyer AH, Welch SA, Benefiel RK, Mathie DM, Hood JM, Pawlowski ED, Karwan DL, Kreiling RM, Johnson ZI, Hanrahan BR, King KW (2023). Importance of Dense Aquatic Vegetation in Seasonal Phosphate and Particle Transport in an Agricultural Headwater Stream. Water Resources Research. 59(9):e2022WR033782. DOI: 10.1029/2022WR033782

Kalia S, Magnuson AD, Sun T, Liu G, Kim WK, Johnson Z, Lei XG (2023). Supranutrition of microalgal docosahexaenoic acid and calcidiol improved growth performance, tissue lipid profiles, and tibia characteristics of broiler chickens. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 14: 27. DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00842-3

Greene CH, Scott-Buechler CM, Hausner ALP, Johnson ZI, Lei XG, Huntley ME (2022). Transforming the Future of Marine Aquaculture: A Circular Economy Approach. Oceanography 35: 26-34. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2022.213

Gronniger JL, Wang Z, Brandt GR, Ward CS, Tsementzi D, Mu H, Gu J, Johnson ZI, Konstantinidis KT, Hunt DE (2022). Rapid changes in coastal ocean microbiomes uncoupled with shifts in environmental variables. Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16086

Xie N, Wang Z, Hunt DE, Johnson ZI, He Y, Wang G (2022). Niche Partitioning of Labyrinthulomycete Protists Across Sharp Coastal Gradients and Their Putative Relationships With Bacteria and Fungi. Frontiers in Microbiology 13. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.906864

Bai M, Xie N, He Y, Li J, Collier JL, Hunt DE, Johnson ZI, Jiao N, Wang G (2022). Vertical community patterns of Labyrinthulomycetes protists reveal their potential importance in the oceanic biological pump. Environmental Microbiology 24: 1703-1713. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15709

Lu Z, Beal CM, Johnson ZI (2022). Comparative performance and technoeconomic analyses of two microalgae harvesting systems evaluated at a commercially relevant scale. Algal Research 64: 102667. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102667

Neave EF, Seim H, Gifford SM, Torano O, Johnson ZI, Páez-Rosas D, Marchetti (2022) A Protistan plankton communities in the Galápagos Archipelago respond to changes in deep water masses resulting from the 2015/16 El Niño  Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15863

Duan Y, Xie N, Wang Z, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE, Wang G (2021). Patchy Distributions and Distinct Niche Partitioning of Mycoplankton Populations across a Nearshore to Open Ocean Gradient. Microbiology Spectrum 9: e01470-01421. DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.01470-21

Loftus SE, Johnson ZI (2021). Developments in commercial scale farming of microalgae and seaweeds. In: Lei XG (ed). Seaweed and microalgae as alternative sources of protein. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing: Cambridge, UK. p 344. DOI: 10.19103/AS.2021.0091.07

Sun T, Wang K, Wyman B, Sudibyo H, Liu G, Beal C, Manning S, Johnson ZI, Aydemir TB, Tester JW, Lei XG (2021). Supplemental dietary full-fatted and defatted Desmodesmus sp. exerted similar effects on growth performance, gut health, and excreta hydrothermal liquefaction of broiler chicks. Algal Research 54: 102205. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102205

Xie N, Hunt DE, Johnson ZI, He Y, Wang G (2021). Annual Partitioning Patterns of Labyrinthulomycetes Reveal Their Multifaceted Role in Marine Microbial Food Webs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology: AEM.01652-01620. DOI: 10.1128/aem.01652-20

Marra JF, Barber RT, Barber E, Bidigare RR, Chamberlin WS, Goericke R, Hargreaves BR, Hiscock M, Iturriaga R, Johnson ZI, Kiefer DA, Kinkade C, Knudson C, Lance V, Langdon C, Lee Z-P, Perry MJ, Smith WO, Vaillancourt R, Zoffoli L (2020). A database of ocean primary productivity from the 14C method. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10175

Loftus SE, Hunt DE, Johnson ZI (2020). Reused cultivation water from a self-inhibiting alga does not inhibit other algae but alters their microbiomes. Algal Research 51: 102067. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.102067

Wang Z, Tsementzi D, Williams TC, Juarez DL, Blinebry SK, Garcia NS, Sienkiewicz BK, Konstantinidis KT, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE (2020). Environmental stability impacts the differential sensitivity of marine microbiomes to increases in temperature and acidity. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00748-2

Doo SS, Kealoha A, Andersson A, Cohen AL, Hicks TL, Johnson ZI, Long MH, McElhany P, Mollica N, Shamberger KEF, Silbiger NJ, Takeshita Y, Busch DS (2020). The challenges of detecting and attributing ocean acidification impacts on marine ecosystems. ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa094

Hall ER, Wickes L, Burnett LE, Scott GI, Hernandez D, Yates KK, Barbero L, Reimer JJ, Baalousha M, Mintz J, Cai W-J, Craig JK, DeVoe MR, Fisher WS, Hathaway TK, Jewett EB, Johnson Z, Keener P, Mordecai RS, Noakes S, Phillips C, Sandifer PA, Schnetzer A, Styron J (2020). Acidification in the U.S. Southeast: Causes, Potential Consequences and the Role of the Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network. Frontiers in Marine Science 7. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00548

Lu Z, Loftus S, Sha J, Wang W, Park MS, Zhang X, Johnson ZI, Hu Q (2020). Water reuse for sustainable microalgae cultivation: Current knowledge and future directions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 161: 104975. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104975

Sagues WJ, Assis CA, Hah P, Sanchez DL, Johnson Z, Acharya M, Jameel H, Park S (2019). Decarbonizing Agriculture through the Conversion of Animal Manure to Dietary Protein and Ammonia Fertilizer. Bioresource Technology: 122493. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122493

Wang Z, Juarez DL, Pan J-F, Blinebry SK, Gronniger J, Clark JS, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE (2019) Microbial communities across nearshore to offshore coastal transects are primarily shaped by distance and temperature. Environ Microbiol. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14734

Loftus SE, Johnson ZI (2019). Reused Cultivation Water Accumulates Dissolved Organic Carbon and Uniquely Influences Different Marine Microalgae. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 7. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00101

Hogle SL, Dupont CL, Hopkinson BM, King AL, Buck KN, Roe KL, Stuart RK, Allen AE, Mann EL, Johnson ZI, Barbeau KA (2018). Pervasive iron limitation at subsurface chlorophyll maxima of the California Current. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 201813192. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813192115

Gong Y, Bandara T, Huntley M, Johnson ZI, Dias J, Dahle D, Sørensen M, Kiron V (2018). Microalgae Scenedesmus sp. as a potential ingredient in low fishmeal diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Aquaculture. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.11.049

Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report. [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M. A. Mayes, R. G. Najjar, S. C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 878 pp. DOI: 10.7930/SOCCR2.2018

Duan Y, Xie N, Song Z, Ward CS, Yung C-M, Hunt DE, Johnson ZI, Wang G (2018). High-resolution Time-series Reveals Seasonal Patterns of Planktonic Fungi at a Temperate Coastal Ocean Site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA). Applied & Environmental Microbiology. DOI:10.1128/aem.00967-18

Xie N, Sen B, Song Z , Zhao Y , Chen Z , Shi W , Zhang Y , Zhang J , Johnson ZI and Wang G (2018), High phylogenetic diversity and abundance pattern of Labyrinthulomycete protists in the coastal waters of the Bohai Sea. Environmental Microbiology. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.14341

Beal CB, Archibald I, Huntley ME, Greene CH, Johnson ZI (2018) Integrating Algae with Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (ABECCS) Increases Sustainability. Earth’s Future. DOI: 10.1002/2017EF000704

Prairie JC, Ziervogel K, Camassa R, McLaughlin RM, White BL, Johnson ZI, Arnosti C (2017) Ephemeral aggregate layers in the water column leave lasting footprints in the carbon cycle. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10053

Ma L, Calfee BC, Morris JJ, Johnson ZI, Zinser ER (2017). Degradation of hydrogen peroxide at the ocean/’s surface: the influence of the microbial community on the realized thermal niche of Prochlorococcus. ISME J. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.182

Gainer PJ, Pound HL, Larkin AA, LeCleir GR, DeBruyn JM, Zinser ER, Johnson ZI, Wilhelm SW (2017). Contrasting seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean. PLOS ONE 12: e0184371. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184371

He Y, Sen B, Shang J, He Y, Xie N, Zhang Y, Johnson ZI and Wang G. (2017) Seasonal influence of scallop culture on nutrient flux, bacterial pathogens and bacterioplankton diversity across estuaries off the Bohai Sea Coast of Northern China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.062

Liu Y, Singh P, Liang Y, Li J, Xie N, Song Z, Daroch M, Leng K, Johnson ZI, Wang G (2017). Abundance and Molecular Diversity of Thraustochytrids in Coastal Waters of Southern China FEMS Microbiol Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix070

Loftus SE and Johnson ZI (2017) Cross-study analysis of factors affecting algae cultivation in recycled medium for biofuel production. Algal Research DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.03.007

Cohen NR, Ellis K, Burns WG, Lampe RH, Schuback N, Johnson Z, Sañudo-Wilhelmy S, Marchett A (2017). Iron and vitamin interactions in marine diatom isolates and natural assemblages of the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Limnology & Oceanography DOI: 10.1002/lno.10552

Johnson ZI, Bidigare RR, Blinebry SK, Brown SL, Cullen JJ, Loftus SE, Redalje DG, Swink C, Van Mooy BAS (2017). Screening for lipids from marine microalgae using Nile Red in Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Series. Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Production of Fuels and Chemicals Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31421-1_382-1

Ward CD, Yung C-M, Davis KM, Blinebry SK, Williams TC, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE (2017). Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria. ISME J. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.4

Greene CH, Huntley ME, Archibald I, Gerber LN, Sills DL, Granados J, Tester JW, Beal CM, Walsh MJ, Bidigare RR, Brown SL, Cochlan WP, Johnson ZI, Lei XG, Machesky SC, Redalje DG, Richardson RE, Kiron V, and Corless V (2016). Marine microalgae: Climate, energy, and food security from the sea. Oceanography 29(4). DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.91

Walsh MJ, Gerber Van-Doren L, Sills DL, Archibald I, Beal CM, Lei XG, Huntley ME, Johnson Z & Greene CH (2016). Algal food and fuel coproduction can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions while improving land and water-use efficiency. Environmental Research Letters 11:114006.

Yung C-M, Ward CS, Davis KM, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE (2016). Diverse and temporally-variable particle-associated microbial communities are insensitive to bulk seawater environmental parameters. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00395-16

McMurray SE, Johnson ZI, Hunt DE, Pawlik JR, Finelli CM (2016). Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency. Limnology & Oceanography. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10287

Morris JJ, Johnson ZI, Wilhelm SW, Zinser ER (2016). Diel regulation of hydrogen peroxide defenses by open ocean microbial communities. Journal of Plankton Research. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbw016

Larkin AA, Blinebry SK, Howes C, Lin Y, Loftus SE, Schmaus CA, Zinser ER and Johnson ZI (2016). Niche partitioning and biogeography of high light adapted Prochlorococcus across taxonomic ranks in the North Pacific. ISME J. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.244

Chandler JW, Lin Y, Gainer PJ, Post AF, Johnson ZI, Zinser ER (2016). Variable but persistent coexistence of Prochlorococcus ecotypes along temperature gradients in the ocean’s surface mixed layer. Environmental Microbiology Reports. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12378

Yates K, Turley C, Hopkinson B, Todgham A, Cross J, Greening H, Van Hooidonk R, Williamson P, Deheyn DD, Johnson Z (2015). Transdisciplinary science: a path to understanding the impacts of ocean acidification on ecosystems and society. Oceanography 28(2):212–225 DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.43

Kopf A et al. 2015. The ocean sampling day consortium. GigaScience 4:27 DOI: 10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5

Ribalet F, Swalwell JE, Clayton S, Jimenez V, Sudek S, Lin Y, Johnson ZI, Worden AZ, and Armbrust EV (2015) Light-driven synchrony of Prochlorococcus growth and mortality in the north Pacific gyre. PNAS DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424279112

Huntley ME, Johnson ZI, Brown SL, Sills DL, Gerber L, Archibald I, Machesky SC, Granados J, Beal C & Greene CH 2015. Demonstrated large-scale production of marine microalgae for fuels and feed. Algal Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.04.016

Johnson ZI, Martiny AC. 2015. Techniques for Quantifying Phytoplankton Biodiversity. Annual Review of Marine Science 7. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015902

Yung C-M, Vereen MK, Herbert A, Davis KM, Yang J, Kantorowska A, Ward CS, Wernegreen JJ, Johnson ZI & Hunt DE 2015. Thermally adaptive tradeoffs in closely-related marine bacterial strains. Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12714

Dupont C, Valas R, McCrow J, Moustafa A, Walworth N, Goodenough U, Roth R, Hogle S, Bai J, Johnson ZI, Mann E, Palenik B, Barbeau K, Venter JC, Allen AE(2015). Genomes and gene expression across light and productivity gradients in eastern subtropical Pacific microbial communities ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.198

Wang X, Singh P, Gao Z, Zhang X, Johnson ZI, Wang G. 2014. Distribution and Diversity of Planktonic Fungi in the West Pacific Warm Pool. PLoS ONE 9:e101523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101523

Johnson ZI, Wheeler BJ, Blinebry SK, Carlson CM, Ward CS, and Hunt DE (2013), Dramatic variability of the carbonate system at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) is regulated by physical and biogeochemical processes on multiple timescales, PLoS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0085117

Johnson ZI, and DW Johnston (2013), Smartphones: Powerful Tools for Geoscience Education, Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94(47), 433-434. DOI: 10.1002/2013EO470001

Jiao N, Luo T, Zhang R, Yan W, Lin Y, Johnson ZI, Tian J, Yuan, D, Yang Q, Sun J, Hu D and Wang P (2013) Presence of Prochlorococcus in the aphotic waters of the western Pacific Ocean, Biogeosciences Discuss. 10, 9345-9371, DOI:10.5194/bgd-10-9345-2013, 2013

Lin Y, Gazsi K, Lance VP, Larkin A, Chandler J, Zinser ER, and Johnson ZI (2013) In situ activity of a dominant Prochlorococcus ecotype (eHL-II) from rRNA content and cell size. Environmental Microbiology. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.12135

Bittar TB, Lin Y, Sassano LR, Wheeler BJ, Brown SL, Cochlan WP and Johnson ZI (2013) Carbon allocation under light and nitrogen resource gradients in two model marine phytoplankton. Journal of Phycology 49(3) 523-535. DOI 10.1111/jpy.12060

Hunt DE, Lin Y, Church MJ, Karl DM, Izzo LK, Tringe SG and Johnson ZI (2013) The relationship between abundance and specific activity of bacterioplankton in open ocean surface waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79(1) 177-184 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02155-12

Ferrón, S; Ho, D; Johnson, Z; Huntley, M (2012) Air-water fluxes of N2O and CH4 during microalgae cultivation (Staurosira sp.) in an open raceway pond. Environmental Science & Technology 46(19) 10842-10848 DOI: 10.1021/es302396jy

Ritchie AE and Johnson ZI (2012) Abundance and genetic diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria of coastal regions of the Pacific Ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(8) 2858-2866 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06268-11

Rowe JM, DeBruyn JM, Poorvin L, LeCleir GR, Johnson ZI, Zinser ER and Wilhelm SR (2012) Viral and bacterial abundance and production in the Western pacific Ocean and the relation to other oceanic realms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 72(2) 359–370 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01223.x

Morris JJ, Johnson ZI, Szul MJ, Keller M, Zinser ER (2011) Dependence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on hydrogen peroxide scavenging microbes for growth at the ocean’s surface. PLoS One 6(2) e16805.

Ringuet S, Sassano L, Johnson ZI (2011) A suite of microplate reader-based colorimetric methods to quantify ammonium, nitrate, orthophosphate and silicate concentrations for aquatic nutrient monitoring . Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13(2) 370-376.

Johnson ZI, Shyam R, Ritchie AE, Mioni C, Lance VP, Murray JW, Zinser ER (2010) The effects of iron- and light-limitation on phytoplankton communities of deep chlorophyll maxima of the Western Pacific Ocean. Journal of Marine Research 68(2): 283-308.

Marchetti A, Varela DE, Lance VP, Johnson Z, Palmucci M, Giordano M, and Armbrust EV (2010) Iron and silic acid effects on phytoplankton productivity, diversity and chemical composition in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. Limnology Oceanography 55: 11-29.

Gao Z, Johnson ZI and Wang G (2010) Molecular Characterization of the Spatial Diversity and Novel Lineages of Mycoplankton in Hawaiian Coastal Waters. ISME Journal 4:111-120 doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.87

Johnson ZI and Lin Y (2009) Prochlorococcus: approved for export. PNAS 106, 10400-10401.

GY Wang and ZI Johnson (2009).Impact of parasitic fungi on the diversity and functional ecology of marine phytoplankton. In F. Columbus (ed.), Marine Phytoplankton.Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.

Zinser ER, Lindell D, Johnson ZI, Futschik ME, Steglich C, Coleman ML, Wright MA, Rector T, Steen R, McNulty N, Thompson LR, SW Chisholm (2009) Choreography of the transcriptome photophysiology, and cell cycle of a minimal photoautotroph, Prochlorococcus. PLoS ONE 4(4) e5135.

Morris JJ, Kirkegaard R, Johnson ZI, Zinser EZ (2008) Robust growth of Prochlorococcus colonies and dilute liquid cultures: facilitation by “helper” heterotrophic bacteria.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 4530-4534.

Hiscock MR, Lance VP, Apprill AM, Bidigare RR, Johnson ZI, Mitchell BG, Smith WO, Barber RT (2008) Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of the Southern Ocean phytoplankton response to iron. PNAS 105, 4775-4780.

Johnson ZI and Sheldon TL (2007) A high-throughput method to measure photosynthesis-irradiance curves of phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 5, 417-424.

Zinser ER, Johnson ZI, Coe A, Karaca E, Veneziano D, Chisholm SW. (2007) Influence of light and temperature on Prochlorococcus ecotype distributions in the Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography 52, 2205-2220.

Johnson ZI, Zinser ER, Coe A, McNulty NP, Woodward EMS, Chisholm SW. (2006) Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients Science 311, 1737-1740.

Tolonen AC, Aach J, Lindell D, Johnson ZI, Rector T, Church GM, Chisholm SW. (2006) Global gene expression of Prochlorococcus ecotypes in response to changes in nitrogen availability. Nature-EMBO Molecular Systems Biology 2, 53

Zinser E, Coe A, Johnson ZI, Martiny A, Fuller NJ, Scanlan D, and Chisholm SW. (2006) Prochlorococcus ecotype abundances in the North Atlantic Ocean revealed by an improved quantitative PCR method. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, 723-732.

Lindell D, Jaffe J, Johnson ZI, Church G, Chisholm SW (2005) Photosynthesis genes in marine viruses yield proteins during host infection. Nature 438, 86-89.

Johnson Z (2004) Development and application of the background irradiance gradient – single turnover fluorometer (BIG- STf). Marine Ecology Progress Series 283, 73-80.

Johnson Z and Chisholm S (2004) Properties of overlapping genes are conserved across microbial genomes. Genome Research 14, 2268-2272.

Lindell D, Sullivan M, Johnson Z, Tolonen A, Rohwer F, Chisholm SW (2004) Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses. PNAS 101, 11013-11018.

Coale K, K Johnson, F Chavez, K Buesseler, R Barber, M Brzezinski, W Cochlan, F Millero, P Falkowski, J Bauer, R Wanninkhof, R Kudela, M Altabet, B Hales, T Takahashi, M Landry, R Bidigare, X Wang, Z Chase, P Strutton, G Friederich, M Gorbunov, V Lance, A Hilting, M Hiscock, M Demarest, W Hiscock, F Sullivan, S Tanner, R Gordon, C Hunter, V Elrod, S Fitzwater, J Jones, S Tozzi, M Koblizek, A Roberts, J Herndon, J Brewster, N Ladizinsky, G Smith, D Cooper, D Timothy, S Brown, K Selph, C Sheridan, B Twining, Z Johnson (2004) Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon Cycling in High- and Low- Si Waters. Science 304, 408-414.

Rocap G, F Larimer, J Lamerdin, S Malfatti, P Chain, N Ahlgren, A Arellano, M Coleman, L Hauser, W Hess, Z Johnson, M Land, D Lindell, A Post, W Regala, M Shah, S Shaw, C Steglich, M Sullivan, C Ting, A Tolonen, E Webb, E Zinser, S Chisholm (2003). Microbial niche differentiation viewed from whole genome comparison of two Prochlorococcus ecotypes. Nature 424, 1042-1047.

Johnson Z and RT Barber (2003) Analysis and interpretation of the reduction of quantum yield of photosynthesis at low irradiances. Photosynthesis Research 75, 85-95

Johnson Z, RT Barber, J Marra, RR Bidigare, R Goericke, C Trees (2002) Photosynthetic Physiology and Forcing in the Arabian Sea, 1995. Deep-Sea Research I 49, 415-436.

Barber RT, J Marra, RR Bidigare, LA Codispoti, D Halpern, Z Johnson, M Latasa, R Goericke, S Smith (2001) Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995, Deep-Sea Research II 48, 1127-1172.

Johnson Z (2000) Regulation of Marine Photosynthetic Efficiency by Photosystem II, PhD Thesis, Duke University, 200 pg.

Johnson Z and P Howd (2000) Marine Photosynthetic Performance Forcing and Periodicity for the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series, 1989-1995, Deep Sea Research I 47(8), 1485-1512.

Johnson Z, ML Landry, RR Bidigare, SL Brown, L Campbell, J Gunderson, J Marra , C Trees (1999) Energetics and growth kinetics of a deep Prochlorococcus spp . population in the Arabian Sea, Deep-Sea Research II 46, 1719-1943

Johnson Z (1997) Modeled Inherent Scattering Properties of Small Light-Limited Phytoplankton: Implications for Deep Phytoplankton Size Class Distributions in Ocean Optics XIII , Steven G. Ackleson, Robert Frouin, Editors, Proc . SPIE 2963, 862-867

Bidigare RR, M Latasa , Z Johnson, RT Barber, CC Trees, BM Balch (1997) Observations of a Synechococcus -dominated cyclonic eddy in open-oceanic waters of the Arabian Sea. in Ocean Optics XIII , Steven G. Ackleson, Robert Frouin, Editors, Proc. SPIE 2963, 260-265

Marra J, Barber RT, Trees CC, Johnson Z, Kinkade C (1997) Primary Production and irradiance during an inter-monsoon cruise to the Arabian Sea (November 1995). in Ocean Optics XIII , Steven G. Ackleson, Robert Frouin, Editors, Proc. SPIE 2963, 302-307

Barber RT, L Borden, Z Johnson, J Marra , C Knudson, CC Trees (1997) Ground truthing modeled k PAR and on deck primary productivity incubations with in situ observations. in Ocean Optics XIII , Steven G. Ackleson, Robert Frouin, Editors, Proc. SPIE 2963, 834-839

Johnson Z (1994) Chlorophyll a response to an open ocean iron addition experiment. MIT Undergraduate Thesis.