William Shotyk

16.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

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William Shotyk is a scholar working on Pollution, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Shotyk has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Pollution, 88 papers in Atmospheric Science and 73 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William Shotyk's work include Heavy metals in environment (141 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (83 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (62 papers). William Shotyk is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (141 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (83 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (62 papers). William Shotyk collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and Switzerland. William Shotyk's co-authors include Michael Krachler, Andriy K. Cheburkin, P. G. Appleby, Jan D. Kramers, Claudio Zaccone, Philipp Steinmann, F. Roos-Barraclough, M. Gloor, Teodoro Miano and Dominik Weiß and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

William Shotyk

239 papers receiving 12.2k citations

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History of Atmospheric Lead Deposition Since 12,370 ¹⁴ C yr BP from a Peat Bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	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 2024 ·Water Research ·Yu Wang, Chad W. Cuss, Fiorella Barraza, (unknown), (unknown), William Shotyk	1
2	Estimating the bioaccessibility of atmospheric trace elements within the Athabasca bituminous sands region using the acid soluble ash fraction of Sphagnum moss 2024 ·Environmental Science Atmospheres ·Na Chen, Fiorella Barraza, René J. Belland, Muhammad Javed, Iain Grant‐Weaver, Chad W. Cuss, William Shotyk	1
3	Spatial variation and chemical reactivity of dusts from open-pit bitumen mining using trace elements in snow 2023 ·Chemosphere ·Fiorella Barraza, Muhammad Javed, Tommy Noernberg, (unknown), William Shotyk	4
4	Comparison of trace elements in tissue of beaver (Castor canadensis) and local vegetation from a rural region of southern Ontario, Canada 2023 ·Environmental Research ·William Shotyk, Chad W. Cuss, Iain Grant‐Weaver, (unknown), Glynnis A. Hood, (unknown), Tommy Noernberg, (unknown)	0
5	Sources, spatial-distributions and fluxes of PAH-contaminated dusts in the Athabasca oil sands region 2023 ·Environment International ·Yifeng Zhang, William Shotyk, Rick Pelletier, Claudio Zaccone, Tommy Noernberg, (unknown), Jonathan W. Martin	6
6	Carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates in ombrotrophic peatlands of central and northern Alberta, Canada, during the last millennium 2020 ·Biogeochemistry ·Simon van Bellen, William Shotyk, Gabriel Magnan, Lauren J. Davies, (unknown), (unknown), Michelle Garneau, Tommy Noernberg, Luca Bragazza, Claudio Zaccone	8
7	Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch 2020 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·James P. M. Syvitski, Colin N. Waters, John W. Day, John D. Milliman, Colin Summerhayes, Will Steffen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alejandro Cearreta, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Irka Hajdas, Martin J. Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, John McNeill, Clément Poirier, Neil L. Rose, William Shotyk, Michael Wagreich, Mark Williams	131
8	Testate amoeba records indicate regional 20th‐century lowering of water tables in ombrotrophic peatlands in central‐northern Alberta, Canada 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Simon van Bellen, Gabriel Magnan, Lauren J. Davies, Duane Froese, (unknown), Claudio Zaccone, Michelle Garneau, William Shotyk	29
9	Impact of the Little Ice Age cooling and 20th century climate change on peatland vegetation dynamics in central and northern Alberta using a multi-proxy approach and high-resolution peat chronologies 2018 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Gabriel Magnan, Simon van Bellen, Lauren J. Davies, Duane Froese, Michelle Garneau, (unknown), Claudio Zaccone, William Shotyk	39
10	High-resolution age modelling of peat bogs from northern Alberta, Canada, using pre- and post-bomb 14C, 210Pb and historical cryptotephra 2018 ·Quaternary Geochronology ·Lauren J. Davies, P. G. Appleby, Britta J.L. Jensen, Gabriel Magnan, (unknown), Tommy Noernberg, (unknown), William Shotyk, Simon van Bellen, Claudio Zaccone, Duane Froese	27
11	Advances in the determination of humification degree in peat since : Applications in geochemical and paleoenvironmental studies 2018 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Claudio Zaccone, César Plaza, Claudio Ciavatta, Teodoro Miano, William Shotyk	54
12	Measuring the distribution of trace elements amongst dissolved colloidal species as a fingerprint for the contribution of tributaries to large boreal rivers 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Chad W. Cuss, Mark W. Donner, Iain Grant‐Weaver, Tommy Noernberg, Rick Pelletier, (unknown), William Shotyk	49
13	Validating modelled data on major and trace element deposition in southern Germany using Sphagnum moss 2017 ·Atmospheric Environment ·Heike Kempter, Michael Krachler, William Shotyk, Claudio Zaccone	9
14	Rapid peat accumulation favours the occurrence of both fen and bog microbial communities within a Mediterranean, free-floating peat island 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Giuseppe Concheri, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Claudio Zaccone, William Shotyk, Valeria D’Orazio, Teodoro Miano, Pietro Piffanelli, (unknown), Chiara Ferrandi, Andrea Squartini	11
15	High-resolution age modelling of peat bog profiles using pre and post-bomb 14 C, 210 Pb and cryptotephra data from six Albertan peat bogs 2016 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Lauren J. Davies, Duane Froese, P. G. Appleby, Simon van Bellen, Gabriel Magnan, (unknown), Tommy Noernberg, William Shotyk, Claudio Zaccone	2
16	Stable (206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) and radioactive (210Pb) lead isotopes in 1 year of growth of Sphagnum moss from four ombrotrophic bogs in southern Germany: Geochemical significance and environmental implications 2015 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·William Shotyk, Heike Kempter, Michael Krachler, Claudio Zaccone	50
17	Contamination of Bottled Waters with Antimony Leaching from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Increases upon Storage 2007 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·William Shotyk, Michael Krachler	160
18	Predominant anthropogenic sources and rates of atmospheric mercury accumulation in southern Ontario recorded by peat cores from three bogs: comparison with natural “background” values (past 8000 years) 2003 ·Journal of Environmental Monitoring ·Nicolas Givelet, F. Roos-Barraclough, William Shotyk	82
19	The chronology of anthropogenic, atmospheric Pb deposition recorded by peat cores in three minerogenic peat deposits from Switzerland 2002 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·William Shotyk	86
20	The Geochemistry Of Major And Selected Trace Elements In A Forested Peat Bog, Kalimantan, SE-Asia, And Its Implications On Past Atmospheric Dust Deposition 2001 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Dominik Weiß, William Shotyk, J.O. Rieley, Susan Page, M. Gloor, Steve Reese, (unknown)	4

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