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! 

References are presented here in chronological order. References are also presented by subject area. 
Research from 2013-present
  • MacInnis, J., De Silva, A.O., Lehnherr, I., Muir, D.C.G., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L. Investigation of perfluoroalkyl substances in proglacial rivers and permafrost seep in a high Arctic watershed. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022. 
  • Virkkala, A.M. and 64 others. The ABCflux database: Arctic-boreal CO2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems. Earth System Science Data, 2022, 14, 179-208. 
  • Virkkala, A.M. and 48 others. Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties. Global Change Biology, 2021, 27, 4040-4059.
  • Aukes, P.J.K., Schiff, S.L. Composition Wheels: Visualizing dissolved organic matter using common composition metrics across a variety of Canadian ecozones. PLOS One, 2021, 16, e0253972.  
  • Varty, S., Lehnherr, I., St. Pierre, K., Kirk, J., Wisniewski, V. Methylmercury Transport and Fate Shows Strong Seasonal and Spatial Variability along a High Arctic Freshwater Continuum. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55, 1, 331-340. 
  • Ranjbar, K., O'Neill, N.T., Ivanescu, L., King, J., Hayes, P.L. Remote sensing of a high-Arctic, local dust event over Lake Hazen (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada). Atmospheric Environment, 2020, 118102. 
  • Colby, G.A., Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Poulain, A.J., Aris-Brosou, S. Warming Climate Is Reducing the Diversity of Dominant Microbes in the Largest High Arctic Lake. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11, 561194. 
  • Michelutti, N., Douglas, M.S.V., Antoniades, D., Lehnherr, I., St. Louis, V.L., St. Pierre, K., Muir, D.C.G., Brunskill, G., Smol, J.P. Contrasting the ecological effects of decreasing ice cover versus accelerated glacial melt on the High Arctic's largest lake. Proceedings B, 2020, 287, 20201185. 
  • Pickard, H.M., Criscitiello, A. S., Persaud, D., Spencer, C., Muir, D.C.G., Lehnherr, I., Sharp, M.J., De Silva, A.O., Young, C.J. Ice Core Record of Persistent Short-Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact from Global Environmental Regulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47, e2020GL087535. 
  • Sun, Y., De Silva, A.O., St. Pierre, K.A., Muir, D.C.G., Spencer, C., Lehnherr, I., MacInnis, J.J. Glacial Melt Inputs of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants to the Largest High Arctic Lake. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54, 5, 2734-2743. 
  • Murfitt, J., Duguay, C. R. Assessing the Performance of Methods for Monitoring Lake Ice Phenology of the World's Largest High Arctic Lake Using High Density Time Series Analysis of Sentinel-1 Data. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 382. 
  • 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 & 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 & Technology, 2019. 53, ​1175-1185.  
  • MacInnis, J.J., Lehnherr, I., Muir, D.C.G., Quinlan, R., De Silva, A.O. Characterization of perfluoroalkyl substances in sediment cores from High and Low Arctic lakes in Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 666, 414-422. 
  • 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. 
  • Lafleur, P.M., Humphreys, E.R., St. Louis, V.L., Mycklebust, M.C., Papakyriakou, T., Poissant, L., Barker, J.D., Pilote, M., Stystun, K.A. Variation in Peak Growing Season Net Ecosystem Production Across the Canadian Arctic. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 7971-7977. 
  • 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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. 
  • McLaren, I.A. Zooplankton of Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, and a nearby pond, with special reference to the copepod Cyclops Scutifer Sars. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 1964, 42, 613-629.
  • 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. 1963, 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. 

Technical Reports, incl. Operation Hazen
  • Patalas, K., Patalas, J., Salki, A. Plantonic Crustaceans in Lakes of Canada (Distribution of Species, Bibliography). Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1954. 1994, v + 218 pp. Link. 
  • Oliver, D.R., Corbet, P.S. Aquatic habitats in a high Arctic locality: the Hazen Camp study area, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence Canada. 1966, 115 p. 
  • Smith, D.I. Operation Hazen: The Geomorphology of the Lake Hazen Region, N.W.T. Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence Canada. 1961, 100 p. 
  • Arnold, K.C. Operation Hazen, survey, 1957-58. Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence Canada. 1959, 96 pp.
  • Hattersley-Smith, G. Operation Hazen: narrative and preliminary reports for the 1957 season. Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence Canada. 1958. 

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).