Bibtex: warning "citation undefined" and "there were undefined references"

Question

I tried everything that is in the answer of this question: "Question mark or bold citation key instead of citation number", but I still have the same warnings.

Here are the warnings I get when I run the first compilation with Latex :

"Warning line 35 : Citation `...' on page 4 undefined"

"Warning line 1 : There were undefined references".

I verified everything: - I run Latex > Bibtex > Latex > Latex - I have a .blg file with the reference that I want to cite - I used a default style in Latex : \bibliographystyle{alpha} - My database (biblio.bib) is in the same folder than my .tex file and is unique (I created it with zotero) - I verify that the key of my reference in the .bib file is the same that the one I typed in \cite{...}

Could someone help me please?

Here is a copy of my .tex file and my .bib file, to make it easier to understand:

memoire_RBT_TA_MeHg.tex:

documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm, left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm]{geometry}
\title{Etude des interactions entre les acides gras et le méthylmercure sur la différenciation et les fonctions du tissu adipeux chez la truite arc-en-ciel (\textit{Oncorhynchus mykiss})}
\author{Marine Courteille}
\date{2016 - 2017}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\section{Préambule}

My text ...
\cite{wood_homeostasis_2012}

\bibliographystyle{alpha}
\bibliography{biblio}
\end{document}

biblio.bib:

@book{wood_homeostasis_2012,
    edition = {Elsevier},
    series = {Fish {Physiology} {Series}},
    title = {Homeostasis and {Toxicology} of {Non}-{Essential} {Metals}},
    volume = {31B},
    author = {Wood, Chris P. and Farrell, Anthony P. and Brauner, Colin J.},
    year = {2012},
    file = {Farrel11_FishPhysiologyHomeostasisToxicologyNonEssentialMetals.pdf:C\:\\Users\\Marine\\AppData\\Roaming\\Zotero\\Zotero\\Profiles\\ji38u2t3.default\\zotero\\storage\\CIEQMEVN\\Farrel11_FishPhysiologyHomeostasisToxicologyNonEssentialMetals.pdf:application/pdf}
}

@article{babiarz_partitioning_2001,
    title = {Partitioning of {Total} {Mercury} and {Methylmercury} to the {Colloidal} {Phase} in {Freshwaters}},
    volume = {35},
    issn = {0013-936X},
    url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es010895v},
    doi = {10.1021/es010895v},
    abstract = {Using tangential flow ultrafiltration, total mercury (HgT) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations in the colloidal phase (0.4 μm−10 kDa) were determined for 15 freshwaters located in the upper Midwest (Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin) and the Southern United States (Georgia and Florida). Unfiltered concentrations were typical of those reported for freshwater and ranged from 0.9 to 27.1 ng L-1 HgT and from 0.08 to 0.86 ng L-1 MeHg. For some rivers, HgT and MeHg in the colloidal phase comprised up to 72\% of the respective unfiltered concentration. On average, however, HgT and MeHg concentrations were evenly distributed between the particulate ({\textgreater}0.4 μm), colloidal, and dissolved ({\textless}10 kDa) phases. The pool of Hg in the colloidal phase decreased with increasing specific conductance. Results from experiments on freshwaters with artificially elevated specific conductance suggest that HgT and MeHg may partition to different subfractions of colloidal material. The colloidal-phase HgT correlation with filtered organic carbon (OCF) was generally poor (r2 {\textless} 0.14; p {\textgreater} 0.07), but the regression of MeHg with OCF was strong, especially in the upper Midwest (r2 = 0.78; p {\textless} 0.01). On a mass basis, colloidal-phase Hg concentrations were similar to those of unimpacted sediments in the Midwest. Mercury to carbon ratios averaged 352 pg of HgT/mg of C and 25 pg of MeHg/mg of C and were not correlated to ionic strength. The log of the partition coefficient (log KD) for HgT and MeHg ranged from 3.7 to 6.4 and was typical of freshwater values determined using a 0.4 μm cutoff between the particulate phase and the dissolved phase. Log KD calculated using the {\textless}10 kDa fraction as “dissolved” ranged from 4.3 to 6.6 and had a smaller standard deviation about the mean. In addition, our data support the “particle concentration effect” (PCE) hypothesis that the association of Hg with colloids in the filter-passing fraction can lower the observed log KD. The similarity between colloidal and particulate-phase partition coefficients suggests that colloidal mass and not preferential colloidal partitioning drives the PCE.},
    number = {24},
    urldate = {2017-05-01},
    journal = {Environmental Science \& Technology},
    author = {Babiarz, Christopher L. and Hurley, James P. and Hoffmann, Stephen R. and Andren, Anders W. and Shafer, Martin M. and Armstrong, David E.},
    month = dec,
    year = {2001},
    pages = {4773--4782},
    file = {ACS Full Text PDF w/ Links:C\:\\Users\\Marine\\AppData\\Roaming\\Zotero\\Zotero\\Profiles\\ji38u2t3.default\\zotero\\storage\\KQC39GD8\\Babiarz et al. - 2001 - Partitioning of Total Mercury and Methylmercury to.pdf:application/pdf;ACS Full Text Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\Marine\\AppData\\Roaming\\Zotero\\Zotero\\Profiles\\ji38u2t3.default\\zotero\\storage\\8T277BSC\\es010895v.html:text/html}
}

Answer 1

I tried to install Latex again on my computer but it didn't change anything. I also had the idea to try to use Texstudio instead of Texmaker as editor and, oh miracle, it worked ! It gives me a bibliography and proper citations in the text. So, I still don't know why it didn't work, but if someone has the same problem, I recommend to try another text editor.

Answer 2

I just test these two files. It works fine and references are generated properly. It looks no problem based on your description. You could try to copy these two files to a new folder and re-compile it.