Peer Reviewed Publications
2021
Grim, S. L., Voorhies, A. A., Biddanda, B. A., Jain, S., Nold, S. C., Green, R., Dick, G. J. (2021). Omics-inferred partitioning and expression of diverse biogeochemical functions in a low-O2 cyanobacterial mat community. mSystems, 6(6), e01042-21. doi:10.1128/mSystems.01042-21
Biddanda, B., Wienke, A., Stone, I., Kendall, S., Hartmeyer, P., Lusardi, W., Gandulla, S., Bright, J., & Ruberg, S. (2021). Extant earthly microbial mats and microbialites as models for exploration of life in extraterrestrial mat worlds. Life, 11, 883. doi:10.3390/life11090883.
Klatt, J. M., Chennu, A., Arbic, B. K., Biddanda, B. A., Dick, G. J. (2021). Possible link between Earth's rotation rate and oxygenation. Nature Geoscience, 14, 564-570. doi:/10.1038/s41561-021-00784-3.
Mancuso, J. L., Weinke, A. D., Stone, I. P., Hamsher, S. E., Villar-Argaiz, M., & Biddanda, B. A. (2021) Cold and wet: Diatoms dominate the phytoplankton community during a year of anomalous weather in a Great Lakes estuary. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47(5), 1305-1315. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2021.07.003
Mancuso, J. L., Weinke, A. D., Stone, I. P., Hamsher, S. E., Woller-Skar, M. M., Snyder, E. B., & Biddanda, B. A. (2021) Bloom and bust: Historical trends of harmful algal blooms in Muskegon Lake, Michigan, a Great Lakes estuary. Freshwater Science, 40(3), 463–477. doi:10.1086/716236
Biddanda, B., Dila, D., Weinke, A., Mancuso, J., Villar-Argaiz, M., Medina-Sánchez, J. M., González-Olalla, J. M., & Carrillo, P. (2021). Housekeeping in the hydrosphere: microbial cooking, cleaning, and control under stress. Life, 11, 152. doi:10.3390/life11020152.
2020
Schmidt, M. L., Biddanda, B. A., Weinke, A. D., Chiang, E., Januska, F., Props, R., & Denef, V. J. (2020). Microhabitats are associated with diversity–productivity relationships in freshwater bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaa029
2019
Weinke, A. D., & Biddanda, B. A. (2019). Influence of episodic wind events on thermal stratification and bottom water hypoxia in a Great Lakes estuary. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 45(6), 1103–1112. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.025
2018
Biddanda, B. A., Weinke, A. D., Kendall, S. T., Gereaux, L. C., Holcomb, T. M., Snider, M. J., Dila, D. K., Long, S. A., Vandenberg, C., Knapp, K., Koopmans, D. J., Thompson, K., Vail, J. H., Ogdahl, M. E., Liu, Q., Johengen, T. H., Anderson, E. J., and S. A. Ruberg. (2018). Chronicles of hypoxia: Time-series buoy observations reveal annually recurring seasonal basin-wide hypoxia in Muskegon Lake – A Great Lakes estuary. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44:219-229.
Weinke, A. D., and B. A. Biddanda. (2018). From Bacteria to Fish: Ecological Consequences of Seasonal Hypoxia in a Great Lakes Estuary. Ecosystems. 21:426-442.
Liu, Q., Anderson, E. J., Zhang, Y., Weinke, A. D., Knapp, K. L., & Biddanda, B. A. (2018). Modeling reveals the role of coastal upwelling and hydrologic inputs on biologically distinct water exchanges in a Great Lakes estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 209, 41–55. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2018.05.014
2017
Cotner, J. B., Weinke, A. D., and B. A. Biddanda. (2017). Great Lakes: Science Can Keep Them Great. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 43:916-919.
Biddanda, B. A. (2017). Global Significance of the Changing Freshwater Carbon Cycle, EOS. 98.
Sharrar, A. M., Flood, B. E., Bailey, J. V., Jones, D. S., Biddanda, B. A., Ruberg, S. A., Marcus, D. N., and G. J. Dick. (2017). Novel Large Sulfur Bacteria in the Metagenomes of Groundwater-Fed Chemosynthetic Microbial Mats in the Lake Huron Basin. Front. Microbiol. 9:791.
Snider, M. J., Biddanda, B. A., Lindback, M., Grim, S. L., and G. J. Dick. (2017). Versatile photophysiology of compositionally similar cyanobacterial mat communities inhabiting submerged sinkholes of Lake Huron. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 79:63-78.
2016
Baskaran, M.,Novell, T., Nash, K., Ruberg, S. A., Johengen, T., Hawley, N., Klump, J. V., and B.A. Biddanda. (2016). Tracking the seepage of subsurface sinkhole vent waters into Lake Huron using radium and stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen. Aquat. Geochem. 22, 349-374.
Defore, A. L., Weinke, A. D., Lindback, M. M., and B. A. Biddanda. (2016). Year-round measures of planktonic metabolism reveal net autotrophy in surface waters of a Great Lakes estuary. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 77:139-155.
Salk, K. R., Ostrom, P. H., Biddanda, B. A., Weinke, A. D., Kendall, S. T., and N. E. Ostrom. (2016). Ecosystem metabolism and greenhouse gas production in a mesotrophic northern temperate lake experiencing seasonal hypoxia. 131:303-319.
2015
Biddanda, B. A., McMillan, A. C., Long, S. A., Snider, M. J., and A. D. Weinke. (2015). Seeking sunlight: rapid phototactic motility of filamentous mat-forming cyanobacteria optimize photosynthesis and enhance carbon burial in Lake Huron’s submerged sinkholes. Front. Microbiol. 6:930.
Dila, D. K. and B. A. Biddanda. (2015). From land to lake: Contrasting microbial processes across a Great Lakes gradient of organic carbon and inorganic nutrient inventories. J. Great Lakes Res. 41:75-85.
McNair, J. N., Sesselmann, M. R., Kendall, S. T., Gereaux, L. C., Weinke, A. D., and B. A. Biddanda. (2015). Alternative approaches for estimating components of lake metabolism using the free-water dissolved-oxygen (FWDO) method. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 186:21-44.
Vail J., Meyer A., Weinke A., and B. A. Biddanda. (2015) Water quality monitoring: lesson plan for exploring time-series data. J. Mich. Sci. Teach. Assoc. 60:37–48.
Voorhies, A. A., Eisenlord, S. D., Marcus, D. N., Duhaime, M. B., Biddanda, B. A., Cavalcoli, J. D., and G. J. Dick. (2015). Ecological and genetic interactions between cyanobacteria and viruses in a low-oxygen mat community inferred through metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Environ. Microbiol. 18:358-371.
2014
Weinke, A. D., Kendall, S. T., Kroll, D. J., Strickler, E. A., Weinert, M. E., Holcomb, T. M., Defore, A. A., Dila, D. K., Snider, M. J., Gereaux, L. C., and B. A. Biddanda. (2014). Systematically variable planktonic carbon metabolism along a land-to-lake gradient in a Great Lakes coastal zone. J. Plankton Res. 36: 1528–1542.
2013
Nold, S. C., M.J. Bellecourt, S.T. Kendall, S.A. Ruberg, T.G. Sanders and B.A. Biddanda (2013). Underwater sinkhole sediments sequester Lake Huron’s carbon. Biogeochemistry 115:235-250.
McNair, J. N., L. C. Gereaux, A. Weinke, M. Sesselmann. S. Kendall and B. Biddanda (2013). New methods for estimating components of lake metabolism based on free-water dissolved-oxygen dynamics. Ecological Modelling 263: 251-263.
2012
Biddanda, B., S. Nold, G. Dick, S. Kendall, J. Vail, S. Ruberg and C. Green (2012). Rock, Water, Microbes: Sinkholes in Lake Huron are habitats for ancient microbial life. Nature Education Knowledge 3(3):13.
Voorhies, A., B. Biddanda, S. Nold, S. Kendall, S. Jain, D. Marcus, N. Sheldon and G. Dick. (2012). Cyanobacterial life at low O2: Community genomics and function reveal metabolic versatility & extremely low diversity in a Great Lakes sinkhole. Geobiology 10(3): 250-267.
2011
Steinman, A. D., M. Ogdahl, K. Wessell, B. Biddanda, S. Kendall and S. Nold (2011). Periphyton response to simulated nonpoint source pollution: local over regional control. Aquatic Ecology 45: 439-454. DOI 10.1007/s10452-011-9366-8
Sanders, Jr. T. G., B. A. Biddanda, C. A. Stricker, S. C. Nold (2011): Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Benthic Macroinvertebrate and Fish Communities Linked to Submerged Groundwater Vents in Lake Huron. Aquatic Biology 12: 1-11.
2010
Nold, S. C., J. P. Pangborn*, H. Zajack*, S. Kendall, R. Rediske and B. A. Biddanda (2010): Benthic bacterial diversity in submerged sinkhole ecosystems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76: 347-351.
Nold, S. C., H. A. Zajack and B. A. Biddanda ( 2010): Archaeal and Eukaryal Diversity in a Submerged Sinkhole Ecosystem Influenced by Sulfur-Rich, Hypoxic Groundwater. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36: 366-375.
2009
Biddanda, B. A., S. C. Nold, S. A. Ruberg, S. T. Kendall, T. G. Sanders, and J. J. Gray (2009), Great Lakes Sinkholes: A Microbiogeochemical Frontier, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(8), 61–62, doi:10.1029/2009EO080001.
Baskaran, M., P. W. Swarzenski, and B. A. Biddanda (2009), Constraints on the utility of MnO2 cartridge method for the extraction of radionuclides: A case study using 234Th, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q04011, doi:10.1029/2008GC002340.
2008
Biddanda, B. A., A. Steinman, L. Nemeth, Y. Hong and S. Kendall (2008). Nutrient bioassays of plankton biomass and metabolism in an urbanized drowned river-mouth lake (Mona Lake, Michigan). J. Freshwater Ecology 23 (1): 41-53.
Ruberg, S. A., S. T. Kendall, B. A. Biddanda, T. Black, W. Lusardi, R. Green, T. Casserley, E. Smith, S. Nold, T. G. Sanders*, G. Lang and S. Constant (2008). Observations of the Middle Island sinkhole in Lake Huron: a unique hydrologic and glacial creation of 400 million years. Marine Technology Society Journal. 42: 12-21.
Kerfoot, C. R., J. W. Budd, S. Green, J. B. Cotner, B. A. Biddanda and D. J. Schwab (2008). Doughnut in the desert: late-winter production in southern Lake Michigan. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 589-604.
Johengen, T.H., B. A. Biddanda and J. B. Cotner (2008): Stimulation of Lake Michigan plankton metabolism by sediment resuspension and river runoff. J. Great Lakes Res 34: 213-227.
Steinman, A., M. Ogdahl, R. Rediske, C. Ruetz, B. Biddanda and L. Nemeth. (2008): Current status and trends in Muskegon Lake, Michigan. J. Great Lakes Research 34: 169-188.
2007
Steinman, A. D., B. A. Biddanda, M. Chu, K. Thompson and R. Rediske (2007). Environmental analysis of groundwater in Mecosta County, Michigan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 134: 177-189.
2006
Biddanda, B. A., D. F. Coleman, T. H. Johengen, S. A. Ruberg, G. A. Meadows, H. W. VanSumeren, R. R. Rediske and S. T. Kendall (2006): Exploration of a submerged sinkhole ecosystem in Lake Huron. Ecosystems, 9 (5): 828-842.
Hong, Y., Steinman, A., Biddanda, B., Rediske, R., and G. Fahnenstiel. 2006. Occurrence of toxin-producing cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciiborskii in Mona and Muskegon Lakes, Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 32: 645-652.
Cotner, J. B., W. Makino and B. A. Biddanda (2006): Temperature affects stoichiometry and biochemical composition of Escherichia coli. Microbial Ecology, 52; 26-33.
Steinman, A. D., Rediske, R., Denning, R., Nemeth, L., Chu, X., Uzarski, D., Biddanda, B. and Luttenton, M. (2006). An environmental assessment of an impacted, urbanized watershed: the Mona Lake Watershed, Michigan. Arch. Hydrobiol. 166: 117-144.
2005
Ruberg, S. A., D. F. Coleman, T. H. Johengen, G. A. Lang and B. A. Biddanda. (2005). Groundwater plume mapping in a submerged sinkhole in Lake Huron. Marine Technology Society Journal. 39: 65-69.
2004
Cotner, J. B., B. A. Biddanda, E. Stets and W. Makino (2004). Organic carbon biogeochemistry of Lake Superior. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 7(4): 1-14.
2003
Anesio, A. M.*, P. C. Abreu and B. A. Biddanda (2003): Role of free and attached Microorganisms in the decomposition of estuarine macrophyte detritus. Estuarine, coastal and Shelf Science, 56: 197-201.
Biddanda, B. A. and J. B. Cotner (2003): Enhancement of dissolved organic matter bioavailability by sunlight and its role in the carbon cycle of Lakes Superior and Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 29: 228-241.
Abreu, P. C., L. R. Rorig, V. Garcia, C. Odebrecht and B. Biddanda (2003). Decoupling between bacteria and the surf-zone diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis at Cassino Beach, Brazil. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 32: 219-228.
2002
Biddanda, B. A. and J. B. Cotner (2002): Love handles in aquatic ecosystems: Role of dissolved organic carbon drawdown, resuspended sediments and terrigenous inputs in the carbon balance of Lake Michigan. Ecosystems, 5:431-445.
Cotner, J. B. and B. A. Biddanda (2002): Small players, large role: Microbial influence on biogeochemical processes in pelagic aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems, 5: 105-121.
2001
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.
Biddanda, B. A., M. L. Ogdahl and J. B. Cotner (2001): Dominance of bacterial metabolism in oligotrophic relative to eutrophic waters. Limnology and Oceanography,46 (3): 731-739.
2000
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.
1999
Skoog, A., B. Biddanda and R. Benner (1999): Bacterial utilization of dissolved glucose in the upper water column of the Gulf of Mexico. Limnol. Oceanogr, 44: 1625-1633
1998
Benner, R. and B. Biddanda (1998): Photochemical transformations of surface and deep dissolved organic matter: Effects on bacterial growth. Limnology and Oceanography, 43: 1373-1378.
1997
Biddanda, B. and R. Benner (1997): Major contribution from mesopelagic plankton to heterotrophic metabolism in the upper ocean. Deep-Sea Research, 44: 2069-2085.
Benner, R., B. Biddanda, B. Black, and M. McCarthy (1997): Abundance, size-distribution, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of marine organic matter isolated by tangential-flow ultrafiltration. Marine Chemistry, 57, 243-263.
Biddanda, B. and R. Benner (1997): Carbon, nitrogen and carbohydrate fluxes during the production of particulate and dissolved organic matter by marine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 42, 506-518.
1995
Jenkinson. I. and B. Biddanda (1995): Bulk-phase viscoelastic properties of seawater: Relationship with plankton components. Journal of Plankton Research, 17, 2251-2274.
1994
Biddanda, B., S. Opsahl and R. Benner (1994): Plankton respiration and carbon flux through bacterioplankton on the Louisiana Shelf. Limnology and Oceanography, 39, 1259-1275.
Rajendran, A. and B. Biddanda (1994): Regionally variable chemistry, auto-heterotrophic coupling and vertical carbon flux in the northwestern Indian Ocean: a case study for 'Biochemical Pump'. Indian Journal of Marine Science, 23, 129-136.
1992
Abreu, P., B. Biddanda and C. Odebrecht (1992): Bacterial dynamics of the Patos Lagoon Estuary, southwestern Brazil (32oS, 52oW); relationship with phytoplankton production and suspended material. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 35, 621-635.
Biddanda, B.A. and F.R. Riemann (1992): The detritus nitrogen problem; examined using cellulose. P.S.Z.N.I. Marine Ecology, 13; 271-285.
1991
Jenkinson, I., B. Biddanda., C. Turley., P. Abreu., U. Riebesell and V. Smetacek (1991): Rheological properties of marine organic aggregates: importance for modelling vertical flux, turbulence and microzones. Oceanologica Acta, Sp. Vol. No. 11, 101-107.
Rieper-Kirchner, M., K. Hinz* and B. Biddanda (1991): Ingestion of microbially-synthesized organic aggregates and egestion of fecal pellets by marine harpacticoid copepods. Kieler Meeresforsch., Sonderh. 8; 257-263.
1990
Gonzalez, H and B. Biddanda (1990): Microbial transformation of metazoan (Isopod, Idotea granulosa) faeces. Marine Biology, 106; 285-295.
1988
Hanson, R.B., L.R.Pomeroy., J.O.Blanton., B.A.Biddanda., S. Wainright., S.S.Bishop., J.A.Yoder and L.P. Atkinson (1988): Climatological and hydrographic influences on nearshore food webs off the southeastern United States: bacterioplankton dynamics. Continental Shelf Research, 8:1321-1344.
Biddanda, B.A. (1988): Microbial aggregation and degradation of phytoplankton-derived detritusin sea water. 2. Microbial metabolism. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 42; 89-95.
Biddanda, B.A. and L.R. Pomeroy (1988): Microbial aggregation and degradation of phytoplankton-derived detritus in sea water. 1. Microbial succession. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 42; 79-88.
1986
Biddanda, B.A. (1986): Structure and function of marine microbial aggregates. Oceanologica Acta, 9; 209-211.
1985
Biddanda, B.A. (1985): Microbial synthesis of macroparticulate matter. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20:241-252.
Book Reviews
Biddanda, B. A. (2006). Respiration in aquatic Ecosystems (Edited by del Giorgio, P. A. and Williams, P. J. leB. P. 315, Oxford University Press). J. Plankton Res. 28: 113-114.
Biddanda, B. A. (2004). UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (Edited by E. W. Helbling and H. Zagarase; Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003). J. Plankton Research, 26: 255-256.
Book Chapters
Biddanda, B. A., P. Abreu and C. Odebrecht (2006). Book Chapter. Algal blooms and bacterial interactions. Pages 163-188. In: D. V. Subba Rao (ed.) “Algal Cultures, Analogs of Blooms and Applications. Science Publishers Inc., New Hampshire.
Biddanda, B. A. (2002). Techniques for study of carbon flow through bacteria in pelagic foodwebs. In (D. V. Subba Rao, ed) “ Pelagic Ecology Methods. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Tokyo. Pp. 208-219.
Data Repositories
Biddanda, B., Kendall, S., Weinke, A., Stone, I., Dugener, N., Ruberg, S., Leidig, J., Smith, E., Berg, M., & Wolffe, G. (2021). Muskegon Lake Observatory Buoy Data: Muskegon Lake, Michigan: 2011-2019 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. doi:10.6073/pasta/d1ef6101a1870a0b0bd54d3914dc13dc
