Biogeochemistry at NC State

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Publications

(links as I get them updated).  Please email me for a PDF if you need one.
  1. Boyd, T.J., Barnham, B.P., Hall, G.J., and Osburn, C.L. (2010) Variation in ultrafiltered and LMW organic matter fluorescence properties under simulated estuarine mixing transects. I – Mixing alone. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, in press.
  2. Boyd, T.J., Barnham, B.P., Hall, G.J., Schumann, B.S., Paerl, R.W., and Osburn, C.L. (2010) Variation in ultrafiltered and LMW organic matter fluorescence properties under simulated estuarine mixing transects. II – Mixing with photoexposure. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, in press.
  3. Stedmon, C.A., Osburn, C.L., and Kragh, T. (2010) Tracing water mass mixing in the Baltic-North Sea transition zone using the optical properties of coloured dissolved organic matter.  Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 87: 156-162.
  4. Bouillon, S., Abril, G., Borges, A.V., Dehairs, F., Govers, G., Hughes, H.J., Merckx, R., Meysman, F.J.R., Nyunja, J., Osburn, C., and Middelburg, J.J. (2009) Distribution, origin and cycling of carbon in the Tana River (Kenya): a dry season basin-scale survey from headwaters to the delta. Biogeosciences, 6: 2475-2493.
  5. Montgomery, M.T., Boyd, T.J., Osburn, C.L., Plummer, R.E., Masutani, S.M., and Coffin, R.B. (2009) Desalination technology waste streams: effect of pH and salinity on metabolism of marine microbial assemblages. Desalination Journal 249(2):861-864.
  6. Salm, C.R., Saros, J.E., Fritz, S.C., Osburn, C.L., Reineke, D.M., (2009)  Phytoplankton productivity across prairie saline lakes of the Great Plains (USA): a step toward deciphering patterns through lake classification models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 66: 1435-1448.
  7. Montgomery, M. T., Boyd, T. J., Osburn, C. L., and Smith, D. C.  (2009) PAH mineralization and bacterial organotolerance in surface sediments of the Charleston Harbor estuary.  Biodegradation DOI 10.1007/s10532-009-9298-3.
  8. Osburn, C.L., Retamal, L., and Vincent, W.F. (2009) Photoreactivity of chromophoric dissolved organic matter transported by the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea. Marine Chemistry, 115: 10-20. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.05.003.
  9. Osburn, C.L., O’Sullivan, D.W., and Boyd, T.J. (2009) Increases in the longwave photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in coastal waters.  Limnology and Oceanography. 54: 145-159.
  10. Montgomery, M. T., Osburn, C. L., Furukawa, Y., Ziebis, W., Mahn, C., and Gieskes, J. M. (2008)  Increased capacity for PAH mineralization in biologically-mixed estuarine sediments.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 12: 98-110.
  11. Boyd, T.J, Smith, D.C., Apple, J.K., Hamdan, L.J., Osburn, C.L., and Montgomery, M.T. (2008) Evaluating PAH Biodegradation Relative to Total Bacterial Carbon Demand in Coastal Ecosystems: Are PAHs Truly Recalcitrant? In: Microbial Ecology Research Trends, T Van Dijk (ed), pp. 1-38.  NOVA.
  12. Mongtomery, M.T., Osburn, C.L., Furukawa, Y., and Gieskes, J. (2008)  Increased capacity for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mineralization in bioirrigated coastal marine sediments. Bioremediation Journal, 12: 98-110.
  13. Tzortziou, M., Neale, P.J., Osburn, C.L., Megonigal, P.J., Maie, N., and Jaffe, R. (2008) Tidal marshes as a source of optically and chemically distinctive colored dissolved organic matter in the Chesapeake Bay.  Limnology and Oceanography, 53: 148-159.
  14. Vallieres, C., Retamal, L., Ramlal, P., Osburn, C.L., and Vincent, W.F. (2008) Bacterial production and microbial food web structure in a large arctic river and the coastal Arctic Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 74: 756-773.
  15. Osburn, C. L. and St-Jean, G. (2007) The use of wet chemical oxidation with high-amplification isotope ratio mass spectrometry to measure stable isotope values of dissolved organic carbon in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 5:296–308.
  16. Retamal, L., Vincent, W.F., Martineau, C., and Osburn, C.L. (2007) Comparison of the optical properties of dissolved organic matter in two river-influenced coastal regions of the Canadian Arctic.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science., doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.022.
  17. Tzortziou, M., Osburn, C.L. and P. J. Neale. (2007) Photobleaching of dissolved organic material from a tidal marsh-estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 83: 782-792.
  18. Boyd, T.J., Osburn, C.L., Johnson, K.J., Birgl, K.B., Coffin, R.B. (2006) Compound-specific isotope analysis coupled with multivariate statistics to source-apportion hydrocarbon mixtures. Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (6): 1916-1924.
  19. Maloney, K. O., Morris, D. P., Moses, C. O., and Osburn, C. L. (2005).  The role of iron and dissolved organic carbon in the absorbance of ultraviolet radiation in humic lake water.  Biogeochemistry, 75: 393-407.
  20. O’Sullivan, D. W., Neale, P. J., Coffin, R. B., Boyd, T. J., and Osburn, C. L. (2005) Photochemical production of hydrogen peroxide and methylhydroperoxide in coastal waters.  Marine Chemistry, 97(1-2): 14-33.
  21. Boyd, T. J. and Osburn, C. L.  (2004). Changes in CDOM fluorescence from allochthonous and autochthonous sources during tidal mixing and bacterial degradation in two coastal estuaries, Marine Chemistry, 89:189-210.
  22. Osburn, C. L. and Morris, D. P. (2003).  Photochemistry of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in natural waters, In: UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, Hebling, W. E. and Zagarese, H. E. (eds.), Royal Society of Chemistry, 500 pp.
  23. Montgomery, M. T., Osburn, C. L., Boyd, T. J., Smith, D. C., and Mueller, J. C. (2002).  Seasonal succession of the PAH-mineralizing bacteria in creosote-impacted intertidal sediments. Soil and Sediment Contamination 11(3): 479.
  24. Osburn, C. L., Morris, D. P., Moeller, R. E., and Thorn, K.A. (2001).  Chemical and optical changes in freshwater dissolved organic matter exposed to solar radiation.  Biogeochemistry, 54(3): 251-278.
  25. Osburn, C. L., Zagarese, H. E., Morris, D. P., Hargreaves, B. R., and Cravero, W. (2001).  Calculation of spectral weighting functions for the photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in temperate lakes.  Limnology and Oceanography, 46(6): 1455-1467.
  26. Bralower, T.J., CoBabe, E.A., Clement, B., Sliter, W.V., Osburn, C. L., and Longoria, J. (1999).  The record of global change in mid-Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) sections from the Sierra Madre, Northeastern, Mexico.  Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 29(4): 418-437.