Publications

Theses

  • J. LI (2014) Sediment diagenesis in large lakes Superior and Malawi, geochemical cycles and budgets and comparison to marine sediments. Ph.D Thesis. University of Minnesota (PDF)
  • J. LI (2011) Diagenesis and sediment-water exchanges in organic-poor sediments of Lake Superior. M. Sc. Thesis. University of Minnesota (PDF)

Journal Publications

  • Li, J. and M. Dittrich. 2019. Dynamic polyphosphate metabolism in cyanobacteria responding to phosphorus availability. Environmental Microbiology : doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14488 (PDF)
  • Li, J., Y. Zhang, and S. Katsev. 2018. Phosphorous recycling in deeply oxygenated sediments in Lake Superior controlled by organic matter mineralization. Limnology and Oceanography. 63: 1372- 1385 (Wiley; ResearchGate)
  • Li, J., E. T. Brown, S. A. Crowe, and S. Katsev. 2018. Sediment geochemistry and contributions to carbon and nutrient cycling in a deep meromictic tropical lake: Lake Malawi (East Africa). Journal of Great Lakes Research: 2017.12.001 (ScienceDirect; ResearchGate)
  • Li, J., P. Reardon, J. P. McKinley, Y. Bai, S. Joshi, K. Bear, and D. P. Jaisi. 2017. Water column particulate matter a key contributor to phosphorus regeneration in coastal eutrophic environments, the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 122: 737- 752 (Wiley; ResearchGate)
  • Li, J., Y. Bai, K. Bear, S. Joshi, and D. P. Jaisi. 2017. Phosphorus availability and turnover in the Chesapeake Bay: Insights from nutrient stoichiometry and phosphate oxygen isotope ratios. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 122: 811-824 (Wiley; ResearchGate)
  • Fakhraee, M., J. Li and S. Katsev. 2017. Significant role of organic sulfur in supporting sedimentary sulfate reduction in low-sulfate environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 213: 502-516 (ScienceDirect; ResearchGate)
  • Crowe, S. A., A. H. Treusch, M. Forth, J. Li, C. Magen, D. E. Canfield, B. Thamdrup, S. Katsev. 2017. Novel anammox bacteria and nitrogen loss from Lake Superior. Scientific Reports. 7: 13757 (PDF)
  • Li, J., and S. Katsev. 2014. Nitrogen cycling in deeply oxygenated sediments: Results in Lake Superior and implication to marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59 (2): 465–481 (Wiley; ResearchGate)
  • Li, J. S. A. Crowe, D. Miklesh, M. Kistner, D. E. Canfield, and S. Katsev. 2012. Carbon mineralization and oxygen dynamics in sediments with deep oxygen penetration, Lake Superior. Limnol. Oceanogr. 57:1634-1650 (Wiley; ResearchGate)

Book Chapters

  • Katsev S., Verburg P., Lliros M., Minor E., Kruger B., and Li J.. 2017. Tropical meromictic lakes: Specifics of meromixis and case studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano. In Ecology of Meromictic Lakes, edited by R. Gulati, A. Degermendzhy, and E. Zadereev. Springer. (PDF)

Presentations

(links to abstracts, posters, and slides)

  • Li, J. V. Ianaiev, A. Huff, J. Zalusky, T. Ozersky, and S. Katsev. Benthic shunt: dreissenid mussels now control phosphorus dynamics in Lake Michigan. IAGLR Conference, Brockport, NY, USA, June 10-14, 2019 (Oral)
  • Li, J., A. Zastepa, S. Markovic, S. Watson, and M. Dittrich. Seasonal and spatial variability of polyphosphate in the water column of Hamilton Harbour. IAGLR Conference, Toronto- Scarborough ON, Canada, June 18- 22, 2018 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J., O. Kaskun, and M. Dittrich. Polyphosphate and intracellular Ca-carbonates in cyanobacteria in response to changing phosphorus levels. Geobiology Meeting, Banff AB, Canada. June 11- 14, 2017 (Poster): Abstract
  • Li, J., P. Reardon, S. R. Joshi, Y. Bai, K. Bear, N. Dhakal, N. Washton, and D. P. Jaisi. Internal cycling of phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay: Comparison of P cycling in water and sediment columns. ASA-CSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, USA. Nov. 15 -18, 2015 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J., P. Reardon, Joshi, S.R., Bai, Y., Bear, K., Washton, N., Jaisi, D.P. Remineralization of organic phosphorus and precipitation of authigenic phosphate in the mid-Chesapeake Bay water column. Geological Society of America Annual meeting, Baltimore MD, USA. Nov 1- 4, 2015 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J. and S. Katsev. Large lakes as analogues for sediment cycling of carbon and nitrogen in coastal and deep Ocean. Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu HI, USA. Feb. 23 – 28, 2014 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J. and S. Katsev. Diagenesis in freshwater vs. marine sediments: The importance of oxygen penetration for the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Gordon Research Conference, Biddeford ME, USA. August 4 – 9, 2013 (Poster)
  • Li, J. and S. Katsev. Carbon and nutrient cycling in sediments of Lake Malawi. IAGLR Conference, West Lafayette IN, USA. June 2 -6, 2013 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J., S. A. Crowe, E. T. Brown, M. Dittrich, D. Miklesh and S. Katsev. 2011. Diagenetic mobility of Mn and Fe crusts in organic-poor sediments of Lake Superior. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. August 14- 19 (Poster)
  • Li, J., S. A. Crowe, D. Miklesh, D. E. Canfield, and S. Katsev. Migrations of sediment redox boundaries as indicators of change in oligotrophic systems, Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. June 13- 18, 2010 (Oral): Abstract
  • Li, J., S. A. Crowe, D. Miklesh, S. Katsev. Nutrient fluxes and temporal and spatial variability in organic poor sediment in Lake Superior. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA, Dec 14 -18, 2009 (Poster)
  • Li, J., S. Katsev, S. A. Crowe, and D. Miklesh. Geochemistry of Lake Superior sediments with different depths of oxygen penetration: Diagenetic cycles of nitrogen, phosphorus and iron. Biogeochemistry and Carbon Cycle of Lake Superior Workshop, Woodruff, WI, USA, Aug 17 -18, 2009 (Oral)