2023
Sim, T., Swindles, G. T., Morris, P. J., Baird, A. J., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Wang, Y., Blaauw, M., Camill, P., Garneau, M., Hardiman, M., Loisel, J., Vӓliranta, M., Anderson, L., Apolinarska, K., Augustijns, F., Aurnina, L., Beaulne, J., Bobek, P., Borken, W., ... Zhang, H. (2023). Regional variability in peatland burning at mid- to high-latitudes during the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 305, [108020]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108020
2022
Ghotbizadeh, M., Cuss, C. W., Grant-Weaver, I., Markov, A., Noernberg, T., Ulrich, A. and Shotyk, W. (2022). Spatiotemporal variations of total and dissolved trace elements and their distributions amongst major colloidal forms along and across the lower Athabasca River. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 40, 101029. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EJRH.2022.101029
Harrison, S. P., Villegas-Diaz, R., Cruz-Silva, E., Gallagher, D., Kesner, D., Lincoln, P., Shen, Y., Sweeney, L., Colombaroli, D., Ali, A., Barhoumi, C., Bergeron, Y., Blyakharchuk, T., Bobek, P., Bradshaw, R., Clear, J. L., Czerwiński, S., Daniau, A.-L., Dodson, J., … Paillard, J. (2022). The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records. Earth System Science Data 14(3), 1109–1124. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1109-2022
Javed, M. B., Cuss, C. W., Zheng, J., Grant-Weaver, I., Noernberg, T. and Shotyk, W. (2022). Size-fractionation of trace elements in dusty snow from open pit bitumen mines and upgraders: collection, handling, preparation and analysis of samples from the Athabasca bituminous sands region of Alberta, Canada. Environmental Science: Atmospheres 2(3), 428–440. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EA00034A
Montaño, M. D., Cuss, C. W., Holliday, H. M., Javed, M. B., Shotyk, W., Sobocinski, K. L., Hofmann, T., Kammer, F. V. and Ranville, J. F. (2022). Exploring Nanogeochemical Environments: New Insights from Single Particle ICP-TOFMS and AF4-ICPMS. ACS earth & space chemistry 6(4), 943–952. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00350
Shotyk, W. (2022). Environmental significance of trace elements in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands: facts and misconceptions. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EM00049K
Xue, J. P., Cuss, C. W., Wang, Y., Javed, M. B., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2022). Size-resolved fluorescence underscores negligible interaction of dissolved organic matter during conservative mixing in a large boreal river. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry 3: 937721. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVC.2022.937721
Xue, J. P., Cuss, C. W., Noernberg, T., Javed, M. B., Chen, N., Pelletier, R., Wang, Y. and Shotyk, W. (2022). Size and optical properties of dissolved organic matter in large boreal rivers during mixing: Implications for carbon transport and source discrimination. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101033
Zhang, H., Väliranta, M., Swindles, G. T., Aquino-López, M. A., Mullan, D., Tan, N., ... & Zhao, Y. (2022). Recent climate change has driven divergent hydrological shifts in high-latitude peatlands. Nature communications 13(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32711-4
Zhang, Y., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Donner, M.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Martin, J.W. and Shotyk, W. (2022). Impact of the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires on Atmospheric Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Trace Elements to Surrounding Ombrotrophic Bogs. Environment International 158:106910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106910
2021
Cuss, C.W., Ghotbizadeh, M., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M.B., Noernberg, T., and Shotyk, W. (2021). Delayed mixing of iron-laden tributaries in large boreal rivers: Implications for iron transport, water quality and monitoring. Journal of Hydrology 597:125747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125747
La Flèche, M., Cuss, C.W., Noernberg, T., Shotyk, W., and Karst, J. (2021). Trace metals as indicators of tree rooting behaviour in bituminous soils. Land Degradation and Development 32(5):1970-1980.
Nagel, A., Cuss, C.W., Goss, G.G., Shotyk, W., and Glover, C.N. (2021). Chronic toxicity of waterborne thallium to Daphnia magna. Environmental Pollution 268, Part B:115776.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Donner, M.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M.B., and Noernberg, T. (2021). Trace elements in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands: A geochemical explanation for the paucity of environmental contamination by chalcophile elements. Chemical Geology, Volume 581:120392. Special Issue in honour of Prof. J.D. Kramers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120392
Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C.N., Ellis, E.C., Head, M.J., Vidas, D., Steffen, W., Thomas, J.A., Horn,E., Summerhayes, C.P., Leinfelder, R., McNeill, J. R., Gałuszka, A. Williams, M., Barnosky, A.D., deB. Richter, d., Gibbard, P.L., Syvitski, J., Jeandel, C., Cearreta, A., Cundy, A.B., Fairchild, I.J., Rose, N.L., Ivar do Sul, A., Shotyk, W., Turner, S., Wagreich, M., and Zinke, J. (2021). The Anthropocene: Comparing its meaning in geology (chronostratigraphy) with conceptual approaches arising in other disciplines. Earth’s Future Volume 9, e2020EF001896. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001896
2020
Cuss, C. W., Glover, C. N., Javed, M. B., Nagel, A., and Shotyk, W. (2020). Geochemical and biological controls on the ecological relevance of total, dissolved, and colloidal forms of trace elements in large boreal rivers: review and case studies. Environmental Reviews, 28(2):138-163.
Du, L, Cuss, CW., Dyck, M., Noernberg, T., and Shotyk, W. (2020). Size-resolved analysis of trace elements in the dissolved fraction (< 0.45 µm) of soil solutions using a novel lysimeter method and AF4-ICPMS. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 100:381-392. Special Issue celebrating 100 years of Soil Science at the University of Alberta.
Du, L., Dyck, M., Shotyk, W., He, H., Cuss, C.W, Lv, J., Lei, T., and Bie, J. (2020). Lead immobilization processes in soils subjected to freeze-thaw cycles. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 192:110288.
Jaia, S., Waters, C. N., Day, J., Milliman, J. D., Summerhayes, C., Will, S., Zalasiewicz, J., Cearreta, A., Gałuszka, A., Hajdas, I., Head, M.J., Leinfelder, R., McNeill, J. R., Poirier, C., Rose, N.L., Shotyk, W. Wagreich M., and Williams, M. (2020). Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch. Communications Earth & Environment, 1, 32. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00029-y
Javed, M.B., Cuss, C.W., and Shotyk, W. (2020). Dissolved versus particulate forms of trace elements in the Athabasca River, upstream and downstream of bitumen mines and upgraders. Applied Geochemistry 122:104706.
Javed, M.B., Grant-Weaver, I., and Shotyk, W. (2020). Analytical procedure for the determination of trace (mg/kg) and ultratrace (µg/kg) elements in soil and sediments using Inductively Coupled Plasma Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (ICP-QMS). Canadian Journal of Soil Science 100:393-407. Special Issue celebrating 100 years of Soil Science at the University of Alberta.
Javed, M. B., Grant-Weaver, I., and Shotyk, W. (2020). An optimized HNO3 and HBF4 digestion method for multielemental soil and sediment analysis using inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 100(4):393-407.
Shotyk, W. (2020) Trace elements in wild berries from reclaimed lands: Biomonitors of contamination by atmospheric dust. Ecological Indicators 110:105960.
Shotyk, W. Natural and anthropogenic sources of copper to organic soils: A global, geochemical perspective. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Special Issue celebrating 100 years of Soil Science at the University of Alberta (published online September 9, 2020).
Shotyk, W., and Noernberg, T. (2020). Sampling of peat cores from bogs: Review and perspectives for trace elements research. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 100:516-536. Special Issue celebrating 100 years of Soil Science at the University of Alberta (published online September 29, 2020).
Shotyk, W., Noernberg, T., and Javed, M.B. (2020). Trace elements in Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum): how the predominant sources of trace elements to the plants affect the chemical composition of hot water extracts. Environmental Research 183:109272.
Syvitski, J., Waters, C. N., Day, J., Milliman, J. D., Summerhayes, C., Steffen, W., Zalasiewicz, J., Cearreta, A., Gałuszka, A., Hajdas, I., Head, M.J., Leinfelder,R., McNeill, J. R., Poirier, C., Rose, N.L., Shotyk, W., Wagreich, M., and Williams M. (2020). Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch. Communications Earth & Environment, 1(1):32.
van Bellen, S., Shotyk, W., Magnan, G., Davies, L., Nason, T.., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Garneau, M., Noernberg, T., Bragazza, L., and Zaccone, C. (2020). Carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates in ombrotrophic peatlands from central and northern Alberta during the last millennium. Biogeochemistry 151:251-272.
Wang, Y., Cuss, C.W., and Shotyk, W. (2020). Application of flow field-flow fractionation to the study of aquatic systems: Coupled methods, limitations, and future needs. Journal of Chromatography A, Special Issue, International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology 1632:461600.
2019
Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Donner, M.W., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., and Shotyk, W. (2019). EEM-PARAFAC-SOM for assessing variation in the quality of dissolved organic matter: simultaneous detection of differences by source and season, Environmental Chemistry 16:360-374.
Donner, M.W., Bicalho, B., Noernberg, T., and Shotyk, W. (2019). Contemporary and historical atmospheric deposition of arsenic and selenium in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region. Environmental Science and Technology 53:14,020-14,028.
Le Roux, G., De Vleeschouwer, F., Weiss, D., Masson, O., Pinelli, E, and Shotyk, W. (2019). Learning from the Past: fires, architecture, and environmental lead emissions. Environmental Science and Technology 53:8482-8484.
Nagel, A.H., Cuss, C.W., Goss, G.G., Shotyk, W., and Glover, C.N. (2019). The effect of major ions and DOM on toxicity of dissolved thallium to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 38:2472-2479.
Shotyk, W., and Cuss, C.W. (2019). Atmospheric Hg accumulation rates estimated using in Sphagnum moss from ombrotrophic (rain-fed) bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region of northern Alberta. Ecological Indicators 107:105626.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I, Noernberg, T., Poesch, M, and Sinnatamby, N.R. (2019). Bioaccumulation of Tl in otoliths of Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) from the Athabasca River, upstream and downstream of bitumen mining and upgrading. Science of the Total Environment 650, Part 2, pp. 2559-2566.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Dergousoff, M., Grant-Weaver, I., Hood, G., Lund, K., and Noernberg, T. (2019). A geochemical perspective on the natural abundance trace elements in liver and kidney of beaver (Castor canadensis) from an agricultural region of southern Ontario, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 672:40-50.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Grant-Weaver, I., and Stachiw, S. (2019). A geochemical perspective on the natural abundance of trace elements in cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccus) from remote bogs in the Boreal Zone of northern Alberta. Science of the Total Environment 650, Part 1, pp. 1652-1663.
Sinnatamby, R.N., Loewen, T.N., Luo, Y., Pearson, G.D., Bicalho, B, Grant-Weaver, I., Cuss, C.W. Poesch, M., and Shotyk, W. (2019). A spatial assessment of elemental concentrations from trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) otoliths from the Lower Athabasca Region. Science of the Total Environment 655:363-373.
Stachiw, S., Bicalho, B., Grant-Weaver, I., Noernberg, T., and Shotyk, W. (2019). Trace elements in berries collected near upgraders and open pit mines in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region (ABSR): distinguishing atmospheric dust deposition from plant uptake. Science of the Total Environment 670: 849-864 (Special Issue on Atmospheric Deposition and Forest Health).
2018
Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Donner, M.W., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Disentangling the seasonal and source based variation of dissolved organic matter quality in a large river and its source waters using EEM-PARAFAC-SOM. Environmental Chemistry DO - 10.1071/EN19016.
Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Donner, M.W., Noernberg, T., Sinnatamby, R.N., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Measuring the distribution of trace elements amongst dissolved colloidal species as a fingerprint for the contribution of tributaries to large boreal rivers. Science of the Total Environment 642:1242-1251. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.099.
Davies, L.J., Froese, D.G., Appleby, P.G., van Bellen, S., Jensen, B., Magnan, G., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Noernberg, T., Shotyk, W., Zaccone, C. (2018). High-resolution age modelling of ombrotrophic peat bog profiles from northern Alberta, Canada, using pre- and post-bomb 14C, 210Pb and historical tephra. Quaternary Geochronology 47:138-162.
Donner, M.W., Cuss, C.W., Poesch, M., Sinnatamby, R.N., Siddique, T. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Selenium in surface waters of the lower Athabasca River: chemical speciation and relevance for aquatic life. Environmental Pollution 243:1343-1351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.067
Donner, M. W., Bicalho, B., Sinn, C., Shotyk, W. Selenium and Sulphur in Athabasca bituminous sands mineral and bitumen fractions (2018). Fuel 224:718-725. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.03.093.
Javed, M.B. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Estimating bioaccessibility of trace metals in particles suspended in the Athabasca River using sequential extraction. Environmental Pollution 240:466-474. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.131.
Magnan, G., van Bellen, S., Davies, L.J., Froese, D.G., Garneau, M., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Shotyk, W., and Zaccone, C. (2018). Impact of Little Ice Age and 20th century climate change on peatland vegetation dynamics using a multi-proxy approach and high-resolution peat chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews 185:230-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.015.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C. W., Grant-Weaver, I., Nagel, A., Noernberg, T., Poesch, M., Sinnatamby, N. (2018). Bioaccumulation of Tl in otoliths of Trout‐perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) from the Athabasca River, upstream and downstream of bitumen mining and upgrading. Science of the Total Environment 650 Part 2, PP.2559-2566.
Shotyk, W. Trace metals in soils of the bituminous sands mining region of Alberta: a critical, geochemical perspective of the study (2018). Critical Comment on the paper by C. Boutin and D.J. Carpenter (2017) entitled“Assessment of wetland/upland vegetation communities and evaluation of soil‐plant contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace metals in regions near oil sands mining in Alberta”. Science of the Total Environment 618: 866-869. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.233.
van Bellen, S., Magnan, G., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Davies, L., Froese, D., Zaccone, C., Garneau, M. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Testate amoebae indicate widespread 20th century drying in ombrotrophic peatlands of northern Alberta, Canada. Global Change Biology 24:2758-2774. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14143
Waters, C.N., Zalasiewicz, J., Summerhayes, C., Fairchild, I.J., Rose, N.L., Loader, N., Shotyk, W., Cearreta, A., Head, M.J., Syvitski, J.P.M., Williams, M., Wagreich, M., Barnosky, A.D., Zhisheng, A., Leinfelder, R., Jeandel, C., Galuszka, A., Ivar do Sul, J.A., Gradstein, F., Steffen, W., McNeill, J.R., Poirier, C., and Edgeworth, M. (2018). Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene Series: Where and how to look for potential candidates. Earth-Science Reviews 178:379-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.016
Zaccone, C., Lobianco, D., Raber, G., D’Orazio, V., Shotyk, W., Miano, T.M., and Francesconi, K. (2018). Methylated arsenic species throughout a 4-m deep core from a free-floating peat island. Science of the Total Environment 621:67–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.152
Zaccone, C., Plaza, C., Ciavatta, C., Miano, T.M. and Shotyk, W. (2018). Determination of peat humification: a simple solution to a complex problem. Earth-Science Reviews 185:163-178.
2017
Bicalho, B., Grant-Weaver, I., Sinn, C., Woodland, S., Pearson, G., Larter, S., Duke, M.J.M., and Shotyk, W. (2017). Determination of ultratrace (<0.1 mg/kg) elements in Athabasca Bituminous Sands mineral and bitumen fractions using inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS). Fuel 206:248-257. DOI: org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.095.
Concheri, G., Stevanato, P., Zaccone, C., Shotyk, W., D’Orazio, V., Miano, T.M., Lobianco, D., Piffanelli, P., and Squartini, A. (2017). Rapid peat accumulation favours the occurrence of both fen and bog microbial communities within a Mediterranean, free-floating peat island. Scientific Reports 8511. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-08662-y.
Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Shotyk, W. (2017). AF4-ICPMS with the 300 Dalton membrane to resolve metal-bearing 'colloids' < 1 kDa: optimization, fractogram deconvolution, and advanced quality control. Analytical Chemistry 89(15):8027-8035 DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01427.
Donner, M.W., Javed M.B., Shotyk, W., Francesconi, K.A., and Siddique, T. (2017). Arsenic speciation in the lower Athabasca River watershed: A geochemical investigation of the dissolved and particulate phases. Environmental Pollution 224: 265-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.004.
Javed, M. B., Cuss, C. W., Grant-Weaver, I., and Shotyk, W. (2017). Size-resolved Pb distribution in the Athabasca River shows snowmelt in the Bituminous Sands Region an insignificant source of dissolved Pb. Scientific Reports 7:43622. DOI: 10.1038/srep43622.
Kempter, H., Krachler, M., Shotyk, W. and Zaccone, C. (2017). Validating modeled data on major and trace element deposition in southern Germany using Sphagnum moss. Atmospheric Environment 167:656-664.
Kempter, H., Krachler, M., Shotyk, W., Zaccone, C. (2017). Accumulation rates of major and trace elements in Sphagnum moss from four southern German bogs, and comparison with available moss monitoring data. Ecological Indicators 78:19-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.029.
Magnan, G., van Bellen, S., Davies, L.J., Froese, D.G., Garneau, M., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Shotyk, W., and Zaccone, C. (2017). Impact of Little Ice Age and 20th century climate change on peatland vegetation dynamics using a multi-proxy approach and high-resolution peat chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews 185:230-243.
Mullan-Boudreau, G., Davies, L., Froese, D., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2017). Reconstructing past rates of atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca bituminous sands region using peat cores from bogs. Land Degradation and Development 28:2468-2481 DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2782.
Mullan-Boudreau, G., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2017). Sphagnum moss as an indicator of contemporary rates of atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region. Environmental Science and Technology 51(13):7422–7431. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06195.
Shotyk, W. Arctic plants take up mercury vapour (2017). News and Views Nature 547: 167-168. DOI:10.1038/547167a.
Shotyk, W., Appleby, P.G., Beatriz, B., Davies, L.J., Froese, D., Grant-Weaver, I., Magnan, G., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Shannon, B., van Bellen, S., Zaccone, C. (2017). Peat bogs document decades of declining atmospheric contamination by trace metals in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region. Environmental Science and Technology 51(11):6237- 6249. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04909.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, Cuss, C.W., Donner, M.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Haas-Neill, S., Javed, M.B., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., and Zaccone, C. (2017). Trace metals in the dissolved fraction (< 0.45 µm) of the lower Athabasca River: Analytical challenges and environmental implications. Science of the Total Environment 580:660-669.
Sun, C., Shotyk, W., Cuss, C.W., Donner, M.W., Fennell, J., Javed, M., Noernberg, T., Poesch, M., Pelletier, R., Sinnatamby, N., Siddique, T. and Martin, J.W. (2017). Characterization of napthenic acids and bitumen‐derived organics in natural waters of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02082.
Zaccone , C., Lobianco, D., Shotyk, W., Ciavatta, C., Appleby, P.G., Brugiapaglia, E., Miano, T.M., and D’Orazio, V. (2017). Highly anomalous accumulation rates of C and N recorded by a relic, free-floating peatland in Central Italy. Scientific Reports 7:43040. DOI: 10.1038/srep43040.
2016
Outridge, P.M., Goodsite, M.E., Bennike, O., Rausch, N., Shotyk, W. (2016.) Seabird transfer of nutrients and trace elements from the north water polynya to land during the mid-holocene warm period, Carey islands, northwest Greenland. Arctic 69(3):253-265. DOI: 10.14430/arctic4577.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, Cuss, C.W., Donner, M.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Haas-Neill, S., Javed, M.B., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Zaccone, C. (2016). Trace metals in the dissolved fraction (< 0.45 µm) of the lower Athabasca River: analytical challenges and environmental implications. Science of the Total Environment 580:660-669.
Shotyk, W., Appleby, P.G., Bicalho, B., Davies, L., Froese, D., Grant-Weaver, I., Krachler, M., Magnan, G., Mullan-Boudreau, G.; Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Shannon, B., van Bellen, S.,Zaccone, C.(2016). Peat bogs in northern Alberta, Canada reveal decades of declining atmospheric Pb contamination. Geological Research Letters 43(18):9964-9974. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070952.
Shotyk, W., Rausch, N., Outridge, P.M., Krachler, M. (2016). Isotopic evolution of atmospheric Pb from metallurgical processing in Flin Flon, Manitoba: Retrospective analysis using peat cores from bogs. Environmental Pollution 218:338-348. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.009.
Shotyk, W., Rausch, N., Nieminen, T.M., Ukonmaanaho, L. L., Krachler, M. (2016). Isotopic composition of Pb in peat and porewaters from three contrasting ombrotrophic bogs in Finland: evidence of chemical diagenesis in response to acidification. Environmental Science and Technology. 50:9943-9951. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01076.
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Duke, M.J M., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Steinnes, E., Zaccone, C. (2016). Dust is the dominant source of “heavy metals” to peat moss (Sphagnum fuscum) in the bogs of the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region of northern Alberta. Environment International. 92-93: 494–506.
Zhang, Y., Shotyk, W., Zaccone, C., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Bicalho, B., Froese, D., Davies, L. Martin, J. W. (2016). Airborne petcoke dust is a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Athabasca oil sands region. Environmental Science and Technology 4:1711-20. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05092.
2015
Shotyk, W., Belland, R., Duke, J., Kempter, H., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Vile, M. A., Wieder, K., Zaccone, C., et al. (2015). Response to Comment on “Sphagnum mosses from 21 ombrotrophic bogs in the Athabasca bituminous sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of ‘heavy metals’”. Environmental Science and Technology. 49 (10):6354–6357 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01229.
Shotyk, W., Kempter, H., Krachler, M. and Zaccone, C. (2015). Stable 206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb and radioactive 210Pb lead isotopes in one year of growth of Sphagnum moss from four ombrotrophic bogs in southern Germany: geochemical significance and environmental implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 163:101-125.
2014
Puglisi, E., Zaccone, C., Cappa, F., Cocconcelli, P.S., Shotyk, W., Trevisan, M., and Miano, T.M. (2014). Changes in bacterial and archaeal community assemblages along an ombrotrophic peat bog profile. Biology and Fertility of Soils 50:815–826.
Shotyk, W., Belland, R., Duke, M.J., Kempter, H., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Vile, M.A., Wieder, K., Zaccone, C., and Zhang, S. (2014). Sphagnum mosses from twenty-one ombrotrophic bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of “heavy metals”. Environmental Science and Technology 48:12603-12611.
2013
Biver, M and Shotyk, W. (2013). Stibiconite (Sb3O6OH), senarmontite (Sb2O3) and valentinite (Sb2O3) under environmentally relevant conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 109:268-279.
Huntley, M., Mathewes, R., and Shotyk, W. (2013). High-resolution palynology, climate change, and human impact on a Late Holocene peat bog on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The Holocene 23:1572-1583.
Quinto, F., Hrnecek, E., Krachler, M., Shotyk, W., Steier, P and Winkler, S.R (2013). Measurement of 236U in ancient and modern peat samples, and implications for post-depositional migration of fallout radionuclides. Environmental Science and Technology 47:5243-5250.
Quinto, F., Hrnecek, E., Krachler, M., Shotyk, W., Steier, P and Winkler, S.R. (2013). Analysis of 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu and 242Pu at femtogram and attogram levels - evidence for the migration of fallout plutonium in an ombrotrophic peat bog. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 15:839-847.
Zaccone, S. Pabst, Senesi, G.S., Shotyk, W., and Miano, T.M. (2013). Comparative evaluation of the mineralogical composition between Sphagnum peat and humic acids, and their relationship with past dust deposition. Quaternary International 306:80-87.
2012
Biver, M. and Shotyk, W. (2012). Experimental Study of the Kinetics of Ligand-Promoted Dissolution of Stibnite (Sb2S3) Chemical Geology 294-295: 165-172.
Biver, M. and Shotyk, W. (2012). Experimental study of stibnite dissolution kinetics from pH 1 to 11: Effects of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and alkaline-earth metal cations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 79: 127-139.
Le Roux, G., Fagel, N, De Vleeschouwer, F., Krachler, M., Debaille, V., Stille, P., Matielli, N., van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, J.F.N. and Shotyk, W. (2012). Volcano- and climate-driven changes in atmospheric dust sources and fluxes since the Late Glacial revealed using Nd isotope analyses of peat from an ombrotrophic bog, and their impacts on vegetation. Geology 40(4):335-338.
Zaccone, C., Miano, T.M. & Shotyk, W. (2012). Interpreting the ash trend within ombrotrophic bog profiles: atmospheric dust depositions vs. mineralization processes. The Etang de la Gruère case study. Plant Soil 353:1–9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-1055-9
2011
Biver, M., Krachler, M., and Shotyk, W. (2011). The desorption of Sb(V) from sediments, hydrous oxides, and clay minerals by carbonate, phosphate, sulphate, nitrate and chloride. Journal of Environmental Quality 40:1143-1152.
Outridge P.M., Rausch, N., Percival, J.B., Shotyk W., and McNeely R. (2011). Comparison of mercury and zinc profiles in peat and lake sediment archives with historical changes in emissions from the Flin Flon metal smelter, Manitoba, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 409: 548-563.
2010
Kempter, H., Krachler, M. and Shotyk, W. (2010). Atmospheric Pb and Ti accumulation rates in Sphagnum mosses from ombrotrophic bogs: dependence upon plant productivity. Environmental Science and Technology 44:5509-5515.
Martin, R.R. Shotyk, W., Naftel, S.J. Ablett, J.M., and Northrup, P. (2010). Speciation of Antimony In Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles using XANES. X-ray Spectrometry (DOI:10.1002/xrs.1241).
Shotyk, W. and Krachler, M. (2010). The isotopic evolution of atmospheric Pb in central Ontario since AD 1800, and its impacts on the soils, waters, and sediments of a forested watershed, Kawagama Lake. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74:1963-1981.
Shotyk, W., Krachler, M., Aeschbach-Hertig, W., Hillier, S. and Zheng, J. (2010). Trace elements in recent groundwater of an artesian flow system and comparison with snow: enrichments, depletions, and chemical evolution of the water. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12:208-217.
Book Chapters
Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M.B., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., Powell, M.A. and Zheng, J. Determining the natural abundance of trace elements in pristine groundwaters from an artesian flow system in a glaciated, carbonate terrain: optimizing sample collection and data quality for practical application. To be published in John Cherry (Editor) The Groundwater Project and eBook: An Evolving Platform for Groundwater Education and Practice. Manuscript submitted November 7, 2020.
Zaccone, C., Pabst, S., Miano, T.M., and Shotyk, W. (2012). The fate of mineral particles in bulk peat and corresponding humic acids throughout an ombrotrophic bog profile: Atmospheric dust deposition vs. mineralization process in Functions of Natural Organic Matter in a Changing Environment. Jianming Xu, Jianjun Wu, and Yan He, eds., Springer, New York, pp. 34-36.