Recent and most cited Publications
2026
Temperature controls on carbon‐sulfur diagenesis in deep hydrothermal subseafloor sediments. Wu B-Z, J Liu, GC Zhuang, X Liu, Z Zhou, AP Teske, SB Joye. Geophysical Research Letters
Atmospheric deposition enhances marine methane production and emissions from global ocean. Zhuang GC, SH Mao, HH Zhang, M Li, WL Wang, YZ Ni, Z Zhou, XX Gao, K-Y Lu, X-T Liu, J Sun, X-H Zhang, SB Joye, MW Bowles, Gui-Peng Yang. Nature Communications
Annual weather patterns drive large pulses of saline submarine groundwater discharge and major summer inputs of nutrients to the South Atlantic bight. Vincent J, AM Wilson, WS Moore, RK Thomas, AN Knapp, SQ Lang, SB Joye, JL Pinckney. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2025
Elevated heterotrophic activity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal plumes influences deep-sea carbon cycling. Montgomery A, G-C Zhuang, Z Zhichao, MV Langwig, MdC Millán-Motolinía, HYL Choi, K.S. Hunter, CA Mortera-Gutiérrez, C Hyacinthe, Z Marinelli, K Anantharaman, A Teske and SB Joye. Nature Communications
Endemism shapes viral ecology and evolution in globally distributed hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Langwig MV , F Koester, C Martin, Z Zhou, SB Joye, AL Reysenbach, K Anantharaman. Nature Communications
2024
A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large-scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide. Ruff SE, I Hrabe de Angelis, M Mullis, J P Payet, C Magnabosco, KG Lloyd, CS Sheik, AD Steen, A Shipunova, A Morozov, B Kiel Reese, JA Bradley, C Lemonnier, MO Schrenk, SB Joye, JA Huber, AJ Probst, HG Morrison, ML Sogin, J Ladau, and F Colwell. Science Advances
Marine methane paradox: Enigmatic production of methane in oxygenated waters. S-H Mao, J-Y Wang, SB Joye, G-C Zhuang. The Innovation Geoscience
2023
Species-specific responses of marine bacteria to environmental perturbation. Peña-Montenegro TD, S Kleindienst, AE Allen, AM Eren, JP McCrow, JD Sánchez-Calderón, J Arnold, SB Joye. ISME communications
Vulnerability and resilience of living marine resources to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an overview. Murawski SA, PT Schwing, WF Patterson III, TT Sutton, PA Montagna, RJ Milligan, SB Joye, L Thomas, JP Kilborn, CB Paris, R Faillettaz, DS Portnoy, and S Gilbert. Frontiers in Marine Science
2022
Aerobic oxidation of methane significantly reduces global diffusive methane emissions from shallow marine waters. Mao, S-H, H-H Zhang, G-C Zhuang, X-J Li, Q Liu, Z Zhou, W-L Wang, C-Y Li, K-Y Lu, X-T Liu, A Montgomery, SB Joye, Y-Z Zhang, and G-P Yang. Nature Communications
The Open-Ocean Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon: Synthesis of a Decade of Research. Sutton, TT, RJ Milligan, K Daly, KM Boswell, AB Cook, M Cornic, T Frank, K Frasier, D Hahn, F Hernandez, J Hildebrand, C Hu, MW Johnston, SB Joye, H Judkins, JA Moore, SA Murawski, NM Pruzinsky, JA Quinlan, A Remsen, KL Robinson, IC Romero, JR Rooker, M Vecchione, and RJD Wells. Frontiers in Marine Science
2021
Microbial communities under distinct thermal and geochemical regimes in axial and off-axis sediments of the Guaymas Basin. Teske, A, G Wegener, JP Chanton, D White, B MacGregor, D Hoer, D de Beer, GC Zhuang, MA Saxton, SB Joye, D Lizarralde, SA Soule, and SE Ruff. Frontiers in Microbiology
Saltwater intrusion and submarine groundwater discharge: Acceleration of biogeochemical reactions in changing coastal aquifers. Moore, WS, and SB Joye. Frontiers in Earth Science
2020
Invisible oil beyond the Deepwater Horizon satellite footprint. Berenshtein, I, CB Paris, N Perlin, MM. Alloy, SB Joye, and S Murawski. Science Advances
The geology and biogeochemistry of hydrocarbon seeps. Joye SB. Annual review of earth and planetary sciences
2019
Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Chen, S, N Musat, OJ Lechtenfeld, H Paschke, M Schmidt, N Said, D Popp, F Calabrese, H Stryhanyuk, U Jaekel, Y Zhu, SB Joye, H Richnow, F Widdel, and F Musat. Nature
Heterotrophic metabolism of C1 and C2 low molecular weight compounds in northern Gulf of Mexico sediments: Controlling factors and implications for organic carbon degradation. Zhuang, GC, A Montgomery, and SB Joye. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2018
SnapShot: Microbial Hydrocarbon Bioremediation. Joye, SB, S Kleindienst, and TD Peña-Montenegro. Cell
Ocean deoxygenation: Time for action. Earle, SA, DJ Wright, SB Joye, D Laffoley, J Baxter, C Safina, and P Elkus. Science
A unifying theory for top-heavy ecosystem structure in the ocean. Woodson, CB, JR Schramski, and SB Joye. Nature Communications
2017
Hydrocarbon composition and concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico sediments in the 3 years following the Macondo well blowout. Babcock-Adams, L, JP Chanton, SB Joye, and PM Medeiros. Environmental pollution
Genomic methods and microbiological technologies for profiling novel and extreme environments for the Extreme Microbiome Project (XMP). Tighe, S, E Afshinnekoo, TM Rock, K McGrath, N Alexander, A McIntyre, S Ahsanuddin, D Bezdan, SJ Green, SB Joye, SS Johnson, DA Baldwin, N Bivens, N Ajami, JR Carmical, IC Herriott, R Colwell, M Donia, J Foox, N Greenfield, T Hunter, J Hoffman, J Hyman, E Jorgensen, D Krawczyk, J Lee, S Levy, N Garcia-Reyero, M Settles, K Thomas, F Gómez, L Schriml, N Kyrpides, E Zaikova, J Penterman, and CE Mason. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques
2016
Diverse, rare microbial taxa responded to the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea hydrocarbon plume. S Kleindienst, S Grim, M Sogin, A Bracco, M Crespo-Medina, SB Joye. The ISME Journal
Reply to Prince et al.: Ability of chemical dispersants to reduce oil spill impacts remains unclear. S Kleindienst, M Seidel, K Ziervogel, S Grim, K Loftis, S Harrison, SY Malkin, MJ Perkins, J Field, ML Sogin, T Dittmar, U Passow, P Medeiros, and SB Joye. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Environmental impacts of the deep-water oil and gas industry: a review to guide management strategies. Cordes, EE, DOB Jones, TA Schlacher, DJ Amon, AF Bernardino, S Brooke, R Carney, DM DeLeo, KM Dunlop, EG Escobar-Briones, AR Gates, L Génio, J Gobin, L Henry, S Herrera, S Hoyt, SB Joye, S Kark, NC Mestre, A Metaxas, S Pfeifer, K Sink, AK Sweetman, and U Witte. Frontiers in Environmental Science.
2015
Deepwater Horizon, 5 years on. Joye SB. Science
Using dispersants after oil spills: impacts on the composition and activity of microbial communities. Kleindienst S, JH Paul, SB Joye. Nature Reviews Microbiology
High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions. Segarra KEA, F Schubotz, V Samarkin, MY Yoshinaga, KU Hinrichs, SB Joye. Nature Communications
2014
The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout. Crespo-Medina M, CD Meile, KS Hunter, AR Diercks, VL Asper, VJ Orphan, PL Tavormina, LM Nigro, JJ Battles, Jeffrey P Chanton, AM Shiller, DJ Joung, RMW Amon, A Bracco, JP Montoya, TA Villareal, AM Wood, SB Joye. Nature Geoscience
Spatial distribution of nitrogen fixation in methane seep sediment and the role of the ANME archaea. DekasAE , GL Chadwick, MW Bowles, SB Joye, VJ Orphan. Environmental microbiology
2013
Transcriptional response of bathypelagic marine bacterioplankton to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Rivers AR, S Sharma, SG Tringe, J Martin, SB Joye, MA Moran. The ISME journal
Impact of electron acceptor availability on the anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal freshwater and brackish wetland sediments. Segarra KEA , C Comerford, J Slaughter, SB Joye. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2012
A piece of the methane puzzle. Joye SB. Nature
Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. IA Mendelssohn, GL Andersen, DM Baltz, RH Caffey, KR Carman, JW Fleeger, SB Joye, Q Lin, E Maltby, EB Overton, LP Rozas. BioScience
2011
Magnitude and oxidation potential of hydrocarbon gases released from the BP oil well blowout. Joye SB , IR MacDonald, I Leifer, V Asper. Nature Geoscience
Comment on “A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico”. Joye SB, I Leifer, IR MacDonald, JP Chanton, CD Meile, AP Teske, JE Kostka, L Chistoserdova, R Coffin, D Hollander, M Kastner, JP Montoya, G Rehder, E Solomon, T Treude, T A Villarea. Science
2010
Biocomplexity in mangrove ecosystems. Feller IC, CE Lovelock, U Berger, KL McKee, SB Joye, MC Ball. Annual review of marine science
Abiotic nitrous oxide emission from the hypersaline Don Juan Pond in Antarctica. Samarkin VA, MT Madigan, MW Bowles, KL Casciotti, JC Priscu,CP McKay, SB Joye. Nature Geoscience
1993
first paper
Contemporaneous nitrogen fixation and denitrification in intertidal microbial mats: rapid response to runoff events. Joye SB, HW Paerl. Marine Ecology Progress Series