Wurster, Christopher M., Patterson, William P., McFarlane, Donald A., Wassenaar, Leonard I., Hobson, Keith A., Beavan Athfield, Nancy, and Bird, Michael I. (2008) Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from bat guano in the Grand Canyon, USA, reveal Younger Dryas and 8.2 ka events. Geology, 36 (9). pp. 683-686.

Wurster, C.M., Patterson, W.P., Stewart, D.J., Bowlby, J.N., and Stewart, T.J. (2005) Thermal histories, stress, and metabolic rates of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lake Ontario: evidence from intra-otolith stable isotope analyses. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 62 (3). pp. 700-713.

Wurster, Christopher M., and Patterson, William P. (2003) Metabolic rate of late Holocene freshwater fish: evidence from δ13C values of otoliths. Paleobiology, 29 (4). pp. 492-505.

Wurster, Christopher M., and Patterson, William P. (2001) Seasonal variation in stable oxygen and carbon isotope values recovered from modern lacustrine freshwater mollusks: paleoclimatological implications for sub-weekly temperature records. Journal of Paleolimnology, 26 (2). pp. 205-218.

Wurster, Christopher M., and Patterson, William P. (2001) Late Holocene climate change for the eastern interior United States: evidence from high-resolution δ18O values of sagittal otoliths. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 170 (1-2). pp. 81-100.

Wurster, Christopher M., Patterson, William P., and Cheatham, Michael M. (1999) Advances in micromilling techniques: a new apparatus for acquiring high-resolution oxygen and carbon stable isotope values and major/minor elemental ratios from accretionary carbonate. Computers & Geosciences, 25 (10). pp. 1159-1166.