For the most current record of peer-reviewed publications from the research group, see Professor Mitchell's Google Scholar, ORCID, or ResearchGate profiles.
We also make article post-prints of our papers freely available (after journal embargo periods) on the University of Toronto repository, TSpace.
Recent Publications from the WATER Group
Huang, H.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2024) Impacts of forest harvesting on mercury concentrations and methylmercury production in boreal forest soils and stream sediment. Environmental Pollution, 341, 122966.
Lam, W.Y.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2024) Landscape characteristics govern the impacts of beaver ponds on surface water methylmercury concentrations in boreal watersheds. Environmental Research: Ecology, 3(2), 025004.
Lam, W.Y.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2024) Mercury concentrations and export from central Canadian boreal forest headwater catchments before, during and after forest harvest. Science of the Total Environment, 912, 168691.
Mangal, V.; Lam, W.Y.; Emilson, E.J.S.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2024) The molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter in forest streams across central Canadian boreal watersheds. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 26, 942-956.
Tang, W.; Bai, X.; Zhou, Y.; Sonne, C.; Wu, M.; Shiung Lam, S.; Hintelmann, H.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Johs, A.; Gu, B.; Nunes, L.; Liu, C.; Feng, N.; Yang, Y.; Rinklebe, J.; Lin, Y.; Chen, L.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, J.; Li, S.; Wu, Q.; Sik Ok, Y.; Xu, D.; Li, H.; Zhang, X.; Ren, H.; Jiang, G.; Chai, Z.; Gao, Y.; Zhao, J.; Zhong, H. (2024) A hidden demethylation pathway removes mercury from rice plants and mitigates mercury flux to food chains. Nature Food, 5, 72-82.
Zhong, H.; Zhou, H.; Li, Y.; Li, C.; Tsui, M.T.-K.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Zhou, Y.; Yang, Y.; Chen, L.; Ren, H.; Tang, W. (2024) Methylmercury photodegradation in paddy water: An overlooked process mitigating mercury risks. Water Research, 253, 121332.
Harrow-Lyle, T.J.; Lam, W.Y.; Emilson, E.J.S.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Melles, S.J. (2023) Watershed characteristics and chemical properties govern methyl mercury concentrations within headwater streams of boreal forests in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118526.
Huang, H.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2023) Spatial and seasonal patterns of mercury concentrations, methylation and demethylation in central Canadian boreal soils and stream sediment. Science of the Total Environment, 891, 164447.
Kaltenecker, M.G.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Howell, E.T.; Arhonditsis, G. (2023) A complex interplay among agricultural land uses, urbanization, and landscape attributes shapes the concentration-discharge relationships in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Hydrology, 624, 129933.
Mitchell, C.P.J.; Oswald, C.J.; Ledford, S.H. (2023) Editorial: Biogeochemical dynamics in urban systems: Interactions, feedbacks and cumulative effects. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 1338537.
Szponar, N.; Su, Y.; Stupple, G.; McLagan, D.S.; Pilote, M.; Munoz, T.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Steffen, A.; Wania, F.; Bergquist, B. (2023) Applying passive air sampling and isotopic characterization to assess spatial variability of gaseous elemental mercury across Ontario, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 128(3), e2022JD037361.
Huang, H.; Mangal, V.; Rennie, M.; Tong, H.; Simpson, M.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2022) Mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation in boreal lake sediment with legacy sulphate pollution. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 24, 932-944.
Lam, W.Y.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2022) Landscape controls on total mercury and methylmercury export from small boreal forest catchments. Biogeochemistry, 160, 89-104.
Mangal, V.; Lam, W.Y.; Huang, H.; Emilson, E.J.S.; Mackereth, R.W.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2022) Molecular correlations of dissolved organic matter with inorganic mercury and methylmercury in Canadian boreal streams. Biogeochemistry, 160, 127-144.
McCarter, C.P.R.; Sebestyen, S.D.; Coleman Wasik, J.K.; Engstrom, D.R.; Kolka, R.K.; Jeremiason, J.D.; Swain, E.B.; Monson, B.A.; Branfireun, B.A.; Balogh, S.J.; Nater, E.A.; Eggert, S.L.; Ning, P.; Mitchell, C.P.J.(2022) Long-term experimental manipulation of atmospheric sulfate deposition to a peatland: response of methylmercury and related solute export in streamwater. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(24), 17615-17625.
McCarter, C.P.R.; Sebestyen, S.D.; Eggert, S.L.; Kolka, R.K.; Mitchell, C.P.J. (2022) Effects of forest harvesting and residual biomass harvesting on hillslope mercury mobilization and downgradient mercury accumulation. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, e2022JG006826.
Negrazis, L.; Kidd, K.A.; Erdozain, M.; Emilson, E.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Gray, M. (2022) Effects of forest management on mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification along the river continuum. Environmental Pollution, 310, 119810.
Pierce, C.E.; Furman, O.S.; Nicholas, S.L.; Coleman Wasik, J.; Sebestyen, S.D.; Kolka, R.K.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Griffiths, N.; Elias, D.; Nater, E.A.; Toner, B.M. (2022) The role of ester sulfate and organic disulfide in mercury methylation in peat soils. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(2), 1433-1444.
Strickman, R.J.; Larson, S.; Huang, H.; Kakouros, E.; Marvin-Dipasquale, M.; Mitchell, C.P.J.; Neumann, R.B. (2022) The relative importance of mercury methylation and demethylation in rice paddy soil varies depending on the presence of rice plants. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 230, 113143.