Fen peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland
Publications
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2022
Watmough S, Gilbert-Parkes S, Basiliko N, Lamit LJ, Lilleskov EA, Andersen R, Aguila-Pasquel J, Artz RE, Benscoter BW, Borken W, Bragazza L, Brandt SM, Brauer 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, ... et al. (2022). Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0275149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275149
Verbeke, B. A., Lamit, L. J., Lilleskov, E. A., Hodgkins, S. B., Basiliko, N., Kane, E. S., Andersen, R., Artz, R.R.E., Benavides, J.C., Benscoter, B.W., Borken, W., Bragazza, L., Brandt, S.M., Bräuer, S.L., Carson, M.A., Charman, D., Chen, X., Clarkson, B.R., Cobb, A.R., Convey, P., del Águila Pasquel, J., Enriquez, A.S., Griffiths, H., Grover, S.P., Harvey, C.F., Harris, L.I., Hazard, C., Hodgson, D., Hoyt, A.M., Hribljan, J., Jauhiainen, J., Juutinen, S., Knorr, K-H., Kolka, R.K., Könönen, M., Larmola, T., McCalley, C.K., McLaughlin, J., Moore, T.R., Mykytczuk, N., Normand, A.E., Rich, V., Roulet, N., Royles, J., Rutherford, J., Smith, D.S., Svenning, M.M., Tedersoo, L., Thu, P.Q., Trettin, C.C., Tuittila, E-S., Urbanová, S., Varner, R.K., Wang, M., Wang, Z., Warren, M., Wiedermann, M.M., Williams, S., Yavitt, J.B., Yu, Z.G., Yu, Z., and Chanton, J.P. (2022). Latitude, elevation, and mean annual temperature predict peat organic matter chemistry at a global scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, e2021GB007057. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007057
2021
Harris, L.I., Richardson, K., Bona, K.A., Davidson, S.J., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., McLaughlin, J., Nwaishi, F., Olefeldt, D., Packalen, M., Roulet, N.T., Southee, F.M., Strack, M., Webster, K., Wilkinson, S.L., and Ray, J. (2021). The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2437
Olefeldt, D., Hovemyr, M., Kuhn, M. A., Bastviken, D., Bohn, T. J., Connolly, J., Crill, P., Euskirchen, E. S., Finkelstein, S. A., Genet, H., Grosse, G., Harris, L. I., Heffernan, L., Helbig, M., Hugelius, G., Hutchins, R., Juutinen, S., Lara, M. J., Malhotra, A., Manies, K., McGuire, A. D., Natali, S. M., O'Donnell, J. A., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Räsänen, A., Schädel, C., Sonnentag, O., Strack, M., Tank, S., Treat, C., Varner, R. K., Virtanen, T., Warren, R. K., and Watts, J. D (2021). The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD). Earth System Science Data Discussions - in press. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021
Bear, S.E., Seward, J.D., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Moore, T., Lilleskov, E., Yavitt, J.B., Schadt, C.W., Smith, D.S., McLaughlin, J., Siljanen, H., Mykytczuk, N., Williams, S., Roulet, N., Harris, L., Carson, M.A., Watmough, S., and Brauer, S.L. (2021). Beyond the usual suspects: methanogenic communities in eastern North American peatlands are also influenced by nickel and copper concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 368, 21-24. doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnab151
Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Amesbury, M.J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D., Benavides, J.C., Blewett, J., Camill, P., Charman, D.J., Chawchi, S., Hedgpeth, A., Kleinen, T., Korhola, A., Large, D., Mansilla, C.A., Müller, J., van Bellen, S., West, J.B., Yu, Z., Bubier, J., Garneau, M., Moore, T., Sannel, A.B.K., Page, S., Väliranta, M., Bechtold, M., Brovkin, V., Cole, L.E.S., Chanton, J.P., Christensen, T.R., Davies, M.A., De Vleeschouwer, F., Finkelstein, S.A., Frolking, S., Gałka, M., Gandois, L., Girkin, N., Harris, L.I, Heinemeyer, A., Hoyt, A.M., Jones, M.C., Joos, F., Juutinen, S., Kaiser, K., Lacourse, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larmola, T., Leifeld, J., Lohila, A., Milner, A., Minkkinen, K., Moss, P., Naafs, B.D.A., Nichols, J., O’Donnell, J., Payne, R.†, Philben, M., Quillet, A., Ratnayake, A.S., Roland, T., Sjogersten, S., Sonnentag, O., Swindles, G.T., Swinnen, W., Talbot, J., Treat, C., Valach, A.C., Wu, J., Piilo S. (2021). Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change, 11, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0
2020
Harris, L.I., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., and Pinsonneault, A.J. (2020). Limited effect of drainage on peat properties, porewater chemistry, and peat decomposition proxies in a boreal peatland. Biogeochemistry, 151(1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00707-1
Hudson, D.T., Markle, C.E., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Ecohydrological controls on lichen and moss CO2 exchange in rock barrens turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology, 14,1. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2255
Harris, L.I., Roulet, N.T., and Moore, T.R. (2020). Drainage reduces the resilience of a boreal peatland. Environmental Research Communications, 2(6).
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9895
Markle, C.E., North, T.D., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Spatial heterogeneity of surface topography in peatlands: assessing overwintering habitat availability for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Wetlands, 40, 2337-2349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01378-2
Bengtsson, F., Rydin, H., Baltzer, J. L., Bragazza, L., Bu, Z., Caporn, S. J. M., Dorrepaal, E., Flatberg, K.I., Galanina, O., Galka, M., Ganeva, A., Goia, I., Goncharova, N., Hajek, M., Haraguchi, A., Harris, L.I., Humphreys, E., Jirousek, M., Kajukato, K., Karofeld, E., Koronatova, N.G., Kosykh, N.P., Laine, A.M., Lamentowicz, M., Lapshina, E., Limpens, J., Linkosalmi, M., Ma, J-Z., Mauritz, M., Mitchell, E.A.D., Munir, T.M., Natali, S.M., Natcheva, R., Payne, R.J., Philippov, D.A., Rice, S.K., Robinson, S., Robroek, B.J.M., Rochefort, L., Singer, D., Stenoien, H.K., Tuittila, E-S., Vellak, K., Waddington, J.M., and Granath, G. (2020). Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region . Journal of Ecology, 109, 1, 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13499
Seward, J., Carson, M.A., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Yavitt, J.B., Lilleskov, E., Schadt, C.W., Solance Smith, D., McLaughlin, J., Mykytczuk., N., Willims-Johnson, S., Roulet, N.T., Moore, T.R., Harris, L.I., and Bräuer, S. (2020). Peatland microbial community composition is driven by a natural climate gradient. Microbial Ecology, 80, 593-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01510-z
Please email me if you cannot access the papers listed - I can send you a PDF
lorna.harris@mail.mcgill.ca
Also see Google Scholar and ResearchGate
2022
Watmough S, Gilbert-Parkes S, Basiliko N, Lamit LJ, Lilleskov EA, Andersen R, Aguila-Pasquel J, Artz RE, Benscoter BW, Borken W, Bragazza L, Brandt SM, Brauer 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, ... et al. (2022). Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0275149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275149
Verbeke, B. A., Lamit, L. J., Lilleskov, E. A., Hodgkins, S. B., Basiliko, N., Kane, E. S., Andersen, R., Artz, R.R.E., Benavides, J.C., Benscoter, B.W., Borken, W., Bragazza, L., Brandt, S.M., Bräuer, S.L., Carson, M.A., Charman, D., Chen, X., Clarkson, B.R., Cobb, A.R., Convey, P., del Águila Pasquel, J., Enriquez, A.S., Griffiths, H., Grover, S.P., Harvey, C.F., Harris, L.I., Hazard, C., Hodgson, D., Hoyt, A.M., Hribljan, J., Jauhiainen, J., Juutinen, S., Knorr, K-H., Kolka, R.K., Könönen, M., Larmola, T., McCalley, C.K., McLaughlin, J., Moore, T.R., Mykytczuk, N., Normand, A.E., Rich, V., Roulet, N., Royles, J., Rutherford, J., Smith, D.S., Svenning, M.M., Tedersoo, L., Thu, P.Q., Trettin, C.C., Tuittila, E-S., Urbanová, S., Varner, R.K., Wang, M., Wang, Z., Warren, M., Wiedermann, M.M., Williams, S., Yavitt, J.B., Yu, Z.G., Yu, Z., and Chanton, J.P. (2022). Latitude, elevation, and mean annual temperature predict peat organic matter chemistry at a global scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, e2021GB007057. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007057
2021
Harris, L.I., Richardson, K., Bona, K.A., Davidson, S.J., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., McLaughlin, J., Nwaishi, F., Olefeldt, D., Packalen, M., Roulet, N.T., Southee, F.M., Strack, M., Webster, K., Wilkinson, S.L., and Ray, J. (2021). The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2437
Olefeldt, D., Hovemyr, M., Kuhn, M. A., Bastviken, D., Bohn, T. J., Connolly, J., Crill, P., Euskirchen, E. S., Finkelstein, S. A., Genet, H., Grosse, G., Harris, L. I., Heffernan, L., Helbig, M., Hugelius, G., Hutchins, R., Juutinen, S., Lara, M. J., Malhotra, A., Manies, K., McGuire, A. D., Natali, S. M., O'Donnell, J. A., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Räsänen, A., Schädel, C., Sonnentag, O., Strack, M., Tank, S., Treat, C., Varner, R. K., Virtanen, T., Warren, R. K., and Watts, J. D (2021). The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD). Earth System Science Data Discussions - in press. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021
Bear, S.E., Seward, J.D., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Moore, T., Lilleskov, E., Yavitt, J.B., Schadt, C.W., Smith, D.S., McLaughlin, J., Siljanen, H., Mykytczuk, N., Williams, S., Roulet, N., Harris, L., Carson, M.A., Watmough, S., and Brauer, S.L. (2021). Beyond the usual suspects: methanogenic communities in eastern North American peatlands are also influenced by nickel and copper concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 368, 21-24. doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnab151
Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Amesbury, M.J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D., Benavides, J.C., Blewett, J., Camill, P., Charman, D.J., Chawchi, S., Hedgpeth, A., Kleinen, T., Korhola, A., Large, D., Mansilla, C.A., Müller, J., van Bellen, S., West, J.B., Yu, Z., Bubier, J., Garneau, M., Moore, T., Sannel, A.B.K., Page, S., Väliranta, M., Bechtold, M., Brovkin, V., Cole, L.E.S., Chanton, J.P., Christensen, T.R., Davies, M.A., De Vleeschouwer, F., Finkelstein, S.A., Frolking, S., Gałka, M., Gandois, L., Girkin, N., Harris, L.I, Heinemeyer, A., Hoyt, A.M., Jones, M.C., Joos, F., Juutinen, S., Kaiser, K., Lacourse, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larmola, T., Leifeld, J., Lohila, A., Milner, A., Minkkinen, K., Moss, P., Naafs, B.D.A., Nichols, J., O’Donnell, J., Payne, R.†, Philben, M., Quillet, A., Ratnayake, A.S., Roland, T., Sjogersten, S., Sonnentag, O., Swindles, G.T., Swinnen, W., Talbot, J., Treat, C., Valach, A.C., Wu, J., Piilo S. (2021). Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change, 11, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0
2020
Harris, L.I., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., and Pinsonneault, A.J. (2020). Limited effect of drainage on peat properties, porewater chemistry, and peat decomposition proxies in a boreal peatland. Biogeochemistry, 151(1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00707-1
Hudson, D.T., Markle, C.E., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Ecohydrological controls on lichen and moss CO2 exchange in rock barrens turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology, 14,1. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2255
Harris, L.I., Roulet, N.T., and Moore, T.R. (2020). Drainage reduces the resilience of a boreal peatland. Environmental Research Communications, 2(6).
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9895
Markle, C.E., North, T.D., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Spatial heterogeneity of surface topography in peatlands: assessing overwintering habitat availability for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Wetlands, 40, 2337-2349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01378-2
Bengtsson, F., Rydin, H., Baltzer, J. L., Bragazza, L., Bu, Z., Caporn, S. J. M., Dorrepaal, E., Flatberg, K.I., Galanina, O., Galka, M., Ganeva, A., Goia, I., Goncharova, N., Hajek, M., Haraguchi, A., Harris, L.I., Humphreys, E., Jirousek, M., Kajukato, K., Karofeld, E., Koronatova, N.G., Kosykh, N.P., Laine, A.M., Lamentowicz, M., Lapshina, E., Limpens, J., Linkosalmi, M., Ma, J-Z., Mauritz, M., Mitchell, E.A.D., Munir, T.M., Natali, S.M., Natcheva, R., Payne, R.J., Philippov, D.A., Rice, S.K., Robinson, S., Robroek, B.J.M., Rochefort, L., Singer, D., Stenoien, H.K., Tuittila, E-S., Vellak, K., Waddington, J.M., and Granath, G. (2020). Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region . Journal of Ecology, 109, 1, 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13499
Seward, J., Carson, M.A., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Yavitt, J.B., Lilleskov, E., Schadt, C.W., Solance Smith, D., McLaughlin, J., Mykytczuk., N., Willims-Johnson, S., Roulet, N.T., Moore, T.R., Harris, L.I., and Bräuer, S. (2020). Peatland microbial community composition is driven by a natural climate gradient. Microbial Ecology, 80, 593-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01510-z
2019
Harris, L.I., Roulet, N.T., and Moore, T. R. (2020). Mechanisms for the development of microform patterns in peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland. Ecosystems, 23(4), 741-767. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00436-z
Singer, D. , Mitchell, E. A., Payne, R. J., Blandenier, Q. , Duckert, C. , Fernández, L. D., Fournier, B. , Hernández, C. E., Granath, G. , Rydin, H. , Bragazza, L. , Koronatova, N. G., Goia, I. , Harris, L. I., Kajukało, K. , Kosakyan, A. , Lamentowicz, M. , Kosykh, N. P., Vellak, K. and Lara, E. (2019). Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Molecular Ecology, 28, 3089-3100. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15117
2018
Harris, L.I., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., and Pinsonneault, A.J. (2018). Lichens: a limit to peat growth? Journal of Ecology, 106, 2301- 2319. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12975
Granath, G., Rydin, H., Baltzer, J. L., Bengtsson, F., Boncek, N., Bragazza, L., Bu, Z.-J., Caporn, S. J. M., Dorrepaal, E., Galanina, O., Gałka, M., Ganeva, A., Gillikin, D. P., Goia, I., Goncharova, N., Hájek, M., Haraguchi, A., Harris, L. I., Humphreys, E., Jiroušek, M., Kajukało, K., Karofeld, E., Koronatova, N. G., Kosykh, N. P., Lamentowicz, M., Lapshina, E., Limpens, J., Linkosalmi, M., Ma, J.-Z., Mauritz, M., Munir, T. M., Natali, S. M., Natcheva, R., Noskova, M., Payne, R. J., Pilkington, K., Robinson, S., Robroek, B. J. M., Rochefort, L., Singer, D., Stenøien, H. K., Tuittila, E.-S., Vellak, K., Verheyden, A., Waddington, J. M., and Rice, S. K.. (2018). Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges, Biogeosciences, 15, 5189-5202. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5189-2018
O.Dallaire, C., Trincsi, K., Ward, M., Harris, L.I., Jarvis, L., Dryden, R., and MacDonald, G. (2018). Creating spaces for sustainability literacy outside the classroom: The role of student-centered research symposia. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, 839-855.
2016
Malhotra, A., Roulet, N.T., Wilson, P., Giroux-Bougard, X., and Harris, L. I. (2016). Ecohydrological feedbacks in peatlands: an empirical test of the relationship among vegetation, microtopography and water table. Ecohydrology, vol. 9, 7, 1346-1357. doi: 10.1002/eco.1731.
2013
Drew, S., Waldron, S., Gilvear, D., Grieve, I., Armstrong, A., Bragg, O., Brewis, F., Cooper, M., Dargie, T., Duncan, C., Harris, L., Wilson, L., McIver, C., Padfield, R., Shah, N. (2013). The price of knowledge in the knowledge economy: Should development of peatland in the UK support a research levy? Land Use Policy, 32, 50-60.
Other Publications
Harris, L.I. (2022 December 14). Ignoring Canada’s peatlands is a catastrophe in the making. The Hill Times Op-Ed. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2022/12/14/ignoring-canadas-peatlands-is-acatastrophe-in-the-making/358817/
UNEP (2022). Global Peatlands Assessment – The State of the World’s Peatlands: Evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands. Main Report. Global Peatlands Initiative. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi. (Coordinating lead author –
Chapters 1 and 9, global policy - https://www.unep.org/resources/global-peatlands-assessment-2022)
Chetkiewicz, C., Farrell, C., O’Connor, C., Harris, L., and Southee, M. (2022). Fawn River Indigenous Protected Area Ecological Atlas. WCS Canada Conservation Report No. 15.
Harris, L.I. (2022). Peatlands at COP26. CMOS Bulletin (posted April 29). https://bulletin.cmos.ca/peatlands-at-cop26
Harris, L.I. (2021). Peatlands of the Fawn River Indigenous Protected Area. Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Toronto.
SNH, SEPA, FCS, and Scottish Renewables (2010). Good Practice during Wind Farm Construction. (Co-author and editor).
Harris, L.I & Simcox, H (2010). A Functional Wetland Typology for Scotland. In Practice, Number 68 (CIEEM quarterly publication).
SEPA (2008). Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems: Assessment of Significant Damage in Scotland. WFD Technical Report (lead author).
Harris, L.I (2007). Instant Biodiversity? Just Add Water! SepaView, Issue 35.
Environment Agency (2006). North East England Wetland Feasibility Study – technical project report (lead author).