| Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate LJ Tranvik, JA Downing, JB Cotner, SA Loiselle, RG Striegl, TJ Ballatore, ... Limnology and oceanography 54 (6part2), 2298-2314, 2009 | 1476 | 2009 |
| Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems JJ Elser, RW Sterner, E Gorokhova, WF Fagan, TA Markow, JB Cotner, ... Ecology Letters 3 (6), 540-550, 2000 | 1006 | 2000 |
| Growth rate–stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota JJ Elser, K Acharya, M Kyle, J Cotner, W Makino, T Markow, T Watts, ... Ecology Letters 6 (10), 936-943, 2003 | 672 | 2003 |
| Small players, large role: microbial influence on biogeochemical processes in pelagic aquatic ecosystems JB Cotner, BA Biddanda Ecosystems 5 (2), 105-121, 2002 | 534 | 2002 |
| Uptake of dissolved inorganic and organic bphosphorus compounds by phytoplankton and bacterioplankton JB Cotner Jr, RG Wetzel Limnology and Oceanography 37 (2), 232-243, 1992 | 387 | 1992 |
| Phosphorus-limited bacterioplankton growth in the Sargasso Sea JB Cotner, JW Ammerman, ER Peele, E Bentzen Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13 (2), 141-149, 1997 | 315 | 1997 |
| Are bacteria more like plants or animals? Growth rate and resource dependence of bacterial C: N: P stoichiometry W Makino, JB Cotner, RW Sterner, JJ Elser Functional Ecology 17 (1), 121-130, 2003 | 310 | 2003 |
| Dominance of bacterial metabolism in oligotrophic relative to eutrophic waters B Biddanda, M Ogdahl, J Cotner Limnology and oceanography 46 (3), 730-739, 2001 | 309 | 2001 |
| Temperature and the chemical composition of poikilothermic organisms HA Woods, W Makino, JB Cotner, SE Hobbie, JF Harrison, K Acharya, ... Functional Ecology 17 (2), 237-245, 2003 | 179 | 2003 |
| Indirect photodegradation of dissolved free amino acids: the contribution of singlet oxygen and the differential reactivity of DOM from various sources AL Boreen, BL Edhlund, JB Cotner, K McNeill Environmental science & technology 42 (15), 5492-5498, 2008 | 175 | 2008 |
| Love handles in aquatic ecosystems: the role of dissolved organic carbon drawdown, resuspended sediments, and terrigenous inputs in the carbon balance of Lake Michigan BA Biddanda, JB Cotner Ecosystems 5 (5), 431-445, 2002 | 171 | 2002 |
| Phosphorus deficiency in the Atlantic: An emerging paradigm in oceanography JW Ammerman, RR Hood, DA Case, JB Cotner Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 84 (18), 165-170, 2003 | 168 | 2003 |
| Fish assemblage structure in relation to environmental variation among Brazos River oxbow lakes KO Winemiller, S Tarim, D Shormann, JB Cotner Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129 (2), 451-468, 2000 | 147 | 2000 |
| The functional significance of ribosomal (r) DNA variation: impacts on the evolutionary ecology of organisms LJ Weider, JJ Elser, TJ Crease, M Mateos, JB Cotner, TA Markow Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 36, 219-242, 2005 | 141 | 2005 |
| A model study of the coupled biological and physical dynamics in Lake Michigan C Chen, R Ji, DJ Schwab, D Beletsky, GL Fahnenstiel, M Jiang, ... Ecological modelling 152 (2-3), 145-168, 2002 | 126 | 2002 |
| Relationships between protein-encoding gene abundance and corresponding process are commonly assumed yet rarely observed JD Rocca, EK Hall, JT Lennon, SE Evans, MP Waldrop, JB Cotner, ... The ISME journal 9 (8), 1693, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Application of Illumina next‐generation sequencing to characterize the bacterial community of the Upper Mississippi River C Staley, T Unno, TJ Gould, B Jarvis, J Phillips, JB Cotner, MJ Sadowsky Journal of Applied Microbiology 115 (5), 1147-1158, 2013 | 121 | 2013 |
| Toward a mechanistic understanding of how natural bacterial communities respond to changes in temperature in aquatic ecosystems EK Hall, C Neuhauser, JB Cotner The ISME journal 2 (5), 471, 2008 | 106 | 2008 |
| Singlet oxygen in the coupled photochemical and biochemical oxidation of dissolved organic matter RM Cory, K McNeill, JP Cotner, A Amado, JM Purcell, AG Marshall Environmental science & technology 44 (10), 3683-3689, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Intense winter heterotrophic production stimulated by benthic resuspension JB Cotner, TH Johengen, BA Biddanda Limnology and Oceanography 45 (7), 1672-1676, 2000 | 99 | 2000 |
James ElserFlathead Lake Biological Station of the U of MontanaVerified email at umontana.edu