Publications

Books

2024

Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C. W., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M. B., Krachler, M. Noernberg, T., Powell, M. A., & Zheng, J. (2024). The Elmvale Groundwater Observatory: A Facility Developed to Sample Pristine, Artesian Groundwaters for Trace Elements. The Groundwater Project. https://doi.org/10.62592/DGFZ5944

Publications

2026

Butt, S.A., Barraza, F., Chen, N., and Shotyk, W. (2026). Trace elements in Sphagnum moss waters as indicators of the chemical reactivity of contemporary atmospheric dust inputs: comparison with peat bog porewaters. Environmental Science: Atmospheres 6(7):1-15. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ea00015k

Haas-Neill, S., Dergousoff, M., Grant-Weaver, I., Hood, G., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., and Shotyk, W. (2026). Beavers (Castor canadensis) as biomonitors of trace elements in the environment: examples from industrial, rural and remote areas in western and eastern Canada. Science of the Total Environment 1044(181909): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181909

Zalasiewicz, J., Adeney Thomas, J., Cohen, K.M., Vidas, D., Sörlin, S., Waters, C.N., Head, M.J., Summerhayes, C.P., Leinfelder, R., Wallenhorst, N., Syvitski, J., McNeill, J.R., Robin, L., Williams, M.,Cearreta, A., Ivar do Sul, J., Park, B.S., McCarthy, F.M.G., Han, Y., Turner, S., Rose, N., Galaz, V.,Nyström, M., Cundy, A., Richter, D., Gałuszka, A., Wagreich, M., Zinke, J., Grinevald, J., Baronsky, A.D.,Hadly, E., Shotyk, W., Renn, J., Saito, Y., Palmesino, J., Rönnskog, A.S., and Kuwae, M. (2026). Futuredirections for Anthropocene research and its applications. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 7(9): 633-646. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-026-00820-z

2025

Oursin, M., Barraza, F., Gascon, P., Glover, C.N., Krebs, M., and Shotyk, W. (2025). Estimating the bioaccessibility of trace elements in sediment to fish: a review of in vitro experimental approaches. Environmental Research 282(121973): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121973

Barraza, F., Ybanez, Q., Wang, Y., Noernberg, T., Shotyk, W. (2025). Size-resolved analyses of trace elements in snow from an open-pit bitumen mining and upgrading region. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 27(11): 3403-3419. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5em00334b

Noernberg, T., Bujaczek, T., and Shotyk, W. (2025). A remotely operated airboat for metal-free, ultraclean water sampling for trace elements in lentic waterbodies: from design and fabrication to operation in the field. MethodsX 15(103731): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103731

Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Grant-Weaver, I., Krachler, M., Noernberg, T., and Zheng, J. (2025). Scandium as a reference element for quantifying the natural and anthropogenic concentrations of Pb in surface waters and groundwaters. Environmental Chemistry Letters 23(4): 943-952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-025-01824-9

Barraza, F., Cuss, C.W., Kandage, D., Luu, A., Noernberg, T., and Shotyk, W. (2025). Contribution of dusts to trace element inventories in pioneering plants growing on a pilot-scale pit lake watershed. Journal of Environmental Management 396(128042): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128042

Butt, S. A., Barraza, F., Devito, K., Frost, L., Javed, M.B., Oleksandrenko, A. and Shotyk, W. (2024). Spatio-temporal variations in dissolved trace elements in peat bog porewaters impacted by dust inputs from open-pit mining activities in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands (ABS) region. Environmental Pollution 345(123470): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123470

Wang, Y., Cuss, C.W., Barraza, F., Luu, A., Oleksandrenko, A. and Shotyk, W. (2025) Challenges in using 0.45 µm filters to assess potentially bioavailable trace elements in the dissolved fraction of river and peat bog waters of the Boreal Zone. Water Research 268 (Pt A)(122586):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122586

2024

Wang Y., Butt A. S., Cuss C. W., Pei L., Xue J. -P., Luu A., Barraza F., Shotyk W. (2024) Addressing challenges of membrane clogging in AF4-UV-ICPMS analysis for accurate
size determination of trace elements in acidic, organic-rich peat bog waters. Analytical Chemistry 96 (37), 14953-14962. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c03046

Barraza, F., Hamann, A., Noernberg, T., Schultz, J. and Shotyk, W. (2024) Interannual and spatial variations in acid-soluble trace elements in snow: comparison with the mineralogy of dusts from open pit bitumen mining. Atmospheric Pollution Research 15, Issue 10, 102244 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2024.102244

Oleksandrenko A., Appleby P.G., Noernberg T., and Shotyk W. (2024) Americium-241 in peat bogs as a global marker of the beginning of the Anthropocene: examples from Europe and North America. Environmental Reviews 32(4): 707-725. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2023-0097

Wang, Y., Cuss, C.W., Pei, L. and Shotyk, W. (2024). Resolving Uncertainties in the Quantification of Trace Elements within Organic-Rich Boreal Rivers for AF4-UV-ICP-MS Analysis. Analytical Chemistry 96 (18), 6889-6897. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05198

Chen, N., Barraza, F., Belland, R., Javed, M.B., Grant-Weaver, I., Cuss, C.W., and Shotyk,
W. (2024). Estimating the bioaccessibility of atmospheric trace elements within the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region using the acid soluble ash fraction of Sphagnum moss. Environmental Science: Atmospheres 4, 408 – 424. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ea00071k

Butt., S. A., Barraza, F., Devito, K., Frost, L., Javed, M.B., Oleksandrenko, A. and Shotyk,
W. (2024). Spatio-temporal variations in dissolved trace elements in peat bog porewaters impacted by dust inputs from open-pit mining activities in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands (ABS) region. Environmental Pollution 345,123470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123470

Barraza, F., Javed, M.B., Noernberg, T., Schultz, J., Shotyk, W. (2024). Spatial variation and chemical reactivity of dusts from open-pit bitumen mining using trace elements in snow. Chemosphere 141081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141081

Shotyk, W., Cuss, C. W., Grant-Weaver, I., Haas-Neill, S., Hood, G. A., Macdonald, S. E., Noernberg, T., and Than, K. (2024). Comparison of trace elements in tissue of beaver (Castor canadensis) and local vegetation from a rural region of southern Ontario, Canada. Environmental Research, 241, 117462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117462

Noernberg, T., Bujaczek, T., Cuss, C.W. and Shotyk., W. (2024). Metal-free sampling methods for dust, rainwater, surface water, plants, and sediments: a selection of unique tools from the SWAMP laboratory. Methods X, 12, 102521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102521

2023

Dennett, J.M., Dersch, A., Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, Barraza, F., Shotyk, W., and Nielsen, S.E. (2023). Trace elements in the culturally significant plant Sarracenia purpurea in proximity to dust sources in the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 896 (165142): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165142

Shotyk, W., Barraza, F., Butt, S., Chen, N, Cuss, C.W., Devito, K., Frost, L., Grant-Weaver, I., Javed, M.B., Noernberg, T., Oleksandrenko, A. (2023). Trace elements in peat bog porewaters: indicators of dissolution of atmospheric dusts and aerosols from anthropogenic and natural sources. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology 9 (9): 2401-2416. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00241a

Zhang, Y., Shotyk, W., Pelletier, R., Zaccone, C., Noernberg T., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Martin, J.W. (2023) Sources, spatial-distributions and fluxes of PAH-contaminated dusts in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Environment International 182(108335): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108335

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): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101029

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 24(9):1279-1302. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2em00049k

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(101033): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101033

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

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): 1-10. 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): 1-12. 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3848

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, 581(120392): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120392

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. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2019-0014

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): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104706

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. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2020-0001

Shotyk, W. (2020) Natural and anthropogenic sources of copper to organic soils: a global, geochemical perspective. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 100(4):516-536. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2019-0161

Shotyk, W. (2020) Trace elements in wild berries from reclaimed lands: biomonitors of contamination by atmospheric dust. Ecological Indicators 110(105960): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105960

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): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109272

van Bellen, S., Shotyk, W., Magnan, G., Davies, L., Nason, T.., Mullan-Boudreau, G., Garneau, M.., Noernberg, T., Bragazza, L., Zaccone, C. (2020) Carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates in ombrotrophic peatlands from central and northern Alberta during the last millennium. Biogeochemistry 151: 251–272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00724-0

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(5): 360-374. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN19016

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(23): 14020-14028. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02718

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): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105626

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: 2559-2566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.318

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: 1652-1663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.248

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.168

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.238

2018

Cuss, C.W., Grant-Weaver, I., Donner, M.W., Noernberg, T., Sinnatamby, R.N., Pelletier,
R. and Shotyk, W. (2018) Measuring distribution of trace elements among colloidal species to fingerprint sources in aquatic systems using AF4-ICPMS: tributary inputs to the Athabasca River, Alberta, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 642:1242-1251. https://doi.org/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., and Zaccone, C. (2018) High-resolution age modelling of peat bog profiles from northern Alberta, Canada, using pre-and post-bomb 14C, 210Pb and historical cryptotephra. Quaternary Geochronology 47:138-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.04.008

Donner, M.W., Bicalho, B., Sinn, C. and Shotyk, W. (2018) Selenium and sulphur in Athabasca bituminous sands mineral and bitumen fractions. Fuel 224:718-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.03.093

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 implications for aquatic life. Environmental Pollution 243 Part B:1343-1351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.067

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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.015

Shotyk, W. (2018) Trace metals in soils of the bituminous sands mining region of Alberta: a critical, geochemical perspective on the study by Boutin and 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. https://doi.org/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(7): 2758-2774. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14143

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.095

Cuss C.W., Grant-Weaver, I. and 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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 bituminous sands region an insignificant source of dissolved Pb Scientific Reports 7:43622. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43622

Mullan-Boudreau, G., Davies, L., Froese, D., Devito, K., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R. and Shotyk, W. (2017) Peat cores from ombrotrophic (rain-fed) bogs for reconstructing past rates of atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region of northern Alberta, Canada. Land Degradation and Development 28(8):2468-2481. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2782

Mullan-Boudreau, G., Belland, R., Devito, K., 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 51:7422-7431. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b06195

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., and Zaccone, C. (2017) Peat bogs document decades of declining atmospheric contamination by trace metals in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region of northern Alberta, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 51(11): 6237-6249. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04909

Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C.W., Donner, M., Grant-Weaver, I., Haas-Neill, S., Javed, M., 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.012

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 other dissolved organics in natural waters of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 51:9524-9532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02082

2016

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., and Zaccone, C. (2016) Peat bogs in northern Alberta, Canada reveal decades of declining atmospheric Pb contamination. Geophysical Research Letters 43(18):9964–9974. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070952

Shotyk, W., Bicalho, B., Cuss, C., Duke, M.J., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Steinnes, E., and Zaccone, C. (2016) Dust is the dominant source of “heavy metals” to peat moss (Sphagnum fuscum) from the industrial development of the Athabasca Bituminous Sands in northern Alberta, Canada. Environment International 92-93: 494-506. https://doi.org/10,1016/j.envint.2016.03.018

Zhang, Y., Shotyk, W., Zaccone, C., Noernberg, T., Pelletier, R., Bicalho, B., Froese, D., Davies, L., and Martin, J. (2016) Airborne Petcoke dust is the major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Environmental Science & Technology 50(4):1711-1720. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05092

2015

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. Response to Comment by J. Blais and W. Donahue on “Sphagnum mosses from twenty-one ombrotrophic bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of ‘heavy metals’” by 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. Environmental Science and Technology 49(10):6354-6357 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01229

2014

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 21 ombrotrophic bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region show no significant atmospheric contamination of “heavy metals”. Environmental Science and Technology 48(1):12603-12611. https://doi.org/10.1021/es503751v