PUBLICATIONS:


Books:


CH4 and N2O Global Emissions and Controls from Rice Fields and Other Agricultural and Industrial Sources, NIAES Japan, 1994, Editors K. Minami, A. Mosier and R. L. Sass.


Journal Articles and Book Chapters:


Crystallography (1957-1976)


1. Sass, R.L. and Donohue, J. (1957) The Unit Cell and Space Group of HCN Tetramer. Acta Cryst., 10:375.

2. Sass, R.L., Vidale, R. and Donohue, J. (1957) Interatomic Distances and Thermal Anisotropy in Sodium Nitrate and Calcite. Acta Cryst., 10:567-570.

3. Sass, R.L. and Donohue, J. (1958) The Crystal Structure of S4N4H4. Acta Cryst., 11:497-504.

4. Sass, R.L. (1960) A Neutron Diffraction Study on the Crystal Structure of Sulfamic Acid. Acta Cryst., 13:320-324.

5. Hastings, J., Corliss, L., Elliott, N. and Sass, R.L. (1961) Magnetic Structure of Chromium Selenide. Phy. Rev., 122:1402-1406.

6. Church, J.F. and Sass, R.L. (1962) A Study of the Crystal Structure of Trimethyl cis-Cyclopropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate. Chem. Ind. 1574.

7. Sass, R.L. and Scheuerman, R.F. (1962) The Crystal Structure of Sodium Bicarbonate. Acta Cryst., 15:77-81.

8. Strieter, F.J., Templeton, D.H., Scheuerman, R.F. and Sass, R.L. (1962) The Crystal Structure of Propionic Acid. Acta Cryst., 15:1233-1239.

9. Scheuerman, R. F. and Sass, R.L. (1962) The Structure of Valeric Acid. Acta Cryst., 15:1244--1247.

10. Sass, R.L. and Ratner, L. (1963) Crystal Symmetry of the Dimer of Cyclobutene-1,2-dicarboxylic Acid Dimethyl Ester. Acta Cryst., 16:433.

11. Higgs, M.A. and Sass, R.L. (1963) The Crystal Structure of Acrylic Acid. Acta Cryst., 16:657-661.

12. Brackett, E.B., Brackett, T.E. and Sass, R.L. (1963) The Crystal Structure of Barium Chloride, Barium Bromide and Barium Iodide. J Phys. Chem., 67:2132-2135.

13. Sass, R.L., Brackett, T.E. and Brackett, E.B. (1963) The Crystal Structure of Strontium Bromide. J. Phys. Chem., 67:2862-2863.

14. Sass, R.L., Brackett, E.B. and Brackett, T.E. (1963) The Crystal Structure of Lead Chloride. J. Phys. Chem., 67:2863.

15. Brackett, E.B., Brackett, T.E. and Sass, R.L. (1963) The Crystal Structure of Calcium Bromide. J. Nucl. and Inorg. Chem., 25:1295-1296.

16. Bugg, C.E., Lawson, J.B. and Sass, R.L. (1964) The Crystal Symmetry of Several Diazonium Salts. Acta Cryst.,17:767-768.

17. Dyke, M. and Sass, R.L. (1964) The Crystal Structure of Strontium Bromide Monohydrate. J. Phys. Chem., 68:3259-3262.

18. Bugg, C.E., Desiderato, R. and Sass, R.L. (1964) An X-Ray Diffraction Study of Nonplanar Carbanion Structures. J. Am Chem. Soc., 86:3157-3158.

19. Roth, W.R., Bang, W.B., Geobel, P., Sass, R.L., Turner, R.B. and Yu, A.P. (1964) On the Question of Homoconjugation of cis,cis,cis-1,4,7- Cyclononatriene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 86:3178-3179.

20. Desiderato, R. and Sass, R.L. (1965) The Crystal Structure of Ammionium Tricyanomethide, NH4C(CN)3. Acta Cryst., 18:1-4.

21. Bugg, C.E. and Sass, R.L. (1965) The Crystal Structure of Pyridinium Dicyanomethylide, C8H5N3. Acta Cryst., 18:591-594.

22. Sass, R.L. and Bugg, C.E. (1967) The Crystal Structre of Potassium p-Nitrophenyldicyanomethide. Acta Cryst., 23:282-288.

23. Desiderato, R. and Sass, R.L. (1967) The Crystal Structure of cis-2- Butene Episulfone. Acta Cryst., 23:430-433.

24. Dyke, M. and Sass, R.L. (1968) The Crystal Structure of Dipotassium Tetranitroethide. J. Chem. Phys., 72:266-268.

25. Kronfeld, L.R. and Sass, R.L. (1968) The Crystal Structure of Dibenzothiophene Sulfone. Acta Cryst., B24:981-982.

26. Herdklotz, J.K. and Sass, R.L. (1969) The Crystal Structure of 4-Methyl- thiomorpholine-1,1-dioxide. Acta Cryst., B25:1614-1620.

27. Edmonds, J., Herdklotz, J.K. and Sass, R.L. (1970) The Crystal Structure of Ammonium 1,1,2,6,7,7-Hexacyanoheptatrienide. Acta Cryst., B26:1355-1362.

28. Sass, R.L. and Lawson, J. (1970) The Crystal Structure of p-Sulfobenzene- diazonium Inner Salt. Acta Cryst., B26:1187-1189.

29. Presley, C.T. and Sass, R.L. (1970) The Crystal Structure of 2.6-Dichloro-4- Diazo- 2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one. Acta Cryst., B26:1195-1198.

30. Beall, R., Herdklotz, J. and Sass, R.L. (1970) Molecular Properties of Local Anesthetics: The Crystal Structure of Procaine Hydrochloride. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 39:329-334.

31. Beall, R., Herdklotz, J. and Sass, R.L. (1970) A Refinement of the Crystal Structure of ß-Isoprene Sulfone. Acta Cryst., B26:1633-1635.

32. Herdklotz, J. and Sass, R.L. (1970) The Crystal Structure of Acetylcholine Chloride: A New Confirmation for Acetylcholine. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 40:583-588.

33. Sass, R.L. (1970) Molecular Properties of Local Anesthetics: The Crystal Structure of 2-Diethylaminoethyl p-Methoxybenzoate Hydrochloride. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 40:833-838.

34. . Herdklotz, J., Werness, P. and Sass, R.L. (1973) The Crystal Structure of 2 Diethylaminoethyl p-Nitrobenzoate Hydrochloride. J. Cryst. Mol. Struct., 3:271-275.

35. Billups, W. E., Chow, W. Y., Leavell, K. H., Lewis, E.S., Margrave, J. L., Sass, R. L., Shieh, J. J., Werness, P. G., Wood, J. L. (1973) Structure and Thermochemistry of Benzocyclopropenes. The Question of Bond Fixation and Strain Energy. J. Am Chem. Soc., 95:7878-7880.

36. Sass, R.L. and Werness, P. G.(1973) Acetylcarnitine: on the Relationship Between Structure and Function. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 55:736-742.

37. Mahajan, V. and Sass, R.L. (1974) The Crystal Structure of Acetylcholine Perchlorate. J. Cryst. Mol. Struct., 4:15-21.

38. Sass, R.L. and Nichols, T.D. (1974) Crystal Structure of Tetramethylammonium 1,1,2,4,5,5-hexacyanopentadienide. Zeit. Cristall., 140:1-9.

39. Shieh, J.J. and Sass, R.L. (1975) The Molecular Structure of Palmitylcarnitine Chloride. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 64:304-310.

40. Phillips, G.N., Quiocho, F. Sass, R.L., Werness, P, Emery, H. Knapp, F. and Schroepfer, G. J. Jr. (1976) Sterol Biosynthesis: Establishment of the Structure of 3-Bromobenzoylyoxy-5-Cholest-8-en-15-ol. Bioorganic Chem., 5:1-9.


Miscellaneous (1965-1990)


1. Kilpatrick, J.E. and Sass, R.L. (1965) Structure of the XP Matrices in the Simple Harmoniuc Oscillator Representation. J. Chem. Phys., 42:2581-2586.

2. Sass, R.L. (1970) Exploring the Nerve Cell. The Rice Review, Vol. 5, No. 1.pp. 16-21.

3. Sass, R.L. (1971) Profile of the Rice Experience. The Rice Review, Vol. 6, No.1.

4.Gansow, O.A., Beckenbaugh, W.M. and Sass, R.L. (1972) Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Pharmaceutical Agents: Benzocaine Hydrochloride Anesthetics. Tetrahedron, 28:2691-2696.

5. Austin, J.D., R.E. Converse, R.L. Sass and R. Tomlins (1990) Coordinating Secondary School Science and Mathematics, School Science and Mathematics, 92, 64-68.

6. Camacho, Z., W. A. Thomson, R. L. Sass, L. P. Driskill and J. P. Denk (1991) The Honors Premedical Academy: Increasing Access to Medical Careers, The Advisor, 12, 20-23


Calcification in Mollusks (1972-1985)

1. Kahler, G.A., Fisher, F.M. and Sass, R.L. (1972) The Structure of the Hinge Ligament of Spisula Solidissima. Tex. Soc. Elect. Micro., 4:4-8.

2. Marsh, M.E., Hopkins, G., Fisher, F.M. and Sass, R.L. (1976) Structure of the Molluscan Bivalve Hinge Ligament, A Unique Calcified Tissue. J. Ultrastruct. Res., 54:445-450.

3. Kahler, G.A., Sass, R.L. and Fisher, F.M. (1976) The Fine Structure and Crystallography of the Hinge Ligament of Spisula Solidissima. J. Com. Physiol., 109:209-220.

4. Kahler, G.A., Fisher, F.M. and Sss, R.L. (1976) The Chemical Composition and Mechanical Properties of the Hinge Ligament in Bivalve Molluscs. Bio. Bull., 151:161-181.

5. Marsh, M., Hamilton, G. and Sass, R.L. (1978) The Crystal Sheaths from Bivalve Hinge Ligaments. Calc. Tiss. Res., 26:45-51.

6. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1980) The Molluscan Bivalve Hinge Ligament: A Review. Tex. Soc. E.M. Journal, 11:9-14.

7. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1980) Aragonite Twinning in the Molluscan Bivalve Hinge Ligament. Science, 208:1262-1263.

8. Marsh, M.E., Summerall, R.D. and Sass, R.L. (1981) Lysosomes and the Modulation of Cell Morphology in the Isthmas Region of the Outer Mantle Epithelium of the Extuarine Clam, Rangia cuneata. J. Ulstruct. Res., 77:146-159.

9. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1981) Matrix Mineral Relationships in the Scallop Hinge Ligament. J. Ulstruct. Res., 76:57-70.

10. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1982) Phosphoproteins in the extrapallial fluid and shell of clams. J. Cell Biol., 95:125a.

11. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1983) Calcium-binding phosphoprotein particles in the extrapallial fluid and innermost shell lamella of clams. J. Exp. Zool., 226:193-203.

12. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1983) Distinct calcium pools within a calcium- binding phosphoprotein. Fed. Proc., 42:1924.

13. Sass, R.L. and Marsh, M.E. (1983) A calcium binding phosphoprotein with modified histidine residues. Fed. Proc., 42:2000.

14. Sass, R.L. and Marsh, M.E. (1983) NÜ- and Nœ-histidinoalanine: naturally occurring cross-linking amino acids in calcium binding phosphoprotein. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 114:304-309.

15. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1984) Phosphoprotein particles: calcium and inorganic phosphate binding structures. Biochemistry 23:1448-1456.

16. Sass, R.L. and Marsh, M.E. (1984) Histidinoalanine: a naturally occuring cross-linking amino acid. Methods in Enzymology. 106:351-355.

17. Marsh, M.E. and Sass, R.L. (1985) Distribution and Characterization of Mineral Binding Phosphoprotein Particles in Bivalvia. J. Exp. Zool. 234:237-242.


Optical Diffraction & Muscle Structure (1974-1996)


1. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1974) Optical Diffraction Analysis of the Cardiac Z Band. Fed. Proc., 33:1333.

2. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1974) Unit Cell Z Lattice in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle. J. Cell Biol., 63:114a.

3. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1975) Z Lattice in Mammalian Skeletal Muscle Having Different Z Band Widths at Rest Length. J. Cell Biol., 67:137a.

4. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1977) Optical Diffraction of the Z Lattice in Canine Cardiac Muscle. J. Cell Biol., 75:818-836.

5. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1979) The Z Lattice in Canine Cardiac Muscle. J. Cell Biol., 83:187-204.

6. Goldsteinm, M.A., Stromer, M.H., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1980) Optical Reconstruction of Nemaline Rods. Experimental Neurology, 70:83-97.

7. Goldstein, M.A., Stromer, M.H., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1980) Optical Diffraction and Reconstruction of Z Bands in Skeletal Muscle. J. Cell Biol., 87:261a.

8. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1981) The Z band lattice in a slow skeletal muscle. Tex. Soc. E.M. Journal,

12:19.
9. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1982) The Z Band Lattice in a Slow Skeletal Muscle. J. Muscle Res. and Cell Motility, 3:333-348.

10. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R.L. (1983) Widened Z bands in cardiac hypertrophy. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. Suppl. (Symposium at Jouy-en Josas, France).

11. Zimmer, D.B., Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R.L. (1983) Additional evidence for a simple multi-subunit Z band in striated muscle from localization of alpha-actinin. J. Cell Biol., 97:51a.

12. Goldstein, M.A., Zimmer, D.B., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1983) Additional evidence for a Z band model derived from cardiac muscle. J. Mol. Cell Cardiol. Vol. 15 Supplement.

13. Schroeter, J.P., Goldstein, M.A. and Sass, R.L. (1983) Modeling filamentous structures of the Z band using DRAW3D. Proc. of the Prophet Users Meeting Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Airlie, Virginia.

14. Goldstein, M.A., Zimmer, D.B., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1983) Alpha actinin in filaments of the Z band lattice. Proc. of the International Symposium on the Contractile Proteins. Institute of Histology, University of Sassari, Italy.

15. Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1984) The Z Band Lattice in Mammalian Muscle. Proc. International Congress for Cell Biology, Tokyo Japan.

16. Goldstein, M.A., Michael, L.H., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1984) The Z Band Lattice Before, During and After Tetanic Contraction in Skeletal Muscle. J. Cell. Biol., 99:434a.

17. Goldstein, M.A., Michael, L.H., Schroeter, J.P. and Sass, R.L. (1986) The Z Band Lattice in Skeletal Muscle Before, During and After Tetany. J. Musc. Res. and Cell Motility, 7:527-536.

18. Goldstein, M.A., Michael, L.H., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R.L. (1987) Z Band Dynamics as a Function of Sarcomere Length and the Contractile State of Muscle. FESAB J., 1:133-144.

19. Goldstein, M.A., Michael, L.H., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R. L. (1988) Structural states in the Z band of skeletal muscle correlate with states of active and passive tension. J Gen. Physiol., 92, 113-119.

20. Goldstein, M.A., Michael, L.H., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R.L. (1989) Two Structural States of Z bands in Cardiac Muscle, Am J. Physiol. 256 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 25), H552-H559.

21. Edwards, R.J., Goldstein, M.A., Schroeter, J.P., and Sass, R.L. (1990) The Z-Band Lattice in Skeletal Muscle in Rigor, J. Ulstruct. and Molec. Struct. Res., 102, 59-65.

22. Goldstein, M.A., J.P. Schroeter, and R.L. Sass (1990) Two Structural States of the Vertebrate Z Band, Electron Microscopy Reviews, 3, 227-248.

23. Schroeter, J. P., J-P Bretaudiere, R. L. Sass and M. A. Goldstein (1996) Three-dimensional structure of the Z band in a normal mammalian skeletal muscle . Journal of Cell Biology 133, 571.


Methane Emissions & Climate Change (1989-2002)


1. Wilson, J.O., Crill, P.M., Bartlett, K.B., Sebacher, D.I., Harriss, R.C. and Sass, R.L. (1989) Seasonal Variation of Methane Emissions from a Temperate Swamp, Biogeochemistry, 8, 55-71.

2. Sass, R.L., F.M. Fisher, P.A. Harcombe, and F.T. Turner (1990) Methane Production and Emission in a Texas Agricultural Wetland, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 4, 47-68.

3. Fisher, F.M., R.L. Sass, P.A. Harcombe and F.T. Turner (1990) Methane Production and Emission in Texas Coastal Rice Fields, Internat. Rice Res. Newsletter, 15, 31-32.

4. Bartlett, K.B., P.M. Crill, R.L. Sass, R.C. Harriss, and N.B. Dise. (1992) Methane Emissions from Tundra Environments in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res. 97, 16,645-16,660.

5. Sass, R.L., K.B.Bartlett, P.M. Crill, N. Dise, and R.C. Harriss (1992) Methane Production and Distribution in an Alaskan Tundra Lake, J. Geophys. Res. (to appear in a issue dedicated to the ABLE-3A mission to Alaska).

6. Sass, R.L., F.M. Fisher, F.T. Turner and P.A. Harcombe, (1991) Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Rice Fields: Effects of Incorporated Rice Straw, Global Biogeochem. Cycles 5, 275-287.
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7. Sass, R.L., F.M. Fisher, F.T. Turner and M.F. Jund, (1991) Methane Emission from Fice Fields as Influenced by Solar Radiation, Temperature and Straw Incorporation, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 5, 335-350.

8. Sass, R. L., F. M. Fisher, Y.B. Wang, F. T. Turner, and M. F. Jund, (1992) Methane Emission from Rice Fields: The Effect of Flood Water Management, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 6, 249-262.

9. Turner, F. T. , M. F. Jund, R. L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, (1992) Relationships among methane emission from flooded ricefields, solar radiation, straw incorporation, and yield, Internat. Rice Res. Newsletter, 17, 34-35.

10. Sass, R. L., O. T. Denmead, R. Conrad, J. Freney, M. Klug, K. Minami, A. Mosier, H. U. Neue, H. Rennenberg, W. H. Su, M.-X. Wang, (1992) Exchange of methane and other trace gases in rice cultivation, Ecological Bulletins, 42, 199-206.

11. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher, (1992) CH4 emission from paddy fields in the United States, Proceedings of CH4 and N2O Workshop, pp 46-56, March 25-26, National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan.

12. Sass, R. L., F. M. Fisher, S. T. Lewis, M. F. Jund, and F. T. Turner. (1994) Methane Emissions from Rice Fields: Effect of Soil Properties, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 8, 135-140.

13. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher (1994) Methane Emissions from Texas Rice Fields, A Five Year Study, with F. M. Fisher, Monograph for International Symposium on Climate Change and Rice, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños,Philippines.

14. Neue, H. U. and R. L. Sass (1994) Rice Cultivation and Trace Gas Exchange, In R. G. Prinn, ed. Global Atmospheric-Biospheric Chemistry, Plenum Press, New York.

15. Sass, R. L. and F. M Fisher (1994) CH4 Emission from Paddy Fields in the United States Gulf Coast Area, pp. 65-77. In K. Minami, A. Mosier and R. L. Sass eds. CH4 and N2O Global Emissions and Controls from Rice Fields and Other Agricultural and Industrial Sources, National Institute of Agro-Envorinmental Sciences, Yokendo, Tokyo, Japan.

16. Sass, R. L. (1994) Summary Chapter for Methane, pp 1-7. In K. Minami, A. Mosier and R. L. Sass eds. CH4 and N2O Global Emissions and Controls from Rice Fields and Other Agricultural and Industrial Sources, National Institute of Agro-Envorinmental Sciences, Yokendo, Tokyo, Japan.

17. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher (1996) Methane Emission: Five Year Study at Rice University with F. M. Fisher, In: All Asian Workshop-Cum-Training Course on Methane Emission Studies, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, September 20-24.

18. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher (1996) Tracegas Exchange with the Biosphere, In: Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies Seminar on Global Environment Chemistry, New Delhi, India, Sept. 27-Oct. 1.

19. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher (1995) Methane Emissions from Texas Rice Fields, A Five Year Study. In: S. Peng, K. T. Ingram, H. U. Neue, and L. H. Ziska (eds.) Climate Change and Rice, Springer, Berlin, pp 46-59.

20. Sass, R. L. (1995) Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Irrigated Rice Agriculture. IGAC Newsletter, 1, 2-4 .

21. Sass, R. L. (1995) Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Irrigated Rice Agriculture. IGBP Global Change Newsletter. 22, 4-5 (1995).

22. Sass, R. L. (1995) Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Irrigated Rice Agriculture. The Earth Observer. 7, 64-65 (1995).

23. Sass, R. L. (1995) CH4 Flux Measurement Standardization Experiment. IGBP Global Change Newsletter. 22, 6 (1995).

24. Sass, R. L. and F. M Fisher (1996) Methane from Irrigated Rice Cultivation. Current Topics in Wetland Biogeochemistry, Vol. 2. Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, LSU, Louisiana. pp. 24-39.

25. Sass R. L. and F. M. Fisher (1997) Methane Emissions from Rice Paddies; A Process Study, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems,49, 119-127.

26. Yao Huang, R. L.Sass and F. M. Fisher (1997) Methane Emissions from Texas rice paddy soils: 1. Quantitative multi-year dependence of CH4 emission on soil, cultivar and grain yield, Global Change Biology, 3, 479-489.

27. Sigren, L. K., G. T. Byrd, F. M Fisher and R. L. Sass (1997) Comparison of soil acetate concentrations and methane production, transport, and emission in two rice cultuvars, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 11, 1-14, 1997.

28. Sigren, L. K., S. T. Lewis, F. M Fisher and R. L. Sass (1997) The effects of drainage on soil parameters related to methane production and emission from rice paddies, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 11, 151-162.

29. Huang, Y., R. L.Sass and F. M. Fisher (1997) Methane emission from Texas rice paddy soils. 2. Seasonal contribution of rice biomass production to CH4 emission, Global Change Biology,3, 491-500.

30. Tyler, S. C., R. S. Bilek, R. L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher (1997) Methane Oxidation and Pathways of Production in a Texas Paddy Field Deduced from Measurements of Flux, •13C, and •D of CH4, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 11, 323-348

31. Huang, Y.,, R. L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1998). A Semi-Empirical Model of Methane Emission from Flooded Rice Paddy Soils, Global Change Biology, , 4, 247-268.

32. Huang, Y., R. L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1998). Model Estimates of Methane Emission from Irrigated Rice Cultivation of China, , Global Change Biology, 4, 809-822.

33. Sass, R. L. and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1998) Methane from Irrigated Rice Cultivation. In: D. C. Parashar (ed) Global Environment Chemistry, Narosa Publisning House, New Delhi, India. pp 77-94.

34. Neue, H-U. and R. L. Sass (1998) The Budget of Methane from Rice Fields. IGACtivities NewsLetter, 12, 3-11.

35. Huang, Y.., R.L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1999) Modeling Methane Emission from Rice Paddy Soils: I. Model Development. Pedosphere, 9(1), 1-10.

36. Huang, Y.., R.L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1999) Modeling Methane Emission from Rice Paddy Soils: II. Model Validation and Application. Pedosphere, 9(1), 11-24.

37. Ding, A., C. R. Willis, R. L. Sass and F. M. Fisher. (1999) Methane emissions from rice fields: the effect of plant height among different cultivars. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13, 1045-1052.

38. Bilek, R. S., S. C. Tyler, R. L. Sass and F. M. Fisher (1999) Differences in CH4 Oxidation and Pathways of Production between Rice Cultivars Deduced from Measurements of CH4 Flux, and •13C of CH4 and CO2, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13, 1029-1044.

39. Sass, R. L., F. M. Fisher, A. Ding and Y Huang (1999) Exchange of methane from rice fields: National regional and global budgets, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 104, 26,943-26952.

40. Sass, R. L., F. M. Fisher and Y. Huang (2000). A process-based model for methane emissions from irrigated rice fields: experimental basis and assumptions. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 58, 249-258.

41. Reicosky, D. C., J. L. Hatfield and R. L. Sass (2000) Agricultural contribution to global climate change. In: (L. R. Reddy and H. F. Hodges, eds.) Climate Change and Global Crop Productivity. CAB International, Wallingford, UK., pages 37-54.

42. Sass, R. L. (1999) Methane from Rice Agriculture. Expert group Meeting on Good Practice in Inventory Preparation, IPCC/OECD/IEA Program on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Wageningen, Netherlands, Feb. 24-26, 1999. Invited background paper. .

43. Bogner, J., R. Sass and B. P. Walter (2000) Model comparisons of methane oxidation across a management gradient: Wetlands, rice production systems, and landfill. Global Biogeochem. Cycles14 , 1021-1030.

44. Byrd, G., F. M. Fisher, Jr., and R. Sass (2000). Relationships between methane production and emission to lacunal methane concentrations in rice. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14, 73-83.

45. Huang, Y.., R.L. Sass, and F. M. Fisher, Jr. (1999). Contribution of Rice Biomass Production in CH4 Emission from Irrigated Paddy Soils (In Chinese). Agro-environmental Protection 18(4), 150-154

46. Y. Huang , J. Jiang, L. Zong, R. L. Sass and F. M. Fisher. (2001) Comparison of field measurements of CH4 emission from rice cultivation in Nanjing, China and in Texas, USA, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18(6):1121-1130

47. Y. Huang , J. Jiang, L. Zong, Q. Zhou, R. L. Sass and F. M. Fisher. (2001) Influence of planting density and precipitation on N2O emission from a winter wheat field, Environmental Science, 22(6):20-23 (in Chinese with English abstract)

48. R. L. Sass, Andrews, J. A. Ding, A. and Fisher, F. M. Jr. (2002) Spatial and temporal variability in methane emissions from rice paddies: Implications for assessing regional methane budgets, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems in press.

49. Sass, R. L., Fisher, F. M., Jr. and J. A. Andrews, J. A. (2002) Spatial Variability in Methane Emissions from A Texas Rice Field with Some General Implications, Global Biogeochem. Cycles,16, 10.1029/2000GB001355,2002..

50. Sass, R. L. (2001) Methane in Flooded Rice. In: Encyclopedia of Soil Sciences, R. Lal, Ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY. pp. 822-825

51. Sass, R. L. (2001) Factors Affecting Methane Emissions from Rice Paddies. In: Encyclopedia of Soil Sciences, R. Lal, Ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY. pp. 819-821

52. Redeker, K. R., J. Andrews, F. Fisher, R. Sass and R. J. Cicerone. (2001) Inter-and Intra-Field Variability of Methyl Halide Emissions from Rice Paddies. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, submitted.

53. Huang, Y, J. Yan, L. Zong, Q Zhou, R. L. Sass and F. M. Fisher. (2001) Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Wheat Growing Season with Eighteen Chinese Soils: An Outdoor Pot Experiment. , Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Accepted.

54. Huang, Y., J. Jiang, R. L. Sass, F. M. Fisher and L. Zong. (2002) Seasonal Determination of CH4 Emission from Rice Paddies in Nanjing, china and in Texas, USA., in preparation.

55. Redeker, K. R., Meinardi, S., Blake, D. Sass, R., amd Cicerone, R. J. (2002) An Extensive Survey of Gaseous Emissions from Flooded Rice Paddy Agriculture, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, submitted

56. Li, C. Qiu, J.J., Frolking, S, Xiao, X. M., Salas, W, Moore, B, Boles, S, Yao,H.,3, and Sass, R. (2002) Changing Water Management in China’s Rice Paddies and the Decline in the Growth Rate of Atmospheric Methane 1980-2000, Geophysical Research Letters, accepted

57. Sass, R.L., A. Mosier and X.H. Zheng (2002) Introduction and Summary: International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Fields in Asia. , Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Accepted.

58. Sass, R. L. & R. J. Cicerone (2002) Photosynthate allocations in rice plants: food production or atmospheric methane, invited commentary. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99, 11993-11995,

59. Jiao Y, Huang Y, Zong LG, Zhou QS, Sass RL and Fisher FM, 2002. Methane emission from rice paddy soils as influenced by soil physico-chemical properties. Environmental Science (in Chinese with English abstract), (in press)

60. Huang Y, Jiao Y, Zong LG, Zhou QS, Sass RL and Fisher FM, 2002. N2O emission from wheat cultivated soils as influenced by soil physico-chemical properties. ACTA SCIENTIAE CIRCUMSTANTIAE (in Chinese with English abstract), (in press)