2024
Zastepa, Arthur, Judy A. Westrick, Todd R. Miller, Anqi Liang, David C. Szlag, Justin D. Chaffin(2023) The Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms Grab: High-resolution mapping of toxic and bioactive metabolites (cyanotoxins/cyanopeptides) in cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms within the western basin. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 27 (1): 46–63 https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.027.01.46
2023
Corman, J.R., Roegner, A., Ogari Z., Miller, T., Aura, C.M. (2023) Local-scale impacts of water hyacinth on water quality in a hypereutrophic lake. Frontiers in Water. 5:https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.917837
Roegner, A., Corman, J., Sitoki L.,Kwena, Z., Ogari, Z., Miruka, J., Xiong, A., Weirich, A. Aura, C. and Miller, T.R. (2023) Impacts of algal blooms and microcystins in fish on small-scale fishers in Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria: Implications for health & livelihood. Ecology and Society. In press.
Rohwer, R.R., Hale, R.J., Vander Zanden, M.J., Miller, T.R., McMahon, K.D. (2023) Species invasions shift microbial phenology in a two-decade freshwater time series. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. In press.
2022
Miller, T. R., Tarpey, W., Nuese J., Smith M. (2022). Real time monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms with the Panther Buoy. ACS ES&T Water Link
2021
Zastepa, A., Miller, T. R., Watson, L. C., Kling, H., & Watson, S. B. (2021). Toxins and other bioactive metabolites in deep chlorophyll layers containing the cyanobacteria Planktothrix cf. isothrix in two Georgian Bay Embayments, Lake Huron. Toxins, 13(7). doi:10.3390/toxins13070445. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/7/445
Wang, C, Yang, Y, Yang, B., Lin, H., Miller, T. R., Newton, R. J., & Guo, L. 2021. Causal relationship between alkaline phosphatase activities and phosphorus dynamics in a eutrophic coastal lagoon in Lake Michigan. Science of The Total Environment, 787, 147681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147681
2020
Sterner RW, Reinl KL, Lafrancois BM, Brovold S, Miller TR. 2020. A first assessment of cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11569
Miller TR, Xiong A, Deeds JR, Stutts W, Samdal IA, Løvberg KE, and Miles CO. 2020. Microcystin toxins at potentially hazardous levels in algal dietary supplements revealed by a combination of bioassay, immunoassay and mass spectrometric methods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02024
Roegner A, Sitoki L, Weirich C, Corman J, Owage D, Umami M, Odada E, Miruka J, Ogari Z, Smith W, Rejmankova E, Miller TR. 2020. Harmful algal blooms threaten the health of peri-urban fisher communities: a case study in Kisumu Bay, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Exposure and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-019-00342-8
2019
Roegner A, Truong L, Weirich C, Pírez-Schirmer M, Brena B, Miller TR, Tanguay, Robert. 2019. Combined Danio rerio embryo morbidity, mortality and photomotor response assay: A tool for developmental risk assessment from chronic cyanoHAB exposure. Science of the Total Environment 697:134210.
Miller,T. R., S.L. Bartlett, C.A. Weirich, and J. Hernandez. 2019. Automated sub-daily sampling of cyanobacterial toxins on a buoy reveals new temporal patterns in toxin dynamics. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(10):5661-5670. Link
Weirich,C. A., D.M. Robertson, T.R. Miller. 2019. Physical, biogeochemical, and meteorological factors responsible for interannual changes in cyanobacterial community composition and biovolume over two decades in a eutrophic lake. Hydrobiologia. 828:165–182 Link
Lenz, Kade A., Todd R. Miller, and Hongbo Ma. 2019. Anabaenopeptins and cyanopeptolins induce systemic toxicity effects in a model organism the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Chemosphere. 214:60-69. Link
2018
Bartlett,S.L., S.A. Brunner, J.Val Klump, E.M. Houghton, T.R. Miller. 2018. Spatial analysis of toxic or otherwise bioactive cyanobacterial peptides in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44:924-933 Link
Lucas J Beversdorf, Kayla Rude, Chelsea Weirich, Sarah L Bartlett, Mary Seaman, Christine Kozik, Peter Biese, Timothy Gosz, Michael Suha, Christopher Stempa, Christopher Shaw, Curtis J Hedman, Joseph Piatt, and Todd R Miller. 2018. Analysis of cyanobacterial metabolites in surface and raw drinking waters reveals more than microcystin. Water Research. 140:280-290 Link
Natalie M. Flores, Todd R. Miller, Jason D. Stockwell. 2018. A global analysis of the relationship between concentrations of microcystins in water and fish. Frontiers in Marine Science.10.3389/fmars.2018.00030 Link
2017
Lisa S. Mydy, Zahra Mashhadi, T. William Knight, Tyler Fenske, Trevor Hagemann, Robert W. Hoppe, Lanlan Han, Todd R. Miller, Alan W. Schwabacher and Nicholas R. Silvaggi . (2017) Structural and preliminary functional characterization of Swit_4259, an acetoacetate decarboxylase-like enzyme from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1. Acta Crystallographica F. Acta Cryst. (2017). F73, 672-681
Todd R. Miller, Lucas Beversdorf, Chelsea A. Weirich, and Sarah Bartlett, 2017. Cyanobacterial Toxins of the Laurentian Great Lakes,their Toxicological Effects, and Numerical Limits in Drinking Water. Marine Drugs. 15(6) Link
John Dellinger, Samuel Dorevitch, Elaine Faustman, Seth Foldy, Tim Takaro, Todd R. Miller, Lucas Beversdorf, Chelsea A. Weirich, Sarah Bartlett, Paul Allen, Glen Benoy, Jennifer Boehme, Victor Serveiss, Allison Voglesong. 2017. Human Health Effects of Cyanobacterial Toxins in the Great Lakes Region: A Science and Monitoring Assessment. A report submitted to the International Joint Commission by the Health Professionals Advisory Board. Link
Alan D. Steinman, Bradley J. Cardinale ,Wayne R. Munns Jr, Mary E. Ogdahl, J. David Alland, Ted Angadie, Sarah Bartlett, Kate Brauman, Muruleedhar Byappanahalli, Matt Dossi, Diane Dupont, Annie Johns, Donna Kashian, Frank Lupi, Peter McIntyre, Todd Miller, Michael Moore, Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Rajendra Poudel, James Price, Bill Provencher, Anne Rea, Jennifer Read, Steven Renzetti, Brent Sohngen, Erika Washburn (2017) Ecosystem services in the Great Lakes. J. Great Lakes Res. 43(3):161-168. Link
Beversdorf, L. J.; Weirich, C. A.; Bartlett, S. L.; Miller, T. R. (2017) Variable cyanobacterial toxin and metabolite profiles across six eutrophic lakes of differing physiochemical characteristics. Toxins 9(2). Link See the Interactive Map!
Xiao, X., He, J., Huang, H., Miller, T.R., Christakos, G., Reichwaldt, E.S. et al. (2017) A novel single-parameter approach to forecast algal blooms. Water Res 108: 222-231. Link
2015
Beversdorf, L.J., T.R. Miller, K. McMahon. 2015. Long-term monitoring reveals carbon-nitrogen metabolism key to microcystin production in eutrophic lakes. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology. Link
Beversdorf, L.J., S. Chaston, T.R. Miller, K. McMahon. 2015. Microcystin mcyA and mcyE gene abundances are not appropriate indicators of microcystin concentrations in lakes. PloS ONE. 10.1371/journal.pone.0125353. Link
2013
Weirich, C.A. and Miller, T.R. 2013. Freshwater algal toxins and children’s health: a review. Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care. 44:2-24. Link
Miller, T.R., Lucas Beversdorf, and Katherine McMahon. 2013. Spatiotemporal molecular analysis of toxic cyanobacteria blooms reveals Microcystis-Aphanizomenon interactions. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074933. Link
Beversdorf, L.J., Miller, T. R. and K. D. McMahon. 2013. The role of nitrogen fixation in cyanobacterial bloom toxicity in a temperate, eutrophic lake. PLoS ONE. 8: e56103. Link
2011
Kara, E. L., P. Hanson, D. Hamilton, M. Hipsey, K. McMahon, J. Read, L. Winslow, J. Dedrick, K. Rose, C. Carey, S. Bertilsson, D. d. M. Marques, L. Beversdorf, T. Miller, C. Wu, Y.-F. Hsieh, E. Gaiser, and T. Kratz. 2011. Time-scale dependence in numerical simulations: Assessment of physical, chemical, and biological predictions in a stratified lake at temporal from scales of hours to months. Environmental Modelling and Software. 35:104–121. Link
Miller, T.R., and K.D. McMahon. 2011. Genetic diversity of cyanobacteria in four eutrophic lakes. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 78:336–348 Link
2010
Miller, T.R., A.L. Delcher, S.L. Salzberg, E. Saunders, J.C. Detter, and R.U. Halden. 2010. The genome sequence of the dioxin mineralizing bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW1. J. Bacteriol. 192:6101-6102 Link
Miller, T.R., and R.U. Halden. 2010. Identification of wastewater bacteria involved in the degradation of triclocarban. J. Hazard. Mater. 183:766-772. Link
2008
Miller, T.R., S. Chillrud, J. Heidler and R.U. Halden. 2008. Fate of triclosan and evidence for reductive dechlorination of triclocarban in estuarine sediments. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 42:4570–4576. Link
2007
Miller, T.R., M. P. Franklin and R. U. Halden. 2007. Bacterial community analysis of shallow groundwater undergoing sequential anaerobic and aerobic chloroethene biotransformation. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60:299-311. Link
2006
Reid, I. N., W. B. Sparks, S. Lubow, M. McGrath, M. Livio, J. Valenti, K. R. Sowers, H. D. Shukla, S. MacAuley, T. Miller, R. Suvanasuthi, R. Belas, A. Colman, F. T. Robb, P. DasSarma, J. A. Müller, J. A. Coker, R. Cavicchioli, F. Chen and S. DasSarma. 2006. Terrestrial models for extraterrestrial life: methanogens and halophiles at Martian temperatures. Intl. J. Astrobiol. 5:89-97. Link
Miller, T. R. and R. Belas. 2006. Motility is involved in Silicibacter sp. TM1040 interaction with dinoflagellates. Environ. Microbiol. 8:1648-1659. Link Journal Cover
Dong, W., G. Xie, T. R. Miller, M. P. Franklin, T. P. Oxenberg, E. J. Bouwer, W. P. Ball, and R. U. Halden. 2006. Sorption and bioreduction of hexavalent uranium at a military facility by the Chesapeake Bay. Environ. Pollut.132:132-142. Link
2004
Moran, M. A., A. Buchan, J. M. González, J. F. Heidelberg, W. B. Whitman, R. P. Kiene, J. R. Henriksen, G. M. King, R. Belas, C. Fuqua, L. Brinkac, M. Lewis, S. Johri, B. Weaver, G. Pai, J. A. Eisen, E. Rahe, W. M. Sheldon, W. Ye, T. R. Miller, J. Carlton, D. A. Rasko, I. T. Paulsen, Q. Ren, S. C. Daugherty, R. T. Deboy, R. J. Dodson, A. S. Durkin, R. Madupu, W. C. Nelson, S. A. Sullivan, M. J. Rosovitz, D. H. Haft, J. Selengut, and N. Ward. 2004. Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment. Nature. 432: 910 - 913 Link
Miller, T. R., and R. Belas. 2004. Chemotaxis of Silicibacter sp. TM1040 toward dinoflagellate products. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:4692-4701 Link
Miller, T. R., and R. Belas. 2004. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism by Pfiesteria associated Roseobacter. Appl. Environ. Micrbiol. 70:3383-3391 Link
2003
Miller, T. R., and R. Belas. 2003. Pfiesteria piscicida, P. shumwayae, and other Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates. Res. Microbiol. 154:85-90. Link
Quesenberry, M. S., K. Saito, D. Krupatkina, J. Robledo, T. Drgon, W. Pecher, N. O'Leary, M. Alavi, T. Miller, R. Schneider, R. Belas, J. Deeds, A. Place, Y. Zohar, and G. Vasta. 2003. Bioassay for ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: characterization of a culture flask assay format. J. Appl. Phycol. 14:241-254. Link
2001
Alavi, M., T. Miller, K. Erlandson, R. Schneider, and R. Belas. 2001. Bacterial community associated with Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellate cultures. Environ. Microbiol. 3:380-396. Link Journal Cover