Peer-Reviewed Publications

This list is by no means exhaustive. If a paper is missing, please do not hesitate to let us know, by contacting us! 
Research from 2013-present
  • Ruuskanen, M.O., Colby, G., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Aris-Brosou, S., Poulain, A.J. Microbial genomes retrieved from High Arctic lake sediments encode for adaptation to cold and oligotrophic environments. Limnology and Oceanography, 2020, 65, S233-S247.  
  • Ruuskanen, M.O., Aris-Brosou, S., Poulain, A.J. Swift evolutionary response of microbes to a rise in anthropogenic mercury in the Northern Hemisphere. The ISME Journal, 2019, doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0563-0. 
  • Cavaco, M.A., St. Louis, V.L., Engel, K., St. Pierre, K.A., Schiff, S.L., Stibal, M., Neufeld, J.D. Freshwater microbial community diversity in a rapidly changing High Arctic watershed. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2019, 95, fiz161.
  • MacInnis, J.J., Lehnherr, I., Muir, D.C.G., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Spencer, C., De Silva, A. O. Fate and transport of perfluoroalkyl substances from snow into a lake in the High Arctic of Canada. Environmental Science and Technology, 2019. 53, 10753-10762. 
  • St. Pierre, K. A., St. Louis, V.L., Schiff, S.L., Lehnherr, I., Dainard, P.G., Gardner, A.S., Sharp, M.J. Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO2. PNAS, 2019. 116, 17690-17695.  
  • St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Schiff, S.L., Muir, D.C.G., Poulain, A.J., Smol, J.P., Talbot, C., Ma, M., Findlay, D.L., Findlay, W.J., Arnott, S.E., Gardner, A.S. Contemporary limnology of the rapidly changing glaciered watershed of the world's largest High Arctic lake. Scientific Reports, 2019. 9, 4447. 
  • St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Gardner, A.S., Serbu, J.A., Mortimer, C.A., Muir, D.C.G., Wiklund, J.A., Lemire, D., Szostek, L., Talbot, C. Drivers of Mercury Cycling in the Rapidly Changing Glacierized Watershed of the High Arctic's Largest Lake by Volume (Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada). Environmental Science and Technology, 2019. 53, ​1175-1185.  
  • Moore, J.-S., Chapman, J.M., Mazerolle, M.J., Harris, L.N., Taylor, E.B. Premature alarm on the impacts of climate change on Arctic Char in Lake Hazen. Correspondence re: Lehnherr et al. 2018 in Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 3985. 
  • Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Aris-Brosou, S., Poulain, A.J. Physicochemical drivers of microbial community structure in sediments of Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9, 1138.
  • Lehnherr, I., St. Louis, V. L., Sharp, M., Gardner, A. S., Smol, J. P., Schiff, S. L., Muir, D.C.G., Mortimer, C. A., Michelutti, N., Tarnocai, C., St. Pierre, K. A., Emmerton, C. A., Wiklund, J.A., Köck, G., Lamoureux, S. F., Talbot, C. H. The world's largest High Arctic lake responds rapidly to climate warming.  Nature Communications. 2018, 9, 1290.
  • Panchen, Z., Gorelick, R. Prediction of Arctic plant phenological sensitivity to climate change from historical records. Global Change Biology. 2017, 7, 1313-1324.
  • Emmerton, C.A., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Graydon, J. A., Kirk, J.L., Rondeau, K.J. The importance of freshwater systems to the net atmospheric exchange of carbon dioxide and methane with a rapidly changing high Arctic watershed. Biogeosciences. 2016, 13, 5849-5863. 
  • Emmerton, C.A., St. Louis, V.L., Humphreys, E. R., Gamon, J. A., Barker, J.D., Pastorello, G. Z. Net ecosystem exchange of Co2 with rapidly changing high Arctic landscapes. Global Change Biology. 2016, 22, 1185-1200. 
  • Panchen, Z. Impact of climate change on flowering and fruiting times of Nunavut Arctic plants. Arctic. 2016, 69, 444-449. 
  • Panchen, Z., Gorelick, R. Canadian Arctic Archipelago conspecifics flower earlier in the High- than the mid-Arctic. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 2016, 177, 661-670. 
  • Panchen, Z. Arctic plants produce vastly different numbers of flowers in three contrasting years at Lake Hazen, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Canadian Field Naturalist. 2016, 130, 56-63. 
  • Emmerton, C.A., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Humphreys, E. R., Rydz, E., Kosolofski, H. R. The net exchange of methane with high Arctic landscapes during the summer growing season. Biogeosciences. 2014, 11, 2095-3106. 

Second International Polar Year (2008-2012)
  • Köck, G., Muir, D.C.G., Yang, F., Wang, X., Talbot, C., Gantner, N., Moser, D. Bathymetry and Sediment Geochemistry of Lake Hazen (Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut). Arctic. 2012, 65, 56-66. 
  • Lehnherr, I., St. Louis, V.L., Emmerton, C.A., Barker, J.D., Kirk, J.L. Methylmercury Cycling in High Arctic Wetland Ponds: Sources and Sinks. Environmental Science and Technology. 2012, 46, 10514-10522. 
  • Lehnherr, I., St. Louis, V.L.; Kirk, J.L. Methylmercury Cycling in High Arctic Wetland Ponds: Controls on Sedimentary Production.  Environmental Science and Technology. 2012, 46, 10523-10531.
  • Gantner, N., Power, M.; Iqaluk, D.; Meili, M.; Borg, H.; Sundbom, M.; Solomon, K.R.; Lawson, G.; Muir, D.C.G. Mercury concentrations in landlocked arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from the Canadian Arctic. Part I: Insights from trophic relationships in 18 lakes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2010, 29, 621-632. 
  • Gantner, N., Muir, D.C.G., Power, M.; Iqaluk, D.; Reist, J.D., Babaluk, J. Meili, M.; Borg, H., Hammer, J., Michaud, W., Dempson, B., Solomon, K.R. Mercury concentrations in landlocked Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from the Canadian Arctic. Part II: Influence of lake biotic and abiotic characteristics on geographic trends in 27 populations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2010, 29, 633-643. 
  • Gantner, N., Power, M.; Babaluk, J.A.; Reist, J.D.; Kock, G.; Lockhart, L.W.; Solomon, K.R.; Muir, D.C.G. Temporal trends of mercury, cesium, selenium, thallium in arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada: effects of trophic position, size, and age. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2009, 28, 254-263. 
  • Keatley, B.E., Douglas, M.S.V., Smol, J.P. Prolonged Ice Cover Dampens Diatom Community Responses to Recent Climatic Change in High Arctic Lakes. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 2008, 40, 364-372. 
  • Strecker, A., Milne, R., Arnott, S.E. Dispersal limitation and climate-related environmental gradients structure microcrustacean composition in freshwater lakes, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2008, 65, 1905-1918. 

Past Research ​(1957 - 2007)
  • Keatley, B.E., Douglas, M.S.V., Smol, J.P. Limnological Characteristics of a High Arctic Oasis and Comparisons across Northern Ellesmere Island. Arctic. 2007, 60, 294-308. 
  • Latifovic, R., Pouliot, D. Analysis of climate change impacts on lake ice phenology in Canada using the historical satellite data record. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 2007, 106, 492-507. 
  • St. Louis, V.L., Sharp, M., Steffen, A., May, A., Barker, J., Kirk, J.L., Kelly, D.J.A., Arnott, S.E., Keatley, B., Smol, J.P. Some Sources and Sinks of Monomethyl and Inorganic Mercury on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology. 2005,  39, 2686-2701. 
  • Smith, J.A., Blanchette, R.A., Newcombe, G. Molecular and morphological characterization of the willow rust fungus, Melampsora epitea, from arctic and temperate hosts in North America. Mycologia. 2004, 96, 1330-1338. 
  • Guigier, K., Reist, J.D.; Power, M.; Babaluk, J.A. Using stable isotopes to confirm the trophic ecology of Arctic charr morphotypes from Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Fish Biology. 2002, 60, 348-362. 
  • Smith, I.R. Diatom-based Holocene paleoenvironmental records from continental sites on northeastern Ellesmere Island, high Arctic, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology. 2002, 27, 9-28. 
  • Babaluk, J.A., Wissink, H.R.; Troke, B.G.; Clark, D.A.; Johnson, J.D. Summer movements of radio-tagged arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada. Arctic. 2001, 54, 418-424.  
  • Hamilton, P.B., Gajewski, K.; Atkinson, D.E.; Lean, D.R.S. Physical and chemical limnology of 204 lakes from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Hydrobiologia. 2001, 457, 133-148. 
  • Halden, N.M. et al. Oscillatory zinc distribution in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) otoliths:: The result of biology or environment? Fisheries Research. 2000, 46, 289-298. 
  • Quesada, A., Vincent, W.F., Lean, D.S. Community and pigment structure of Arctic cyanobacterial assemblages: the occurrence and distribution of UV-absorbing compounds. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 1999, 28, 315-323. 
  • Smith, I.R. Late Quaternary glacial history of Lake Hazen Basin and eastern Hazen Plateau, northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1999, 36, 1547-1565. 
  • Babaluk, J.A., Halden, N.M.; Reist, J.D.; Kristofferson, A.H.; Campbell, J.L.; Teesdale, W.J. Evidence for non-anadromous behaviour of arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, based on scanning proton microprobe. Arctic. 1997, 50, 224-233.
  • Muir, D.C.G., Omelchenko, A., Grift, N.P., Savoie, D.A., Lockhart, W.L., Wilkinson, P., Brunskill, G. Spatial Trends and Historical Deposition of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Canadian Midlatitude and Arctic Lake Sediments. Environmental Science and Technology. 1996. 30, 3609-3617. 
  • Muir, D.C.G., Grift, N.P., Lockhart, W.L., Wilkinson, P., Billeck, B., Brunskill, G. Spatial trends and historical profiles of organochlorine pesticides in Arctic lake sediments. Science of the Total Environment. 1995, 160-161, 447-457. 
  • Reist, J.D., Gyselman, E., Babaluk, J.A., Johnson, J.D., Wissink, R. Evidence for Two Morphotypes of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) from Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research. 1995, 71, 396-410. 
  • ​France, R. L. The Lake Hazen trough - a late winter oasis in a polar desert. Biological Conservation. 1993, 63, 149-151.  
  • Danks, H.V. Arctic insects as indicators of environmental change. Arctic. 1992, 45, 159-166. 
  • Lafarge-England, C., Vitt, D.H., England, J. Holocene Soligenous Fens on a High Arctic Fault Block, Northern Ellesmere Island (82°N), N.W.T., Canada. Arctic and Alpine Research. 1991, 23, 80-98. 
  • Klaper, E.A. The mid-Paleozoic deformation in the Hazen fold belt, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1990, 27, 1359-1370. 
  • Edlund, S.A., Alt, B.T. Regional congruence of vegetation and summer climate patterns in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada. Arctic. 1989, 42, 3-23. 
  • Bustin, R.H. Organic maturity of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary coal measures, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. International Journal of Coal Geology. 1986, 6, 71-74. 
  • Lafarge-England, C. The contemporary moss assemblages of a high arctic upland, northern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany. 1985, 67, 491-504. 
  • Soper, J.H., Powell, J.M. Botanical studies in the Lake Hazen region, Northern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Publications in Natural Science. 1985, 5, 1-67. 
  • England, J. The glacial geology of northern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1978, 15, 603-617. 
  • Brassard, G.R. The Mosses of Northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. III. New or Additional Records. The Bryologist. 1976, 79, 480-487. 
  • Morrison, R.I.G. Migration and Morphometrics of European Knot and Turnstone on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Bird-Banding. 1975, 46, 290-301.
  • West, R.W., Dawson, M.R., Hutchinson, J.H., Ramaekers, J. Paleontologic Evidence of Marine Sediments in the Eureka Sound Formation of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Archipelago, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1975, 12, 574-579. 
  • Nettleship, D.N. The breeding of the knot Calidris canutus at Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N. W. T. Polarforschung. 1974, 8-26. 
  • Nettleship, D.N., Maher, W.J. The avifauna of Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Polarforschung. 1974, 66-74. 
  • Nettleship, D. N. Breeding ecology of turnstones ARENARIA INTERPRES at Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Ibis. 1973, 113, 202-217.
  • Kevan, P.G. Insect Pollination of High Arctic Flowers. Journal of Ecology. 1972, 60, 831-847. 
  • Brassard, G.R. The Mosses of Northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. I. Ecology and Phytogeography, with an Analysis for the Queen Elizabeth Islands. The Bryologist. 1971, 74, 233-281. 
  • Brassard, G.R. The Mosses of Northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. II. Annotated List of the Taxa. The Bryologist. 1971, 74, 282-311. 
  • Kevan, P.G., Shorthouse, J.D. Behavioural Thermoregulation by High Arctic Butterflies. Arctic. 1970, 23, 268-279.  
  • Maher, W.J. Ecology of the long-tailed jaeger at Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island. Arctic, 1970, 23, 112-129. 
  • Hattersley-Smith, G. Glacial Features of Tanquary Fiord and Adjoining Areas of Northern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Journal of Glaciology. 1969, 8, 23-50. 
  • McAlpine, J.F., Martin, J.E.H. Canadian Amber - A Paleontological Treasure Chest. The Canadian Entomologist. 1969, 819-838. 
  • Hocking, B. Insect-Flower Associations in the High Arctic with Special Reference to Nectar. Oikos. 1968, 19, 359-387. 
  • Oliver, D.R. Adaptations of Arctic Chironomidae. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 1968, 5, 111-118. 
  • Powell, J.M. Some lichens and bryophytes from the Lake Hazen area, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada. The Bryologist. 1967, 70, 246-250. 
  • Corbet, P.S. Diel Patterns of Mosquito Activity in a High Arctic Locality: Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. The Canadian Entomologist. 1966, 98, 1238-1252. 
  • Corbet, P.S., Downe, A.E.R. Natural Hosts of Mosquitoes in Northern Ellesmere Island. Arctic. 1966, 19, 153-161. 
  • Milliron, H.E., Oliver, D.R. Bumblebees From Northern Ellesmere Island, With Observations on Usurpation by Megabombus hyperboreus (Schönh.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 1966, 207-213.  
  • Downes, J.A. Adaptation of insects in the Arctic. Annual Review of Entomology, 1965, 257-274. 
  • Hocking, B., Sharplin, C.D. Flower Basking by Arctic Insects. Nature. 1965, 206, 215. 
  • Whitham, K., Andersen, F. Magneto‐Telluric Experiments in Northern Ellesmere Island. Geophysical J.R.,  1965, 10, 317-345. 
  • Corbet, P.S. Autogeny and oviposition in arctic mosquitoes. Nature. 1964, 203, 669. 
  • Oliver, D.R., Corbet, P.S., Downes, J.A. Studies on Arctic Insects: the Lake Hazen Project. The Canadian Entomologist. 1964, 138-139. 
  • Savile, D.B.O. General Ecology and Vascular Plants of the Hazen Camp Area. Arctic. 1964, 17, 237-258. 
  • Hattersley-Smith, G. Climatic Inferences from Firn Studies in Northern Ellesmere Island. Geografiska Annaler. 1963, 45, 139-151. 
  • Kevan, P.G. Parasitoid Wasps as Flower Visitors in the Canadian High Arctic. Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzen, und Umweltschutz. 1973, 46, 3-7.  
  • Oliver, D.R. Entomological Studies in the Lake Hazen Area, Ellesmere Island, including Lists of Species of Arachnida, Collembola, and Insecta. Arctic. 1963, 16, 175-180. 
  • Hattersley-Smith, G. The Ice Cover of Northern Ellesmere Island. Annals New York Academy of Sciences. 1961, 282-289.  
  • McLaren, I.A. A biennial copepod from Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island. Nature. 1961, 189, 774. 
  • Hattersley-Smith, G. Studies of englacial profiles in the Lake Hazen area of northern Ellesmere Island. Journal of Glaciology. 1960, 3, 610-625. 
  • Jackson, G.I. Snowfall measurements in northern Canada. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1960, 86, 273-275. 
  • Lotz, J., Sagar, R.B. Meteorological work in northern Ellesmere Island, 1957-1960. Weather. 1960, 397-406. 

Early Accounts (Polar Exploration of the 19th and early 20th centuries)
  • Greely, A. W. 1886. Three years of Arctic service: An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. (Links for: Volume 1 and Volume 2).