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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Geoscience, Harquail School of Earth ScienceLaurentian University

Graeme Spiers

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Geoscience, Harquail School of Earth Science

Laurentian University

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 NSERC, 1 CFI), most recently in 2005.

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Latest papers

Effects of aerial liming on soil chemical and biological properties in metal contaminated and inaccessible lands in Ontario (Canada).
Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2024
Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands.
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2024
Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale.
PloS one · 2022

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Comparison of particulate air pollution from industrial cities in Ontario: Chemical composition and biological effects
NSERC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$18,000
Rehabilitation of plant communities in the Hudson's Bay lowlands after mining
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$150,400
Fibre optic sensor arrays for on-site monitoring of heavy metal contaminants in ground water including mercury, copper and nickel
NSERC · 2006 · Co-investigator
$453,920

All 8 grants and awards

17 publications.

Effects of aerial liming on soil chemical and biological properties in metal contaminated and inaccessible lands in Ontario (Canada).

Klajman K, Beckett P, Spiers G, Nkongolo K

Ecotoxicology (London, England)2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02804-5 PMID: 39369175

Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands.

Osborne C, Gilbert-Parkes S, Spiers G, Lamit LJ, Lilleskov EA, Basiliko N, Watmough S, Global Peatland Microbiome Project

Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00244-024-01051-3 PMID: 38340164

Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale.

Watmough S, Gilbert-Parkes S, Basiliko N, Lamit LJ, Lilleskov EA, Andersen R, Del Aguila-Pasquel J, Artz RE, Benscoter BW, Borken W, Bragazza L, Brandt SM, Bräuer SL, Carson MA, Chen X, Chimner RA, Clarkson BR, Cobb AR, Enriquez AS, Farmer J, Grover SP, Harvey CF, Harris LI, Hazard C, Hoyt AM, Hribljan J, Jauhiainen J, Juutinen S, Kane ES, Knorr KH, Kolka R, Könönen M, Laine AM, Larmola T, Levasseur PA, McCalley CK, McLaughlin J, Moore TR, Mykytczuk N, Normand AE, Rich V, Robinson B, Rupp DL, Rutherford J, Schadt CW, Smith DS, Spiers G, Tedersoo L, Thu PQ, Trettin CC, Tuittila ES, Turetsky M, Urbanová Z, Varner RK, Waldrop MP, Wang M, Wang Z, Warren M, Wiedermann MM, Williams ST, Yavitt JB, Yu ZG, Zahn G

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275149 PMID: 36417456

Periostracum of bivalve mollusk shells for sampling engineered metal nanoparticles: A case study of silver-based nanoparticles in Canada's experimental lake.

Zuykov M, Hayhurst L, Murakami-Sugihara N, Shirai K, Spiers G, Schindler M

Chemosphere2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134912 PMID: 35569632

Pre-exposure to Cu2+ and CuO NPs leads to infection of caged blue mussels, Mytilus edulis L., by pathogenic microalga: Pilot study in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Québec, Canada).

Zuykov M, Kolyuchkina G, Spiers G, Gosselin M, Archambault P, Schindler M

Marine pollution bulletin2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112180 PMID: 33714038

Blended municipal compost and biosolids materials for mine reclamation: Long-term field studies to explore metal mobility, soil fertility and microbial communities.

Asemaninejad A, Langley S, Mackinnon T, Spiers G, Beckett P, Mykytczuk N, Basiliko N

The Science of the total environment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143393 PMID: 33213923

Organic amendments potentially stabilize metals in smelter contaminated Arctic soils: An incubation study.

Tregubova P, Koptsik G, Stepanov A, Koptsik S, Spiers G

Heliyon2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06022 PMID: 33537481

First report of signs of infection by Coccomyxa-like algae in wild blue mussels, Mytilus spp., in the Gulf of Maine (USA, Maine).

Zuykov M, Allam B, Gosselin M, Archambault P, Spiers G, Schindler M

Journal of fish diseases2020

DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13172 PMID: 32323326

Rhizobioaugmentation of Casuarina glauca with N-fixing actinobacteria Frankia decreases enzymatic activities in wastewater irrigated soil: effects of Frankia on C. glauca growth.

Ghazouani S, Béjaoui Z, Michael P, Spiers G, Beckett P, Gtari M, Nkongolo K

Ecotoxicology (London, England)2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02187-3 PMID: 32166695

Practical advice on monitoring of U and Pu with marine bivalve mollusks near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Zuykov M, Fowler SW, Archambault P, Spiers G, Schindler M

Marine pollution bulletin2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110860 PMID: 32056642

Comparison of particulate air pollution from industrial cities in Ontario: Chemical composition and biological effects

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Ritz, Stacey

$18,000

Rehabilitation of plant communities in the Hudson's Bay lowlands after mining

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Campbell, Daniel

$150,400

Fibre optic sensor arrays for on-site monitoring of heavy metal contaminants in ground water including mercury, copper and nickel

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Crudden, Catherine

$453,920

Underground photogrammetric data collection system

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Kaiser, Peter

$57,537

Controls on the bioaccessibility of metal (loid)s in environmental media

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Spiers, Graeme

$13,100

Analytical Facility for the Environmental Sciences

Principal investigatorCFI2001John R. Evans Leaders Fund: On-going New Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Spiers, Graeme

Keywords: Analytical spectroscopy, time of flight inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, atomic emission spectroscopy, sample preparation, aquatic chemistry, geoanalysis

$85,000

Pedological impacts of metals in the sudbury basin

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Spiers, Graeme

$73,120

Upgrade ofr vintage ICP-AES spectrometer for environmental analytical facility

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Spiers, Graeme

$34,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Graeme Spiers

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Effects of aerial liming on soil chemical and biological properties in metal contaminated and inaccessible lands in Ontario (Canada).

Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands.

Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale.

Periostracum of bivalve mollusk shells for sampling engineered metal nanoparticles: A case study of silver-based nanoparticles in Canada's experimental lake.

Pre-exposure to Cu2+ and CuO NPs leads to infection of caged blue mussels, Mytilus edulis L., by pathogenic microalga: Pilot study in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Québec, Canada).

Blended municipal compost and biosolids materials for mine reclamation: Long-term field studies to explore metal mobility, soil fertility and microbial communities.

Organic amendments potentially stabilize metals in smelter contaminated Arctic soils: An incubation study.

First report of signs of infection by Coccomyxa-like algae in wild blue mussels, Mytilus spp., in the Gulf of Maine (USA, Maine).

Rhizobioaugmentation of Casuarina glauca with N-fixing actinobacteria Frankia decreases enzymatic activities in wastewater irrigated soil: effects of Frankia on C. glauca growth.

Practical advice on monitoring of U and Pu with marine bivalve mollusks near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Comparison of particulate air pollution from industrial cities in Ontario: Chemical composition and biological effects

Rehabilitation of plant communities in the Hudson's Bay lowlands after mining

Fibre optic sensor arrays for on-site monitoring of heavy metal contaminants in ground water including mercury, copper and nickel

Underground photogrammetric data collection system

Controls on the bioaccessibility of metal (loid)s in environmental media

Analytical Facility for the Environmental Sciences

Pedological impacts of metals in the sudbury basin

Upgrade ofr vintage ICP-AES spectrometer for environmental analytical facility

Frequent collaborators

Michael Schindler

Peter Beckett

Philippe Archambault

Nadia Mykytczuk

Michel Gosselin

Nathan Basiliko

Nelson Belzile

Shaun Watmough

Kabwe Nkongolo

Graeme Spiers

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Effects of aerial liming on soil chemical and biological properties in metal contaminated and inaccessible lands in Ontario (Canada).

Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands.

Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale.

Periostracum of bivalve mollusk shells for sampling engineered metal nanoparticles: A case study of silver-based nanoparticles in Canada's experimental lake.

Pre-exposure to Cu2+ and CuO NPs leads to infection of caged blue mussels, Mytilus edulis L., by pathogenic microalga: Pilot study in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Qu&#xe9;bec, Canada).

Blended municipal compost and biosolids materials for mine reclamation: Long-term field studies to explore metal mobility, soil fertility and microbial communities.

Organic amendments potentially stabilize metals in smelter contaminated Arctic soils: An incubation study.

First report of signs of infection by Coccomyxa-like algae in wild blue mussels, Mytilus spp., in the Gulf of Maine (USA, Maine).

Rhizobioaugmentation of Casuarina glauca with N-fixing actinobacteria Frankia decreases enzymatic activities in wastewater irrigated soil: effects of Frankia on C. glauca growth.

Practical advice on monitoring of U and Pu with marine bivalve mollusks near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Comparison of particulate air pollution from industrial cities in Ontario: Chemical composition and biological effects

Rehabilitation of plant communities in the Hudson's Bay lowlands after mining

Fibre optic sensor arrays for on-site monitoring of heavy metal contaminants in ground water including mercury, copper and nickel

Underground photogrammetric data collection system

Controls on the bioaccessibility of metal (loid)s in environmental media

Analytical Facility for the Environmental Sciences

Pedological impacts of metals in the sudbury basin

Upgrade ofr vintage ICP-AES spectrometer for environmental analytical facility

Frequent collaborators

Michael Schindler

Peter Beckett

Philippe Archambault

Nadia Mykytczuk

Michel Gosselin

Nathan Basiliko

Nelson Belzile

Shaun Watmough

Kabwe Nkongolo

Pre-exposure to Cu2+ and CuO NPs leads to infection of caged blue mussels, Mytilus edulis L., by pathogenic microalga: Pilot study in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Québec, Canada).