Publications
# indicates U.Mn. or UMD student authors (graduate and/or undergraduate).
- Eglinton, T.I., J.J. Boon, E.C. Minor, R.J. Olson (1996). Microscale characterization of algal and related particulate organic matter by direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry. Marine Chemistry 52: 27-54.
- Minor, E.C., T.I. Eglinton, R. Olson, J.J. Boon (1998). The compositional heterogeneity of particulate organic matter from the surface ocean: An investigation using flow cytometry and DT-MS. Organic Geochemistry 29(5-7): 1561-1582.
- Minor, E.C., T.I. Eglinton, J.J. Boon, and R. Olson (1999). A protocol for thecharacterization of oceanic particles via flow cytometric sorting and directtemperature-resolved mass spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry 71(10): 2003-2013.
- Minor, E.C. and T.I. Eglinton (1999). Molecular-level variations in particulate organic matter subclasses along the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Marine Chemistry 67, 103-122.
- Minor, E.C., T.I. Eglinton, and J.J. Boon (2000). Direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry as a technique for the semi-quantitative analysis of marineparticulate organic matter. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 53, 19-34.
- Minor, E.C., J.J. Boon, H.R. Harvey, and A. Mannino (2001). Estuarine organic matter composition as probed by direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry and traditional geochemical techniques. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 65(17), 2819-2834.
- Minor, E.C., J-P. Simjouw, J. J. Boon, A. E. Kerkhoff, and J. van der Horst, (2002). Estuarine/marine UDOM as characterized by size-exclusion chromatography and organic mass spectrometry, Marine Chemistry, 78, 75-102
- Minor, E.C., C. Foust, and R.F. Dias (2003) The effect of common nucleic acid stains on the composition of particulate organic matter as determined by direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Marine Chemistry, 83, 75-87.
- Minor, E. C., S. G. Wakeham, and C. Lee (2003). Changes in the molecular-level characteristics of sinking marine particles with water column depth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(22), 4277-4288. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00263-1
- Mulholland, M. R., G. Boneillo, P. Bernhardt, E. Cornfeld, A. M. Watson and E. Minor (2004). A comparison of photosynthetic and heterotrophic carbon acquisition by Aureococcus anophagefferens. In: Steidinger, K. A., J. H. Lansberg, C. R. Tomas and G. A. Vargo (eds.), Harmful Algae 2002. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Institute of Oceanography, and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, St. Petersberg, Florida, USA. p. 59-61.
- Mulholland, M. R., G. Boneillo, and E. C. Minor. (2004) A comparison of N and C uptake during brown tide (Aureococcus anophagefferens) blooms from two coastal bays on the east coast of the USA. Harmful Algae 3(4), 361-376. doi:10:1016/j.hal.2004.06.007.
- Simjouw, J.-P., M. R. Mulholland, and E. C. Minor. (2004) Changes in dissolved organic matter characteristics in Chincoteague Bay during the 2002 bloom of the pelagophyte, Aureococcus anophagefferens. Estuaries 27(6), 986-998.
- Minor, E.C. and P.S. Nallathamby. (2004) “Cellular” vs “detrital” POM: a preliminary study using fluorescent stains, flow cytometry, and mass spectrometry. Marine Chemistry 92(1-4), 9-21.. doi:10/1016/j.marchem.2004.06.015.
- Simjouw, J-P., E.C. Minor, and K. Mopper. (2005) Isolation And Characterization Of Estuarine Dissolved Organic Matter: Comparison Of C18 Solid Phase Extraction And Ultrafiltration Techniques. Marine Chemistry 96(3-4), 219-235.
- Minor, E.C., J.-P. Simjouw, and M.R. Mulholland. (2006) Seasonal variations in dissolved organic carbon concentration and characteristics in a shallow coastal bay Marine Chemistry, 101(3-4), 166-179.
- Minor, E.C., J. Pothen, B.J. Dalzell, H. Abdulla and K. Mopper. (2006) Effects of salinity changes on the photodegradation and UV-visible absorbance of terrestrial dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography, 51, 2181-2186.
- Dittmar, T., K. Whitehead, E.C. Minor, and B.P. Koch (2007). Tracing terrigenous dissolved organic matter and its photochemical decay in the ocean using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, Marine Chemistry, 107, 378-387. dittmar_et_al_2007.pdf
- Minor, E.C., B.J. Dalzell, A. Stubbins, and K. Mopper (2007). Evaluating the photoalteration of estuarine dissolved organic matter using direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry and UV-visible spectroscopy, Aquatic Sciences, DOI 10.1007/s00027-007-0897-y.
- Helms, J.R., A. Stubbins, J.D. Ritchie, E.C. Minor, D. J. Kieber, K. Mopper (2008). Absorption spectral slopes and slope ratios as indicators of molecular weight, source, and photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter, Limnology and Oceanography 53(3), 955-969.
- Minor, E.C., and Stephens, B.# (2008) Dissolved organic matter characteristics within the Lake Superior watershed, Organic Geochemistry, 39, 1489-1501.
- Dalzell, B.J., E.C. Minor, and K.M. Mopper, 2009. Photodegradation of estuarine dissolved organic matter: A multi-method assessment of DOM transformation, Organic Geochemistry, 40, 243-257.
- Abdulla, H.A.N., R.F. Dias, and E.C. Minor, 2009. Understanding the enhanced aqueous solubility of styrene by terrestrial dissolved organic matter using stable isotope mass balance and FTIR, Organic Geochemistry, 40(5), 547-552.
- Mulholland, M.R., G. E. Boneillo, P.W. Bernhardt, and E.C. Minor, 2009. Comparison of nutrient and microbial dynamics over a seasonal cycle in a mid-Atlantic coastal lagoon prone to Aureococcus anophagefferens (brown tide) blooms. Estuaries and Coasts, 32, 1176-1194. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-009-9218-0
- Abdulla, H.A.N., E.C. Minor, R.F. Dias, and P.G. Hatcher, 2010. Changes in the compound classes of dissolved organic matter along an estuarine transect: a study using FTIR and 13C-NMR. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 3815-3838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.006
- Stephens, B.M.# and E.C. Minor. 2010. DOM characteristics along the continuum from river to receiving basin: a comparison of freshwater and marine transects. Aquatic Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00027-010-0144-9. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00027-010-0144
- Abdulla, H.A.N., E.C. Minor, and P.G. Hatcher, 2010. Using two dimensional correlations of 13C-NMR and FTIR to investigate changes in the chemical composition of dissolved organic matter along an estuarine transect. Environmental Science and Technology 44(21), 8044-8049, [doi: 10.1021/es100898x] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es100898x
- Zigah, P.K.,# E.C. Minor, J.P. Werne, and S. L. McCallister, 2011. Radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopic insights into provenance and cycling of carbon in Lake Superior. Limnology and Oceanography 56(3), 867-886. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0867/pdf
- Kruger, B.R.,# B.J. Dalzell, and E.C. Minor, 2011. Effect of organic matter type and salinity on dissolved organic matter isolation via ultrafiltration and solid phase extraction. Aquat. Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0189-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00027-011-0189-4
- Minor, E.C., C.J. Steinbring,# K. Longnecker, and E.B. Kujawinski, 2012. Characterization of dissolved organic matter in Lake Superior and its watershed using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Organic Geochemistry, 43, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.11.007
- Zigah, P.K.#, Minor, E.C., and Werne, J.P., 2012. Radiocarbon and stable-isotope geochemistry of organic and inorganic carbon in Lake Superior. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26, GB1023, doi:10.1029/2011GB004132 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011GB004132/pdf
- Zigah, P.K.,# E.C. Minor, J.P. Werne, and S.L. McCallister, 2012. An isotopic (Δ14C, δ13C, and δ15N) investigation of particulate organic matter and zooplankton biomass in Lake Superior and across a size-gradient of aquatic systems, Biogeosciences, 9, 3663-3678. doi: 10.5194/bg-9-3663-2012. http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/3663/2012/bg-9-3663-2012.pdf
- Macdonald, M.J. # and E.C. Minor, 2013. Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic matter from streams in the western Lake Superior watershed. Aquatic Sciences,75, 509-522. DOI 10.1007/s00027-013-0296-5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00027-013-0296-5
- Li, H.#, E.C. Minor, and P.K. Zigah,# 2013. Diagenetic Changes in Lake Superior Sediments as Seen by FTIR and 2D Correlation Spectroscopy. Organic Geochemistry 58, 125-136. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.03.002
- Abdulla, H.A.N., E.C. Minor, R.F. Dias, and P.G. Hatcher, 2013. Transformations of the chemical compositions of high molecular weight DOM along a salinity transect: Using two dimensional correlation spectroscopy and principal component analysis approaches. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 118: 231-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.036
- Liu, X.#, S.M. Colman, E.T. Brown, E.C. Minor, H. Li,# 2013. Estimation of carbonate, total organic carbon, and biogenic silica content by FTIR and XRF techniques in lacustrine sediments, J. Paleolimnol. DOI 10.1007/s10933-013-9733-7
- Minor, E.C., E. James#, V. Nelson#, R. Lusk#, K. Mopper, and J.A. Austin, 2013. A preliminary examination of an in situ dual dye approach to measuring light fluxes in lotic systems. Limnol. Oceanogr: Methods 11, 621-642. DOI 10.4319/lom.2013.11.631 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lom.2013.11.631/epdf
- Zigah,# P.K., E.C. Minor, H.A. Abdulla, J.P. Werne, and P.G. Hatcher, 2014. An investigation of size-fractionated organic matter from Lake Superior and a tributary stream using radiocarbon, stable isotopes and NMR. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 127: 264-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.037
- Minor, E.C., M. Swenson#, B.M. Mattson, and A. R. Oyler, 2014. Structural characterization of dissolved organic matter: A review of current techniques for isolation and analysis. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, DOI: 10.1039/c4em00062e http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/em/c4em00062e
- Minor, E.C., B. Forsman#, and S.J. Guildford, 2014. The effect of a flood pulse on the water column of western Lake Superior, USA. J. Great Lakes Res., 40: 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.03.015
- Swenson, M.M#., A.R. Oyler, and E.C. Minor, 2014. Rapid solid phase extraction of dissolved organic matter. Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods. 12, 713-728. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lom.2014.12.713/epdf
- Minor, E C., H. Li#, A. R. Oyler, M. M. Swenson# and B. M. Mattson, 2015. Reply to the Comment on “Structural characterization of dissolved organic matter: a review of current techniques for isolation and analysis” by E. C. Minor, M. M. Swenson, B. M. Mattson, and A. R. Oyler, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, 16, 2064. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts 17, 497. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/em/c4em00676c
- Li, H.# and E.C. Minor, 2015. Biogeochemical characteristics of settling particulate organic matter in Lake Superior: A seasonal comparison. Org Geochem. 85, 76-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.05.006
- Li, H.# and E.C. Minor, 2015. Dissolved organic matter in Lake Superior: insights into the effects of extraction methods on chemical composition. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 17, 1829. DOI: 10.1039/c5em00199d http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/em/c5em00199d
- Kruger, B.R#., J.P. Werne, D.K. Branstrator, T.R. Hrabik, Y. Chikaraishi, N. Ohkouchi, and E.C. Minor, 2016. Organic Matter Transfer in Lake Superior’s Food Web: Insights from Bulk and Molecular Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Analyses. Limnology and Oceanography, 61, 149-164. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.10205/pdf
- Zhou, Z., L. Guo, and E. C. Minor. 2016. Characterization of bulk and chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Laurentian Great Lakes during summer 2013, J. Great Lakes Res. (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2016.04.006
- Minor, E.C., J.A. Austin, L. Sun, L. Gauer.#, R.C. Zimmerman, and K. Mopper. 2016. Mixing effects on light exposure in a large-lake epilimnion: a preliminary dual-dye study, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10111. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lom3.10111/epdf
- Zigah, P.K.#, Minor, E.C., McNichol, A.P., Xu, L. and Werne, J.P. 2017. Constraining the sources and cycling of dissolved organic carbon in a large oligotrophic lake using compound class and serial thermal oxidation radiocarbon analyses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 208, 102–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.021
- Katsev, S., Verburg, P., Lliros, M., Minor, E., Kruger, B.#, 2017. Chapter 10: Tropical meromictic lakes: Specifics of meromixis and case studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano. In: Ecology of Meromictic Lakes, (Eds) Gulati, R.D., Zadereev, E., and Degermedzhi, A.G., Springer, 405 p., DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49143-1
- Hendrickson, E.,# Minor, E.C., and Schreiner, K. 2018. Microplastic abundance and composition in western Lake Superior as determined via microscopy, Pyr-GC/MS, and FTIR. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (4), pp 1787–1796. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05829.
- Cooney, E. M.#, McKinney, P., Sterner, R., Small, G. E., & Minor, E. C. (2018). Tale of two storms: Impact of extreme rain events on the biogeochemistry of Lake Superior. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004216
- Talbot, C.V., Bennett, E.M., Cassell, K., Hanes, D.M., Minor, E.C., Paerl, H., Raymond, P.A., Vargas, R., Vidon, P.G., Wolheim, W., Xenopoulos, M.A. 2018. The impact of flooding on aquatic ecosystem services. Bioogeochemistry https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0449-7.
- Peters, C.A., Hendrickson, E.#, Minor, E.C., Schreiner, K., Halbur, J., and Bratton, S.P. 2018. Pyr-GC/MS analysis of microplastics extracted from the stomach content of benthivore fish from the Texas Gulf Coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 137, 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.049
- Kaushal, S.S., Gold, A.J., Bernal, S., Newcomer Johnson, T.A., Addy, K., Burgin, A., Burns, D.A., Coble, A.A., Hood, E., Lu, Y., Mayer, P., Minor, E.C., Schroth, A.W., Vidon, P., Wilson, H., Xenopoulos, M.A., Doody, T., Galella, J.G., Goodling, P., Haviland, K., Haq, S., Wessel, B., Wood, K.L., Jaworski, N., Belt, K.T. 2018. Watershed ‘chemical cocktails’: forming novel elemental combinations in Anthropocene fresh waters. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0502-6
- Minor, E.C., Tennant, C.J., & Brown, E.T. (2019) A Seasonal to Inter‐annual View of Inorganic and Organic Carbon and pH in Western Lake Superior. JGR Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004664
- Minor, E.C., McNichol, N., Zigah, P.K., & Werne, J.P. (2019). Corrigendum to “An Investigation of size-fractionated organic matter from Lake Superior and a tributary stream using radiocarbon, stable isotopes, and NMR” by Zigah, P.K., Minor, E.C., Abdullah, H.A.N., Werne, J.P. and Hatcher, P.G.: A reanalysis using recent radiocarbon blank information [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 127 (2014) 264–284] Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.006
- Hylenski, Kristen; Brady, Jennifer; De Souza, Rebecca; Bauerkemper, Joseph; Gore, David Charles; Shanks, Samuel; Pastor, John; Caprioli, Mary; Pine, Adam; Minor, Elizabeth; Twu, Krista Sue-Lo; Lindaman, Dana; Beard, David; Syring, David; Maclin, Rich; Gran, Rik. (2019). Think Pieces on UMD's Liberal Education Program and the Value of the Liberal Arts. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/208845.
- Minor, E.C., Lin, R.#, Burrows, A.#, Cooney, E.M.#, Grosshuesch, S., Lafrancois, B. (2020). An analysis of microlitter and microplastics from Lake Superior beach sand and surface-water. Science of The Total Environment 744, 140824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140824
- Minor, E.C., Oyler, A.R. (2021) Dissolved organic matter in large lakes: a key but understudied component of the carbon cycle. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00733-z.
- Minor, E.C. and Brinkley, G.# (2022). Alkalinity, pH, and pCO2 in the Laurentian Great Lakes: An initial view of seasonal and inter-annual trends. Journal of Great Lakes Research 48(2), 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.01.005
- Fox, John. M., Schwoerer, Guenter, D., Schreiner, Kathryn M., Minor, Elizabeth C., and Maurer-Jones, Melissa A. 2022. Microplastics in the Water Column of Western Lake Superior ACS ES&T Water Article ASAP. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00169
- Kotar, S., McNeish, R., Murphy-Hagan, C., Renick, V., Lee, C.-F.T., Steele, C., Lusher, A., Moore, C., Minor, E., Schroeder, J., Helm, P., Rickabaugh, K., De Frond, H., Gesulga, K., Lao, W., Munno, K., Thornton Hampton, L.M., Weisberg, S.B., Wong, C.S., Amarpuri, G., Andrews, R.C., Barnett, S.M., Christiansen, S., Cowger, W., Crampond, K., Du, F., Gray, A.B., Hankett, J., Ho, K., Jaeger, J., Lilley, C., Mai, L., Mina, O., Lee, E., Primpke, S., Singh, S., Skovly, J., Slifko, T., Sukumaran, S., van Bavel, B., Van Brocklin, J., Vollnhals, F., Wu, C., Rochman, C.M., 2022. Quantitative assessment of visual microscopy as a tool for microplastic research: Recommendations for improving methods and reporting. Chemosphere 308, 136449. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522029423?via%3Dihub
- Kruger, B.R., Werne, J.P., Minor, E.C., 2022. Sediment organic matter compositional changes in a tropical rift lake as a function of water depth and distance from shore. Organic Geochemistry 175, 104527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104527
- Conowall, P., Minor, E.C., Hrabik, T., and Schoenebeck, C.W., 2023. Variability of Microplastic Loading and Retention in Four Inland Lakes in Minnesota, USA. Environmental Pollution 328, 121573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121573
- Munno, K., Lusher, A.L., Minor, E.C., Gray, A., Ho, K., Hankett, J., Lee, C-F.T., Primpke, S., McNeish, R.E., Wong, C.S., Rochman, C. 2023. Patterns of microparticles in blank samples: A study to inform best practices for microplastic analysis. Chemosphere, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138883
- Sandborn, D.E., Minor, E.C., Hill, C. 2023. Total alkalinity measurement using an open-source platform. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10549
- Thornton Hampton, L.M., De Frond, H., Gesulga, K., Kotar, S., Lao, W., Matuch, C., Weisberg, S.B., Wong, C.S., Brander, S., Christansen, S., Cook, C.R., Du, F., Ghosal, S., Gray, A.B., Hankett, J., Helm, P.A., Ho, K.T., Kefela, T., Lattin, G., Lusher, A., Mai, L., McNeish, R.E., Mina, O., Minor, E.C., Primpke, S., Rickabaugh, K., Renick, V.C., Singh, S., van Bavel, B., Vollnhals, F., Rochman, C.M., 2023. The influence of complex matrices on method performance in extracting and monitoring for microplastics. Chemosphere 334, 138875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138875
- Minor, E.C., Gomes, U.D., Schreiner, K.M., Poulton, N.J., Hendrickson, E., and Maurer-Jones, M.A. 2023. Small microplastic particles in Lake Superior: A preliminary study coupling Nile red staining, flow cytometry and pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10582
- Conowall, P.#, Schreiner, K.M., Marchand, J., Minor, E., Schoenenbeck, C., Maurer-Jones, M.A., and Hrabik, T. 2024. Variability in the drivers of microplastic consumption by fish across four lake ecosystems. Front. Earth Sci. 12:1339822. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1339822