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2025
98. Ruyle, B.J., J. Merder, R.G.M. Spencer, J.W. McClelland, S.E. Tank, and A.M. Michalak. 2025. Changes in the composition of nitrogen yields in large Arctic rivers linked to temperature and precipitation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39, e2025GB008639. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GB008639

97. Dean, J.F., G. Coxon, Y, Zheng, and 12 others include S.E. Tank. 2025. Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09023-w

96. Poulter, B., G. Murray-Tortarolo, D.J. Hayes, P. Ciais, P., and 40 others including S.E. Tank. 2025. The North American greenhouse gas budget: Emissions, removals, and integration for CO2, CH4, and N2O (2010–2019): Results from the Second REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes Study (RECCAP2). Global Biogeochemical Cycles. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008310 


95. Giesbrecht, I.J.W., K.P. Lertzman, S.E. Tank,  G.W. Frazer, K.A. St. Pierre, S. Gonzalez Arriola, I. Desmarais, and E. Haughton. 2025. Mapping the Spatial Heterogeneity of Watershed Ecosystems and Water Quality in Rainforest Fjordlands. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-025-00964-x

94. Drapeau, H.F., S.E. Tank, M.A. Cavaco, J.A. Serbu, V.L. St. Louis, and M.P. Bhatia. 2025. Shifts in organic matter character and microbial assemblages from glacial headwaters to downstream reaches in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1369-2025

93. Vonk, J.E., M. Fritz, N.J. Speetjens, and 18 others including S.E. Tank. 2025. The land-ocean Arctic carbon cycle. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00627-w


92. MacDonald, E.N., A. Saidi-Mehrabad, B. Lanoil, G. Lech, and S.E. Tank. 2025. Coupled shifts in DOM composition and microbial community structure lead to variable biodegradation rates in thermokarst-affected permafrost stratigraphies. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0050

2024

91. Burn, C., and 29 others including S.E. Tank. 2024. Developments in Permafrost Science and Engineering in Response to Climate Warming in Circumpolar and High Mountain Regions, 2019–2024. Permafrost and Periglac Process. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2261

90. Walsh, E.V., R.G. Hilton, S.E. Tank, and E. Amos. 2024. Temperature sensitivity of the mineral permafrost feedback at the continental scale. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq4893

89. Alsafi, N.E., M.J. Palmer, S.V. Kokelj, T.P. Ensom, C. Spence, and S.E. Tank. 2024. Icings as sentinels and modifiers of water flow through winter landscapes: An exploration of physico-chemical processes on the lake-dominated, discontinuous permafrost Taiga Shield. 2024. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15251

88. Orlova, J., F. Amiri,  A.K. Bourgeois,  J.M. Buttle,  E. Cherlet,  C.W. Cuss,  K.J. Devito,  M.B. Emelko,  W.C. Floyd,  D.E. Foster,  R.H.S. Hutchins,  R. Jamieson,  M.S. Johnson,  H.J. McSorley,  U. Silins,  S.E. Tank,  L.M. Thompson,  K.L. Webster,  C.H.S. Williams, and  David Olefeldt. 2024. Composition of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Across Canadian Forested Ecozones Varies in Three Dimensions Linked to Landscape and Climate. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035196

87. Bourgeois, A.K. S.E. Tank, W.C. Floyd, M.B. Emelko and F. Amiri. 2024. Hydrology predominates over harvest history and landscape variation to control water quality and disinfection byproduct formation potentials in forested Pacific Coast watersheds. ES&T Water.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00471

86. Lau, M.P., R.H.S. Hutchins, S.E. Tank, and P.A. del Giorgio. 2024. The chemical succession in anoxic lake waters as source of molecular diversity of organic matter. Scienctific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54387-0


85. Gordeev, V.V., O.S. Pokrovsky, A.V. Zhulidov, A.S. Filippov, T.Yu. Gurtovaya, R.M. Holmes, L.S. Kosmenko, J.W. McClelland, B.J. Peterson, and S.E. Tank. 2024. Dissolved major and trace elements in the largest Eurasian Arctic rivers: Ob, Yenisey, Lena, and Kolyma. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020316

84. Serbu, J.A., V.L. St. Louis, C.A. Emmerton, S.E. Tank, A.S. Criscitiello, U. Silins, M.P. Bhatia, M.A. Cavaco, C. Christenson, C.A. Cooke, H.F. Drapeau, S.J.A. Enns, J.E. Flett, K.M. Holland, J. Lavallee‐Whiffen, M. Ma, C.E. Muir, M. Poesch, and J. Shin. 2024. A Comprehensive Biogeochemical Assessment of Climate‐Threatened Glacial River Headwaters on the Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007745

2023
83. Moore, M.R.N., S.E. Tank, M.R. Kurek, M. Taskovic, A.M. McKenna, J.L.J. Smith, S.V. Kokelj, and R.G.M. Spencer. 2023. Ultrahigh resolution dissolved organic matter characterization reveals distinct permafrost characteristics on the Peel Plateau, Canada. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01101-3

82. Thompson, L.M., M. Low, R. Shewan, C. Schulze, M. Simba, O. Sonnentag, S.E. Tank, and D. Olefeldt. 2023. Concentrations and yields of mercury, methylmercury, and dissolved organic carbon from contrasting catchments in the discontinuous permafrost region, western Canada. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034848


81. Hutchins, R.H.S., S.E. Tank, D. Olefeldt, W.L. Quinton, C. Spence, M. Dion, and S.G. Mengistu. 2023. Influence of wildfire on downstream transport of dissolved carbon, nutrients, and mercury in the permafrost zone of Boreal western Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007602

80. Tank, S.E., J.W. McClelland, R.G.M Spencer, A.I. Shiklomanov, A. Suslova, F. Moatar, R.M.W. Amon, L.W. Cooper, G. Elias, V.V. Gordeev, C. Guay, T.Yu. Gurtovaya, L.S. Kosmenko, E.A. Mutter, B.J. Peterson, B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink, P.A. Raymond, P.F. Schuster, L. Scott, R. Staples, R.G. Striegl, M. Tretiakov, A.V. Zhulidov, N. Zimov, S. Zimov and R.M. Holmes. 2023. Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01247-7

79. Clark, J.B., A. Mannino, R.G.M Spencer, S.E. Tank, and J.W. McClelland. 2023. Quantification of discharge-specific effects on dissolved organic matter export from major Arctic rivers from 1982 through 2019. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007854

78. McNicol, G., E. Hood, D.E. Butman, S.E. Tank, I.J.W. Giesbrecht, W. Floyd, et al. 2023. Small, coastal temperate rainforest watersheds dominate dissolved organic carbon transport to the northeast Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters
. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103024

77. Thomas, M., A. Monhonval, C. Hirst, L. Bröder, S. Zolkos, J.E. Vonk, and 6 others including S.E. Tank. 2023. Evidence for preservation of organic carbon interacting with iron in material displaced from retrogressive thaw slumps: Case study in Peel Plateau, western Canadian Arctic. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116443

76. Bertin, C., D. Carroll, D. Menemenlis, S. Dutkiewicz, H. Zhang, A. Matsuoka, and 6 others including S.E. Tank. 2023. Biogeochemical river runoff drives intense coastal Arctic Ocean CO
2 outgassing. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102377

75. Behnke, M. I., S.E. Tank, J.W. McClelland, R.M. Holmes, N. Haghipour, T.I. Eglinton, et al. 2023. Aquatic biomass is a major source to particulate organic matter export in large Arctic rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209883120


74. Saros, J.E., and 27 others including S.E. Tank. 2023. Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0021

2022

73. Huculak, S.R., S.E. Tank, G.S. Piorkowski, M. Kobryn and R.D. Vinebrooke. 2022. Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes. Freshwater Science https://doi.org/10.1086/722742 PDF

72. Zolkos, S., S.E. Tank, S.V. Kokelj, R.G. Striegl, S. Shakil, C. Voigt, C., et al. 2022. Permafrost landscape history shapes fluvial chemistry, ecosystem carbon balance, and potential trajectories of future change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007403

71. Abbott, B.W.,J.  Carey, J.G. Ernakovich, J. Frederick, and 25 others including S. Shakil, S.E. Tank and S. Zolkos. 2022. We Must Stop Fossil Fuel Emissions to Protect Permafrost Ecosystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science. doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.889428

70. Hage, S., V.V. Galy, M.J.B. Cartigny, C. Heerema, M.S. Heijnen, S. Acikalin, M.A. Clare, I. Giesbrecht, and 13 others including S.E. Tank. 2022.Turbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River-Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada)
. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006824

69. St. Pierre, K.A., B.P.V. Hunt, I. Giesbrecht, S.E. Tank, K. Lertzman, J. Del Bel Belluz, M.L. Hessing-Lewis, A. Olson, T. 2022.
Seasonally and Spatially Variable Organic Matter Contributions From Watershed, Marine Macrophyte, and Pelagic Sources to the Northeast Pacific Coastal Ocean Margin. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.863209

68. Zolkos S., A.V. Zhulidov, T.Y. Gurtovaya, V.V. Gordeev, S. Berdnikov, N. Pavlova, E.A. Kalko, and 14 others including S.E. Tank. 2022. Multidecadal declines in particulate mercury and sediment export from Russian rivers in the pan-Arctic basin. Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119857119

67. Shakil, S., S.E. Tank, J.E. Vonk, and S. Zolkos. 2022. Low biodegradability of particulate organic carbon mobilized from thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, NT, and possible chemosynthesis and sorption effects. Biogeosciences. doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1871-2022

66. Giesbrecht, I.J.W., S.E. Tank, G. Frazer, E. Hood. S. Gonzalez Arriola, D. Butman, D. D’Amore, D. Hutchinson, A. Bidlack, and K.P. Lertzman. 2022. Watershed classification predicts streamflow regime and organic carbon dynamics in the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007047


2021
65. Olefeldt, D., M. Hovemyr, M., M.A. Kuhn, and 31 others including S.E. Tank. 2021. The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD). Earth Syst. Sci. Data https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021

64. Cunada, C.L., L.F.W. Lesack, and S.E. Tank. 2021. Methane emission dynamics among CO2-absorbing and thermokarst lakes of a great Arctic delta. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00853-0.

63. Yang, D., R.R. Shrestha, J. Li Yung Lung, S.E. Tank and H. Park. 2021. Heat flux, water temperature and discharge from 15 northern Canadian rivers draining to Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay. Global and Planetary Change doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103577

62. Kokelj, S.V., J. Kokoszka, J.van der Sluijs, A.C.A. Rudy, J. Tunnicliffe, S. Shakil, S.E. Tank, and S. Zolkos. 2021. Thaw-driven mass wasting couples slopes with downstream systems, and effects propagate through Arctic drainage networks. The Cryosphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3059-2021.


61. St. Pierre, K.A., B.P.V. Hunt, S.E. Tank, I. Giesbrecht, M.C. Korver, W.C. Floyd, A.A. Oliver, and K.P. Lertzman. 2021. Rain-fed streams dilute inorganic nutrients but subsidise organic-matter-associated nutrients in coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3029-2021.

60. Giesbrecht, I.J., Floyd, W.C., Tank, S.E., and 25 others. 2021. The Kwakshua Watersheds Observatory, Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Hydrological Processes. doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14198.

59. Tanentzap, A., K. Burd, M. Kuhn, C. Estop-Aragones, S.E. Tank, and D. Olefeldt. 2021. Aged soils contribute little to contemporary carbon cycling downstream of thawing permafrost peatlands. Global Change Biology. doi.org/10.17863/CAM.71218.


58. Ackley, C., S.E. Tank, K.M. Haynes, F. Rezanezhad, C. McCarter and W.L. Quinton. 2021. Coupled hydrological and geochemical impacts of wildfire in peatland-dominated regions of discontinuous permafrost. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146841.   

57. Bröder, L., K. Keskitalo, S. Zolkos, S. Shakil, S.E. Tank, S.V. Kokelj, T. Tesi, B.E. van Dongen, N. Haghipour, T.I. Eglinton and J.E. Vonk. 2021. Preferential export of permafrost-derived organic matter as retrogressive thaw slumping intensifies. Environmental Research Letters.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abee4b.
                          
56. Bidlack, A.L., S.M. Bisbing, B.J. Buma, H.L. Diefenderfer, J.B. Fellman, W.C. Floyd, I. Giesbrecht, A. Lally, K.P. Lertzman, S.S. Perakis, D.E. Butman, D.V. D'Amore, S.W. Fleming, E.W. Hood, B.P.V. Hunt, P.M. Kiffney, G. McNicol, B. Menounos and S.E. Tank 2021. Climate-Mediated Changes to Linked Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Margin. BioScience. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa171.       
                          
55. Hernes, P.J., S.E. Tank, M.K. Sejr and R.N. Glud. 2021. Element cycling and aquatic function in a changing Arctic. Limnology and Oceanography. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11717.
                          
54. Keskitalo, K., L. Bröder, S. Shakil, S. Zolkos, S.E. Tank, B. van Dongen, T. Tesi, N. Haghipour, T. Eglinton, S. Kokelj and J. Vonk. 2021. Downstream evolution of particulate organic matter composition from permafrost thaw slumps. Frontiers in Earth Science. doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.642675            
                           
53. Behnke, M.I., J.W. McClelland, S.E. Tank, A.M. Kellerman, R.M. Holmes, N. Haghipour, T.I. Eglinton, P.A. Raymond, A. Suslova, A.V. Zhulidov, T. Gurtovaya, N. Zimov, S. Zimov, E.A. Mutter, E. Amos and R.G.M. Spencer. 2021. Pan‐Arctic riverine dissolved organic matter: Synchronous molecular stability, shifting sources and subsidies. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006871

52. Brothers, S., D. Bowes, W.D. Pearse, S.E. Tank, R. Vanengen, and P. Sibley. 2021. Declining Summertime pCO2 in tundra lakes in a granitic landscape. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006850.


51. MacDonald, E.N., S.E. Tank, S.V. Kokelj, D. Froese, and R.H. Hutchins. 2021. Permafrost-derived dissolved organic matter composition varies across permafrost end-membersin the western Canadian Arctic. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd971.

2020
50. Wologo, E., S. Shakil, S. Zolkos, S. Textor, S. Ewing, J. Klassen and 22 others including S.E. Tank. 2020. Stream dissolved organic matter in permafrost regions shows surprising compositional similarities but negative priming and nutrient effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006719.

49. Schwab, M.S., R.G. Hilton, P.A. Raymond, N. Haghipour, E. Amos, S.E. Tank, R.M. Holmes, E.T. Tipper, and T.I. Eglington. 2020. An abrupt aging of dissolved organic carbon in large Arctic rivers. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088823.


48. Zolkos, S., S.E. Tank, R.G. Striegl, S.V. Kokelj, J. Kokoszka, C. Estop-Aragonés, and D. Olefeldt. 2020. Thermokarst amplifies fluvial inorganic carbon cycling and export across watershed scales on the Peel Plateau, Canada, Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5163-2020.

47. Spence, C., N. Hedstrom, S.E. Tank, W.L. Quinton, D. Olefeldt, S. Goodman, and N. Dion. 2020. Hydrological resilience to forest fire in the subarctic Canadian Shield. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13915.

46. Estop‐Aragonés, C., D. Olefeldt, B.W. Abbott, J.P. Chanton, C.I. Czimczik, J.F. Dean and 14 others, including S.E. Tank. 2020. Assessing the potential for mobilization of old soil carbon after permafrost thaw: A synthesis of 14C measurements from the northern permafrost region. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006672.

45. Shakil, S., S.E. Tank, S.V. Kokelj, J.E. Vonk, and S. Zolkos. 2020. Particulate dominance of organic carbon mobilization from thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, NT: Quantification and implications for stream systems and permafrost carbon release. Environmental Research Letters.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abac36.

44. Scott, R.W., S.E. Tank, X. Wang, and R. Quinlan. 2020. Are different benthic communities in Arctic delta lakes distinguishable along a hydrological connectivity gradient using a rapid bioassessment approach? Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0024.

43. *St. Pierre, K.A., *A.A. Oliver, S.E. Tank, B.P.V. Hunt, I. Giesbrecht, C.T.E. Kellogg, J.M. Jackson, K.P. Lertzman, W.C. Floyd, and M.C. Korver. 2020. Terrestrial exports of dissolved and particulate organic carbon affect nearshore ecosystems of the Pacific coastal temperate rainforest. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11538. (*shared first authorship)

42. Tank, S.E., J.E. Vonk, M.A. Walvoord, J.W. McClelland, I. Laurion, and B.W. Abbott. 2020. Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2057.


41. Zolkos, S., and S.E. Tank. 2020. Experimental evidence that permafrost thaw history and mineral composition shape abiotic carbon cycling in thermokarst-affected stream networks. Frontiers in Earth Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00152.

40. Zolkos, S., D.P. Krabbenhoft, A. Suslova, S.E. Tank, J.W. McClelland, R.G.M Spencer, A. Shiklomanov, A.V. Zhulidov, T.Y. Gurtovaya, N. Zimov, S. Zimov, E.A. Mutter, L. Kutny, E. Amos, and R.M. Holmes. 2020. Mercury Export from Arctic Great Rivers. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07145.

39. Burd, K., C. Estop-Aragonés, S.E. Tank and D. Olefeldt. 2020. Lability of dissolved organic carbon from boreal peatlands: Interactions between permafrost thaw, wildfire, and season. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2019-0154.

2019
38. Hutchins, R.H., S.E. Tank, D. Olefledt, W.L. Quinton, C. Spence, N. Dion, C. Estop-Aragonés, and S.G. Mengistu. 2019. Fluvial CO2 and CH4 patterns across wildfire-disturbed ecozones of subarctic Canada: Current status and implications for future change. Global Change Biology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14960.

37. Vonk, J.E., S.E. Tank, and M.A. Walvoord. 2019. Integrating hydrology and biogeochemistry across frozen landscapes. Nature Communications. 10:5377.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13361-5.


36. Zolkos, S., S.E. Tank, R.G.Striegl, and S.V. Kokelj.  2019. Thermokarst effects on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in streams on the Peel Plateau (NWT, Canada). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005038.

2018
35. *St. Pierre, K., *S. Zolkos, *S. Shakil, S.E. Tank, V.L St. Louis, and S.V. Kokelj. 2018. Unprecedented increases in total and methyl mercury concentrations downstream of permafrost thaw slumps in the western Canadian Arctic. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05348. (*shared first authorship)

34. Li Yung Lung, J.Y.S., S.E. Tank, C. Spence, D. Yang, B. Bonsal, J.W. McClelland, and R.M Holmes. 2018. Seasonal and geographic variation in dissolved carbon biogeochemistry of rivers draining to the Canadian Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 123: 3371–3386. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004659.

33. Littlefair, C.A., and S.E. Tank. 2018. Biodegradability of thermokarst carbon in a till-associated, glacial margin landscape: the case of the Peel Plateau, NWT, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 123: 3293–3307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004461.

32. Zolkos, S., S.E. Tank and S.V. Kokelj. 2018. Mineral weathering and the permafrost carbon-climate feedback. Geophysical Research Letters. 45: 9623–9632. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078748.

31. Connolly, C., M. Khosh, G. Burkart, T. Douglas, R.M. Holmes, A. Jacobson, S.E. Tank, and J.W. McClelland. 2018. Watershed slope as a predictor of fluvial dissolved organic matter and nitrate concentrations across geographical space and catchment size in the Arctic. Environmental Research Letters. 13: 104015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae35d.


30. Burd, K., S.E. Tank, N. Dion, W.L. Quinton, C. Spence, A.J. Tanentzap, and D. Olefeldt. 2018. Seasonal shifts in export of DOC and nutrients from burned and unburned peatlands-rich catchments, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 22: 4455-4472. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4455-2018.

29. Drake, T.W., S.E. Tank, A.V. Zhulidov, R.M. Holmes, T. Gurtovaya, and R.G. Spencer. 2018. Increasing alkalinity export from large Russian Arctic rivers. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01051.

28. Tank, S.E., J.B. Fellman, E. Hood, and E.S. Kritzberg. 2018. Beyond respiration: Controls on lateral carbon fluxes across the terrestrial-aquatic interface. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 3: 76-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10065.

27. Cunada, C.L., L.F.W. Lesack, and S.E. Tank. 2018. Seasonal dynamics of dissolved methane in lakes of the Mackenzie Delta and the role of carbon substrate quality. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 123: 591-609.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004047.

26. Galeron, M.-A., O. Radakovitch, B. Charrière, F. Vaultier, J.K. Volkman, T.S. Bianchi, N.D. Ward, P. M. Medeiros, H.O. Sawakuchi, S. Tank, P. Kerhervé, and J.-F. Rontani. 2018. Lipoxygenase-induced autoxidative degradation of terrestrial particulate organic matter in estuaries: A widespread process enhanced at high and low latitude. Organic Geochemistry. 115:78-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.10.013.


2017
25. Littlefair, C.A., S.E. Tank, and S.V. Kokelj. 2017. Retrogressive thaw slumps temper dissolved organic carbon delivery to streams of the Peel Plateau, NWT, Canada. Biogeosciences. 14: 5487–5505. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5487-2017.

24. Oliver, A.A., S.E. Tank, I. Giesbrecht, M.C. Korver, W.C. Floyd, P. Sanborn, C. Bulmer and K.P. Lertzman. 2017. A global hotspot for dissolved organic carbon in hypermaritime watersheds of coastal British Columbia. Biogeosciences. 14: 3743-3762. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3743-2017 <link>

2016
23. Holmes, R.M., A.I. Shiklomanov, S.E. Tank, J.W. McClelland and M. Tretiakov. 2016. River Discharge. In State of the Climate in 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 97:  S147–S149. <link>

22. McClelland, J.W., R.M. Holmes, B.J. Peterson, P.A. Raymond, R.G. Striegl, A.V. Zhulidov, S.A. Zimov, N. Zimov, S.E. Tank, R.G.M. Spencer, R. Staples, T.Y. Gurtovaya, and C.G. Griffin. 2016. Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen export from major Arctic rivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi: 10.1002/2015GB005351. <link>


21. Tank, S.E., R.G. Striegl, J.W. McClelland, and S.V. Kokelj. 2016. Multi-decadal increases in dissolved organic carbon and alkalinity flux from the Mackenzie drainage basin to the Arctic Ocean. Environmental Research Letters.
11: 054015. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054015. <link>

20. Mann, P.J., R.G.M. Spencer, P.J. Hernes, J. Six, G.R. Aiken, S.E. Tank, J.W. McClelland, K.D. Butler, R.Y. Dyda, and R.M Holmes. 2016. Pan-Arctic trends in terrestrial dissolved organic matter from optical measurements. Frontiers in Earth Science. 4: 25. doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00025. <link>

19. Abbott, B.W., J.B. Jones, E.A.G. Schuur, F.S. Chapin III, W.B. Bowden, M.S. Bret-Harte, H.E. Epstein, M.D. Flannigan, T.K. Harms, T.N. Hollingsworth, M.C. Mack, A.D. McGuire, S.M. Natali, A.V. Rocha, S.E. Tank, M.R. Turetsky, J.E. Vonk, K.P. Wickland, and the Permafrost Carbon Network. 2016. Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: An expert assessment. Environmental Research Letters. 11: 034014. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034014.
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2015
18. Holmes, R.M., A.I. Shiklomanov, S.E. Tank, J.W. McClelland and M. Tretiakov. 2015. River Discharge. In Arctic Report Card: Update for 2015.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. <link>

17. Vonk, J.E., S.E. Tank, W.B. Bowden, I. Laurion, W.F. Vincent, P. Alekseychik, M. Amyot, M.F. Billet, J. Canário, R.M. Cory, B.N. Deshpande, M. Helbig, M. Jammet, J. Karlsson, J. Larouche, G.  MacMillan, M. Rautio, K.M. Walter Anthony, and K.P. Wickland. 2015. Reviews and Syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems. Biogeosciences. 12: 7129-7167
. doi:10.5194/bg-12-7129-2015. <link>

16. Vonk, J.E., S.E. Tank, P.J. Mann, R.G.M. Spencer, C.C. Treat, R.G. Striegl, B.W. Abbott, and K.P. Wickland. 2015. Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and waterways: a meta-analysis. Biogeosciences.
12: 6915-6930. doi:10.5194/bg-12-6915-2015. <link>

15. McClelland, J.W., S.E. Tank, R.G.M. Spencer, and A.I. Shiklomanov. 2015. Coordination and sustainability of river observing activities in the Arctic. Arctic. 68: 59-68. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4448. <link>


2014
14. Hernes, P.J., R.M. Holmes, P.A. Raymond, R.G.M. Spencer, and S.E. Tank. 2014. Fluxes, processing and fate of riverine organic and inorganic carbon in the Arctic Ocean. In T. S. Bianchi, M.A. Allison, and W. Cai (eds.), Biogeochemical Dynamics at Large River-Coastal Interfaces: Linkages with Global Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. <link>

2013
13. Holmes, R.M., M.T. Coe, G.J. Fiske, T. Gurtovaya, J.W. McClelland, A.I. Shiklomanov, R.G.M. Spencer, S.E. Tank, and A.V. Zhulidov. 2013. Climate change impacts on the hydrology and biogeochemistry of Arctic rivers. In C.R. Goldman, M. Kumagai, and R.D. Robarts  (eds.), Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters: Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies. Wiley. <link>

2012
12. Tank, S.E., P.A. Raymond, R.G. Striegl, J.W. McClelland, R.M. Holmes, G. Fiske, and B.J. Peterson. 2012. A land-to-ocean perspective on the magnitude, source and implication of DIC flux from major Arctic rivers to the Arctic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26: GB4018. doi:10.1029/2011GB004192. <link>


11. Tank, S.E., K.E. Frey, R.G. Striegl, P.A. Raymond, R.M. Holmes, J.W. McClelland, and B.J. Peterson. 2012. Landscape-level controls on dissolved carbon flux from diverse catchments of the circumboreal. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26: GB0E02. doi:10.1029/2012GB004299. Contribution to the special section on Carbon Biogeochemistry in Boreal Aquatic Systems <link>

10. Tank, S.E., M. Manizza, R.M. Holmes, J.W. McClelland, and B.J. Peterson. 2012. The processing and impact of dissolved riverine nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 401-415. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9417-3.  Contribution to the Arctic Ocean Estuary special feature. <link>

9. Holmes, R.M, J.W. McClelland, B.J. Peterson, S.E. Tank, E. Bulygina, T.I. Eglington, V.V. Gordeev, T.Y. Gurtovaya, P.A. Raymond, D.J. Repeta, R. Staples, R.G. Striegl, A.A. Zhulidov and S.A. Zimov. 2012. Seasonal and annual fluxes of nutrients and organic matter from large rivers to the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 369-382. doi:10.1007/s12237-011-9386-6. Contribution the Arctic Ocean Estuary special feature. <link>


2011
8. Holmes, R.M., J.W. McClelland, P.A. Raymond, B.J. Peterson, S.E. Tank and A.V. Zhulidov. 2011. River biogeochemistry.  In Arctic Report Card: Update for 2011. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. <link>

7. Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack, J.A.L. Gareis, C.L. Osburn and R.H. Hesslein. 2011. Multiple tracers demonstrate distinct sources of dissolved organic matter to lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, western Canadian Arctic. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1297-1309. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1297.  <link>


2009
6. Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack and D.J. McQueen. 2009. Elevated pH regulates bacterial carbon cycling in lakes with high photosynthetic activity. Ecology 90: 1910-1922. <link>

5. Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack and R.H. Hesslein. 2009. Northern delta lakes as summertime CO2 absorbers within the Arctic landscape. Ecosystems 12: 144-157. <link>


Earlier
4. Tank, S.E., M.A. Xenopoulos, and L.L. Hendzel. 2005.  Effect of ultraviolet radiation on alkaline phosphatase activity and planktonic phosphorus acquisition in Canadian Boreal Shield lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 1345-1351. <link>

3. Tank, S.E., and D.W. Schindler. 2004. The role of ultraviolet radiation in structuring epilithic algal communities in montane lakes of the Rocky Mountains: Evidence from pigments and taxonomy. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1461-1474. <link>

2. Tank, S.E., D.W. Schindler and M.T. Arts. 2003. Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on benthic communities: Epilithic food quality and invertebrate growth in four montane lakes. Oikos 103: 651-667. <link>

1. Frost, P.C., S.E. Tank, M.A. Turner, and J.J. Elser. 2003. Elemental composition of littoral invertebrates from oligotrophic and eutrophic Canadian lakes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22: 51-62. <link>

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