For each paper listed below, the title links to a PDF copy of the article and the doi links to the journal’s copy of the paper. Supplementary information is provided under separate links where applicable.

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2025

• N McGinty, AJ Irwin. Global variation in zooplankton niche divergence across ocean basins. Ecol. Lett., in press.

2024

• JD Liefer, AE White, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, M Dugenne, K Inomura, F Ribalet, EV Armbrust, DM Karl, MH Fyfe, CM Brown, MJ Follows. Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 121: e2404460121. 10.1073/pnas.2404460121
• CM Mutshinda, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Large shifts in diatom and dinoflagellate biomass in the North Atlantic over six decades. bioRxiv. 10.1101/2024.07.02.601152
• AW Omta, JD Liefer, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, D Sher, MJ Follows. A model of time-dependent macromolecular and elemental composition of phytoplankton. J. theor. Biol., 592: 111883. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111883
• S Dutkiewicz, CL Follett, MJ Follows, F Henderikx-Freitas, F Ribalet, MR Gradoville, SN Coesel, H Farnelid, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, O Jahn, DM Karl, JP Mattern, AE White, JP Zehr, EV Armbrust. Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients. Limnology and Oceanography, 69: 1086-1100. 10.1002/lno.12555 Supplement
• YY Hu, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. An improved method to quantify bulk carbohydrate in marine planktonic samples. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 22: 399-415. 10.1002/lom3.10614

2023

• O Carnicer, YY Hu, V Ebenezer, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Genomic architecture constrains macromolecular allocation in dinoflagellates. Protist 174: 125992. 10.1016/j.protis.2023.125992
• ZK Li, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Common environmental stress responses in a model marine diatom. New Phytologist 240: 272-284. 10.1111/nph.19147
• RM Sheward, JD Liefer, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Elemental stoichiometry of the key calcifying marine phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi under ocean climate change: a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 29: 4259-4278. 10.1111/gcb.16807
• N McGinty, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, S Dutkiewicz. Using ecological partitions to assess zooplankton biogeography and seasonality. Frontiers 10: 989770. 10.3389/fmars.2023.989770
• CM Mutshinda, A Mishra, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Density regulation amplifies environmentally induced population fluctuations. Peer J 11: e14701. 10.7717/peerj.14701

2022

• JR Casey, RM Boiteau, KM Engqvist, ZV Finkel, G Li, J Liefer, CL Muller, N Munoz, MJ Follows. Basin-scale biogeography of marine phytoplankton reflects cellular-scale optimization of metabolism and physiology. Science Advances 8: eabl4930. 10.1126/sciadv.abl4930
• V Ebenezer, Y Hu, O Carnicer, AJ Irwin, MJ Follows, ZV Finkel. Elemental and macromolecular composition of the marine Chloropicophyceae, a major group of oceanic photosynthetic picoeukaryotes. Limnology & Oceanography 67: 540-551. 10.1002/lno.12013
• Z-K Li, Y Zhang, W Li, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Conservation and architecture of housekeeping genes in the model marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. New Phytologist 234: 1363-1376. 10.1111/nph.18039
• CM Mutshinda, A Mishra, ZV Finkel, CE Widdicombe, AJ Irwin. Bayesian two-part modeling of phytoplankton biomass and occurrence. Hydrobiologia 849: 1287-1300. 10.1007/s10750-021-04789-2
• JT Siddons, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Graphical analysis of a marine plankton community reveals spatial, temporal, and niche structure of sub-communities. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 943540. 10.3389/fmars.2022.943540
• MM Amirian, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Extending the Monod Model of Microbial Growth with Memory. arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2207.02028, Frontiers Mar. Sci.. 10.3389/fmars.2022.963734
• YY Hu, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Improving quantification of particulate phosphorus. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 20: 729-740. 10.1002/lom3.10517

2021

• On-demand seminar from Andrew Irwin, Phytoplankton biogeography in a changing world, recorded in March 2021.
• O Carnicer, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Traits influence dinoflagellate C:N:P. European J Phycology 57: 154-165. 10.1080/09670262.2021.1914860
• ZK Li, W Li, Y Zhang, Y Hu, R Sheward, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Dynamic photophysiological stress response of a model diatom to ten environmental stresses. J Phycol 57: 484-495. 10.1111/jpy.13072
• Y Liang, L Bretherton, CM Brown, U Passow, A Quigg, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Transcriptome-wide responses of aggregates of the diatom Odontella aurita to oil. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 671: 67-79. 10.3354/meps13749
• N McGinty, A Barton, DG Johns, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Niche conservation in copepods between ocean basins. Ecography 44: 1653-1664. 10.1111/ecog.05690
• N McGinty, AD Barton, NR Record, ZV Finkel, DG Johns, CA Stock, AJ Irwin. Anthropogenic climate change impacts on copepod trait biogeography. Global Change Biology 27: 1431-1442. 10.1111/gcb.15499
• D Nanjappa, Y Liang, L Bretherton, C Brown, A Quigg, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Contrasting transcriptomic responses of a microbial eukaryotic community to oil and dispersant. Environmental Pollution 288: 117774. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117774
• Y Zhang, Z-K Li, KG Schulz, Y Hu, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Growth-dependent changes in elemental stoichiometry and macromolecular allocation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi under different environmental conditions. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 2999-3009. 10.1002/lno.11854

2020

• MM Amirian, I Towers, Z Jovanoski, AJ Irwin. Memory and mutualism in species sustainability: a time-fractional Lotka-Volterra model with harvesting. Heliyon 6(8): e04816. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04816. arXiv
• L Bretherton, M Kamalanathan, J Hillhouse, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, A Quigg. Trait-dependent variability of the response of marine phytoplankton to oil and dispersant exposure. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153: 110906. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110906. Data at GRIIDC.
• ZV Finkel, Y Liang, D Nanjappa, L Bretherton, CM Brown, A Quigg, AJ Irwin. A ribosomal sequence-based oil sensitivity index for phytoplankton groups. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151: 110798. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110798. Data in GRIIDC, Figshare, and NCBI SRA.
• ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Phytoplankton. In Gargaud et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer. Book doi 10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4, chapter doi 10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5416-1.
• JC Gradone, MJ Oliver, AR Davies, A Irwin, C Moffat. Sea Surface Kinetic Energy as a Proxy for Phytoplankton Light Limitation in the Summer Pelagic Southern Ocean. J Geophys Res: Oceans, 125: e2019JC015646. 10.1029/2019JC015646
• Z-K Li, G Dai, Y Zhang, K Xu, L Bretherton, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, P Juneau, B-S Qiu. Phytosynthetic adaptation to light availability shapes the ecological success of bloom-forming cyanobacterium Pseudanabaena to iron limitation. J Phycol 56: 1457-1467. 10.1111/jpy.13040
• CM Mutshinda, ZV Finkel, CE Widdicombe, AJ Irwin. A trait-based clustering for phytoplankton biomass modeling and prediction. Diversity, 12: 295. 10.3390/d12080295
• CM Mutshinda, AJ Irwin, Mikko J. Sillanpää. A Bayesian framework for robust quantitative trait locus mapping and outlier detection. Int. J. Biostat., 16: 20190038. 10.1515/ijb-2019-0038
• AW Omta, D Talmy, K Inomura, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, D Sher, JD Liefer, MJ Follows. Quantifying nutrient throughput and DOM production by algae in continuous culture. J theor Biol, 494: 110214. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110214

2019

• JD Liefer, A Garg, MH Fyfe, AJ Irwin, I Benner, CM Brown, MJ Follows, AW Omta, ZV Finkel. The Macromolecular Basis of Phytoplankton C:N:P Under Nitrogen Starvation. Front. Microbiol. 10: 763. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00763
• L Bretherton, M Kamalanathan, J Genzer, J Hillhouse, S Setta, Y Liang, CM Brown, C Xu, J Sweet, U Passow, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, PH Santschi, A Quigg. Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology 206: 43-53. GOMRI news story. 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.11.004
• Y Liang, J Koester, J Liefer, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Molecular mechanisms of temperature acclimation and adaptation in marine diatoms. ISME J. 13: 2415-2425. Author link. Behind the paper blog story. 10.1038/s41396-019-0441-9
• L Bretherton, M Kamalanathan, J Hillhouse, J Genzer, H Bacosa, ZV Finkel, AS Quigg. Growth dynamics and domoic acid production of Pseudo-nitzschia sp. in response to oil and dispersant exposure. Harmful Algae 86: 55-63. 10.1016/j.hal.2019.05.008
• C Fiset, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. The macromolecular composition of non-calcified marine macroalgae. J Phycology 55: 1361-1369. 10.1111/jpy.12913 Data on Figshare at doi 10.6084/m9.figshare.4248962.v1
• C Mutshinda, C Widdicombe, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Bayesian inference to partition determinants of community dynamics from observational time series. Community Ecology, 20: 238-251. 10.1556/168.2019.20.3.4. Supplement
• I Benner, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Capacity of the common Arctic picoeukaryote Micromonas to adapt to a warming ocean. Limnology & Oceanography: Letters. 5: 221-227. 10.1002/lol2.10133 Data on Figshare at doi 10.6084/m9.figshare.4264499

2018

• AJ Irwin & ZV Finkel. Phytoplankton functional types: A trait perspective. In Gasol and Kirchman [eds] Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. Wiley. Chapter 11, pp. 435-465. bioRxiv preprint 10.1101/148312
• W Xiao, X Liu, AJ Irwin, EA Laws, L Wang, B Chen, Y Zeng, B Huang. Warming and eutrophication combine to restructure diatoms and dinoflagellates. Water Research 128: 206-216. 10.1016/j.watres.2017.10.051
• L Bretherton, A Williams, J Genzer, J Hillhouse, M Kamalanthan, ZV Finkel, AS Quigg. Physiological response of 10 phytoplankton species exposed to macondo oil and the dispersant, Corexit. J. Phycol. 54: 317-328. 10.1111/jpy.12625
• J Liefer, A Garg, D Campbell, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Nitrogen starvation induces distinct photosynthetic responses and recovery dynamics in diatoms and prasinophytes. PLOS One. e0195705. 10.1371/journal.pone.0195705
• N McGinty, AD Barton, NR Record, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Traits structure copepod niches in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 601: 109-126. 10.3354/meps12660
• PA Ajani, N McGinty, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Phytoplankton realised niches track changing oceanic conditions at a long-term coastal station off Syndney Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5: 285. 10.3389/fmars.2018.00285 IA

2017

• P Tréguer, C Bowler, B Moriceau, S Dutkiewicz, M Gehlen, O Aumont, L Bittner, R Dugdale, Z Finkel, D Iudicone, O Jahn, L Guidi, M Lasbleiz, K Leblanc, M Levy, P Pondaven. Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump. Nature Geoscience, 11: 27-37. 10.1038/s41561-017-0028-x
• CM Mutshinda, ZV Finkel, CE Widdicombe, AJ Irwin. Phytoplankton traits from long-term oceanographic time-series. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 576: 11-25. 10.3354/meps12220 bioRxiv preprint 10.1101/148304
• O Schofield, G Saba, K Coleman, F Carcalho, N Couto, H Ducklow, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, A Kahl, T Miles, M Montes-Hugo, S Stammerjohn, N Waite. Decadal variability in coastal phytoplankton community composition in a changing West Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research Part I. 124: 42-54. 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.014
• C Fiset, J Liefer, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Methodological biases in estimates of macroalgal macromolecular composition. Limnology & Oceanography Methods, 15: 618-630. 10.1002/lom3.10186 Data on figshare.
• AW Omta, D Talmy, D Sher, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, M Follows. Extracting phytoplankton physiological traits from batch and chemostat culture data. Limnology & Oceanography Methods, 15: 453-466. 10.1002/lom3.10172

2016

• AS Quigg, U Passow, W-C Chin, C Xu, S Doyle, L Bretherton, M Kamalanathan, AK Williams, JB Sylvan, ZV Finkel, AH Knap, KA Schwehr, S Zhang, L Sun, TL Wade, W Obeid, PG Hatcher, PH Santschi. The role of microbial exopolymers in determining the fate of oil and chemical dispersants in the ocean. Limnology & Oceanography Letters, 1:3-26. 10.1002/lol2.10030
• AD Barton, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, CA Stock. Anthropogenic climate change drives shift and shuffle in North Atlantic phytoplankton communities. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 113: 2964-2969. 10.1073/pnas.1519080113
• CM Mutshinda, ZV Finkel, CE Widdicombe, AJ Irwin. Ecological equivalence of species within phytoplankton functional groups. Functional Ecology. 30: 1714-1722. 10.1111/1365-2435.12641 Supplement.
• ZV Finkel, MJ Follows, J Liefer, CM Brown, I Benner, AJ Irwin. Phylogenetic Diversity in the Macromolecular Composition of Microalgae. PLoS ONE. 11(5): e0155977. 10.1371/journal.pone.0155977
• ZV Finkel. Silicification in the microalgae. In MA Borowitzka, J Beardall, JA Raven (eds) The Physiology of Microalgae. Developments in Applied Phycology vol 6. Springer, pp. 289-300. Book doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24945-2 Chapter doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24945-2_13
• ZF Finkel, MJ Follows, AJ Irwin. Size-scaling of macromolecules and chemical energy content in the eukaryotic microalgae. J Plank. Res. 38: 1151-1162. 10.1093/plankt/fbw057 Data on figshare.

2015

• AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, F Müller-Karger, L Troccoli Ghinaglia. Phytoplankton adapt to changing ocean environments. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 5762-66. 10.1073/pnas.1414752112
• S Finnegan, SC Anderson, PG Harnik, C Simpson, DP Tittensor, JE Byrnes, ZV Finkel, DR Lindberg, LH Liow, R Lockwood, HK Lotze, CR McClain, JL McGuire, A O’Dea, JM Pandolfi. Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans Science 348: 567-570. 10.1126/science.aaa6635
• EA Kerrigan, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Community- and population-level changes in diatom size structure in a subarctic lake over the last two centuries. PeerJ 3: e1074. 10.7717/peerj.1074
• EA Orzechowski, R Lockwood, JEK Byrnes, SC Anderson, S Finnegan, ZV Finkel, PG Harnik, DR Lindberg, LH Liow, HK Lotze, CR Mcclain, JL McGuire, A O’Dea, JM Pandolfi, C Simpson, DP Tittensor. Marine extinction risk shaped by trait–environment interactions over 500 million years. Global Change Biology 21: 3595-3607. 10.1111/gcb.12963

2014

• D Tchernov, DF Gruber, AJ Irwin. Isotopic fractionation of carbon in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 508: 53-66. 10.3354/meps10840
• Y Wu, DA Campbell, AJ Irwin, DJ Suggett, ZV Finkel. Ocean acidification enhances the growth rate of larger diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography 59(3): 1027-34. 10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.1027
• ZV Finkel. Marine net primary production. In Global Environmental Change, Handbook of Global Environmental Pollution Volume 1, pp 117-124. 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_42
• Y Wu, J Jeans, D Suggett, Z Finkel, DA Campbell. Large centric diatoms allocate more cellular nitrogen to photosynthesis to counter slower RUBISCO turnover rates. Frontiers in Marine Science, Global Change and the Future Ocean 1:68. 10.3389/fmars.2014.00068
• B Beisner, ZV Finkel (eds.) Virtual special issue: Plankton functional traits, J. Plank. Res.

2013

• AD Barton, ZV Finkel, BA Ward, DG Johns, MJ Follows. On the roles of cell size and trophic strategy in North Atlantic diatom and dinoflagellate communities. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 254-266. 10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0254
• CM Mutshinda, L Troccoli-Ghinaglia, ZV Finkel, FE Müller-Karger, AJ Irwin. Environmental control of the dominant phytoplankton in the Cariaco basin: a hierarchical Bayesian approach. Marine Biology Research 9(3): 247-261. 10.1080/17451000.2012.731693
  • Supplement
• M Cimino, W Fraser, AJ Irwin, MJ Oliver. Satellite data identify decadal trends in the quality of Pygoscelis penguin chick-rearing habitat. Global Change Biology 19: 136–148. 10.1111/gcb.12016
• AD Barton, A Pershing, E Litchman, N Record, K Edwards, ZV Finkel, T Kiørboe, B Ward. The Biogeography of Marine Plankton Traits. Ecol. Lett. 16(4): 522–534. 10.1111/ele.12063
• MJ Oliver, AJ Irwin, M Moline, W Fraser, D Patterson, O Schofield, J Kohut. Adélie Penguin Foraging Location Predicted by Tidal Regime Switching. PLoS One 8: e55163. 10.1371/journal.pone.0055163
• CM Mutshinda, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Which environmental factors control phytoplankton populations? A Bayesian variable selection approach. Ecological Modelling 269: 1-8. Supplement. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.07.025

2012

• PG Harnik, HK Lotze, SC Anderson, ZV Finkel, S Finnegan, DR Lindberg, LH Liow, R Lockwood, CR McClain, JL McGuire, A O’Dea, JM Pandolfi, C Simpson, DP Tittensor. Extinctions in ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27: 608-617. 10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.010
• AJ Irwin, AM Nelles, ZV Finkel. Phytoplankton niches estimated from field data. Limnology and Oceanography 57(3): 787-797. 10.4319/lo.2012.57.3.0787. Worksheet of niche data and univariate response functions are also available at Pangaea 10.1594/PANGAEA.778968
• HM van Tol, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Macroevolutionary trends in silicoflagellate skeletal morphology: the costs and benefits of silicification. Paleobiology 38(3): 391-402. 10.1666/11022.1
• M Grey, ZV Finkel, PK Pufahl, LM Reid. Evolutionary mode of the ostracod, Velatomorpha altilus, at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lethaia 45(4): 615-23. 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00328.x
• O Schofield, SM Glenn, MA Moline, M Oliver, A Irwin, Y Chao, M Arrott. Ocean observatories and information: Building a global ocean observing network. In the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. 10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3_715
• SC Sharpe, JA Koester, M Loebl, AM Cockshutt, DA Campbell, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Influence of Cell Size and DNA Content on Growth Rate and Photosystem II Function in Cryptic Species of Ditylum brightwellii. PLoS One 7(12): e52916. 10.1371/journal.pone.0052916

2011

• M Grey and ZV Finkel. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO world heritage site: a review of recent research. Atlantic Geology 47: 185-200. 10.4138/atlgeol.2011.009
• ZP Mei, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Phytoplankton growth allometry and size-dependent C:N stoichiometry revealed by a variable quota model. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 434: 29-43 10.3354/meps09149 IA
• B Chen, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Biogeographic distribution of diversity and size-structure of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 425: 35-45. 10.3354/meps08985 IA
  • Supplementary information
• AS Quigg, AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel. Evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in phytoplankton. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278: 526-534. 10.1098/rspb.2010.1356.
  • Supplementary information

2010

• ZV Finkel, J Beardall, KJ Flynn, A Quigg, TAV Rees, JA Raven. Phytoplankton in a changing world: cell size and elemental stoichiometry. J Plank Res 32(1): 119-137. 10.1093/plankt/fbp098
• T Key, A McCarthy, DA Campbell, C Six, S Roy, ZV Finkel. Cell size tradeoffs govern light exploitation strategies in marine phytoplankton. Environmental Microbiology 12(1): 95-104. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02046.x
• KJ Flynn, JA Raven, TAV Rees, ZV Finkel, AS Quigg, J Beardall. Is the growth rate hypothesis applicable to microalgae? J Phycol 46(1): 1-12. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00756.x
• M Loebl, AM Cockshutt, DA Campbell, ZV Finkel. Physiological basis for high resistance to photoinhibition under nitrogen depletion in Emiliania huxleyi. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 2150-60. 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2150
• ZV Finkel, KA Matheson, KS Regan, AJ Irwin. Genotypic and phenotypic variation in diatom silicification under paleooceanographic conditions. Geobiology 8(5): 433-445. 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00250.x
• ZV Finkel and B Kotrc. Silica use through time: macroevolutionary change in the morphology of the diatom frustule. Geomicrobiology Journal. 27(6) 596-608. 10.1080/01490451003702941

2009

• AJ Irwin and MJ Oliver. Are ocean deserts getting larger? Geophysical Research Letters 36: L18609. 10.1029/2009GL039883
• ZV Finkel, C Jacob-Vaillancourt, AJ Irwin, ED Reavie, JP Smol. Environmental control of diatom community size structure varies across aquatic ecosystems. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 1627-1634. 10.1098/rspb.2008.1610
• ZP Mei, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Light and nutrient availability affect the size-scaling of growth in phytoplankton. J theor Biol 259: 582-588. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.04.018
• J Beardall, D Allen, J Bragg, ZV Finkel, KJ Flynn, AS Quigg, TAV Rees, A Richardson and JA Raven. Allometry and stoichiometry of unicellular, colonial and multicellular phytoplankton. Tansley Review. New Phytologist 181(2): 295–309. 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02660.x
  • Supplementary information
• Journal covers: MEPS 379, PRSB 276(1662)

2008

• AJ Irwin and ZV Finkel. Mining a sea of data: determining controls of ocean chlorophyll. PLOS One 3(11): e3836 10.1371/journal.pone.0003836
  • Faculty of 1000 Biology
• MJ Oliver and AJ Irwin. Objective global ocean biogeographic provinces. Geophysical Research Letters, 35: L15601. 10.1029/2008GL034238
  • Supplementary information
• C Six, ZV Finkel, F Rodriguez, D Marie, F Partensky, DA Campbell. Contrasting photoacclimation costs in ecotypes of the marine eukaryotic picoplankter Ostreococcus. Limnology & Oceanography 53(1): 255 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0255

2007

• ZV Finkel, J Sebbo, S Feist-Burkhardt, AJ Irwin, ME Katz, OME Schofield, JR Young, PG Falkowski. A universal driver of macroevolutionary change in the size of marine phytoplankton over the Cenozoic. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 104(51): 20416-20420. 10.1073/pnas.0709381104
• ZV Finkel. Does size matter? The evolution of modern marine food webs. In: The evolution of aquatic photoautotrophs. Editors: P.G. Falkowski and A.H. Knoll. Academic Press. Chapter 15, pp333-350.
• C Six, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, DA Campbell. Light Variability Illuminates Niche-Partitioning among Marine Picocyanobacteria. PLOS One 2(12): e1341. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001341
• I Berman-Frank, A Quigg, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, L Haramaty. Nitrogen-fixation strategies and Fe requirements in cyanobacteria. Limnology & Oceanography. 52(5): 2260-2269 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2260
• ZV Finkel, AS Quigg, RK Chiampi, OE Schofield & PG Falkowski. Phylogenetic diversity in cadmium : phosphorus ratio regulation by marine phytoplankton. Limnology & Oceanography. 52(3): 1131-1138. 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1131

2006

• ZV Finkel, A Quigg, JA Raven, JR Reinfelder, OE Schofield & PG Falkowski. Irradiance and the elemental stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton. Limnology & Oceanography. 51: 2690-2701. 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2690
• AJ Irwin, ZV Finkel, O Schofield & PG Falkowski. Scaling-up from nutrient physiology to the size-structure of phytoplankton communities. J. Plank. Res. 28:459-471. 10.1093/plankt/fbi148
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2005

• JA Raven, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin. Picophytoplankton: Bottom-up and top-down controls on ecology and evolution Vie et Milleu 55(3/4): 209-215.
  • Faculty of 1000 Biology
• T Shi, TS Bibby, L Jiang, AJ Irwin and PG Falkowski. Protein Interactions Limit the Rate of Evolution of Photosynthetic Genes in Cyanobacteria. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22(11): 2179-2189. 10.1093/molbev/msi216
• ZV Finkel, M Katz, J Wright, O Schofield & PG Falkowski. Climatically driven macroevolutionary patterns in the size of marine diatoms over the Cenozoic. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 8927-8932. 10.1073/pnas.0409907102
• P Frost, MA Evans-White, ZV Finkel, TC Jensen, V Matzek. Are you what you eat? Physiological constraints on organismal stoichiometry in an elementally imbalanced world. Oikos 109: 18-28. 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14049.x
• C Dutech, VL Sork, AJ Irwin, PE Smouse and FW Davis. Gene flow and fine-scale genetic structure in a wind pollinated tree species, Quercus lobata Neé. Am. J. Bot. 92: 252-261 10.3732/ajb.92.2.252

2004

• ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin and O Schofield. Resource limitation alters the 3/4 size-scaling of metabolic rates in phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 273: 269-279. 10.3354/meps273269 IA
• O Schofield, R Arnone, P Bissett, C Davis, ZV Finkel, M Oliver, M Moline. Watercolors in the coastal zone: what can we see? Oceanography 17(2): 30-37.
• ME Katz, ZV Finkel, D Grzebyk, A Knoll, PG Falkowski. Evolutionary trajectories and biogeochemical impacts of marine eukaryotic phytoplankton. Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics 35: 523-556. 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.112202.130137
• MJ Oliver, S Glenn, JT Kohut, AJ Irwin, OM Schofield, MA Moline and WP Bissett. Bioinformatic Approaches for Objective Detection of Water Masses On Continental Shelves. J. Geophys. Res. 109. 10.1029/2003JC002072
• O Schofield, T Bergmann, M Oliver, AJ Irwin, G Kirkpatrick, WP Bissett, MA Moline and C Orrico. Inversion of spectal absorption in the optically complex waters of the Mid-Atlantic bight. J. Geophys. Res. 109. 10.1029/2003JC002071

2003

• AS Quigg, ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, Y Rosenthal, T-Y Ho, JR Reinfelder, O Schofield, FMM Morel and P Falkowski. The evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton. Nature 425: 291-294. 10.1038/nature01953
• T-Y Ho, A Quigg, ZV Finkel, AJ Milligan, K Wyman, PG Falkowski, and FMM Morel. The Elemental Composition of Some Marine Phytoplankton. Journal of Phycology 39(6): 1145-1159. 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-090.x
• AJ Irwin, JL Hamrick, MJW Godt and PE Smouse. A multiyear estimate of the effective pollen donor pool for Albizia julibrissin. Heredity 90: 187-194. 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800215

2000-2002

• ZV Finkel, AJ Irwin, O Schofield (2002) Cell size and optimal pigment concentrations under sub-saturating growth irradiance. Ocean optics, XVI: 7p.
• ZV Finkel (2001) Light absorption and the size scaling of light-limited growth and photosynthesis in marine diatoms. Limnology & Oceanography 46(1): 86-94. 10.4319/lo.2001.46.1.0086
• ZV Finkel and AJ Irwin (2001) Light absorption by phytoplankton and the filter amplification correction: cell size and species effects. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 259(1): 51-61. 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00225-8
• AJ Irwin and PD Taylor (2001) Evolution of altruism in a stepping-stone population with overlapping generations. Theo. Pop. Biol. 60: 315-325. 10.1006/tpbi.2001.1533
• ZV Finkel and AJ Irwin (2000) Modeling size-dependent photosynthesis: light absorption and the allometric rule. J. theor. Biol. 204: 361-369. 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2020
  • Mini-review by Raven & Kubler.
• AJ Irwin and PD Taylor (2000) Evolution of dispersal in a stepping-stone population with overlapping generations. Theo. Pop. Biol. 58: 321-328. 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1490
• AJ Irwin and PD Taylor (2000) Heterozygous advantage and the evolution of female choice. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2(1): 119-128.
• PD Taylor and AJ Irwin (2000) Overlapping generations can promote altruistic behavior. Evolution 54(4): 1135-1141. 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00549.x
• PD Taylor, AJ Irwin and T Day (2000) Inclusive fitness in finite deme-structured and stepping-stone populations. Selection 1: 153-163. 10.1556/select.1.2000.1-3.15

Earlier

• ZV Finkel (1998) Diatoms: Size and metabolic processes. M.Sc. thesis. Dalhousie University. National Library of Canada
• AJ Irwin and BD Shizgal (1995) A discrete velocity model for relaxation of anisotropic distribution functions. Rarefied Gas Dynamics 19: 654-651.
• NC Kenkel and AJ Irwin (1994) Fractal analysis of dispersal. Abstracta Botantica 18: 79-84. JSTOR
• AJ Irwin (1993) The discrete-velocity method in plasma physics. M.Sc. thesis. University of British Columbia. Archive 10.14288/1.0080528
• AJ Irwin, SJ Fraser, R Kapral (1990) Stochastically induced coherence in bistable systems. Phys. Rev. Lett. 64: 2343-2346. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2343 and the comment AJ Irwin, SJ Fraser, R Kapral (1990) Phys. Rev. Lett. 65: 3357.
• AJ Irwin and SJ Fraser (1990) Cellular automaton model of chemical wave propagation on fractals. J. Chem. Phys. 93: 3471-3483. 10.1063/1.458829