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PAPERS

Castillo, K. D., Ries, J. B., Weiss, J. M., Lima, F. P., Decline of forereef corals in response to recent warming linked to history of thermal exposure, Nature Climate Change, in press.

Honisch, B., Ridgwell, A., Schmidt, D., Thomas, E., Gibbs, S., Sluijs, A., Zeebe, R., Kump, L., Martindale, R., Greene, S., Kiessling, W., Ries, J., Zachos, J., Royer, D., Barker, S., Marchitto, T., Moyer, R., Pelejero, C., Ziveri, P., Foster, G., Williams, B., 2012, The geologic record of ocean acidification, Science 335: 1058-1063. PDF

Ries, J.B.,
2011, Acid ocean cover up. Nature Climate Change 1: 294–295. doi:10.1038/nclimate1204. PDF

Ries, J.B.
, 2011, Skeletal mineralogy in a high-CO2 world.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology  403: 54-64. PDF

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., 2012, US Patent No. 8,137,455, Methods and compositions using calcium carbonate (3), 103 p. PDF

Constantz, B. R., Farsad, K., Camire, C., Patterson, J., Ginder-Vogel, M., Yaccato, K., Stagnaro, J., Devenney, M., Ries, J.B., 2012, US Patent No. 8,114,214, Methods and compositions using calcium carbonate (2), 103 p. PDF

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 (1), 103 p.  PDF