PUBLICATIONS
Jayakumar, A., Al-Rashaidat, M. M. D., Ward, B. B. and Mulholland, M. R. Diversity, distribution and expression of nifH genes in oxygen deficient waters of the Arabian Sea. FEMS Microbial Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01430.x (2012) pdf
Kritee, K., Sigman, D. M., Granger, J., Ward, B. B., Jayakumar, A. and Deutsch, C. Reduced isotope fractionation by denitrification under conditions relevant to the ocean. Geochemica Cosmochemica Acta, 92:243-259 (2012) pdf
Moffett, J., C. B. Tuit and B. B. Ward. Chelator-induced inhibition of copper metalloenzymes in denitrifying bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 57:272-280 (2012) pdf
Bouskill, N. J., D. Eveillard, D. M. Chien, A. Jayakumar, and B. B. Ward, Distribution and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing organisms across environmental gradients. Environmental Microbiology 14:714-729, DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02623.x (2012) pdf
Newell, S.E., Babbin, A. R., Jayakumar, A. and B. B. Ward. Ammonia oxidation rates and nitrification in the Arabian Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25 GB4016, doi:10.1029/2010GB003940 (2011) pdf
Bouskill, N. J., D. Eveillard, D. M. Chien, A. Jayakumar, and B. B. Ward, Environmental factors determining ammonia-oxidizing organism distribution and diversity in marine environments. Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02623.x (2011) pdf
Fawcett, S. E., M. W. Lomas, J. R. Casey, B. B. Ward and D. M. Sigman. Submitted. Assimilation of upwelled nitrate by small eukaryotes in the Sargasso Sea. Nature Geosciences, 4: 717-722 (2011) pdf
Bhadury, P. and Ward, B. B. Intron features of key functional genes mediating nitrogen metabolism in marine phytoplankton. Marine Genomics, 3: 207-213 (2011) pdf
Ward, B. B., Rees, A. P., Somerfield, P. J., and Joint, I. R. Linking phytoplankton community composition to seasonal changes in f ratio. ISME Journal, 5 : 1759-1770 doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.50 (2011) pdf
Bowen, J. L., B. B. Ward, H. G. Morrison, J. E. Hobbie, I. Valiela, L. A. Deegan, and M. L. Sogin. Microbial community composition in sediments resists perturbation by nutrient enrichment. ISME Journal, 5 : 1540-1548 doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.22 (2011) pdf
Fawcett, S. E., and Ward, B. B. Phytoplankton succession and nitrogen utilization during the development of a simulated upwelling bloom. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 436: 13-31 (2011) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification in the Ocean. In: B. B. Ward, M. G. Klotz and D. A. Arp, Editors. Nitrification, ASM Press, Washington, D.C. Pp. 325-345 (2011) pdf
Ward, B. B. Measurement and distribution of nitrification rates in the oceans. In Microbial Nitrification and Related Processes. M. G. Klotz, editor, Methods in Enzymology, 486: 307-323 (2011) pdf
Ward, B. B. and N. J. Bouskill. The utility of functional gene arrays for assessing community composition, relative abundance and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea. In Microbial Nitrification and Related Processes. M. G. Klotz, editor. Methods in Enzymology, 496: 373-396 (2011) pdf
Campbell, M., Chain, P., Dang, H., El Sheik, A., Norton, J., Ward, N., Ward, B. B., Klotz, M. G. Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world’s oceans. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 76: 39-48 (2011) pdf
Bouskill, N. J., Eveillard, D., O’Mullan, G. D., Jackson, G. A., and Ward, B. B. Seasonal and annual reoccurrence in Ammonia-oxidizing bacterial populationstructure. Environmental Microbiology 13: 872-886 (2011) pdf
Malcolm, E. G., J. K. Schaefer, E. B. Ekstrom, C. B. Tuit, A. Jayakumar, H. Park, B. B. Ward and F. M. M. Morel. Mercury methylation in oxygen deficient zones of the oceans: No evidence for the predominance of anaerobes. Marine Chemistry, 122: 11-19. (2010) pdf
Bulow, S.E., Rich, J.J., Naik, H, Pratihary, A. and Ward, B. B. Denitrification and not anammox is dominant in the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone. Deep-Sea Res. Pt 1, 57: 384-393 (2010) pdf
Bhadury, P. and B. B. Ward. Molecular diversity of marine phytoplankton communities based on key functional genes. Journal of Phycology 45: 1335-1347 (2009) pdf
Jayakumar, A., O’Mullan, G., Naqvi, S.W.A and Ward B.B. Distribution and Relative Quantification of key Genes Involved in Fixed Nitrogen Loss From the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone. In, Indian Ocean Biogeochemical Processes and Ecological Variability eds., Wiggert J.D., Hood R.R., Naqvi, S.W.A., Brink, K.H., and Smith, S.L. American Geophysical Union, pp 187-203 (2009) pdf
Ward, B. B., Devol, A.H., Rich, J.J., Chang, B.X., Bulow, S.E., Naik, H, Pratihary, A. and Jayakumar A. Denitrification as the dominant nitrogen loss process in the Arabian Sea. Nature 461: 78-82 (2009) pdf
Jayakumar, A. O’Mullan, G, Naqvi, S.W.A and Ward B.B. Denitrifying bacterial community composition changes associated with stages of denitrification in oxygen minimumzones Microb. Ecol. 58, 350-362 (2009) pdf
Song, B. K., E. Chyun, P. Jaffe and B. B. Ward. Molecular methods to detect and monitor of uncultured dissimilatory arsenate respiring bacteria (DARB) in sediments. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 68: 108-117 (2009) pdf
Ward, B. B., C.B Tuit, A. Jayakumar, J.J. Rich, J. Moffett and W. Naqvi. Organic carbon, and not copper, controls denitrification in oxygen minimum zones of the ocean. Deep Sea Research I 55: 1672-1683 (2008) pdf
Ward, B. B. Phytoplankton community composition and gene expression of functional genes involved in carbon and nitrogen assimilation. Journal of Phycology 44: 1490-1503(2008) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification. In: Nitrogen in the Marine Environment. Eds. D. G. Capone, D. A. Bronk, M. R. Mulholland, and E. J. Carpenter. Elsevier, Amsterdam. Pp. 199 – 262 (2008) pdf
Bulow, S. E., Francis, C. A., Jackson, G. A. and Ward, B. B. Sediment denitrifier community composition and nirS gene expression investigated with functional gene microarrays. Environmental Microbiology 10: 3057-3069 (2008) pdf
Starkenburg, S. R., Larimer, F. W., Stein, L. Y., Klotz, M. G., Chain, P. S., Sayavedra-Soto, L.A., Poret-Peterson, A. T., Gentry, M. E., Arp, D. J., Ward, B. B., Bottomley, P. J. Complete genome sequence of Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 and comparative genomic analysis of species within the genus Nitrobacter Appl Environ Microbiol 74: 2852-2863. (2008) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology. Eds. S. E. Jorgensen and B. D. Faith, Ecological Processes. Vol 3 of Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. Elsevier, Oxford. Pp. 2511-2518 (2008) pdf
Duce, R.A., J. LaRoche, K. Altieri, K. Arrigo, A. Baker, D.G. Capone, S. Cornell, F. Dentener, J. Galloway, R.S. Ganeshram, R.Geider, T. Jickells, M.M. Kuypers, R. Langlois, P. S. Liss, S. M. Liu, J.J. Middelburg, C.M. Moore, S. Nickovic, A. Oschlies, T. Pedersen, J. Prospero, R. Schlitzer, S. Seitzinger, L.L. Sorensen, M. Uematsu, O. Ulloa, M. Voss, B. Ward, and L. Zamora, Impacts of Atmospheric Anthropogenic Nitrogen on the Open Ocean. Science, 320:893-898 (2008) pdf
Rich, J. J., O. R. Dale, B. K. Song and B. B. Ward. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in Chesapeake Bay sediments. Microbial Ecology, 55: 311-320 (2008) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrogen cycling in aquatic environments. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology. Eds. C. J. Hurst, R. L. Crawford, J. L. Garland, D. A. Lipson, A. L. Mills, L. D. Stetzenbach. American Society for Microbiology, New York. pp 511-522 (2007)
Adhitya, A. , F. I. M. Thomas and B. B. Ward. Diversity of assimilatory nitrate reductase genes from plankton and epiphytes associated with a seagrass bed. Microbial Ecology, 54: 587-597 (2007) pdf
Ward, B. B., D. Eveillard, J. D. Kirshtein, J. D. Nelson, M. A. Voytek and G. A. Jackson. Ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community composition in estuarine and oceanic environments assessed using a functional gene microarray. Environmental Microbiology 9: 2522-2538 (2007) pdf
Song, B. K. and B. B. Ward. Molecular cloning and characterization of high affinity nitrate transporters in marine phytoplankton. Journal of Phycology 43:542-552 (2007) pdf
Moisander, P. H., A. E. Morrison, B. B. Ward, B. D. Jenkins, J. P. Zehr. Spatial-temporal variability in diazotroph assemblages in Chesapeake Bay using an oligonucleotide nifH microarray. Environmental Microbiology, 9:1823-1835 (2007) pdf
Taroncher-Oldenburg, G. and Ward, B. B. Oligonucletoide microarrays for the study of microbial communities. In: DNA Analysis by Nonradioactive Probes (Ed.) Hilario, E. and Mackay, J.F., Humana Press, Totowa, NY, USA pp 301-315 (2006) pdf
Klotz, M. G., D. J. Arp, P. S. G. Chain, A. R. El-Sheikh, L. J. Hauser, N. G. Hommes, F. W. Larimer, S. A. Malfatti, J. M. Norton, A. T. Poret-Peterson, L. M. Vergez and B. B. Ward. Complete genome sequence of the marine, chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72: 6299-6315 (2006) pdf
Glatz, R. E., P. W. Lepp, B. B. Ward and C. A. Francis. Microbial diversity in the water column of permanently ice-covered Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Geobiology, 4: 53-67 (2006) pdf
Bronk, D. A. and B. B. Ward. Inorganic and organic nitrogen cycling in the Southern California Bight. (Deep-Sea Research, 52: 2285-2300 (2005) pdf
Ward, B. B. and G. D. O’Mullan. Community level analysis: Genetic and biogeochemcial approaches to investigate community composition and function in aerobic ammonia oxidation. In: Methods in Enzymology, 397:395-413 (2005) pdf
Ward, B. B. Temporal variability in nitrification rates and related biogeochemical factors in Monterey Bay, California. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 292: 97-109 (2005) pdf
Ward, B. B. Molecular approaches to marine microbial ecology and the marine nitrogen cycle. In: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, 33:092203.122514 (2005) pdf
Song, B., and B. B. Ward. Genetic diversity of benzoyl coenzyme A reductase genes detected in denitrifying isolates and estuarine sediment communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 2036-2045 (2005) pdf
Ward, B. B., J. Granger, M. T. Maldonado, K. L. Casciotti, S. Harris and M. L. Wells. Denitrification in the hypolimnion of permanently ice-covered Lake Boney, Antarctica Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 52: 197-205 (2005) pdf
Casciotti, K. L. and B. B. Ward. Phylogenetic analysis of nitric oxide reductase gene homologues
from aerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 52: 197-205 (2005) pdf
Allen, A. E., B. Song and B. B. Ward. Characterization of diatom (Bacillariophyceae) nitrate reductase genes and detection of eukaryotic nitrate reductase genes from marine waters. Journal of Phycology, 41: 95-104 (2005) pdf
O’Mullan, G. D. and B. B. Ward. Relationship of Temporal and Spatial Variabilities of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria to Nitrification Rates in Monterey Bay, CA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 697-705 (2005) pdf
Jiang, W., A. Saxena, B. Song, B. B. Ward, T. J. Beveridge, S. C. B. Myneni. Elucidation of functional groups on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial surfaces using infrared spectroscopy, Langmuir, 20 11433-11442 (2004) pdf
Song, B., and B. B. Ward. Molecular characterization of the assimilatory nitrate reductase gene and its expression in the marine green alga Dunaliella tertiolecta. Journal of Phycology, 40: 721-731 (2004) pdf
Jenkins, B. D., G. F. Steward, S. M. Short, B. B. Ward and J. P. Zehr. Fingerprinting diazotroph communities in the Chesapeake Bay by using a DNA macroarray. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70: 1767-1776 (2004). pdf
Steward, G. F., B. D. Jenkins, B. B. Ward and J. P. Zehr. Development and testing of a DNA macroarray to assess nitrogenase (nifH) gene diversity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70: 1455-1465 (2004). pdf
Jayakumar, D. A., C. A. Francis, S. W. A. Naqvi and B. B. Ward. Diversity of nitrite reductase genes in the denitrifying water column of the coastal Arabian Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 34: 69-78 (2004). pdf
Francis, C. A., G. D. O’Mullan and B. B. Ward. Diversity of ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) genes across environmental gradients in Chesapeake Bay sediments. Geobiology, 1: 129-140 (2003) pdf
Ward, B. B. Significance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the ocean. Trends in Microbiology, 11: 408-410 (2003) pdf
in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Geomicrobiology Journal, 20: 335-353 (2003) pdf
Ward, B. B., J. Granger, M. T. Maldonado and M. L. Wells. What limits bacterial production in the suboxic region of permanently ice-covered Lake Bonney, Antarctica? Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 31: 33-47 (2003) pdf
Caffrey, J. M., N. E. Harrington, I. P. Solem and B. B. Ward. Biogeochemical Processes in a Small California Estuary, Elkhorn Slough, CA.: 2. Nitrification Activity, Community Structure and Role in Nitrogen Budgets, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 248: 27-40 (2003) pdf
Song, B. and B. B. Ward. Nitrite reductase genes in halobenzoate degrading denitrifyng bacteria and related species. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 34: 349-357 (2003) pdf
Granger, J. and B. B. Ward. Accumulation of nitrogen oxides in copper-limited cultures of denitrifying bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 48: 313-318 (2003) pdf
Ward, B. B. and G. D. O'Mullan. Worldwide distribution of marine ammonia-oxidizing Gamma-Proteobacteria detected in seawater by PCR and sequencing of 16S rRNA and AmoA genes, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68: 4153-4157 (2002) pdf
Ward, B. B. How many species of prokaryotes are there? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US. 99:10234-10236 (2002) pdf
Caffrey, J. M., N. E. Harrington and B. B. Ward. Biogeochemical Processes in a Small California Estuary: 1. Benthic Fluxes and Pore Water Constituents Reflect High Nutrient Freshwater Inputs, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233: 39-53 (2002) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification in Aquatic Systems. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, D. A Capone, Ed., Wiley & Sons, New York, Pp. 2144-2167 (2002)
Zehr, J. P, and B. B. Ward. Nitrogen cycling in the ocean: new perspectives on processes and paradigms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68: 1015-1024 (2002) pdf
Ward, B. B. and D. A. Bronk. Net nitrogen uptake and DON release in surface waters: Size fraction experiments implicate grazing and community structure in DON release. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 219: 11-24 (2001) pdf
Golet, D. S. and B. B. Ward. Vertical distribution of denitrification potential, denitrifying bacteria and benzoate utilization in intertidal microbial mat communities. Microbial Ecology, 42: 22-34 (2001)
Casciotti, K. A. and B. B. Ward. Nitrite reductase genes in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67: 2213-2221 (2001) pdf
Bothe, H., G. Jost, M. Schloter, B. B. Ward and K.-P. Witzel. Molecular analysis of ammonia oxidation and denitrification in natural environments FEMS Microbiological Reviews, 24: 673-690 (2000) pdf
Ward, B. B. 2000. Nitrification and the marine nitrogen cycle. In: D. Kirchman, ed. Microbial Ecology, Wiley-Liss, New York, pp 427-454 (2000)
Bronk, D. A. and B. B. Ward. Magnitude of DON release relative to gross nitrogen uptake in marine systems. Limnology and Oceanography, 45: 1879-1883 (2000) pdf
Ward, B. B., D. P. Martino, M. C. Diaz and S. B. Joye. Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline Mono Lake, California on the basis of 16s rRNA sequences. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67: 2873-2881 (2000) pdf
Bronk, D. A. and B. B. Ward. Gross and net nitrogen uptake and DON release in the euphotic zone of Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography, 44:573-585 (1999) pdf
Voytek, M. A., B. B. Ward and J. C. Priscu. The distribution and relative abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in six Antarctic Dry Valley lakes. Hydrobiologia, 401: 113-130 (1999) pdf
Francis, C. A., A. K. Francis, D. S. Golet and B. B. Ward. Quantification of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene homology abundance in intertidal sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 15: 225-231. (1998)
Hogan, M. E. and B. B. Ward. Response of a marine sediment microbial community exposed to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Microbial Ecology, 35: 72-82. (1998) pdf
Voytek, M. A., B. B. Ward and J. C. Priscu. The abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in Lake Bonney, Antarctica determined by immunofluorescence, PCR and in situ hybridization. Antarctic Research Series, The McMurdo Dry Valleys, pp. 217-228. (1998)
Diaz, C. M. and B. B. Ward. Sponge mediated nitrification in tropical benthic communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 156: 97-107. (1997)
Bard, D. G. and B. B. Ward. A species-specific bacterial productivity method using immunomagnetic separation and radiotracer experiments. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 28: 207-219. (1997) pdf
Ward, B. B. and J.C. Priscu. Detection and characterization of denitrifying bacteria in an ice-covered Antarctic Lake. Hydrobiologia, 347: 57-68. (1997) pdf
Ward, B. B., K. J. Courtney and J. H. Langenheim. Inhibition of Nitrosomonas europaea by monoterpenes from coastal redwood (Sequois sempervirens) in whole cell studies. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 23: 2583-2598. (1997) pdf
Ward, B. B., M.A. Voytek, K.-P. Witzel. Population diversity of ammonium oxidizers investigated by specific PCR amplification. Microbial Ecology, 33: 87-96. (1997) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification and denitrification: Probing the nitrogen cycle in aquatic environments. Microbial Ecology, 32: 247-261. (1996) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification and ammonification in aquatic systems. Life Supp. Biosph. Sci., 3: 25-29. (1996)
Ward, B. B.. Functional and taxonomic probes for bacteria in the nitrogen cycle. Ed. I. Joint, NATO workshop on Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes, pp. 73-86. (1995)
Ward, B. B. Diversity in denitrifying bacteria: Limits of DNA RFLP analysis and probes for the functional gene, nitrite reductase. Archives of Microbiology, 163: 167-175. (1995)
Voytek, M.A. and B. B. Ward. Detection of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria of the beta-subdivision proteobacteria in aquatic samples using the polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 61: 1441-1450. (1995) pdf
Bronk, D.A., P.M. Glibert and B. B. Ward. Nitrogen uptake, dissolved organic nitrogen release and new production. Science, 265: 1843-1846. (1994) pdf
Miller, L.G. , M.D. Coutlakis, R.S. Oremland and B. B. Ward. Selective inhibition of nitrification (ammonium oxidation) by methylfluoride and dimethyl ether. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 59: 2457-2464. (1993) pdf
Ward, B. B., A.R. Cockcroft and K.A. Kilpatrick. Antibody and DNA probes for detection of nitrite reductase in seawater. Journal of General Microbiology, 139: 2285-2293. (1993) pdf
Ward, B. B. and A.R. Cockcroft. Immunofluorescence detection of the denitrifying bacterium, Pseudomonas perfectomarina, in seawater and intertidal sediment environments. Microbial Ecology, 25: 233-246. (1993) pdf
Ward, B. B. and K.A. Kilpatrick. Methane oxidation associated with mid-depth methane maxima in the Southern California Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 13: 1111-1122. (1993) pdf
Kerkhof, L.J. and B. B. Ward. Comparison of nucleic acid hybridization and fluorometry for measurement of RNA/DNA relationship with growth rate in a marine bacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 59: 1303-1309. (1993) pdf
Hansell, D.A., B. B. Ward and P.M. Williams. Measurements of DOC and DON in the Southern California Bight using oxidation by high temperature combustion. Deep-Sea Research, 40: 219-234. (1993) pdf
DeLong, E.F. and B. B. Ward. Biological oceanography from a molecular perspective. Oceanus 35: 47-54. (1992)
Ward, B. B. The subsurface methane maximum in the Southern California Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 12: 735-752. (1992) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrogen cycle of the sea. Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, Academic Press,Inc., 3:295-206. (1992)
Ward, B. B. and K.A. Kilpatrick. Nitrogen transformations in the oxic layer of permanent anoxic basins: The Black Sea and the Cariaco Trench. E. Izdar and J.W. Murray (eds.): Black Sea Oceanography, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 111-124. (1991) pdf
Reeburgh, W.S., B. B. Ward, S.C. Whalen, K.A. Sandbeck, K.A. Kilpatrick, and L.J. Kerkhof. Black Sea Methane Geochemistry. Deep Sea Research. (1991) pdf
Ward, B. B. Immunology in Biological Oceanography and Marine Ecology. The Oceanography Magazine, 3: 30-35. (1991) pdf
Ward, B. B. and K.A. Kilpatrick. Relationship between substrate concentration and oxidation of ammonium and methane in a stratified water column. Continental Shelf Research, 10: 1193-1208. (1990) pdf
Lipschultz, F., S.C. Wofsy, B. B. Ward, L.A. Codispoti, G. Friederich, and J.W. Elkins. Bacterial transformations of inorganic nitrogen in the oxygen deficient waters of the eastern tropical south Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, 37: 1513-1541. (1990) pdf
Ward, B. B. Kinetics of ammonia oxidation by a marine nitrifying bacterium: Methane as a substrate analogue. Microbial Ecology, 19: 211-226. (1990)
Ward, B. B., H.E. Glover, and F. Lipschultz. Chemoautotrophic activity and nitrification in the oxygen minimum zone off Peru. Deep-Sea Res., 36: 1031-1051. (1989) pdf
Ward, B. B., K.A. Kilpatrick, E. Renger, and R.W. Eppley. Biological nitrogen cycling in the nitracline. Limnol. Oceanogr., 34: 493-513. (1989) pdf
Spinrad, R.W., H.E. Glover, B. B. Ward, L. A. Codispoti, and G. Kullenberg. Suspended particle and bacterial maxima in Peruvian coastal waters during a cold water anomaly. Deep-Sea Res., 36: 715-733. (1989) pdf
Ward, B. B., K.A. Kilpatrick, A.E. Wopat, E.C. Minnich, and M.E. Lidstrom. Methane oxidation in Saanich Inlet during summer stratification. Continental Shelf Res., 9: 65-75. (1989) pdf
Ward, B. B. and O.C. Zafiriou. Nitrification and nitric oxide in the oxygen minimum of the eastern tropical North Pacific. Deep-Sea Res., 35: 1127- 1142. (1988) pdf
Heyman, U., B. Heyman, and B. B. Ward. Cell affinity chromatography for a marine nitrifying bacterium. IN: C.M. Yentsch, F.C. Mague and P.K. Moran (Eds.), Immunochemical Approaches to Estuarine, Coastal and Oceanographic Questions, Springer-Verlag, pp. 100-116. (1988)
Ward, B. B. Nitrogen transformations in the Southern California Bight. Deep-Sea Res., 34: 785-805. (1987) pdf
Ward, B. B. Kinetic studies on ammonia and methane oxidation by Nitrosococcus Oceanus. Arch. Microbiol., 147: 126-133. (1987) pdf
Ward, B. B., K .A. Kilpatrick, P.C. Novelli, and M.I. Scranton. Methane oxidation and methane fluxes in the ocean surface layer and in deep anoxic waters. Nature, 327: 226-229. (1987) pdf
Ward, B. B. Nitrification in Marine Environments, pp. 157-184. IN: J.I. Prosser (Ed.), Nitrification. Special Publications of the Society for General Microbiology, Vol. 20, IRL Press, Oxford. (1986)
Codispoti, L.I., G.E. Friederich, T.T. Packard, H.E. Glover, R.T. Barker, J.W. Elkins, B. B. Ward, F. Lipschultz, and N. Lostaunau. High nitrite levels off northern Peru: A signal of instability in the marine denitrification rate. Science,233: 1200-1202. (1986) pdf
Ward, B. B. and A.F. Carlucci. Marine ammonium- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: Serological diversity determined by immunofluorescence in culture and in the environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 50: 194-201. (1985) pdf
Ward, B. B. (Editor). Aquatic Nitrogen Cycles. Special Edition of Marine Chemistry. (1985)
Ward, B. B. Light and substrate concentration effects on marine ammonium assimilation and oxidation rates. Mar., Chem., 16: 301-316. (1985) pdf
Ward, B. B., M.C. Talbot, and M.J. Perry. Contributions of phytoplankton and nitrifying bacteria to ammonium and nitrite dynamics in coastal water. Cont. Shelf Res., 3: 383-398. (1984) pdf
Ward, B. B. Photosynthesis and bacterial utilization of phytoplankton exudates: Results from pre- and post-incubation size fractionation. Oceanol. Acta, 7: 337-343. (1984) pdf
Karl, D.M., G.A. Knauer, J.H. Martin, and B. B. Ward. Bacterial chemolithotrophy in the ocean is associated with sinking particles. Nature, 309: 54-56. (1984) pdf
Ward, B. B. Autotrophic activity of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria: Combined autoradiography and immunofluorescence for estimation of single cell activity in the primary nitrite maximum off the coast of Washington. Limnol. Oceanogr., 29: 402-410. (1984)
Ward, B. B. Oceanic distribution of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria determined by immunofluorescent assay. J. Mar. Res., 40: 1155-1172. (1982)
Ward, B. B., R.J. Olson, and M.J. Perry. Microbial nitrification rates in the primary nitrite maximum off Southern California. Deep-Sea Res., 29: 247-255. (1982) pdf
Ward, B. B. and M.J. Perry. Immunofluorescent assay for the marine ammonium-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosococcus oceanus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 39: 913-918. (1980) pdf