Publications

(2021). argodata: An R interface to oceanographic data from the International Argo Program. Journal of Open Source Software.

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(2021). Evaluating the multidecadal response of historic seawater incursion events and salinity-induced meromixis at Laytons Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lake and Reservoir Management.

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(2021). Application of the paleolimnological method to assess metal contaminant distribution (As, Cu, Pb, Zn) in pulp mill stabilization basin sediments, Nova Scotia, Canada. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

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(2021). Relative importance of organic- and iron-based colloids in six Nova Scotian lakes. npj Clean Water.

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(2021). Chemical recovery and browning of Nova Scotia surface waters in response to declining acid deposition. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.

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(2020). Comparing the Predictive Performance, Interpretability, and Accessibility of Machine Learning and Physically Based Models for Water Treatment. ACS ES&T Engineering.

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(2020). Using High-Throughput Paleolimnological Methods to Evaluate the Distribution and Transport of Lead in Northeastern North America. Ph.D. Thesis (Dalhousie University).

(2020). The distribution and transport of lead over two centuries as recorded by lake sediments from northeastern North America. Science of The Total Environment.

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(2020). Evaluating the performance of calculated elemental measures in sediment archives. Journal of Paleolimnology.

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(2020). Hydrologic assessment of a small maritime hydrometric monitoring network using a combined inductive-deductive process-informed catchment classification system. European Geosciences Union.

(2020). The Strativerse: an interactive collection of time-stratigraphic records of environmental change. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium.

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(2020). Large-Scale Rock Slope Deformation from the Tablelands and Lookout Hills of Western Newfoundland, Canada. Landscapes and Landforms of Eastern Canada.

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(2020). Classifying the Hydrologic Regime of Nova Scotia Watersheds and Analysis of the Current Hydrometric Monitoring Network. Canadian Water Resources Association Midterm Workshop - Beyond the Banks: An Interdisciplinary Review of Water Management in Atlantic Canada.

(2020). Best practices for programming with ggplot2. RStudio Conference.

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(2020). A paleolimnological assessment of factors affecting metal deposition and productivity in upland hydroelectric reservoirs, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Conference For Fisheries Research-Society of Canadian Limnologists Joint Meeting.

(2019). Evaluating the biological response of drinking water reservoirs to lake recovery using invertebrate abundance and environmental DNA. North American Lake Management Society International Symposium.

(2019). Establishing the timing of stable Pb deposition in Maritime-Canadian Lakes. North American Lake Management Society International Symposium.

(2019). Evaluating the utility of elemental measurements obtained from factory-calibrated field-portable X-Ray fluorescence units for aquatic sediments. Environmental Pollution.

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(2019). Land-use controls on spatiotemporal trace metal accumulation in Maritime Canadian lakes. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium.

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(2018). Evaluating long-term reservoir water quality trends using sediment chemistry and historical invertebrate abundance at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Water and Wastewater Association Annual Conference.

(2018). Keeping data in context: using metadata-friendly, computer-readable storage formats for research data. Canadian/American Quaternary Association Joint Meeting.

(2018). Anthropogenic activity in the Halifax region, Nova Scotia, Canada, as recorded by bulk geochemistry of lake sediments. Lake and Reservoir Management.

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(2018). Using Lake Sediment to predict future treatment challenges: A case study from Halifax, Nova Scotia. American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition.

(2018). Using a linked table-based structure to encode self-describing multiparameter spatiotemporal data. FACETS.

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(2018). Impact of historical logging and hydroelectric development on an upland river system, Nova Scotia, Canada: a paleolimnological perspective. Geological Society of America Northeast Section.

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(2018). Evaluating the utility of field-portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) for the rapid measurement of landscape change proxies. Geological Society of America Northeast Section.

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(2018). Application of the paleolimnological method in the environmental assessment of effluent-influenced freshwater sediment: an example from northern Nova Scotia. Science Atlantic: Environment.

(2018). Environmental data for future generations: storage formats for multi-parameter, spatiotemporal data. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium.

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(2018). Application of the paleolimnological method in the environmental assessment of effluent-influenced freshwater sediment: an example from northern Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium.

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(2017). Spatiotemporal assessment of metal concentrations of pre-effluent estuarine sediments in a freshwater kraft pulp mill taillings pond in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, using paleolimnological methods. Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference.

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(2017). A paleolimnological approach to understanding metal retention and mobility associated with salt-water inundation at Laytons Lake, Nova Scotia.. Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference.

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(2017). Late Holocene Records of Changing Moisture Regime from Wetlands in Southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada: Implications for Wetland Conservation and Restoration. Northeastern Naturalist.

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(2017). Using Lake Sediment to predict future treatment challenges: A case study from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Water and Wastewater Association Annual Conference.

(2017). A paleolimnological archive of metal sequestration and release in the Cumberland Basin Marshes, Atlantic Canada. FACETS.

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(2017). A unified stable Pb sediment chronology for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ontario-Québec Paleolimnology Symposium.

(2017). Modeling the effect of convex upward sediment deformation and horizontal core sectioning on paleolimnological data. Journal of Paleolimnology.

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(2016). A geochemical perspective on the impact of development at Alta Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology.

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(2016). Introductory GIS Workshops Using Open-Source GIS Tools. Atlantic Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers.

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(2016). Preliminary results and experimental design for a bulk geochemical assessment of sediment from drinking water reservoirs in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ontario-Québec Paleolimnology Symposium.

(2016). Flexible, platform-independent, open-source data structures and conversion mechanisms for paleolimnological data. Ontario-Québec Paleolimnology Symposium.

(2016). Using paleolimnological techniques and XRF to investigate metal sequestration, mobility, and bioavailability in shallow lakes: case studies from Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Socity of America Northeast Sectional Meeting.

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(2016). Paleolimnology and long-term perspectives on water quality at Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada: implications for management. Geological Socity of America Northeast Sectional Meeting.

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(2015). A 500-year applied paleolimnological assessment of environmental change at Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis (Acadia University).

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(2015). Decoupling natural and anthropogenic change at Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia: Implications for management. Canadian Quaternary Association Biennial Meeting.

(2015). Decoupling natural and anthropogenic change at Alta Lake, Whistler, British Columbia: Implications for management. Ontario-Québec Paleolimnology Symposium.

(2015). A 10 000 year record of environmental change at Long Lake, Cumberland Marshes, Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border region, Canada. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium.

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(2012). Remediation of Salt-Impacted Soils Using Automated Conductivity Monitoring, Leachate Collection, Irrigation, and Injection: Alternative Methods for In-Situ Remediation. Remediation Technologies Symposium.

(2011). Using paleolimnological methods to track late Holocene environmental change at Long Lake, New Brunswick - Nova Scotia Border Region, Canada. B.Sc.H. Thesis (Acadia University).

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(2011). Using Paleolimnological Methods to Track Late-Holocene Environmental Change at Long Lake, New Brunswick-Nova Scotia Border Region, Canada. Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference.

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