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Research
Latest papers
Beavers (Castor canadensis) as biomonitors of trace elements in the environment: examples from industrial, urban, rural and remote areas in western and eastern Canada.
The Science of the total environment · 2026 · senior author
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 · 2025 · senior author
Contribution of dusts to trace element inventories in pioneering plants growing on a pilot-scale pit lake watershed.
Journal of environmental management · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $273,157
Metals vs Minerals:Understanding dust dissolution in the naturally acidic porewaters of peat bogs and the fluids of bog plants
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $453,513
Interactions and uptake of trace elements during the reclamation of tailings water and the surrounding landscape at Lake Miwasin
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $366,000
Peat Bogs: Environmental Archives of Atmospheric Trace Elements (PEAATE)
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
53 publications.
Beavers (Castor canadensis) as biomonitors of trace elements in the environment: examples from industrial, urban, rural and remote areas in western and eastern Canada.
Haas-Neill S, Dergousoff M, Grant-Weaver I, Hood G, Noernberg T, Pelletier R, Shotyk W
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.
Noernberg T, Bujaczek T, Shotyk W
Contribution of dusts to trace element inventories in pioneering plants growing on a pilot-scale pit lake watershed.
Barraza F, Cuss CW, Kandage DH, Luu A, Noernberg T, Shotyk W
Size-resolved analyses of trace elements in snow from an open-pit bitumen mining and upgrading region.
Barraza F, Luu A, Noernberg T, Schultz J, Shotyk W, Wang Y, Ybañez Q
Estimating the bioaccessibility of trace elements in sediment to fish: a review of in vitro experimental approaches.
Oursin M, Barraza F, Gascon P, Glover CN, Krebs M, Shotyk W
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.
Wang Y, Cuss CW, Barraza F, Luu A, Oleksandrenko A, Shotyk W
Addressing Challenges of Membrane Clogging in AF4-UV-ICPMS Analysis for Size Determination of Trace Elements in Acidic, Organic-Rich Peat Bog Waters.
Wang Y, Butt SA, Cuss CW, Pei L, Xue JP, Luu A, Barraza F, Shotyk W
Metal-free sampling methods for dust, rainwater, surface water, plants, and sediments: A selection of unique tools from the SWAMP laboratory.
Noernberg T, Bujaczek T, Cuss CW, Shotyk W
Size-resolved distribution of trace elements in lysimeter soil solutions under contrasting long-term agricultural management to assess their bioavailability.
Du L, Cuss CW, Dyck M, Noernberg T, Shotyk W
Resolving Uncertainties in the Quantification of Trace Elements within Organic-Rich Boreal Rivers for AF4-UV-ICP-MS Analysis.
Wang Y, Cuss CW, Pei L, Shotyk W
Metals vs Minerals:Understanding dust dissolution in the naturally acidic porewaters of peat bogs and the fluids of bog plants
Principal investigators: Shotyk, William W
Keywords: af4-icp-ms; alberta bituminous sands; bioavailality; chemical speciation; country foods; dusts; mineral dissolution; peat bogs; sphagnum moss; trace elements
Interactions and uptake of trace elements during the reclamation of tailings water and the surrounding landscape at Lake Miwasin
Principal investigators: Shotyk, William W
Keywords: analytical chemistry; engineered landscape; geochemistry/biogeochemistry; impacts on aquatic plants/organisms; impacts on soil chemistry; impacts on water chemistry; oil sands region of alberta; social license to operate; tailings pond remediation; trace elements
Peat Bogs: Environmental Archives of Atmospheric Trace Elements (PEAATE)
Principal investigators: Shotyk, William
Metals vs Minerals: Impacts of atmospheric dust deposition on the speciation of trace elements in snowmelt and peatland surface waters_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
Principal investigators: Shotyk, William
Management and ecological restoration of peatlands for a sustainable Canadian horticultural peat industry
Principal investigators: Rochefort, Line L
Water quality in the lower Athabasca River
Principal investigators: Shotyk, William
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- William Shotyk and Tariq Siddique: 3 shared papers
- Duane Froese and William Shotyk: 2 shared papers
- William Shotyk and Glynnis Hood: 2 shared papers
- William Shotyk and Miles Dyck: 2 shared papers
- Renewable Resources
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Augustana/Science
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