(____ & * indicates that the first author is under Cai's advising)
Cai, W-J. et al. 2010. Decrease in the CO2 uptake capacity in an ice-free Arctic Ocean basin. Science doi:10.1126/science.1189338 (2010). First appears on July 22, 2010 Science Express, http://www.sciencexpress.org. (see above link)
Cai, W-J., Hu, X., Huang, W-J., Jiang, L. Wang, Y., Peng, T.H. and Zhang, X. Alkalinity distribution in the western North Atlantic Ocean margins. (in press) J. Geophys. Res.-Ocean.
Cai, W-J., George W. Luther, III, Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Anne E. Giblin. 2010. Carbon cycling and the coupling between proton and electron transfer reactions in aquatic sediments in Lake Champlain. Aquatic Geochemistry. 16:421-446, DOI 10.1007/s10498-010-9097-9.
Jiang, L.-Q., Cai, W-J.*, Wang, Y., Diaz, J., Yager, P. and Hu, X. 2010. Pelagic community respiration on the continental shelf off Georgia, USA. Biogeochemistry. 98:101–113, DOI 10.1007/s10533-009-9379-8.
Zhai, W. D., Dai, M., and Cai, W-J.: Coupling of surface pCO2 and dissolved oxygen in the northern South China Sea: impacts of contrasting coastal processes, Biogeosciences, 6, 2589-2598, 2009.
Yuan, X., Yin, K., Harrison, P., Cai, W-J., He, L., Xu, J. 2009. Bacterial production and respiration in sub-tropical Hong Kong waters: influence of the Pearl River discharge and sewage impacts. In press. Aquatic Microbial Ecology.
Guo, X., Dai, M., Zhai, W., Cai, W-J., and Chen, B., 2009. CO2 flux and seasonal variability in a large subtropical estuarine system, the Pearl River Estuary, China. J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 114, G03013, doi:10.1029/2008JG000905..
Dai, M., Lu, Z., Zhai, W., Chen, W., Cao, C., Zhou, Q., Cai, W-J. and Chen, C-T. A., 2009. Diurnal variations of surface seawater pCO2 in contrasting coastal environmental settings. Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(3), 2009, 735-45.
Jiang, L.-Q., Cai, W.-J., R. A. Feely, Y. Wang, X. Guo, D. K. Gledhill, X. Hu, F. Arzayus, F. Chen, J. Hartmann, and L. Zhang. 2010. Carbonate mineral saturation states along the U.S. east coast. Limnol. Oceanogr. accepted.
Lohrenz, S.E., Cai, W.-J., Chen, X. and Tuel, M. 2008. Satellite Assessment of Bio-Optical Properties of Northern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Sensors: 4135-4150. DOI: 10.3390/s8074135.
Cai, W.-J. and Lohrenz, S. 2010. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes from the Mississippi River and the transformation and fate of biological elements in the river plume and the adjacent margin. In: K.-K. Liu, L. Atkinson, R. Quiñones and L. Talaue-McManus (eds). Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Cai, W.-J., Guo, X., Chen, C.T. A., Dai, M., Zhang, L., Zhai, W., Lohrenz, S.E., Yin, K., Harrison, P. J. and Wang, Y. 2008. A comparative overview of weathering intensity and HCO3- flux of the world’s major rivers with emphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Zhujiang (Pearl) and Mississippi Rivers. Continental Shelf Research 28:1538-1549, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.014.
Chen, F. and Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y., Rii, Y.M., Bidigare, R.R., and Benitez-Nelson, C. 2008. Biogeochemical cycling of the carbon dioxide system and net community production estimation within a cold-core cyclonic eddy in the lee of Hawaii. Deep-Sea Research II. 55:1412-1425.
Dai, M., Zhai, W., Cai, W.-J., Callahan, J., Huang, B, Shang, S., Huang, T., Li, X., Lu, Z., Chen, W., Chen, Z. 2008. Effects of an estuarine plume-associated bloom on the carbonate system in the lower reaches of the Pearl River Estuary, South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research 28:1416-1423.
Guo, X., Cai, W.-J.*, Zhai, W., Dai, M., Wang, Y. Chen, B. 2008. Seasonal Variations in the Inorganic Carbon System in the Pearl River (Zhujiang) Estuary. Continental Shelf Research 28:1424-1434.
Jiang, L.-Q., Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y., Wanninkhof, R., and Lüger, H. 2008. Air-sea CO2 fluxes on the U.S. South Atlantic Bight: Spatial and seasonal variability, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07019, doi:10.1029/2007JC004366.
Jiang, L.-Q., Cai, W.-J.* and Wang, Y. 2008. A comparative study of carbon dioxide degassing in river- and marine-dominated estuaries. Limnol. & Oceanogr. 53: 2603-2615.
Lohrenz, S.E., Redalje, D.G., Cai, W.-J., Acker, J., Dagg, M. 2008. A retrospective analysis of nutrients and phytoplankton productivity in the Mississippi River plume. Continental Shelf Research, 28:1466-1475, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.06.019.
Rabouille, C., D.J. Conley, M.H. Dai, W.-J. Cai, C.T.A. Chen, B. Lansard, R. Green, K. Yin, P.J. Harrison, M. Dagg, B. McKee. 2008. Comparison of hypoxia among four river-dominated ocean margins: The Changjiang (Yangtze), Mississippi, Pearl, and Rhône rivers. Continental Shelf Research 28:1527– 1537.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., et al. (2007), Mesoscale eddies drive increased silica export in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean, Science, 316:1017-1021. (W.-J. Cai and F. Chen are two of the 24 co-authors)
Chen, F. and Cai, W.-J.*, Benitez-Nelson, C., Wang, Y. 2007. Sea surface pCO2-SST relationships across a cold-core cyclonic eddy: Implications for understanding regional variability and air-sea gas exchange. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L10603, doi:10.1029/2006GL028058.
Zhang, X. and Cai, W.-J. 2007. On some biases of estimating the global distribution of air-sea CO2 flux by bulk parameterizations, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L01608, doi:10.1029/2006GL027337.
Cai, W.-J., M. Dai, and Y. Wang. 2006. Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in ocean margins: A province-based synthesis, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L12603, doi:10.1029/2006GL026219.
Cai, W.-J. , F. Chen, E. Powell, S. Walker, K., M. Parsons-Hubbard, G. Staff, Y. Wang, K, Ashton-Alcox, W. R. Callender, C. Brett. 2006. Preferential dissolution of carbonate shells driven by petroleum seep activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248:227-243.
Dai, M. Guo, X., Zhai, W., Yuan, L., Wang, B., Cai, P., Tang, T. and Cai, W-J. 2006, Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of the Pearl River estuary during a very drought winter. Marine Chemistry, 102:159-169.
Lohrenz, S. E., and Cai, W.-J. 2006. Satellite ocean color assessment of air-sea fluxes of CO2 in a river-dominated coastal margin, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L01601, doi:10.1029/2005GL023942.
Pomeroy, L. R. and Cai, W.-J. 2006. Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and estuarine condition. In: Kleppel, G. S., DeVoe, M. R., and Rawson, M. V., Jr. (eds) Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone: Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions. Springer, New York.
Dagg, M.J. Bianchi, T.S., Breed, G.A., Cai, W-J., Duan, S. Liu, H., McKee, B.A. Powell, R.T. and Stewart, C.M. 2005. Biogeochemical characteristics of the lower Mississippi River, USA, during June 2003. Estuaries, 28:664-674.
Wang, Z., Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y. and Ji, H. 2005. The southeastern continental shelf of the United States as an atmospheric CO2 source and an exporter of inorganic carbon to the ocean. Continental Shelf Research, 25:1917-1941.
Zhai, W., Dai, M., Cai, W.-J., Wang, Y., Hong, H. S. 2005. The partial pressure of carbon dioxide and air-sea fluxes in the northern South China Sea in spring, summer and autumn. Marine Chemistry, 96:87-97. 25. Zhai, W., Dai, M., Cai, W.-J. , Wang, Y., Wang, Z. 2005. High partial pressure of CO2 and its maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary: the Pearl River estuary, China. Marine Chemistry, 93:21-32.
Cai, W.-J. and Dai, M. 2004. A Comment on “Enhanced open ocean storage of CO2 from shelf sea pumping.” Science, 306, 1477c.
Cai, W.-J., Dai M., Wang, Y., Zhai, W., Huang, T., Chen, S., Zhang, F., Chen, Z., Wang, Z. 2004. The biogeochemistry of inorganic carbon and nutrients in the Pearl River estuary and the adjacent northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 24:1301-1319.
Xie, H., Zafiriou, O.C., Cai, W.-J., Zepp, R.G., and Wang, Y. 2004. Photooxidation and its effects on the carboxyl content of dissolved organic matter in two coastal rivers in the Southeastern United States. Environmental Science & Technology 38: 4113 – 4119.
Wang, Z. and Cai, W.-J.* 2004. Carbon dioxide degassing and inorganic carbon export from a marsh dominated estuary (the Duplin River): A marsh CO2 pump. Limnology & Oceanography, 49:341-352.
Cai, W.-J. 2003. Riverine inorganic carbon flux and rate of biological uptake in the Mississippi River plume. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1032.
Cai, W.-J., Wang, Z., and Wang, Y. 2003. The role of marsh-dominated heterotrophic continental margins in transport of CO2 between the atmosphere, the land-sea interface and the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1849.
Cai, W.-J., Wang, Y., Krest, J. and Moore, W.S. 2003. The geochemistry of dissolved inorganic carbon in a surficial groundwater aquifer in North Inlet, South Carolina and the carbon fluxes to the coastal ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67:631-637.
Wang, Z., Cai, W.-J.*, Wang, Y., and Upchurch B.L. 2003. Spectrophotometric pCO2 measurements based on a long pathlength liquid-core waveguide in the South Atlantic Bight. Marine Chemistry, 84:73-84.
Cai, W.-J., P. Zhao, S. M. Theberge, A. Witter, Y. Wang, G. Luther III. 2002. Porewater redox species, pH and pCO2 in aquatic sediments—Electrochemical sensor studies in Lake Champlain and Sapelo Island. In: M. Taillefert and T. F. Rozan (eds). Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 811, ACS, Washington DC.
Wang, Z., Y. Wang, W.-J. Cai* and Lui S.Y. 2002. A Long pathlength spectrophotometric pCO2 sensor using a gas-permeable liquid-core waveguide. Talanta, 57: 69-80.
Sun, M.-Y., W.-J. Cai, S. B. Joye, H. Ding, J. Dai, and J. T. Hollibaugh. 2002. Degradation of algal lipids in microcosm sediments with different mixing regimes. Organic Geochemistry, 33:445-459.
Cai, W.-J., W. J. Wiebe, Y. Wang and J. E. Sheldon. 2000. Intertidal marsh as a source of dissolved inorganic carbon and a sink of nitrate in the Satilla River-estuarine complex in the southeastern U.S. Limnology and Oceanography, 45:1743-1752.
Cai, W.-J. and Reimers, C.E. 2000. Sensors for in situ pH and pCO2 measurements in seawater and at the sediment-water interface. In: J. Buffle and G. Horvai (eds.) In-situ Monitoring of Aquatic System: Chemical Analysis and Speciation. IUPAC book series on Analytical and Physical Chemistry of Environmental Systems, vol 6. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Cai, W.-J. Zhao, P. and Wang, Y. 2000. pH and pCO2 microelectrodes measurement and diffusive behavior of carbon dioxide species in coastal marine sediments. Marine Chemistry, 70:133-148.
Zhao P and Cai, W.-J.* 1999. pH polymeric membrane microelectrodes based on neutral carriers and their applications in aquatic environments. Analytica Chimica Acta, 395:285-291.
Cai, W.-J., L. R. Pomeroy, M. A. Moran and Y. Wang. 1999. Oxygen and carbon dioxide mass balance in the estuarine/intertidal marsh complex of five rivers in the Southeastern U.S. Limnology and Oceanography, 44:639-649.
Cai W.-J. and Y. Wang. 1998. The chemistry, fluxes and sources of carbon dioxide in the estuarine waters of the Satilla and Altamaha Rivers, Georgia. Limnology and Oceanography, 43:657-668.
Cai W.-J., Y. Wang, and R.E. Hodson. 1998. Acid-base properties of dissolved organic matter in the estuarine waters of Georgia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62:473-483.
Zhao P and W.-J. Cai* 1997. An improved potentiometric pCO2 microelectrode. Analytical Chemistry, 69:5052-5058.
Cai, W.-J. and F.L. Sayles. 1996. Oxygen penetration depths and fluxes in marine sediments. Marine Chemistry, 52:123-13.
Cai, W.-J. and C.E. Reimers. 1995. Benthic oxygen flux, bottom water oxygen concentration and core top organic carbon content in the deep northeast Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, 42:1681-1699.
Cai, W.-J., C.E. Reimers, and T. Shaw. 1995. Microelectrode studies of organic carbon degradation and calcite dissolution at a California continental rise site. Geochimca et Cosmochimica Acta, 59:497-511.
Cai, W.-J. and C.E. Reimers. 1993. The development of pH and pCO2 microelectrodes for studying the carbonate chemistry of pore waters near the sediment-water interface. Limnology and Oceanography, 38:1776-1787.
Cai, W-J., B.-L. Chen, B.-L. Wu and L. Li, 1988. The effect of sewage discharge on the adsorption of heavy metal ions by small particles of Yangtse river estuarine. Marine Science, Sinica, 1:20-24 (in Chinese).
Cai, W-J. and Z.-B. Zhang. 1987. The kinetics of exchange reactions between heavy metals and solid particles in seawater. I. Reaction orders, rate constants and activation energy. Acta Oceanologica, Sinica, 9:321-329 (in Chinese).
Wu, Y.-D. and W-J. Cai. 1983. Reduction of Cr(VI) by dissolved organics in estuarine water body. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae, 3:176-182 (in Chinese).
