Peer-reviewed, ISI publications:

In review/revision   
  1. Vesamäki, J. S., Nissen, R. M., Kainz, M. J., Pilecky, M., Tiirola, M., Taipale, S. J. (2022): Decomposition rate, biochemical fate, and microbial decomposers of natural polymers and microplastics in boreal lakes. Env. Sci. & Tech., in review.
  2. Pietz S., Kainz, M. J., Schroeder, H., Manfrin, A., Schäfer, R., Zubrod, J., Bundschuh, M. (2022): Metal exposure and sex shape the fatty acid profile of emergent aquatic midges and determine their flux to terrestrial systems. Env. Sci. & Tech., in review.
  3. Preet-Parmar, T., Kindinger, A. L., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Twining, C. W., Shipley, J. R., Kainz, M. J., Martin-Creuzburg, D. (2022): Fundamental Differences in Fatty Acid Composition between Emergent Aquatic and Terrestrial Insects. Front. Ecol. Evol., in press. 
  4. Wang, X., Xu, J., Kainz, M. J., Wang, W., Zhang, Q. (2022): The source and quality of basal resources based on fatty acid biomarkers and driving factors in lowland subtropical streams. Funct. Ecol., in review.
  5. Abonyi, A., Pilecky, M., Rasconi, S., Ptacnik, R., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Chytrids support the trophic transfer of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to Daphnia under heat. Limnol. Oceanogr., in revision.
  6. Eisendle, D., Medgyesy, N., Niedrist, G., Kainz, M. J., and Sommaruga, R. (2022): Diet composition and quality of a Salmo trutta (L.) population stocked in a high mountain lake since the Middle Ages. Sci. Total Environ., in revision.
  7. Fehlinger, L., Mathieu-Resuge, M.,Pilecky, M., Preet Parmar, T., Twining, C. W., Martin-Creuzburg, D. Kainz, M. J. (2022): Export of dietary lipids via emergent insects from eutrophic fish ponds. Hydrobiologia, in revision. 
  8. Pilecky, M., Schott, M., Kämmer, S.-K., Fink, P., Zehl, M., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Mass spectrometry imaging reveals the spatial distribution of essential lipids in Daphnia magna – implications for trophic ecology. Inland Waters, in press.
  9. Vesely, L., Ercoli, F., Ruokonen, T., Blaha, M., Duras, J., Kainz, M. J., Buric, M., Kouba, A. (2022): Strong temporal variation of consumer δ13C signal in an oligotrophic reservoir is related to water level fluctuation. Proceedings B., in revision.
  10. Zheng, S.; Wang, R.; Kainz, M. J.; Liu, C.; Li, P.; Li, Z.; Yan, H.; Yin, D. (2022): How phytoplankton biomass controls metal(loid) bioaccumulation in size-fractionated plankton in anthropogenic-impacted eutrophic lakes: a comprehensive study in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Water Res., in review.
  11. Zhang, J., Kainz, M. J., Tan, X., Liu, Y., He, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, Q. (2022): Fatty acids reveal effects of light and nutrients on benthic food webs in headwater streams. Aquatic Sci., in review.
  12. Abonyi, A., Kainz, M. J., Ptacnik, R., Rasconi, S. (2022): The functional importance of chytrid algal parasites scales with diet quality, edibility, and biodiversity effects at the phytoplankton-zooplankton interface: A new conceptual view. Freshw. Biol., in revision. 
  13. Kainz, M. J., Schultz, S., Rasconi, S. (2022): Jumping a trophic link – aqueous, not particulate sources predict methylmercury in zooplankton. PloS ONE, in revision. 
 
Published 
  1. Zavorka, L., Blanco, A., Chaguaceda, F., Cucherousset, J., Killen, S. S., Lienart, C., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Nemec, P., Pilecky, M., Scharnweber, K., Twining, C. W., Kainz, M. J. (2022): The role of vital dietary biomolecules in eco-evo-devo dynamics. Trends Ecol. Evol., in press.
  2. Mathieu, F., Guo, F., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Tracking dietary fatty acids in triacylglycerols and phospholipids of zooplankton. Freshw. Biol., http://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13988 .
  3. Pilecky, M., Závorka, L, Soto, D. X., Guo, F., Wassenaar, L. I., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Assessment of compound-specific fatty acid 13C and 2H values to track fish residency and mobility in a small subalpine catchment. Env. Sci. Technol., in press.
  4. Zavorka, L., Wallerius, M. L., Kainz, M. J., Höjesjö, J. (2022): Linking omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in natural diet with brain size in wild consumers. Oecologia, in press.
  5. Taipale, S. J., Pulkkinen, K., Keva, O., Kainz, M. J., Nykänen, H. (2022): Lowered nutritional quality of prey decrease the growth and biomolecule content of rainbow trout fry. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part B.;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2022.110767 .
  6. Vesterinen, J., Strandberg, U., Taipale, S., Kainz, M. J., Kankaala, P. (2022): Periphyton as a key diet source of essential fatty acids for macroinvertebrates across a nutrient and DOC gradient. Limnol. Oceanogr., https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12156 .
  7. O’Mara, K., Venarsky, M., Stewart-Koster, B., McGregor, G., Schulz, C., Marshall, J., Bunn, S. E., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Trophic transfer of lipids and fatty acids across habitats in tropical river food webs. Freshw. Biol. http://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13889 .
  8. Shipley, J. R., Twining, C., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Preet Parmar, T., Kainz, M. J., Martin-Creuzburg, D., Weber, C.,  Winkler, D. W., Graham, C. H., Matthew, B. (2022): Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic insects. Current Biol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.057 .
  9. Guo, F., Ebm, N., Fry, B., Bunn, S. E., Brett, M. T., Ouyang, X., Hager, H., Kainz, M. J. (2022): Basal resources of river food webs largely affect the fatty acid composition of freshwater fish. Sci. Total Env. 812, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152450.
  10. Pilecky, M., Kämmer, S.-K., Mathieu-Resuge, M. Taipale, S., Martin-Creuzburg, D., Wassenaar, L., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Hydrogen isotopes (d2H) of polyunsaturated fatty acids track bioconversion by zooplankton. Funct. Ecol., https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13981
  11. Vad, C., Schneider, C., Fischer, R., Kainz, M. J., Ptacnik, R. (2021): From adverse to beneficial – contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton. Freshw. Biol. 66:2272–2282, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13832
  12. Mathieu-Resuge, M., Pilecky, M., Twining, C., Parmar, T.-P., Martin-Creuzburg, D., Vitecek, S., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Dietary availability determines metabolic conversion of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in spiders: a dual compound-specific stable isotope approach. Oikos, https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08513
  13. Mathieu-Resuge, M., Martin-Creuzburg, D., Twining, C., Parmar, T.-P., Hager, H., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Taxonomic composition and lake morphometry influence fatty acid export via emerging insects. Freshw. Biol. 66:2199–2209, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13819
  14. Twining, C., Parmar, T.-P., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Kainz, M. J., Shipley, J., Martin-Creuzburg, D. (2021): Use of fatty acids from aquatic prey varies with foraging strategy. Front. Ecol. Evol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.735350
  15. Guo, F., Ebm, N., Bunn, S. E., Brett, M. T., Hager, H. H., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Longitudinal variation in the nutritional quality of basal food sources and its effect on invertebrates and fish in subalpine rivers. J. Animal Ecol., https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13574
  16. Scholz, K., Ejarque, E., Hammerle, A., Kainz, M. J., Schelker, J., Wohlfahrt, G. (2021): Atmospheric CO2 exchange of a small mountain lake: limitations of eddy covariance and boundary layer modeling methods in complex terrain. J. Geophys. Res. – Biogeosci. 126; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006286
  17. Wu, P., Kainz, M. J., Valdez, F., Zheng, S. Wang, R. Branfireun, B., Chen, C. Y., Bishop, K. (2021): Elevated temperature and brownification increase dietary methylmercury, but decrease essential fatty acids at the base of lake food webs. Nature Sci. Rep., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95742-9
  18. Závorka, L., Crespel, A., Dawson, N., Papatheodoulou, M., Killen, S., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Climate change induced deprivation of dietary essential fatty acids can reduce growth and mitochondrial efficiency of wild juvenile salmon. Funct. Ecol., https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13860
  19. Pilecky, M., Winter, K., Wassenaar, L., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Compound-specific stable hydrogen (δ2H) isotope analyses of fatty acids: a new method and perspectives for trophic and movement ecology. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., e9135. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9135  
  20. O'Mara, K., Venarsky, M., Stewart-Koster, B., McGregor, G., Schulz, C., Kainz, M. J., Marshall, J., Bunn, S. E. (2021): Connectivity of fish communities in a tropical floodplain river system and predicted impacts of dams. Sci. Total Env. 788, 147785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147785
  21. Twining, C., Bernhardt, J., Derry, A., Hudson, C., Ishikawa, A., Kabeya, N., Kainz, M. J., Kitano, J., Kowarik, C., Ladd, S. N., Leal, M., Scharnweber, K., Shipley, J., Matthews, B. (2021). The evolutionary ecology of fatty-acid variation: implications for consumer adaptation and diversification. Ecol. Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13771
  22. Laubichler, M. D., Jäger, C., Kainz, M. J., Schernhammer, E., Yang, S., Zenk, L., Zhang, Z., Steiner, G. (2022): COVID-19 reveals the need for One Health network governance. Global Sustainability, in press. 
  23. Pilecky, M., Zavorka, L., Arts, M. T., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are central to neurophysiological development and behavior leading to strong and pervasive downstream effects on trophic ecology - A multi-perspective synthesis. Biol. Rev. 96; 2127-2145.  https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12747
  24. Taipale, S. J., Kers, E., Peltomaa, E., Loehr, J. A., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Selective fatty acid retention and turnover in the freshwater amphipod Pallasea Quadraspinosa. Biomolecules, 11, 478. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11030478
  25. Guo, F., Bunn, S. E., Brett, M. T., Fry, B., Hager, H. H., Kainz, M. J. (2021): The dark side of rocks: an underestimated high quality food resource in river ecosystems. J. Ecol. 109, 2395-2404; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13647
  26. Jing, M., Lin, D., Wu, P., Kainz, M. J., Bishop, K., Yan, H., Li, Q., Feng, X. (2021): Diet influence on mercury bioaccumulation as revealed by polyunsaturated fatty acids in zoobenthos from two contrasting environments: Chinese reservoirs and Swedish lakes. Sci. Total Environ., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146410
  27. Chiapella, A. M, Kainz, M. J., Strecker, A. L. (2021): Fatty acid stable isotopes add clarity, but also complexity, to tracing energy pathways in aquatic food webs. Ecosphere 12/2: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3360  
  28. Ejarque, E., Scholz, K., Wohlfahrt, G., Battin, T. J., Kainz, M. J., Schelker, J. (2021): Hydrology controls the carbon mass balance of a mountain lake in the Eastern European Alps. Limnol. Oceanogr. 66/6, 2110-2125; https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11712
  29. Ebm, N., Guo, F., Brett, M. T., Bunn, S. M., Kainz, M. J. (2021): Selective retention of algal polyunsaturated fatty acids along stream food webs and within fish organs. Hydrobiologia 848(2): 371-383; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04445-1
  30. Zenk, L., Steiner, G., Pina e Cunha, M., Laubichler, M. D., Bertau, M., Kainz, M. J., Jäger, C., Schernhammer, E. (2020): Fast response to Superspreading: Uncertainty and complexity in the context of COVID-19. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health17 (21), 7884; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217884  
  31. Rasconi, S, Ptacnik, R., Danner, S., Van den Wyngaert, S., Rohrlack, T., Kainz, M. J. (2020): Parasitic chytrids convey and upgrade primary produced carbon during inedible algae proliferation. Protist 171, 125768; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2020.125768 .
  32. Parzanini, C., Colombo, S. M., Kainz, M. J., Wacker, A., Parrish, C. C., Arts, M. T. (2020): Discrimination between freshwater and marine fish using fatty acids: ecological implications and future perspectives. Environ. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0031   
  33. Guo, F., Lee, S. Y., Kainz, M. J., Brett, M. T. (2020): Fatty acids as dietary biomarkers in mangrove ecosystems: current status and future perspective. Sci. Total Environ. 735; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139907 
  34. Vad, C., Schneider, C., Lukic, D., Horvath, Z., Kainz, M. J., Stibor, H., Ptacnik, R. (2020). Grazing resistance and low food quality of the widespread mixotrophic chrysophyte (Dinobryon divergens) impairs zooplankton secondary production. Oecologia, 93:489-502 10.1007/s00442-020-04677-x
  35. Jardine, T. D., Galloway, A., Kainz, M. J. (2020): Unlocking the power of fatty acids as dietary tracers and metabolic signals in fishes and aquatic invertebrates. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 375 : 1804, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0639
  36. Kühmayer, T., Guo, F., Ebm, N., Battin, T. J., Brett, M. T., Bunn, S. E., Fry, B., Kainz, M. J. (2020): Preferential retention of algal carbon in benthic invertebrates – stable isotopes and fatty acids evidence from an outdoor flume experiment. Freshw. Biol., 65; 1200-1209 https://doi.org/10.1111/FWB.13492
  37. Twining, C. W., Taipale, S. J., Ruess, J., Bec, A., Martin-Creuzberg, D., Kainz, M. J. (2020): Stable isotopes and fatty acids –current and future perspectives for advancing trophic ecology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 375:20190641,http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0641
  38. Stadler, M., Ejarque, B., Kainz, M. J. (2020): In-lake transformations of dissolved organic matter composition in a sub-alpine lake do not change its biodegradability. Limnol. Oceanogr., https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11406
  39. Tao, J., Kennard, M. J., Roberts, D. T., Fry, B., Kainz, M. J., Chen, Y., Bunn, S. E. (2020): Quality and contribution of food sources to Australian lungfish evaluated using fatty acids and stable isotopes. Aquat. Sci. 82:8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-019-0680-x
  40. Jing, M., Lin, D., Wu, P., Kainz, M. J., Bishop, K., Yan, H., Wang, R., Wang, Q., Li, Q. (2020): Effect of aquaculture on mercury and polyunsaturated fatty acids in fishes from reservoirs in Southwest China. Env. Poll. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113543
  41. Taipale, S. J., Peltomaa E., Kukkonen, J. V. K., Kainz, M. J., Kautonen, P., and Tiirola, M. (2019): Microbial transformation of microplastic into cell membranes of aquatic consumers - implications for aquatic food webs. Nature Sci. Rep., 9:19894. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55990-2. 
  42. Thomas, S., Kainz, M. J., Amundsen, P.-A., Hayden, B., Taipale, S., Kahilainen, K. (2019): Ecological speciation of a dominant secondary consumer divides energy flow pathways in lake food webs: evidence from diet, stable isotope and fatty acid analyses. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0221338. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221338
  43. Závorka, L., Koeck, B., Killen, S. S., Kainz. M. J. (2019): Aquatic predators influence flux of essential micronutrients. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2563, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.005
  44. Mathieu-Resuge, M., Schaal, G., Kraffe, E., Corvaisier, R., Lebeau, O., Lluch-Cota, S. E., García, R. S. L., Kainz, M. J., Le Grand, F. (2019): Different particle sources in a bivalve species of a coastal lagoon: evidence from stable isotopes, fatty acids, and compound-specific stable isotopes. Mar. Biol. 166, 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3535-z
  45. Moser, K., Baron, J., Brahney, J., Olesky, I., Saros, J., Hundey, B., Sadro, S., Kopacek, J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M. J., Strecker, A., Chandra, S., Walters, D., Preston, D., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S., Hik, D., Christianson, K., Melack, J., Smol, J. (2019): Mountain Lakes: Eyes on Global Environmental Change. Global and Planetary Change 178, 77-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.201904.001 
  46. Wu, P., Kainz, M. J., Åkerblom, S., Bravo, A. G., Sonesten, L., Branfireun, B., Deininger, A., Bergström, A.-K., Bishop, K. (2019): Terrestrial food sources matter for mercury bioaccumulation in zooplankton and macroinvertebrates in lakes with differing dissolved organic carbon concentrations. Sci. Total Env. 669, 821-832. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.171 
  47. Rasconi, S., Ptacnik, R., Kainz, M. J. (2018): Phytoplankton responses to recent temperature changes in subalpine Lake Lunz, Austria. Water Resour. Res., doi: 10.1029/2017WR020959
  48. Schultz, S., Koussoroplis, A.-M., Kainz, M. J. (2018): Dietary fatty acid compositions are more strongly reflected in fatty than lean muscle tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Lipids, 53: 727–735. doi: 10.1002/lipd.12080
  49. Wu, P., Kainz, M. J., Bravo, A. G., Akerblom, S., Sonesten, S., Bishop, K. (2018): Bioconcentration of aqueous methylmercury in seston predicts methylmercury in fish. STOTEN, 646, 357-367. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.328 
  50. Murray, D., Kainz, M. J., Hebberecht, L., Sales, K. R., Hindar, K, Gage, M. J. G. (2018): Comparisons of reproductive function and fatty acid fillet quality between triploid and diploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Royal Soc. Open Sci., 5: 180493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180493
  51. Guo, F, Bunn, S., Brett. M. T., Fry, B. Hager, H., Ouyang, X., Kainz, M. J. (2018): Stream macroinvertebrates are integrators of high quality food sources. Limnol. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1002/lno.10818
  52. Kainz, M. J., Hager, H. H., Schneeberger, E. (2018): Poultry by-product meals as partial fish meal replacement increase somatic growth in hybrid charr (Salvelinus alpinus X fontinalis). Open J. Animal Sci., 8, 191-205; doi: 10.4236/ojas.2018.83014 
  53. Ouyang, X., Lee, J., Kainz, M. J., Connolly, R. (2018): Spatially explicit valuation of wetlands for cyclone mitigation in Australia and China. Scientific Reports, Feb 14;8(1):3035. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21217-z.
  54. Bruder, A. Kainz, M. J., Tonolla, M. (2018): Winter conditions are changing rapidly in alpine-lake ecosystems. EOS 99, doi: 10.1029/2018EO094291.
  55. Ejarque, E., Khan, S., Steniczka, G., Schelker, J., Kainz, M. J., Battin, T. J. (2018): Climate-induced hydrological variation controls the transformation of dissolved organic matter in a subalpine lake. Limnol. Oceanogr., early view. 10.1002/lno.10777
  56. Guo, F., Bunn, S. E., Brett, M. T., Kainz, M. J. (2017): Polyunsaturated fatty acids in stream food webs – high dissimilarity among producers and consumers. Freshw. Biol., 62: 1325-1334. 10.1111/fwb.12956.
  57. Rasconi, S., Winter, K., Kainz, M. J. (2017): Increasing water temperature and reoccurring heat waves induce phytoplankton biodiversity loss – evidence from a multi-seasonal mesocosm experiment. Ecol. and Evol.; doi: 10.1002/ece3.2889
  58. Torniainen, J., Kainz, M. J., Vuorinen, P. J., Keinänen, M., Jones, R. I., Kiljunen, M. (2017): The final nonbreeding area quality of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) estimated by fatty acid and stable isotope composition. J. Fish Biol. doi:10.1111/jfb.13258
  59. Gall, A., Kainz, M. J., Rasconi, S. (2017): Daphnia magna fitness during low food supply under different water temperature and brownification scenarios. J. Limnol., 76(1): 161-169. doi: 10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1450.
  60. Kainz, M. J., Hager, H. H., Rasconi, S. Kahilainen, K. K., Amundsen, P.-A, Hayden, B. (2017): A stable isotope and fatty acid based assessment of food web structure after pike (Esox lucius) introduction in pre-alpine Lake Lunz, Austria. Ecosphere 8/4:e01753. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1753
  61. Brett, M. T., Bunn, S. E., Chandra, S., Galloway, A. W. E., Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Lau, D. C. W., Kankaala, P., Moulton, T. P., Power, M. E., Rasmussen, J. B., Taipale, S. J., Thorp, J. H., Wehr, J. D. (2017): How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems? Freshw. Biol., 62/5: 833-853. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12909
  62. Kainz, M. J., Ptacnik, R., Rasconi, S., Hager, H. (2017): Changes in lake surface water temperature and ice-cover in sub-alpine Lake Lunz, Austria. Inland Waters, 7: 27-33. 10.1080/20442041.2017.1294332
  63. Colombo, S., Wacker, A., Parrish, C. C., Kainz, M. J., Arts, M. T. (2016): A fundamental dichotomy in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid abundance between and within marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Environ. Rev., doi: 10.1139/er-2016-0062
  64. Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2016): The importance of high quality algal food sources in stream food webs – current status and future perspectives. Freshw. Biol., 61: 815-831; doi:10.1111/fwb.12755.
  65. Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2016): Effects of light and nutrients on periphyton and somatic growth and fatty acid composition of grazers in subtropical streams. Oecologia, 181: 449-462. DOI 10.1007/s00442-016-3573-x.
  66. Gingrich, S., Schmid, M., Dirnböck, T., Dullinger, I., Garstenauer, R., Gaube, V., Haberl, H., Kainz, M., Kreiner D., Mayer, R., Mirtl, M., Sass, O., Schauppenlehner, T., Stocker-Kiss, A., Wildenberg, M. (2016): Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) in practice: Lessons from a decade of inter- and transdisciplinary research in the Eisenwurzen LTSER platform, Austria. Sustainability 8, 743. doi:10.3390/su8080743.
  67. Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2016): High quality algae attached to leaf litter boost invertebrate shredder growth. Freshw. Sci, 35: 1213-1221. doi: 10.1086/688667
  68. Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Valdez, D., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2016): The effect of light and nutrients on algal food quality and their consequent effect on grazer growth in subtropical streams. Freshw. Sci., 35: 1202-1212. DOI: 10.1086/688092
  69. Rudy, M., Kainz, M. J., Graeve, M., Hixson, S., Arts, M. T. (2016): Handling and storage procedures have variable effects on fatty acid content in fishes with different lipid quantities. PLoS ONE. 11(8): e0160497.
  70. Hixson, S., Sharma, B., Kainz, M. J., Wacker, A., Arts, M. T. (2015): Production, distribution, and abundance of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a fundamental dichotomy between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Environ. Rev. 23: 414–424 (2015) dx.doi.org/10.1139/er-2015-0029 
  71. Strandberg, U., Hiltunen, M., Jelkänen, E., Taipale, S. J., Kainz, M. J., Brett, M. T., Kankaala, P. (2015): Selective transfer of polyunsaturated fatty acids from phytoplankton to planktivorous fish in large boreal lakes. Sci. Total Env., 536: 858-865. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.010
  72. Jardine, T. D., Woods, R., Marshall, J., Fawcett, J., Lobegeiger, J., Valdez, D., Kainz, M. J. (2015): Reconciling the role of energy pathways in aquatic food webs by measuring multiple ecological tracers in individuals. Ecology 96: 3257-3269. DOI:10.1890/14-2153.1
  73. Rasconi, S., Gall, A., Winter, K., Kainz, M. J. (2015): Increasing water temperature triggers dominance of small freshwater plankton. PLoS ONE, 10(10): e0140449. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140449.
  74. Guo, F., Kainz, M. J., Sheldon, F., Bunn, S. E. (2015): Spatial variation in periphyton fatty acid composition in subtropical streams. Freshw. Biol. 60: 1411-1422,  DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12578
  75. Murray D. S., Hager, H. H., Tocher, D. R., Kainz, M. J. (2015): Docosahexaenoic acid in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): The importance of dietary supply and physiological response during the entire growth period. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 181: 7-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2014.11.003
  76. Taipale, S. J., Kainz, M. J., Brett, M. T. (2015): A low ω-3:ω-6 ratio in Daphnia indicates terrestrial resource utilization and poor nutritional condition. J. Plankton Res., 37: 596-610. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbv015.
  77. Galloway, A. W. E., Brett, M. T., Holtgrieve, G. W., Ward, E. J., Ballantyne, A. P., Burns, C. W., Kainz, M. J., Müller-Navarra, D. C., Persson, J., Ravet, J. L., Strandberg, U., Taipale, S. J., Ahlgren, G. (2015): A fatty acid based Bayesian approach for inferring diet in aquatic consumers. PloS ONE, 10(6):e0129723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129723.
  78. McMeans, B. C., Koussoroplis, A.-M., Arts, M. T., Kainz, M. J. (2015): Allochthonous dissolved organic matter pathways support somatic growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna when algae are limiting. J. Plankton Res., 37: 1201-1209; DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbv083
  79. McMeans, B. C., Koussoroplis, A.-M., Kainz, M. J. (2015): Fatty acid biomarkers in zooplankton: influence of food quality and temperature through time. Limnol. Oceanogr. 60, 573-583. DOI: 10.1002/lno.10041
  80. Murray, D. S., Hager, H. H., Tocher, D. R., Kainz, M. J. (2014): Effect of partial replacement of dietary fish meal and oil by pumpkin kernel cake and rapeseed oil on fatty acid composition and metabolism in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Aquaculture, 431: 85-91.
  81. Standberg, U., Taipale, S. J., Kainz, M. J., Brett, M. T. (2014): Retroconversion of omega-6 docosapentaenoic acid: an alternative pathway for arachidonic acid biosynthesis in Daphnia magna. Lipids. DOI: 10.1007/s11745-014-3902-y
  82. Koussoroplis, A.-M., Nussbaumer, J., Arts, M. T., Guschina, I., Kainz, M. J. (2014): Famine and feast in copepods: effects of temperature and diet on fatty acid dynamics of a freshwater calanoid copepod. Limnol. Oceanogr., 59, 947-958. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0947
  83. Burian, A. Kainz, M. J., Schagerl, M. Yasindi, A. (2014): Species-specific separation of lake plankton discloses diverging food assimilation patterns in microzooplankton. Freshw. Biol., 59, 6: 1257 – 1265.
  84. De Wit, H., A., Granhus, A., Lindholm, M., Kainz, M. J., Lin, Y., Veiteberg Braaten, H. F., Blaszczak, J. (2014): Forest harvest effects on mercury in streams and biota in Norwegian boreal catchments. Forest Ecol. Man. 324: 52-63. DOI 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.044
  85. Boehm, M., Schultz, S., Koussoroplis, A.-M., Kainz, M. J. (2014): Fatty acid map in the world's most consumed freshwater fish – tissue-specific lipid response to different diets in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). PLoS ONE 9(4): 10.1371/journal.pone.0094759
  86. Schultz, S., Koussoroplis, A.-M., Changizi-Magrhoor, Z., Watzke, J., Kainz, M. J. (2014): Short-term feeding strongly increases polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations in farm-raised common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Aquacult. Res. doi:10.1111/are.12373
  87. Chalifour, A. Arts, M. T., Kainz, M. J., Juneau, P. (2014): Combined effect of temperature and bleaching herbicides on photosynthesis, pigment and fatty acid composition of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Eur. J. Phycol. 49:4, 508-515. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2014.977962
  88. Masclaux, H., Riera, P., Kainz, M. J., Bourdier, J., Jouve, L., Duffaud, E., Bec, A. (2014): Effects of food partitioning in the trophic transfer of essential compounds in a littoral macrophyte zone. Aquat. Ecol. DOI: 10.1007/s00027-013-0314-7
  89. Koussoroplis, A-M., Kainz, M. J., Striebel, M. (2013): Fatty acid retention under temporally heterogeneous dietary supply in a cladoceran. Oikos 122: 1017-1026. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20759.x
  90. Brett, M. T., Arhonditsis, G. B., Chandra, S., Kainz, M. J. (2012): Mass flux calculations show strong allochthonous support of freshwater zooplankton production in unlikely. PloS ONE 7(6): e39508. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0039508  
  91. Weilhartner, A., Muellegger, C., Kainz, M. J., Mathieu, F., Hofmann, T., Battin, T. J. (2012): Gravel pit lake ecosystems reduce nitrate and phosphate concentrations in the outflowing groundwater. Sci. Tot. Environ. 420: 222-228. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.032
  92. Schultz, S., Vallant, B., Kainz, M. J. (2012): Preferential feeding on high quality diets decreases methyl mercury in farm-raised common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Aquaculture 338-341: 105-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.01.006
  93. de Wit, H., Kainz, M. J., Lindholm, M. (2012): Methylmercury bioaccumulation in invertebrates of boreal streams in Norway: effects of aqueous methylmercury and diet retention. Env. Poll. 164: 235-241. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.041
  94. Taipale S., Brett, M. T., Pulkkinen, K., Kainz, M. J. (2012): The influence of bacteria dominated diets on Daphnia magna somatic growth, reproduction and lipid composition. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 82: 50-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01406.x
  95. Martin-Creuzburg, D., Wacker, A., Ziese, C., Kainz, M. J. (2012): Dietary lipid quality affects temperature-mediated reaction norms of a freshwater key herbivore. Oecologia 168: 901-912. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2155-1
  96. Masclaux, H., Bec, A., Kainz, M. J., Perrière, F. Desvilettes, C., Bourdier, G. (2012): Accumulation and bioconversion of polyunsaturated fatty acids by cladocerans: effects of taxonomy, temperature, and food sources. Freshw. Biol. 57, 696-703. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02735.x
  97. Taipale, S., Kainz, M. J., Brett, M. T. (2011): Diet-switching experiments show rapid accumulation and preferential retention of highly unsaturated fatty acids in Daphnia. Oikos. 120: 1674-1682.
  98. Mariash, H. L., Cazzanelli, M., Kainz, M. J., and Rautio, M. (2011): Zooplankton nutrient sources and lipid retention in subarctic ponds. Freshw. Biol. 56: 1850-1862.
  99. Kainz, M. J., Arts, M. T., and Johannsson, O. (2010): Effect of different diets on fatty acid profiles and nucleic acid ratios of the benthic amphipod Diporeia spp. J. Great Lakes Res. 36, 351-356.
  100. Hall, E. K., Singer, G. A., Kainz, M. J., and Lennon, J. T. (2010). Temperature adaptation and acclimation in two freshwater bacteria: an empirical test of a hypothesized membrane-mediated trade-off. Funct. Ecol. 24: 898-908.
  101. Heissenberger, M., Watzke, J., and Kainz, M. J. (2010): Effect of nutrition on fatty acid profiles of riverine, lacustrine and aquaculture-raised salmonids of pre-alpine habitats. Hydrobiologia 650: 243-254.
  102. Brett, M. T., Kainz. M. J., Taipale, S., and Seshan, H. (2009): Phytoplankton, not allochthonous carbon, sustains herbivorous zooplankton production. PNAS 106: 21197-21201.
  103. Kainz, M. J., Perga, M.-E., Arts, M. T., and Mazumder, A. (2009): Essential fatty acid concentrations of different seston sizes and zooplankton: a field study of monomictic coastal lakes. J. Plankt. Res. 31: 635-645.
  104. Kainz, M. J. and Fisk, A. (2009): Integrating lipids and contaminants in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology. In: Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems. Springer Verlag, New York. 93-113.
  105. Arts, M. T., Brett, M. T., and Kainz, M. J., eds. (2009): Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems. Springer Verlag, New York. 377 p.
  106. El-Sabaawi, R., Dower, J.F., Kainz, M. J., and Mazumder, A. (2009): Interannual variability in fatty acid composition of the copepod Neocalanus plumchrus (Marukawa) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 151-161.
  107. El-Sabaawi, R., Dower, J.F., Kainz, M. J., and Mazumder, A. (2009): Characterizing the trophic positions of calanoid copepods in the Strait of Georgia: insight from stable isotopes and fatty acids. Mar. Biol. 156: 225-237.
  108. Masclaux, H., Bec, A., Kainz, M. J., Desvilettes, C., Jouve, L., and Bourdier G. (2009): Combined effects of food quality and temperature on somatic growth and reproduction of two freshwater cladocerans. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54, 1323-1332.
  109. Kainz, M., Arts, M. T., and Mazumder, A. (2008): ‘Essential’ versus potentially ‘toxic’ substances – a comparison of essential fatty acids and methyl mercury concentrations in zooplankton from spring to late summer. Environ. Poll. 155: 262-270.
  110. Perga, M.-E., Kainz, M., and Mazumder, A. (2008): Terrestrial carbon contribution to lake food webs: Could the classical stable isotope approach be misleading? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 2719-2727.
  111. Kainz, M. and Lucotte, M. (2006): Mercury concentrations in lake sediments – revisiting the predictive power of catchment morphometry and organic matter composition. Water, Air, Soil Poll. 170: 173-189.
  112. Kainz, M., Mazumder, A., and Telmer, K. (2006): Bioaccumulation patterns of methyl mercury and essential fatty acids in planktonic food webs and fish. Sci. Total Environ. 368: 271-282.
  113. Perga, M.-E., Kainz, M., Matthews, B., and Mazumder, A. (2006): Carbon pathways to zooplankton: insights from the paired use of stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers. Freshw. Biol. 51: 2041-2051.
  114. Kainz, M. and Mazumder, A. (2005): Effect of algal and bacterial diet on methyl mercury concentrations in zooplankton. Environ. Sci. Techn. 39: 1666-1672.
  115. Kainz, M., Arts, M. T., and Mazumder, A. (2004): Essential fatty acids in the planktonic food web and their ecological role for higher trophic levels. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1784-1793.
  116. Kainz, M. and Mazumder, A. (2004): Relationships between methyl mercury and essential fatty acids in planktonic food webs. RZM-Mat. & Geoenviron. 51/1: 1095-1098.
  117. Kainz, M., Lucotte, M., and Parrish, C. C. (2003): Relationships between organic matter composition and methyl mercury content of offshore and carbon-rich littoral sediments in an oligotrophic lake. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 888-896.
  118. Kainz, M., Lucotte, M., and Parrish, C. C. (2002): Methyl mercury in zooplankton - the role of size, habitat and food quality. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59: 1606-1615.
  119. Kainz, M. and Lucotte, M. (2002): Can flooded organic matter from sediments predict mercury concentrations in zooplankton of a perturbed lake? Sci. Total Environ. 293: 151-161.
  120. Lucotte, M., Montgomery, S., Caron, B., and Kainz, M. (1999): Mercury in natural lakes and unperturbed terrestrial ecosystems on Northern Quebec. In: Mercury in the Biogeochemical Cycle. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 55-87.
 
 
Non-peer reviewed papers, scientific reports, and theses

 
Hager, H., Schneeberger, E., and Kainz, M. J. (2021): Auswirkungen eines über das bereits erfolgte Maß hinausgehenden Ersatzes von Fischmehl im Fischfutter durch terrestrische Produkte auf das Wachstum und die Futterverwertung von Regenbogenforellen (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in unterschiedlichen Altersklassen. Österr. Fischerei. Jg. 74., S. 233-241.
 
Caniglia, G., Zenk, L., Schernhammer, E., Bertau, M., Steiner, G., Kainz, M. J., Jaeger, C., Schlosser, P., Laubichler, M. D. (2021): Scientists‘ responsibility for global futures. Science & Diplomacy. https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2021/regional-approach-fighting-covid-19-in-central-eastern-and-south-eastern-europe
 
Duncombe, J. (2019), Climate change is coming for our fish dinners, Eos 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO133429. Published on 17 September 2019. Kainz contribution in this news article.
 
Hager, H., Schneeberger, E., and Kainz, M. (2019): Auswirkungen des teilweisen Ersatzes von Fischmehl durch Geflügelmehl, bzw. Geflügel- und Federmehl im Fischfutter auf das Wachstum von Regenbogenforellen (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Österr. Fischerei. Jg. 72.
 
Hager, H., Schneeberger, E., and Kainz, M. (2017): Auswirkungen des teilweisen Ersatzes von Fischmehl durch tierische und pflanzliche Proteinquellen im Fischfutter auf Wachstum und Fettsäuremuster des Elsässer Saiblings (Salvelinus fontinalis x Salvelinus alpinus). Österr. Fischerei. Jg. 70; p. 146-151.
 
Hager, H., Murray, D. S., Schneeberger, E., and Kainz, M. (2014): Auswirkungen des teilweisen Ersatzes von Fischmehl und Fischöl durch Kürbiskernkuchen und Rapsöl im Fischfutter auf Wachstum und Fettsäuremuster des heimischen Seesaiblings (Salvelinus umbla). Österr. Fischerei. Jg. 67; p. 153-158.

Kainz, M. and Schmutz, S. (2014): Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biosphäre. Gewässer. In: Klimawandel in Österreich: Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft und Umwelt. Ed: Manfred J. Lexer, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Georg Grabherr. p. 95-101. 
Kainz, M., Changizi, Z., Lugbauer, S., Marshall, J., Lobegeiger, J., Jardine, T., Valdez, D., Woods, R., Fawcett, J. (2012): Food webs in waterholes of the Balonne and Weir Rivers assess with total lipids and fatty acids – a trophic gradient from leaves to fishes. In: Riverine and floodplain response to flooding in the lower Balonne and Border Rivers: Final report. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government, Australia. p. 112-134.
 
Kainz, M. (2009). Connecting aquatic ecology with toxicology – Perspectives for the River Danube. IAD Danube News 20; p. 12-14.
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