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Biography

Employment and Education history

• 1989- present Research Palaeontologist, The Natural History Museum, now Band 3. (Permanently employed since 1992)

• 1988: Leiden University, The Netherlands Royal Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Working with Dr. P. Westbroek on discrimination of ecophenotypic and genotypic causes of variation in coccolith morphology.

Qualifications

• 1983-1987: PhD, Imperial College, London. Thesis on Neogene Calcareous Nannoplankton from the Makran of Pakistan and the Indian Ocean. Supervisor Dr. J. K. Leggett.
• 1982-1983: MSc, Micropalaeontology, University College London. Thesis on Calcareous nannoplankton in Maastrichtian and Palaeocene sediments from Djebel bou Krouf, Tunisia
• 1979-1982: BA (1st Class), Geology, Oxford University.

Professional Roles

The Micropalaeontological Society

Treasurer (from 2009)

The International Nannoplankton Association  

Website editor

The Natural Environment Research Council

Review college member

Journal editorial boards

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Marine Micropalaeontology

International Nannoplankton Association

Gallery

Coccosphere gallery

Coccolithophores are minute (about 0.01mm) single-celled organisms but create strikingly complex structures - coccoliths -  out of intricately sculptured calcite crystals. There are pragmatic reasons for analysing the process of coccolith formation and deciphiring data provided by them but coccoliths are also rather beautiful. Here are a few of my favourite images. They are all scanning electron micrographs which have been edited in photoshop, to give a clean background and apply some colour. 

Braarudosphaera bigelowii

Florisphaera profunda

Coccolithus pelagicus

Oolithotus fragilis

Cyclagelosphaera shenleyensis (fossil)

Scyphosphaera apsteinii

Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Ophiaster formosus

Solisphaera helianthiformis

Rhabdosphaera sytlifera

Scyphosphaera porosa

Research

Research projects

a dissolving coccolith, in this case a result of  poor sample preparation, but it shows how vulnerable they are

My research is predominantly focussed on coccolithophores a group of  unicellular planktonic algae which produce calcareous platelets, coccoliths. Coccoliths form a major component of open ocean sediments and so have an enormously abundant fossil record. They are very widely used fossils both for biostratigraphy (determining the age of sediments) and as indicators of past oceanographic conditions. In addition modern coccolithophores are an important component of the marine food chain, play significant roles in the global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and sulphur, and form spectacular blooms readily imaged by satellites. As a result they have attracted inter-disciplinary research interest. My research has largely focussed on integrating knowledge of their biodiversity and evolution with study of their biology, molecular biology, biomineralization and biogeochemistry through a wide range of collaborations. The main projects I am working on currently are:

Ocean acidification - a major side-effect of the increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere is that the pH of the ocean is deceasing. The change so far is only about 0.1pH units, however, by 2100 a pH drop of 0.4 units is likely. This would have major impacts on marine life, and especially calcifying organisms such as corals- and coccolithophores. In the context of a major UK programme on ocean acidification I will be working with a large team on the impact of ocean acidification on pelagic calcification through a cruise-based programme including observations across natural carbonate-saturation gradients and deck incubation experiments. Coccolithophores are the prime focus of this project and I will be researching the effects of ocean acidification on coccolith morphology and whether this is modified by ecotype selection.

collecting seawater samples from a research ship.

COMBINE - COccolithophores Morphology, BIogeography, geNetics and Ecology database - this is an EU funded project via a Marie-Curie Fellowship supporting post-doctoral researcher Martine Couapel. The prime aims of the project are to provide baseline data on the autecology of coccolithophore species in order to use them in palaeoenvironmental analysis and baseline data on the modern biogeographic distribution of coccolithophores to allow assessment of changes in the historical past. This is being achieved by a combination of new research on Atlantic coccolithophores and databasing of coccolithophore occurrence data from a range of sources. In addition, with collaborators in Roscoff, we are working on integration of traditional morphological identifications with data from environmental DNA samples.

screen shot of the Nannotax website

Nannotax - there is immense potential for delivering taxonomic information via the internet, and increasingly this is needed by scientists whether in academia or industrial environments such as micropalaeontology. For nannofossils I am developing Nannotax a web-database of data and images of nannofossils. This is the prime online source of data on nannofossil and is rapidly being expanded with a range of colleagues. The project is part of EDIT, the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy

Calcidiscus leptoporus combination coccosphere

Publications

2010

Young, J.R., Gale, A.S., Knight, R. & Smith, A.B. (Editors), (2010). Fossils of the Gault Clay. Field Guides to Fossils Palaeontological Association, 339 pp.

Young, J.R., (2010). Calcareous nannofossils. In: Young, J.R., Gale, A.S., Knight, R. and Smith, A.B. (Editors), Fossil of the Gault Clay. Field Guides to Fossils Palaeontological Associationn, pp. 16-27.

2009

Bown, P. R., Young, J. R., Dunkley Jones, T. & Randell, R. (2009). A Paleogene record of extant lower photic zone calcareous nannoplankton. Palaeontology 52(2), 457-469.

Couapel, M. J. J., Beaufort, L. & Young, J. R. (2009). A new Helicosphaera - Syracolithus combination coccosphere (Haptophyta) from the Western Mediterranean sea Journal of Phycology, 45(4), 914-916.

Frada, M., Percopo, I., Young, J. R., Zingone, A., de Vargas, C. & Probert, I. (2009). First observations of heterococcolithophore-holococcolithophore life cycle combinations in the family Pontosphaeraceae (Calcihaptophycideae, Haptophyta). Marine Micropaleontology 71(1), 20-27.

Franklin, D. J., Poulton, A. J., Steinke, M., Young, J. R., Peeken, I. & Malin, G. (2009). Dimethylsulphide, DMSP-lyase activity and microplankton community structure inside and outside of the Mauritanian upwelling. Progress in Oceanography. 83(1-4), 134-142.

Leonardos, N., Read, B. A., Thake, B. & Young, J. R. (2009). No mechanistic depndance of photosynthesis on calcification in the cocolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta). Journal of Phycology 45(5), 1046-1051.

Ridgwell, A., Schmidt, D., Turley, C., Brownlee, C., Maldonado, M. T., Tortel, P. & Young, J. R. 2009. From laboratory manipulations to earth system models: predicting pelagic calcification and its consequences. Biogeosciences 6, 1-13.

Schmidt, D., Young, J. R., Heck, S. E. v. & Lees, J. A. (2009). The 2008 recipient of the Brady Medal: Professor Katharina von Salis Journal of Micropalaeontology, 28(1) 91-93.

Triantaphyllou, M., Dimiza, M. D., Malinverno, E. & Young, J. R. (2009). Evidence for a possible life-cycle association between Syrcosphaera protrudens (heterococcolithopohre) and Syracosphaera pulchra HOL pirus type (holoccolithophore). Journal of Micropalaeontology 28(1), 1-6.

Tyrrell T. & Young J. R. (2009) Coccolithophores. In. Steel J. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Elsevier. 606-614

Young, J. R., Andruleit, H. & Probert, I. (2009). Coccolith function and morphogenesis, insights from appendage-bearing coccolithophores of the family Syracosphaeraceae (Haptophyta). Journal of Phycology 45(213-226).

2008

Bown, P. R., Dunkley Jones, T., Lees, J. A., Randell, R., Mizzi, J. A., Pearson, P. N., Coxall, H., Young, J. R., Nicholas, C. J., Karega, A., Singano, J. & Wade, B. (2008). A Paleogene calcareous microfossil Konservat-Lagerstätte from the Kilwa Group of coastal Tanzania Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 120(1/2), 3-12.

Malinverno, E., Triantaphyllou, M., Dimiza, M. D. & Young, J. R. (2008). New possible hetero- holococcolithophore combinations within the genus Syracosphaera. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 30(1), 1-8.

Medlin, L. K., Saez A. G., Young J. R. (2008). A molecular clock for coccolithophores and implications for selectivity of phytoplankton extinctions across the K/T boundary. Marine Micropaleontology, 67/1-2, 69-86

Wilkinson, I. P., Williams, M., Young, J. R., Lott, G. K., Cook, S. R. & Fulford, M. G. (2008). The application of microfossils in assessing the provenance of chalk used in the manufacture of Roman mosaics at Silchester. Journal of Archaeological Science. 35, 2415-2422.

Young, J. R. (2008). Coccoliths. In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments (edited by Gornitz, V.). Earth Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht, 187-188.

Young, J. R. (2008). Interactive comment on “A multi-species coccolith volume response to an anthropogenically-modified ocean” by P. R. Halloran et al. . Biogeosciences Discussions 5, 1471–1474.

Young, J. R. (2008). Scyphosphaera porosa Kamptner 1967 rediscovered in the plankton. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 30(1), 35-38.

Young, J. R., Flores, J. A. & Cachao, M. (2008). Quaternary coccolithophore palaeoceanography. Marine Micropaleontology 69(1), 1-2. (Foreword to edited volume).

Ziveri, P., Fabry, V., Bijma, J., Turk, D., Young, J. R., Schmidt, D., Brownlee, C., Erez, J., Kiefer, T., Turley, C. & Eisehauer, A. (2008). Atmospheric CO2, ocean acidification, and ecological changes in planktonic calcifying organisms. ESF- EuroCLIMATE Workshop report The Eggs E.G.U. Newsletterr 23, 1-8.

2007

Bown, P.R., Dunkley Jones T. & Young J.R. (2007) Umbilicosphaera jordanii Bown 2005 from the Paleogene of Tanzania: confirmation of generic assignment and a Paleocene origination for the family Calcidiscaceae. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 29/1 25-30.

de Vargas, C., Probert I., Aubry M.-P. & Yong J. R. (2007) Origin and evolution of coccolithophores: from coastal hunters to oceanic farmers. In, Falkowski P. (ed) Evolution of Eukaryotic Phytoplankton. 251-285

Finkel, Z. V., Sebbo, J., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Irwin, A. J., Katz, M. E., Schofield, O. & Young, J. R. (2007). A universal driver of macroevolutionary change in the size of marine phytoplankton over the Cenozoic Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 104(51), 20416-20420.

Koch C. & Young J.R. (2007) A simple weighing and dilution technique for determining absolute abundances of coccoliths from sediment samples. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 29/1, 67-69

Probert I, Fresnel J, Billard C, Geisen M & Young JR (2007) Light and electron microscope observations of Algirosphaera robusta (Prymnesiophyceae). Journal of Phycology, 43, 319-332.

2006

BollmannJ, Cortes M.Y., Kleijne A Østergaard J.B., & Young J.R. (2006) Solisphaera gen. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new coccolithophore genus from the lower photic zone. Phycologia, 45/4, 465-477.

Crudeli, D., Young, J.R., Erba, E., Geisen, M., Ziveri, P., Lange, G.J.D. & Slomp, C.P. (2006). Fossil record of holococcoliths and selected hetero-holococcolith associations from the Mediterranean (Holocene-late Pleistocene): evaluation of carbonate diagenesis, palaeoecological, and palaeoceanographic implications. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology: 237, 191-212

Langer G., Geisen. M., Baumann K-H, Klaas J., Riebesel U., Thoms S. & Young J.R. (2006). Species-specific response s of calcifying algae to changing seawater carbonate chemistry. GeoChemistry, GeoPhysics, GeoSystems. 7/9, 1-12. DOI 10.1029

Lees J. A., Bown P. R., Young J. R (2006). Jake Hancock: reminiscences. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 117, 125-127.

Meier, K.J.S.,  Young, J.R.  Kirsch, M.  and Feist-Burkhardt, S (2006.) Evolution of different life cycle strategies in oceanic calcareous dinoflagellates. European Journal of phycology 41/4, 1-9

Schmidt D.N, Lazarus D., Young J.R., Kucera M. (2006). Biogeography and evolution of body size in marine plankton. Earth-Science Reviews, 78, 239-266.

Young J.R. & Andruleit H. (2006) Navilithus altivelum: a remarkable new genus and species of deep photic coccolithophores. Journal of Micropaleontology, 25/2, 141-152.

2005

Findlay, C.S., Young, J.R. and Scott, F.J., (2005). Haptophytes: Order Coccolithophorales. In: F.J. Scott and H.J. Marchant (Editors), Antarctic Marine Protists. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, pp. 276-294.

Gibbs S.J., Young J. R., Bralower T.J. Shackleton N.J. (2005). Nannoplankton evolutionary events in the mid Pliocene: an assessment of the degree of synchrony in the extinctions of Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus and Sphenolithus.abies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217, 155-172.

Minoletti, F., Rafelis, M.D., Renard, M., Gardin, S. and Young, J.R., (2005). The evolution of pelagic sedimentation at the Cretaceous-Paleocene transition: contribution of the homogeneous nannofractions separation technique. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 216/1-2, 119-137.

Young J. R. (2005) Book review - Microfossils by Armstrong & Brasier. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 27/2, 173-6.

Young, J.R., Geisen  M., & Probert I. (2005) A review of selected aspects of coccolithophore biology with implications for palaeobiodiversity estimation. Micropaleontology, 51/4/ 267-288.

2004

Bown P. R., Lees J. A. & Young J. R. (2004). Calcareous nannoplankton evolution and diversity through time. . In, Thierstein H.  R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. p. 481-508.

Crudeli D., Young J. R., Erba E., de Lange G.J., Henriksen. K., Kinkel H., Slomp C. P., Ziveri P. (2004) Abnormal carbonate diagenesis in Holocene-Late Pleistocene sapropel-associated sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean; evidence fromEmiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology. Marine Micropalaeontology, 52, 217-240.

Geisen, M., Young, J.R., Probert, I., Sáez, A.G., Baumann, K.-H., Bollmann, J., Cros, L., De Vargas, C., Medlin, L.K. & Sprengel, C. (2004). Species level variation in coccolithophores. In: H. R. Thierstein & J. R. Young (Eds.), Coccolithophores - From molecular processes to global impact. Springer. p.327-366

Gibbs S., Shackleton N.J. & Young J. R. (2004). Orbitally-forced climate signals in mid Pliocene nannofossil assemblages. Marine Micropaleontology, 51, 39-56.

Gibbs S., Shackleton N.J. & Young J. R. (2004). Identification of dissolution patterns in nannofossil assemblages: A high-resolution comparison of synchronous records from Ceara Rise, ODP Leg 154. Paleoceanograpy 19/1, PA1029

Henriksen K., Stipp S.L.S., Young J.R. and Marsh M.E. (2004). Biological Control on Calcite Crystallization: AFM investigation of Coccolith Polysaccharide Function. American Mineralogist, 89, 1709-1716.

Henriksen K., Young J.R., Bown P.R. and Stipp S.L.S. (2004) Coccolith biomineralisation studied with atomic force microscopy. Palaeontology, 47, 725-743.

Houdan A, Billard C, Marie D., Not F., Sáez A.G., Young J.R. & Probert I. (2004) Flow cytometric analysis of relative ploidy levels in holococcolithophore-heterococcolithophore (Haptophyta) life cycles. Systematics and Bjodiversity, 1: 453-465.

Jordan R. W., Cros L., & Young J. R. (2004.). A revised classification scheme for living Haptophytes. In, M. Triantaphylou (ed.) Advances in the biology, ecology and taxonomy of extant calcareous nannoplankton. Micropaleontology, 50 suppl. 1, 55-79.

Lees, J.A., Bown, P.R., Young, J.R. & Riding J.B. (2004). Evidence for annual records of phytoplankton productivity in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation stone bands (Upper Jurassic, Dorset, UK).  Marine Micropaleontology, 52, 29-49.

Mattioli M., Pittet B., Young J.R., & Bown P. R. (2004). Biometric analysis of Pliensbachian-Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) coccoliths of the family Biscutaceae: intra- and interspecific variability versus palaeoenvironmental influence. Marine Micropaleontology, 52, 2-28.

Middleton A., Young J. R., Ambers J. (2004) The Folkton Drums: chalk or cheese? Antiquity - online project gallery. 78/299. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/middleton/

Sáez A., Probert I., Young J.R., and Medlin L. K. (2004) A Review of the Phylogeny of the Haptophyta. In, Thierstein H. R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. p.251-270.

Thierstein H. R. & Young J. R. (eds, 2004) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. 565pp.

van Lenning K., Probert I., Latasa M., Estrada M. and Young J.R. (2004) Pigment analyses and applications to chemotaxonomic studies of haptophytes. In, Thierstein H. R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. p. 51-73.

Young J. R., Henriksen K., Probert I. (2004). Structure and morphogenesis of the coccoliths of the CODENET species. In, Thierstein H. R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. p.191-216.

Ziveri P., Baumann K-H, Bollmann J. & Young J. R. (2004) Present day coccolithophore-biogeography in the Atlantic Ocean. In, Thierstein H. R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores from cellular process to global impact. Springer Verlag. p. 403-428.

2003

Broerse A. T. C., Tyrrell T., Young J. R, Poulton A. J., Merico J., Balch W. M., Millerd P.I. (2003). The cause of bright waters in the Bering Sea in winter. Continental Shelf Research, 23, 1579-1596.

Crudeli D., and Young J. R.. (2003) SEM-LM study of holococcoliths preserved in Eastern Mediterranean sediments (Holocene/Late Pleistocene). Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 25/1, 39-50.

Henriksen K.,  Stipp S.L.S.,  Young J.R. & Bown P.R. (2003). Tailoring Calcite: Nanoscale AFM of coccolith biocrystals. American Mineralogist, 88: 2040-2044.

Martin-Cereceda M., Novarino G. & Young J. R. (2003). Quantitative evaluation of grazing by the mixotrophic flagellate  Prymnesium parvum on small marine diatoms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 33: 191-199.

Saez, A., Probert, I., Quinn, P., Geisen, M., Young, J.R. and Medlin, L.K., (2003) Pseudocryptic speciation in coccolithophores. Proceedings of the North American Academy of Sciences. 100/12, 7163-7168

Van Lenning K, Latasa M., Estrada M., Saez A., Medlin L., Probert I., Véron B. & Young J.R. (2003). Pigment signatures and phylogenetic relationships of the Pavlovophyceae (Haptophyta). Journal of Phycology, 39, 379-389.

Young J.R., Geisen M., Cros L., Kleijne A., Probert, I, Sprengel C., Probert I.,Ostergaard, J.B. (2003) A guide to extant coccolithophore taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research Special Issue 1, 124pp.

Young, J. R. and Henriksen K (2003). Biomineralization within vesicles: the calcite of coccoliths. In, Dove P.M., De Yoreo J. J., Weiner S. (eds) Biomineralisation. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 189-215.

Ziveri, P., Stoll, H.M., Probert, I., Klaas, C., Geisen, M., Ganssen, G.M. & Young, J.R. (2003). Stable isotope "vital effects" in coccolith calcite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 210: 137-149.

2002

Gale A.S.,  Hardenbol J., Hathway B., Kennedy W. J., Young J.R., and Phansalkar V. (2002). Global correlation of Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) sequences; evidence for Milankovitch control on sea level. Geology, 30, 291-294

Geisen M., Billard C., Broerse A.T.C., Cros L., Probert I, Young J.R. (2002). Life-cycle associations involving pairs of holococcolithophorid species – Intraspecific variation or cryptic speciation? European Journal of Phycology, 37, 531-550.

Geisen M., Probert I., & Young J.R. (2002). Coccolithophores for exhibition. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 24/1, 3-7.

Stoll, H.M., Ziveri, P., Geisen, M., Probert, I. , and Young, J.R. (2002) Potential and limitations of Sr/Ca ratios in coccolith carbonate: new perspectives from cultures and monospecific samples from sediments. Philosophical Transactions of the. Royal Society London A, 360, 719-748.

Tremolada, F. and Young, J.R., (2002). Volume calculation of Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils. Journal of Nannoplankton Research: 24, 199-203.

Young J. R. & Geisen M. (2002). Xenospheres - associations of coccoliths resembling coccospheres . Journal of Nannoplankton Research,  24/1, 27-35.

2000

Burnett J. A., Young J.R. & Bown P. R. (2000): Calcareous nannoplankton and global climate change. In, Culver S.J. & Rawson P. (eds.) Biotic response to global change the last 145 million years. Cambridge University Press, 35-50.

Cros L., Kleijne K., Billard C., Zeltner A. & Young J.R. (2000). New examples of holococcolith-heterococcolith combination coccospheres and their implications for coccolithophorid biology. Marine Micropaleontology, 39, 1-34.

Gale, A. S., Smith, A. B.,  Monks, N.,  Young, J. R.  Howard, A., Wray D. S., and Huggett J. M. (2000) Marine biodiversity through the Late Cenomanian - Early Turonian: palaeoceanographic controls and sequence stratigraphic biases. J. Geol. Soc. London, 157,745-757.

Jordan, R.W.  Broerse A.T.C., Hagino K., Kinkel H.,   Sprengel S., Takahashi K., Young. J.R. (2000) Taxon lists for studies of modern nannoplankton. Marine Micropalaeontology, 39, 309-314.

Scourse J.D. , Hall I.R., McCave I.N, Young J.R.,. & Sugdon C. (2000) The origin of Heinrich layers: evidence from H2 for European precursor events. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 182, 187-195.

Sprengel C. &  Young J. R. (2000) First direct documentation of associations of Ceratolithus cristatus ceratoliths, hoop-coccoliths and "Neosphaera coccolithomorpha" planoliths. Marine Micropalaeontology, 39, 39-41.

von Salis K., Monechi S., Bybell L.M.,  Self-Trail J, & Young J.R. (2000) Remarks on the calcareous nannofossil genera Rhomboaster and Tribrachiatus around the Paleocene/Eocene Boundary. GFF, 122, 138-140.

Young J. R. & Ziveri P. (2000): Calculation of coccolith Volumes and their use in calibration of carbonate flux estimates. Deep Sea Research II: 47, 1679-1700.

Young J. R., Thierstein H. R. & Winter A. (2000) - Nannoplankton ecology and palaeoecology. Proceedings of the INA7 conference, Puerto Rico 1998. Marine Micropalaeontology Special Issue , 39, 1-316.

1999

Gale, A.S., Young J. R., Shackleton N.J., Crowhurst S.  &  Wray D.S.. (1999). Orbital tuning of Cenomanian marly chalk successions; towards a Milankovitch timescale for the Late Cretaceous. Philosophical Transactions of the. Royal Society London, B357, 1815-1830.

Geisen M., Bollmann J. , Herrle J. O.  Mutterlose J.  & Young J. R. (1999) Calibration of the random settling technique for calculation of absolute abundances of calcareous nannoplankton. Micropaleontology, 45/4, 437-442.

Young J. R., Davis, S. A., Bown P. R. & Mann S. (1999) Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation. Journal of Structural Biology., 126, 195-215.

Ziveri P., Young J.R. & Van Hinte J.E. (1999) Coccolithophore export production and accumulation rates. In  “On the determination of sediment accumulation rates".  Bruns P. and Hass C. H. (Eds), GeoResearch Forum, 5, 41-56.

1998

Bown P.R & Young J.R. (1998): Calcareous nannoplankton biology. In Bown P.R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy British Micropalaeontology Society Series. Chapman & Hall. p.1-15.

Bown P.R & Young J.R. (1998): Techniques. In Bown P.R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontology Society Series. Chapman & Hall. p.16-28.

Monks N. &  Young J.R. (1998): Body position and the functional morphology of Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites. Palaeontologia Electronica, 1/1 http://www-odp.tamu.edu/paleo/toc.htm.

Peleo-Alampay A., Bukry D., Liu L. & Young J.R. (1998). Magnetobiostratigraphic calibration of datums from the late Miocene calcareous nannofossil genus Catinaster and discussion of its evolution. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 17/1, 71-85. 

Young J. R., Jordan, R.W., Cros, L., (1998). Notes on nannoplankton systematics and life-cycles  - Ceratolithus cristatus, Neosphaera coccolithomorpha and Umbilicosphaera sibogae. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 20/2,  89-99

Young J.R. & Geisen M. (1998) Using spreadsheets to produce stacked histogram, stacked line and spindle charts. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 17/2, 104.

Young J.R. (1998): Neogene. In Bown P.R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontology Society Series. p. 225-265.

1997

Bown P.R & Young J.R. (1997): Mesozoic Calcareous Nannoplankton Classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 19/1, 21-36.

MacLeod, N., Rawson, P. F., Forey, P. L., Banner, F. T., Boudagher-Fadel, M. K., Bown, P. R., Burnett, J. A., Chambers, P., Culver, S., Evans, S. E., Jeffrey, C., Kaminski, M. A., Lord, A. R., Milner, A. R., Milner, A. C., Morris, N., Owen, E., Rosen, B. R., Smith, A. B., Taylor, P. D., Urquhart, E. & Young, J. R. (1997). The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 1254, 265-293.

Young J.R. & Bown P.R (1997): Cenozoic Calcareous Nannoplankton Classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 19/1, 36-47.

Young J.R. & Bown P.R (1997): Higher Classification of Calcareous Nannofossils. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 19/1, 15-20.

Young J.R. & Lipps J.H. (1997) Editorial. Taxonomy and taxonomic appendices in Marine Micropalaeontology. Marine Micropalaeontology, 29, 173-174.

Young J.R., Bergen J.A., Bown P.R., Burnett J.A., Fiorentino A., Jordan R. W., Kleijne A., Niel B.E. Van, Romein A.J.T., Salis K. von (1997). Guidelines for Coccolith and calcareous nannofossil terminology. Palaeontology, 40/4, 875-912.

1996

Paasche E., Brubak S., Skattbø S., Young J.R. & Green J.C. 1996: Growth and calcification in the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) at low salinities. Phycologia, 35, 394-403.

Young J.R., Kucera M. , Hsiao-Wen Chung, 1996. Automated biometrics on captured light microscope images of Emiliania huxleyi. In, Moguilevsky A. & Whatley R. (eds.) Microfossils and Oceanic environments. University of Wales, Aberystwyth Press, 261-280.

1995

Young J.R. 1995: Variation in Emiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology in samples from the Norwegian EHUX experiment, 1992. Sarsia, 79/4, 417-425.

Young J.R. (ed.) 1995: Emiliania huxleyi and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle Conference, London April 1995. - Abstract volume. 44pp.

Davis S.A., Young J.R. & Mann S. 1995: Electron microscopy studies of shield elements of Emiliania huxleyi coccoliths. Botanica Marina. 38, 493-497.

Lipps J. & Young J.R. 1995: Marine Micropaleontology provides inspired interpretation. Ocean News 4, 1-3.

1994

Didymus J.M., & J.R.Young 1994: A net for the construction of model calcite rhombohedra. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 16/2,

Didymus J.M., Young J.R., & Mann S. 1994: Construction and morphogenesis of the chiral ultrastructure of coccoliths of the marine alga Emiliania huxleyi. Procs. Royal Society, London, B258, 237-245.

Young J.R. 1994: The functions of coccoliths. In, A. Winter & W.G. Siesser (eds.) "Coccolithophores", Cambridge University Press, p.63-82.

Young J.R., Bown P.R., & Burnett J.A. 1994: Palaeontological perspectives on Haptophyte biology. In, J.C. Green & B.S.C. Leadbeater (eds.), “The Haptophyte Algae”, Systematics Association Special Volume, 51, Oxford University Press, p.379-392.

Young J.R., Flores J.A. , & Wei W. 1994: A summary chart of Neogene nannofossil magnetobiostratigraphy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 16/1, 21-28.

1993

Hamrsmid B. & Young J.R. (eds.) 1993: Nannoplankton Research, II: Tertiary Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology; Quaternary coccoliths. Proceedings of the 4th INA Conference, Prague 1991. Knihovnicka ZPN, 14b, 1-330.

Westbroek P., Brown C.W., Young J.R., et al., 1993: A model system approach to biological forcing. The example of Emiliania huxleyi. Global and Planetary Change, 8, 2746.

Young J.R. & Bown P.R. (editors) 1993: Salamanca International Nannoplankton Association Conference - Abstract Volume. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 15/2, 41-104.

1992

Hamrsmid B. & Young J.R. (eds.) 1992: Nannoplankton Research, I: General topics; Mesozoic Biostratigraphy. Proceedings of the 4th INA Conference, Prague 1991. Knihovnicka ZPN, 14a, 1-214.

Young J.R. 1992: The description and analysis of coccolith structure. In, B. Hamrsmid & Young J.R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th INA Conference, Prague 1992. Knihovnicka ZPN, 14a, 35-71.

Young J.R., Didymus J.M., Bown P.R., Prins B., Mann S., 1992: Crystal assembly and phylogenetic evolution in heterococcoliths. Nature, 356, 516-518.

1991

Bleijswijk J. Van , Wal P. Van Der, Kempers R., Veldhuis M., Young J.R., Muyzer G., Vrind - de Jong E. de & Westbroek P., 1991: Distribution of two types of Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) in the North East Atlantic Region as determined by immunoflourescence and electron microscopy. Journal of Phycology, 27/3, 566-570.

Young J.R. & Bown P.R., 1991: An ontogenetic sequence of coccoliths from the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay of Southern England. Palaeontology, 34/4, 843-850.

Young J.R. & Westbroek P., 1991: Genotypic variation within the coccolithophorid species Emiliania huxleyi. Marine Micropalaeontology, 18, 5-23.

Young J.R. (editor) 1991: Prague International Nannoplankton Association Conference - Abstract Volume. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 13/2, 33-82.

Young J.R. 1991: A Quaternary nannofossil range chart. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 13/1, 14-17.

Young J.R., Didymus J.M., & Mann S., 1991: On the reported presence of vaterite and aragonite in coccoliths of Emiliania huxleyi.Botanica Marina, 34/6, 589-591.

1990

Jordan R.W. & Young J.R. 1990: Proposed changes in the classification system of living coccolithophorids. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 12/1, 15-18.

Scourse J.D. , Young J.R., et al 1990: Sedimentology and micropalaeontology of glacimarine sediments from the central and southwestern Celtic Sea. In Dowdeswell J.A. & Scourse J.D. (eds.) "Glacimarine Environments: Processes and sediments." Geological Society of London Special Publication, 53, 329-347.

Young J.R. 1990: Size variation of Neogene Reticulofenestra coccoliths in Indian Ocean DSDP cores. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 9, 71-86.

1989

Young J.R. 1989: Observations on heterococcolith rim structure and its relationship to developmental processes. In, Crux J. & van Heck S.E. (eds.); "Nannofossils and their biostratigraphic applications", Ellis Horwood, 1-20.

Westbroek P., Young J.R., & Linschooten K.1989: Coccolith production (biomineralization) in the marine alga Emiliania huxleyi. Journal of Protozoology, 36, 368-373.

1987

Young J.R. 1987: Possible functional interpretations of coccolith morphology. Abhandlungen Geologischen Bundensanstalt, 39, 305-313.

Young J.R. 1987: Higher classification of coccolithophorids. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 9, 36-39.

Teale C.T. & Young J.R. 1987: Isolated olistoliths from the Longobucco Basin Calabria, S.Italy. In , Leggett J.K. & Zuffa G.G. (eds.) "Advances in Marine Clastic Sedimentology", Graham & Trotman, 75-88.

Young J.R. 1987: Basic techniques for computer illustration of calcareous nannofossils. International Nannoplankton Association Newsletter, 9, 116-119 .

1986

Platt J.P., Leggett J.K., Young J.R., Raza H., & Alam S. 1985: Large scale sediment underplating in the Makran accretionary prism, southwest Pakistan. Geology, 13, 507-511.

Young J.R., Teale C.T., & Bown P.R.. 1986; Revision of the stratigraphy of the Longobucco Group (Liassic, southern Italy); based on new data from nannofossils and ammonites. Eclogae Geologae Helvetiae., 79, 117-135.