Ries, J.B., 2011, A physicochemical framework for interpreting the biological calcification response to CO₂-induced ocean acidification.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75: 4053-4064. PDF

*Castillo, K.D., Ries, J.B., Weiss, J.M., 2010, Declining coral skeletal extension for forereef colonies of Siderastrea siderea on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. PLoS ONE 6 (2): e14615. PDF

Ries, J.B., 2010, Shell-shocked: How different creatures deal with an acidifying ocean. Earth Magazine, 55 (3): 46-53.  PDF

Ries, J.B., Cohen, A.L., McCorkle, D.C., 2010, A nonlinear calcification response to CO₂-induced ocean acidification by the coral Oculina arbuscula, Coral Reefs 29: 661-674.  PDF

Ries, J.B., 2010, Geological and experimental evidence for secular variation in seawater Mg/Ca (calcite-aragonite seas) and its effects on marine biological calcification. Biogeosciences 7: 2795–2849.  PDF

Stanley, S.M., Ries, J.B., Hardie, L.A., 2010, Increased production of calcite and slower growth for the major sediment-producing alga Halimeda as the Mg/Ca ratio of seawater is lowered to a “calcite sea” level, Journal of Sedimentary Research 80: 6-16.
Ries, J.B., Cohen, A.L., McCorkle, D.C. 2009. Marine calcifiers exhibit mixed responses to CO₂-induced ocean acidification. Geology, 37 (12):1131-1134.  PDF

Ries, J.B., 2009, Effects of secular variation in seawater Mg/Ca ratio (calcite-aragonite seas) on CaCO3 sediment production by the calcareous algae Halimeda, Penicillus and Udotea -- evidence from recent experiments and the geological record.  Terra Nova 21: 323-339.  PDF

Ries, J.B., Fike, D.A., Pratt, L.M, Lyons, T.W., and Grotzinger, J.P., 2009. Super-heavy pyrite (δ34Spyr > δ34SCAS) in the terminal Proterozoic Nama Group, Southern Namibia: A consequence of low seawater sulfate at the dawn of animal life. Geology, 37 (8):743-746.  PDF

Ries, J.B., 2008. Seeing changes in a changing sea. Nature Geosciences, 1:497-498.  PDF

Ries, J.B., Anderson, M.A., Hill, R.T. 2008. Seawater Mg/Ca controls polymorph mineralogy of microbial CaCO3: A potential proxy for calcite-aragonite seas in Precambrian time. Geobiology, 6:106-119.  PDF

Ries, J.B., S.M. Stanley, and L.A. Hardie. 2006. Scleractinian corals produce calcite, and grow more slowly, in artificial Cretaceous seawater. Geology, 34 (7):525-528.  PDF

Ries, J.B. 2006. Mg fractionation in crustose coralline algae: Geochemical, biological, and sedimentological implications of secular variation in the Mg/Ca ratio of seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70:891-900.  PDF

Ries, J.B. 2006. Aragonitic algae in calcite seas: effect of seawater Mg/Ca on codiacean biomineralization. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76:515-523.  PDF

Ries, J.B. 2005. Experiments on the effect of secular variation in seawater Mg/Ca (calcite and aragonite seas) on calcareous biomineralization.  Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. dissertation thesis, 235 p.  PDF

Ries, J.B. 2005.  Aragonite production in calcite seas: effect of seawater Mg/Ca ratio on the calcification and growth of the calcareous alga Penicillus capitatus. Paleobiology 31 (3):449-462.  PDF

Stanley, S.M., Ries, J.B. and Hardie, L.A.  2005. Seawater chemistry, coccolithophore population growth, and the origin of Cretaceous chalk. Geology 33 (7):593-596.  PDF

Ries, J.B. 2004. The effect of ambient Mg/Ca on Mg fractionation in calcareous marine invertebrates: A record of Phanerozoic Mg/Ca in seawater. Geology 32(11):981-984.  PDF

Stanley, S.M., Ries, J.B., and Hardie, L.A. 2002. Low-magnesium calcite produced by coralline algae in seawater of Late Cretaceous composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99(24):15323-15326.  PDF

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PATENTS

Constantz, B. R., Farsad, K., Camire, C., Patterson, J., Ginder-Vogel, M., Yaccato, K., Stagnaro, J., Devenney, M., Ries, J.B., 2011, US Patent No. 8,062,418, Methods and compositions using calcium carbonate, 103 p.  PDF