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John Berges

  • Professor, Biological Sciences
  • Affiliate Faculty Member, School of Freshwater Sciences

Education

  • Lecturer, Queen's University of Belfast, 1996-2002
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Brookhaven National Laboratory 1994-6
  • PhD, University of British Columbia, 1994
  • MSc University of Guelph, 1989
  • BSc, University of Guelph, 1987

Courses Taught

BIOSCI-406 Marine Biology

BIOSCI-512 Limnology 1

BIOSCI-611 Recent Advances in Limnology and Oceanography

Teaching Interests

Marine and freshwater ecology

Biomathematics

Research Interests

My laboratory tackles questions in ecology and cell biology in aquatic organisms using a range of biophysical, physiological, biochemical and molecular tools. Although we tend to focus on planktonic systems, we are also interested in benthic and near-shore processes, and we work across the spectrum of living things, from bacteria to fishes. We move freely between the laboratory and the field. Our efforts have been informed by new genome sequence information becoming available, and we have been involved in several genome annotations of algal species.

We are especially interested in 1) developing indices of biological rates and processes in aquatic ecosystems using a variety of biochemical and molecular methods, especially those involving enzymes and 2) characterizing responses to stress and environmental change, using biophysical and biochemical approaches.

Invasive species offer a potentially useful way to examine ecosystem function, by looking at the the new organisms participate in the foodweb and local biogeochemical cycles.  The planktonic cladocerans Bythotrephes longimanus and Cercopagis pengoi have been of interest along with the more benthic mysid Hemimysis anomala. 

We have also become interested in the roles microplastics play in terms of their presence in the guts of crustaceans, and their interactions with organic contaminants.

Selected Publications

Flynn, K.J., Atkinson, A., Beardall, J., Berges, J.A., Boersma, M., Brunet, C., Calbet, A., Caron, D.A., Dam, H.G., Glibert, P.M., Hansen, P.J., Jin, P., Lønborg, C., Mayor, D.J., Menden-Deuer, S., Mock, T., Mulholland, M.R., Needham, D.M., Polimene, L., Poulton, A.J., Robinson, C., Rokitta, S.D., Rost, B., Saiz, E., Scanlan, D.J., Schmidt, K., Sherr, E., Stoecker, D.K., Svensen, C., Thiele, S., Thingstad, T.F., Våge, S., 2025. . Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 1562–1570. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02788-3     
Wachala, S.N., Janssen, J., Young, E.B., Berges, J.A., 2025. . Journal of Great Lakes Research 51: 102462.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102462.
Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Malerba, M., Macreadie, P.I., Djukic, I., Zhao, J., Young, E.B., York, P.H., Yeh, S.-C., Xiong, Y., Winters, G., Whitlock, D., Weaver, C.A., Watson, A., Visby, I., Tylkowski, J., Trethowan, A., Tiegs, S., Taylor, B., Szpikowski, J., Szpikowska, G., Strickland, V.L., Stivrins, N., Sousa, A.I., Sinutok, S., Scheffel, W.A., Santos, R., Sanderman, J., Sánchez-Carrillo, S., Sanchez-Cabeza, J.-A., Rymer, K.G., Ruiz-Fernandez, A.C., Robroek, B.J.M., Roberts, T., Ricart, A.M., Reynolds, L.K., Rachlewicz, G., Prathep, A., Pinsonneault, A.J., Pendall, E., Payne, R., Ozola, I., Onufrock, C., Ola, A., Oberbauer, S.F., Numbere, A.O., Novak, A.B., Norkko, J., Norkko, A., Mozdzer, T.J., Morgan, P., Montemayor, D.I., Martin, C.W., Malone, S.L., Major, M., Majewski, M., Lundquist, C.J., Lovelock, C.E., Liu, S., Lin, H.-J., Lillebo, A., Li, J., Kominoski, J.S., Khuroo, A.A., Kelleway, J.J., Jinks, K.I., Jerónimo, D., Janousek, C., Jackson, E.L., Iribarne, O., Hanley, T., Hamid, M., Gupta, A., Guariento, R.D., Grudzinska, I., da Rocha Gripp, A., González Sagrario, M.A., Garrison, L.M., Gagnon, K., Gacia, E., Fusi, M., Farrington, L., Farmer, J., de Assis Esteves, F., Escapa, M., DomaÅ„ska, M., Dias, A.T.C., de los Santos, C.B., Daffonchio, D., Czyryca, P.M., Connolly, R.M., Cobb, A., ChudziÅ„ska, M., Christiaen, B., Chifflard, P., Castelar, S., Carneiro, L.S., Cardoso-Mohedano, J.G., Camden, M., Caliman, A., Bulmer, R.H., Bowen, J., Boström, C., Bernal, S., Berges, J.A., Benavides, J.C., Barry, S.C., Alatalo, J.M., Al-Haj, A.N., Adame, M.F., 2024. . Environmental Science & Technology 58, 21589-21603. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02116.
Berges, John A., Young, Erica B., Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee, and Taylor, Alison R. (2022).
Strzepek, Robert, Nunn, Brook, Bach, Lennart, Berges, John A., Young, Erica B., and Boyd, Philip. fbac026. (2022).
Young, Erica B., Reed, Lindsay A., and Berges, John A. (2022).
Gareis, J A., Larson , E I., Ardón , M, Berges, John A., Brandt , J E., Busch, K M., Chraibi, V L., Gallagher, E N., Hondula , K L., Kincaid , D W., Levine , T D., Little , C J., Nodine , E R., Rock, A M., Shogren , A J., and Vanni , M J. 7. (2022): 905777.
Berges, John A., Driskill, Allison M., Guinn, Emily J., Pokrzywinski, Kaytee, Quinlan, Jessica, von Korff, Benjamin, and Young, Erica B. 16.8 (2021): e0256838.
Minina, Elena A., Staal, Jens, Alvarez, Vanina E., Berges, John A., Berman-Frank, Ilana, Beyaert, Rudi, Bidle, Kay D., Bornancin, Frederic, Casanova, Magali, Cazzulo, Juan J., Choi, Chang J., Coll, Nuria S., Dixit, Vishva M., Dolinar, Marko, Fasel, Nicolas, Funk, Christiane, Gallois, Patrick, Gevaert, Kris, Gutierrez-Beltran, Emilio, Hailfinger, Stephan, Klemencic, Marina, Koonin, Eugene V., Krappmann, Daniel, Linusson, Anna, Machado, Mauricio F. M., , Madeo, Frank, Megeney, Lynn A., Moschou, Panagiotis N., Mottram, Jeremy C., Nystrom, Thomas, Osiewacz, Heinz D., Overall, Christopher M., Pandey, Kailash C., Ruland, Juergen, Salvesen, Guy S., Shi, Yigong, Smertenko, Andrei, Stael, Simon, Stahlberg, Jerry, Fernanda Suarez, Maria, , Thome, Margot, Tuominen, Hannele, Van Breusegem, Frank, , van der Hoorn, Renier A. L., , Vardi, Assaf, Zhivotovsky, Boris, Lam, Eric, and Bozhkov, Peter V. 77.5 (2020): 927-929.
Berges, John A., Gronquist, David J., Engevold, Paul G., Thorngate-Rein, Nathaniel, Sandgren, Craig D., Bowen, Kelly L., and Currie, Warren J. S., . 18.6 (2020): 221-234.
Kozik, Christine, Young, Erica B., Sandgren, Craig D., and Berges, John A. 54.3 (2019): 369-379.
Hanson, Alicia M., Berges, John A., and Young, Erica B. 741.1 (2017): 93-108.
Luo, Shuai, Berges, John A., He, Zhen, and Young, Erica B. (2017).
Young, Erica B., and Berges, John A. Ed. Glibert, Patricia. (2016).
Young, Erica B., and Berges, John A. “Nitrogen stress in the marine environment: from scarcity to surfeit” Stressors in the Marine Environment: physiological responses and ecological implications Ed. Solan, Martin. (2016).
Engevold, Paul, Young, Erica B., Sandgren, Craig D., and Berges, John A. 41. (2015).
Berges, John A., Choi, Chang Jae, and . (2014).
Berges, John A., Jiang, Y, Sterner, R W., Bullerjahn, G S., Ivanikova, N A., and McKay, R M. 731. (2014): 81-94.
Schaefer, Wayne, Schmitz, Mark, Blazer, Vicki, Ehlinger, Timothy J., and Berges, John A. 72. (2014): 1-9.
Hellweger, F L., Frederick, N D., and Berges, John A. 8. (2014): 18.