John A. Berges
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology

Phone: (414) 229-3258
Fax: (414) 229-3926
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Web Site: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/Docs/
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Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 E. Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Research Interests
  • Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Ecophysiology and Biochemistry:
    • Developing indices of growth and other biological rates
    • Characterizing cellular acclimation
    • Clarifying the size-dependence of cellular processes
Education
  • BSc University of Guelph 1987
  • MSc University of Guelph 1989
  • PhD University of British Columbia 1994
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Brookhaven National Laboratory 1994-6
  • Lecturer Queen's University of Belfast 1996-2002
Publications
  • Berges, J. A., D. J. Franklin, and P. J. Harrison. 2001. Evolution of an artificial seawater medium: improvements in ESAW over the last two decades. J. Phycol. 37: 1-8.
  • Boyd, P. W., N. D. Sherry, J. A. Berges, J. K. B. Bishop, S. E. Calvert, M. A. Charette, S. J. Giovannoni, R. Goldblatt, P. J. Harrison, S. B. Moran, S. Roy, M. Soon. 1999. Transformations of biogenic particulates from the pelagic to the deep ocean realm. Deep-Sea Research 46: 2761-2792.
  • Vergara, J. J., J. A. Berges, and P. G. Falkowski. 1998. Diel periodicty of nitrate reductase activity and protein levels in the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 34: 952-961.
  • Boyd, P., J. A. Berges and P. J. Harrison. 1998. In vitro iron enrichment experiments at iron-rich and -poor sites in the NE subarctic Pacific. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 227: 133-151.
  • Berges, J. A. and P. G. Falkowski. 1998. Physiological stress and cell death in marine phytoplankton: induction of proteases in reponse to nitrogen- or light-limitation. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 129-135.