(* = Authored by graduate student or postdoctoral member of Yu group)

2024

Griffis, TJ, Z Yu, JM Baker, and DB Millet. Isotope partitioning of nitrous oxide emissions from the US Corn Belt. Submitted for review.
Hu, Y*, Z Yu, WH Yang, AJ Margenot, LE Gentry, MM Wander, RL Mulvaney, CA Mitchell, CE Guacho*. Deciphering the isotopic imprint of nitrate to reveal nitrogen source and transport mechanisms in a tile-drained agroecosystem. Submitted for review.
Hu, M*, Z Yu, TJ Griffis, WH Yang, J Mohn, DB Millet, JM Baker, D Wang (2024). Hydrologic connectivity regulates riverine N₂O sources and dynamics. Environmental Science & Technology, in press; DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01285.
Nesheim, S, Z Yu, S Tuttle, S Klein, T Wen (2024). Assessing impacts of cemeteries on water quality in an urban headwater watershed with mixed human-built infrastructure. Hydrological Processes, 38:e15128.

2023

Yu, Z., Y Hu*, LE Gentry, WH Yang, AJ Margenot, K Guan, CA Mitchell and M Hu* (2023). Linking water age, nitrate export regime, and nitrate isotope biogeochemistry in a tile-drained agricultural field. Water Resources Research, 59, e2023WR034948. (This paper was selected for featuring as an Editor’s Highlight on Eos: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/what-happens-to-nutrients-after-they-leave-agricultural-fields)
Zhao, G., D Wang, T Sun, Y Ding, S Chen, Y Li, H Sun, C Wu, Z Yu, Z Chen (2023). Emission of greenhouse gas from urban polluted river during different rainfall events: Typhoon and storm will promote stronger evasions. Journal of Hydrology, 625, 130166.
Zhao, G., T Sun, D Wang, S Chen, Y Ding, Y Li, G Shi, H Sun, S Wu, Y Li, C Wu, Y Li, Z Yu, Z Chen (2023). Treated wastewater and weak removal mechanisms enhance nitrate pollution in metropolitan rivers. Environmental Research, 231, p.116182.
Ding, Y., D Wang, G Zhao, S Chen, T Sun, H Sun, C Wu, Y Li, Z Yu, Y Li and Z Chen (2023). The contribution of wetland plant litter to soil carbon pool: Decomposition rates and priming effects. Environmental Research, p.115575.

2022

Chen, S, D Wang, Z Yu, J Nie, J Chen, Y Li, X Zhang, Z Chen (2022). Quality of sediment organic matter determines the intertidal N2O response to global warming, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(2), e2021JG006572.
Ding, Y, D Wang, S Chen, H Deng, Z Yu, L Liu, Y Li, D Yang, Y Gao, J Nie, Z Chen (2022). Source identification and estimation of organic carbon in the intertidal wetlands of the eastern coast of China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), e2022JG006822.
Miller, LT, TJ Griffis, MD Erickson, PA Turner, MJ Deventer, Z Chen, Z Yu, RT Venterea, JM Baker and AL Frie (2022). Response of nitrous oxide emissions to individual rain events and future changes in precipitation, Journal of Environmental Quality, 51, 312-324.
Li, Z, Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Grant, R.F., Nafziger, E.D., Margenot, A.J., Gentry, L.E., DeLucia, E.H., Yang, W.H., Cai, Y., Qin, Z., Archontoulis, S.V., Fernandez, F., Yu, Z., Lee, D.K., Yang, Y (2022). Assessing the impacts of pre-growing-season weather conditions on soil nitrogen dynamics and corn productivity in the US Midwest. Field Crops Research, 284, p.108563.

2021

Yu, Z, TJ Griffis, JM Baker. (2021) Warming temperatures lead to reduced carbon sequestration in the U.S. Corn Belt, Communications Earth & Environment, 2, 53.
Wang, D, JR White, RD Delaune, Z Yu, Y Hu. (2021) Peripheral freshwater deltaic wetlands are hotspots of methane flux in the coastal zone, Science of The Total Environment, 775, 145784
McNicol, G, Z Yu, ZC Berry, N Emery, FM Soper, WH Yang. Stable isotope ecology: Tracing plant-environment interactions from organismal to planetary scales, Emerging Technologies in Plant Science, ETLS20200277.
Hu, C, TJ Griffis, A Frie, JM Baker, JD Wood, DB Millet, Z Yu, X Yu, AC Czarnetzki. (2021) A multi-year constraint on ammonia emissions and deposition within the U.S. Corn Belt, Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL090865.
Chen, C, D Wang, Y Ding, Z Yu, L Liu, Y Li, D Yang, Y Gao, H Tian, R Cai, Z Chen. (2021) Ebullition controls on CH4 emissions in an urban, eutrophic river: A potential time-scale bias in determining the aquatic CH4 flux, Environmental Science & Technology, 55(11), 7287-7298
Yu, Z and EM Elliott. (2021) Nitrogen isotopic fractionations during nitric oxide production in an agricultural soil, Biogeosciences, 18, 805-829.
Chen, J, D Wang, Y Li, Z Yu, S Chen, X Hou, JR White, Z Chen. (2021) The carbon stock and sequestration rate in tidal flats from coastal China, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(11).

2020

Huang, S, F Wang, EM Elliott, F Zhu, W Zhu, K Koba, Z Yu, E Hobbie, G Michalski, R Kang, A Wang, J Zhu, S Fu, Y Fang. (2020) Multiyear measurements on Δ17O of stream nitrate indicate high nitrate production in a temperate forest, Environmental Science & Technology, 54(7), 4231-4239.
Yu, L, D Wang, S Chen, Z Yu, L Liu, M Wang, Z Chen. (2020) N2 fixation in urbanization area rivers: spatial-temporal variations and influencing factors, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(7), 7211-7221.
Hu, C, TJ Griffis, JN Baker, JD Wood, DB Millet, Z Yu, X Lee. (2020) Modeling the sources and transport processes during extreme ammonia episodes in the U.S. Corn Belt, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(2), p.e2019JD031207.

Prior to 2020

Griffis, TJ, C Hu, JM Baker, JD Wood, DB Millet, M Erickson, Z Yu, MJ Deventer, C Winker, Z Chen. (2019) Tall tower ammonia observations and emission estimates in the US Midwest, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(11), 3432-3447.
Walk, JT, et al. (48 co-authors including Z Yu) (2019) Toward the improvement of total nitrogen deposition budgets in the United States, Science of the Total Environment, 691, 1328-1352.
Liu, L., D Wang, S Chen, Z Yu, Y Xu, Z Chen. (2019) Methane emissions from estuarine coastal wetlands: Implications for global change effects, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 83(5), 1368-1377.
Rose, LA, Z Yu, DJ Bain, EM Elliott. (2019) High resolution, extreme isotopic variability of precipitation nitrate, Atmospheric Environment, 207, 63-74. 
Elliott, EM, Z Yu, AS Cole, JG Coughlin. (2019) Isotopic advances in understanding reactive nitrogen deposition and atmospheric processing, Science of the Total Environment, 662, 393-403.
Yu, Z and EM Elliott. (2018) Probing soil nitrification and nitrate consumption using Δ17O of soil nitrate, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 127, 187-199.
Yu, Z and EM Elliott. (2017) Novel method for nitrogen isotopic analysis of soil-emitted nitric oxide, Environmental Science & Technology, 51(11), 6268-6278. 
Yu, Z, D Wang, Y Li, H Deng, B Hu, M Ye, X Zhou, L Da, Z Chen, S Xu. (2017) Carbon dioxide and methane dynamics in a human-dominated lowland coastal river network, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(7), 1738-1758. 
Coughlin, JG, Z Yu, EM Elliott. (2017) Efficacy for passive sampler collection for atmospheric NO2 isotopes under simulated environmental conditions, Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry, 31, 1211-1220.
Cheng, C, C Bi, D Wang, Z Yu, Z Chen. (2017) Atmospheric deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Shanghai: Spatio-temporal variations and source identification, Frontiers of Earth Science, 1-9.
Terry, N, LD Slater, X Comas, AS Reeve, KVR Schäfer, Z Yu. (2016) Free phase gas processes in a northern peatland inferred from autonomous field-scale resistivity imaging, Water Resources Research, 52(4), 2996-3018.
Wang, D, Y Tan, Z Yu, Y Li, S Chang, H Deng, B Hu, Z Chen. (2015) Nitrous oxide production in river sediment of highly urbanized area and the effects of water quality, Wetlands, 1-11.
Yu, Z, LD Slater, KVR Schäfer, AS Reeve, RK Varner. (2014) Dynamics of methane ebullition from a peat monolith revealed from a dynamic flux chamber system, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 119(9), 1789-1806.
Liu, L, D Wang, H Deng, Y Li, S Chang, Z Wu, L Yu, Y Hu, Z Yu, Z Chen. (2014) The capability of estuarine sediments to remove nitrogen: Implications for drinking water resource in the Yangtze Estuary, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(18), 10890-10899.
Yu, Z, H Deng, D Wang, M Ye, Y Tan, Y Li, Z Chen, S Xu. (2013) Nitrous oxide emissions in the Shanghai river network: Implications for the effects of urban sewage and IPCC methodology, Global Change Biology, 19(10), 2999-3010. 
Zhou, D, C Bi, Z Chen, Z Yu, J Wang, J Han. (2013) Phosphorus loads from different urban storm runoff sources in southern China: A case study in Wenzhou City, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20(11), 8227-8236.
Yu, Z, Y Li, H Deng, D Wang, Z Chen, S Xu. (2012) Effect of Scirpus mariqueter on nitrous oxide emissions from a subtropical monsoon estuarine wetland, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 117(G2). 
Sun, C, C Bi, Z Chen, D Wang, C Zhang, Y Sun, Z Yu, D Zhou. (2010) Assessment on environmental quality of heavy metals in agricultural soils of Chongming Island, Shanghai City, Journal of Geographical Sciences, 20(1), 135-147.