Publications

• Mei, Z.-P., Z. V. Finkel, and A.J. Irwin, accepted. Phytoplankton growth allometry and size-dependent C:N stoichiometry revealed by a variable quota model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, doi: 10.3354/meps09149.
• Mei, Z.-P., F.J. Saucier, V. LeFouest, B. Zakardjian, S. Senneville, H. Xie, and M. Starr, 2010. Modeling the timing of spring phytoplankton bloom and biological production of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada): Effects of colored dissolved organic matter and temperature. Continental Shelf Research, 30: 2027-2042. Doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.10.003.
• Mei, Z.-P., Z.V. Finkel, A.J. Irwin. 2009. Light and nutrient availability affect the size-scaling of growth in phytoplankton. Journal of Theoretical Biology 259: 582-588. Doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.04.018.
• Tremblay, J.-É., C. Michel, M. Ringuette, H. Hattori, Z.-P. Mei, L. Fortier, C. Lovejoy, K.A. Hobson, D. Amiel, and K. Cochran, 2006. Pathways of biogenic carbon flow in a highly productive Arctic polynya: the North Water. Progress in Oceanography, 71: 402-425
• Mei, Z.-P., L. Legendre, J.-É. Tremblay, L. Miller, Y. Gratton, C. Lovejoy, P. Yager, M. Gosselin, 2005. Carbon:nitrogen (C/N) stoichiometry of a spring-summer phytoplankton bloom in the North Water polynya (NOW). Deep-Sea Research I, 52: 2301-2314
• Mei, Z.-P., L. Legendre, Y. Gratton, J.-É. Tremblay, B. LeBlanc, B. Klein, and M. Gos- selin, 2003. Phytoplankton production in the North Water Polynya: size-fractions and carbon flux. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 256: 13-27.
• Mei, Z.-P., L. Legendre, Y. Gratton, J.-É. Tremblay, B. LeBlanc, and C.J. Mundy, 2002. Physical control of spring-summer phytoplankton dynamics in the North Water, April-July 1998. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 4959-4982.
• Klein, B., B. LeBlanc, Z.-P. Mei, R. Beret, J. Michaud, C.J. Mundy, C.H. von Quillfeldt, M.-É. Garneau, S. Roy, and Y. Gratton, J.K. Cochran, S. Bélanger, P. Larouche, J.D. Pakulski, R.B. Rivkin, and L. Legendre, 2002. Phytoplankton biomass, production and potential export in the North Water. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 4983-5002.
• Booth, B., P. Larouche, S. Bélanger, B. Klein, D. Amiel, and Z.-P. Mei, 2002. Dynamics of Chaetoceros socialis blooms in the North Water. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 5003-5025.
• Acuña, J. L., D. Deibel, P.A. Saunders, B. Booth, E. Hatfield, B. Klein, Z.-P. Mei, and R.B. Rivkin, 2002. Phytoplankton ingestion by appendicularians in the North Water. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 5101-5115.
• Mei, Z.-P. and Z.-F. Shi, 1998. Dynamics of phosphorus in the sediment of a productive fish pond. In: Mathias, J.A., A.T. Charles, and B. Hu, (eds), Integrated Fish Farming, CRC Press, Boca Raton, p. 181-194.
• Zhang, Z. and Z.-P. Mei, 1996. Effects of human activities on the ecological changes of lakes in China. GeoJournal, 40: 17-24.
• Takamura, N., X.-B. Zhu, H.-Q. Yang, X.-Y. Jiang, J.-L. Li, Z.-P. Mei, Z.-F. Shi, and Y.-J. Tan, 1995. Characteristics of plankton communities in Chinese integrated fish ponds: Effects of excessive grazing by planktivorous carps on plankton communities. Hydrobiologia, 315: 211-225.
• Shi, Z.-F. and Z.-P. Mei, 1995. Effects of nitrite on the survival of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium nipponensis. In: Aquatic Ecosystems of China: Environmental and Toxicological Assessment (Munawar et al., eds.), pp. 83-88, SPD Academic Publishing, Amsterdam