Dr. Jane L. Kirk, Ph.D

J. Kurek, J. L. Kirk, D. C. G. Muir, X. Wang, M. S. Evans, J. P. Smol. The legacy of a half century of Athabasca oil sands development recorded by lake ecosystems. (In press; Accepted to PNAS, November 2012) (journal impact factor = 10.5)

J. L. Kirk, I. Lehnherr, M. Andersson, B. Braune, L. Chan, A. Dastoor, D. Durnford, A. Gleason, L. Loseto, A. Steffen, V. St. Louis. Mercury in Arctic marine ecosystems: Sources, pathyways and exposure. 2012. Environmental Research 119: 64-87) (journal impact factor = 3.7)

J. Ma, H. Hintelmann, J. L. Kirk, D. Muir. 2011. Mercury concentrations and mercury stable isotope composition in lake sediment cores from the vicinity of a metal smelting facility in Flin Flon Manitoba. (In press; Accepted to Chemical Geology, October 2012) (journal impact factor = 4.0)

I. Lehnherr, J. L. Kirk, V. L. St. Louis. Methylmercury cycling in high Arctic wetlands: controls on sedimentary production. 2012. Environmental Science and Technology 46: 10523-10531. (Featured on the cover) (journal impact factor = 5.2)

Lehnherr, V. L. St. Louis, C. A. Emmerton, J. D. Barker, J. L. Kirk. Methylmercury cycling in high Arctic wetlands: sources and sink. 2012. Environmental Science and  Technology 46: 10514-10522.(Featured on the cover)

 Lehnherr, V. L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann, J. L. Kirk. Production of methyl mercury in polar marine waters. 2011. Nature Geoscience 4: 498-302. (journal impact factor = 10.4) (citations = 7)

J. L. Kirk, D. Muir, D. Antoniades, M. Douglas, M. Evans, T. Jackson, H. Kling, S. Lamoureux, S. Stewart, D. Lim, R. Pienitz, J. Smol, X. Wang, F. Yang. 2011. Climate change and mercury accumulation in Canadian high and subarctic lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 964-970. (citations = 8)

J. L. Kirk, D. Muir, D. Antoniades, M. Douglas, M. Evans, T. Jackson, H. Kling, S. Lamoureux, S. Stewart, D. Lim, R. Pienitz, J. Smol, X. Wang, F. Yang. 2011. Response to comment on climate change and mercury accumulation in Canadian high and subarctic lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 6705-6706.

V. L. St. Louis, A. Derocher, I. Stirling, J. A. Graydon, C. Lee, E. Jocksch, E. Richardson, S. Ghorpade, A. K. Kwan, J. L. Kirk, I. Lehnherr, H. K. Swanson. Differences in mercury bioaccumulation in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the high and sub Canadian Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 5922-5928.

T. Douglas, L. Loseto, R. Macdonald, P. Outridge, A. Dommergue, A. Poulain, M. Amyot, T.     Barkay, T. Berg, J. Chetelat, P. Constant, M. Evans, C. Ferrari, N. Gantner, M. Johnson, J. L. Kirk, et al. The ultimate fate of mercury deposited to Arctic marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Environmental Chemistry 9: 321-355. (journal impact factor = 1.8)

J. L. Kirk, V. St. Louis. 2009. Mulityear total and methyl mercury exports from two major sub-Arctic rivers draining into Hudson Bay, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 43: 2254-2261. (citations = 9)

J. L. Kirk, V. L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann, I. Lehnherr, B. Else, and L. Poissant. 2008. Methylated mercury species in Canadian high and sub Arctic seawater. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 8367-8373 (citations = 20)

V. L. St. Louis, H. Hintelmann, J. A. Graydon, J. L.  Kirk, J. Barker, B. Dimock, A. Steffen, M. J. Sharp, and I. Lehnherr. 2007. Methylated mercury species in polar marine surface water and snowpacks. Environmental Science and Technology 41: 6433-6441. (citations = 26)

J. L. Kirk, V. L. St. Louis, and M. J. Sharp. 2006. Rapid reduction and reemission of mercury deposited into snowpacks during atmospheric mercury depletion events at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 40: 7590-7596. (citations = 42)

J. L. Kirk. 2006. Potential sources of monomethyl mercury in Arctic and subarctic seawater. Arctic 59 (1): 108-111.  (citations = 3)

V. L. St. Louis, M. J. Sharp, A. Steffen, A. May, J. Barker, J. L. Kirk, D. J. Kelly, S. E.  Arnott, B. Keatley, and J. P. Smol. 2005. Some sources and sinks of monomethyl and inorganic mercury on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 2686-2701. (citations = 39)