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John Berges
PeerJ Editor & Author
1,405 Points

Contributions by role
Author 135
Editor 1,270

Contributions by subject area
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Plant Science
Food, Water and Energy Nexus
Biotechnology
Freshwater Biology
Ecohydrology
Cell Biology
Microbiology
Ecosystem Science
Marine Biology
Biological Oceanography
Ecology
Natural Resource Management
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Ecotoxicology
Molecular Biology
Veterinary Medicine
Zoology
Population Biology

John A Berges

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Professor in Biological Sciences and Freshwater Sciences. PhD Biological Oceanography, U. British Columbia. Postdoctoral work, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. Research interests include marine and freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton ecophysiology and biochemistry, including molecular (e.g. evolution of cell death proteases) and biomathematical (e.g. agent-based modelling) approaches.

Biological Oceanography Freshwater Biology Marine Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Queen's University Belfast

Work details

Professor

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
October 2002
Biological Sciences

Lecturer (Equivalent Assistant Professor)

The Queen's University Belfast
January 1996 - September 2002
School of Biology and Biochemistry

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 9
July 21, 2022
Growth parameters and responses of green algae across a gradient of phototrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions
Erica B. Young, Lindsay Reed, John A. Berges
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13776 PubMed 35891646

Academic Editor on

November 14, 2025
Does reef crest zone selection influence Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) fragment survival and growth?
Amanda Ramos Romero, Patricia González-Díaz, Gabriela Aguilera Pérez, Anastazia T. Banaszak
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20303 PubMed 41256771
June 25, 2021
Feasibility of melting fingerprint obtained from ISSR-HRM curves for marine mammal species identification
Wannapimol Kriangwanich, Kittisak Buddhachat, Anocha Poommouang, Siriwadee Chomdej, Chatchote Thitaram, Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, Korakot Nganvongpanit
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11689 PubMed 34239781
March 9, 2020
Effects of auxin derivatives on phenotypic plasticity and stress tolerance in five species of the green alga Desmodesmus (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)
Wei-Jiun Lin, Han-Chen Ho, Sheng-Chang Chu, Jui-Yu Chou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8623 PubMed 32195045
January 27, 2020
Bacterial inoculations can perturb the growth trajectory of diatoms with an existing microbiome
Lydia J. Baker, Paul F. Kemp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8352 PubMed 32025366
January 3, 2020
Osmotrophic glucose and leucine assimilation and its impact on EPA and DHA content in algae
Elina T. Peltomaa, Sami Taipale
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8363 PubMed 31915592
November 12, 2019
Rethinking the lake trophic state index
Farnaz Nojavan A., Betty J. Kreakie, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Song S. Qian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7936 PubMed 31741785
August 15, 2018
Summer diatom blooms in the eastern North Pacific gyre investigated with a long-endurance autonomous surface vehicle
Emily E. Anderson, Cara Wilson, Anthony H. Knap, Tracy A. Villareal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5387 PubMed 30128189
July 24, 2018
Morphometric relationships and seasonal variation in size, weight, and a condition index of post-settlement stages of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Rogelio Martínez-Calderón, Enrique Lozano-Álvarez, Patricia Briones-Fourzán
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5297 PubMed 30065884
July 23, 2018
Herbivorous protist growth and grazing rates at in situ and artificially elevated temperatures during an Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom
Susanne Menden-Deuer, Caitlyn Lawrence, Gayantonia Franzè
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5264 PubMed 30057859