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Helen P. Jarvie

Helen P. Jarvie

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
16277
World Ranking
1517
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Helen P. Jarvie is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on environmental chemistry, water science and technology, and nature and landscape conservation. The main areas of investigation include soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, and phosphorus and nutrient management.

The scientist has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Advances in Catchment Science, Hydrochemistry, and Aquatic Ecology Enabled by High-Frequency Water Quality Measurements, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • One size does not fit all: Toward regional conservation practice guidance to reduce phosphorus loss risk in the Lake Erie watershed, 2021, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Sediment phosphorus buffering in streams at baseflow: A meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Impact of climate change on catchment nutrient dynamics: insights from around the world, 2022, Environmental Reviews
  • Biogeochemical and climate drivers of wetland phosphorus and nitrogen release: Implications for nutrient legacies and eutrophication risk, 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality

Helen P. Jarvie's frequent coauthors include Merrin L. Macrae, Fred Worrall, Janina M. Plach, Peter J. A. Kleinman, and Michael Bowes. Collaboration with these researchers has been notable across various publications.

Their work has been published largely in these venues:

  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Reviews
  • Agricultural & Environmental Letters

Areas of subfield expertise highlighted in their publication record include environmental chemistry, water science and technology, nature and landscape conservation, geochemistry and petrology, and soil science. This reflects a broad yet focused scope of research activity mainly centered on the dynamics of nutrients in soil and water systems, as well as aquatic ecosystem processes.

The topics covered by their research further include:

  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management

Best Publications

  • Phosphorus legacy: overcoming the effects of past management practices to mitigate future water quality impairment.

    Andrew Sharpley;Helen P. Jarvie;Anthony Buda;Linda May

  • Delivery and cycling of phosphorus in rivers: A review

    P.J.A. Withers;H.P. Jarvie

  • Sewage-effluent phosphorus: a greater risk to river eutrophication than agricultural phosphorus?

    Helen P. Jarvie;Colin Neal;Paul J.A. Withers

  • Agriculture and Eutrophication: Where Do We Go from Here?

    Paul J. A. Withers;Colin Neal;Helen P. Jarvie;Donnacha G. Doody

  • NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN EAST COAST BRITISH RIVERS: SPECIATION, SOURCES, AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    H P Jarvie;B A Whitton;C Neal

  • Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

    Stephen M. Powers;Thomas W. Bruulsema;Tim Burt;Neng long Chan

  • Role of river bed sediments as sources and sinks of phosphorus across two major eutrophic UK river basins: the Hampshire Avon and Herefordshire Wye

    Helen P. Jarvie;Monika D. Jürgens;Richard J. Williams;Colin Neal

  • Phosphorus Mitigation to Control River Eutrophication: Murky Waters, Inconvenient Truths, and “Postnormal” Science

    Helen P. Jarvie;Andrew N. Sharpley;Paul J. A. Withers;J. Thad Scott

  • Increased soluble phosphorus loads to Lake Erie:unintended consequences of conservation practices?

    Helen P. Jarvie;Laura T. Johnson;Andrew N. Sharpley;Douglas R. Smith

  • Agriculture as a phosphorus source for eutrophication in the north‐west European countries, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and Ireland: a review

    B. Ulén;M. Bechmann;J. Fölster;H. P. Jarvie

  • Future agriculture with minimized phosphorus losses to waters: Research needs and direction

    Andrew N. Sharpley;Lars Bergström;Helena Aronsson;Marianne Bechmann

  • Water quality remediation faces unprecedented challenges from "legacy phosphorus".

    Helen P. Jarvie;Andrew N. Sharpley;Bryan Spears;Anthony R. Buda

  • Characterising phosphorus and nitrate inputs to a rural river using high-frequency concentration-flow relationships

    M.J. Bowes;H.P. Jarvie;S.J. Halliday;R.A. Skeffington

  • Review of robust measurement of phosphorus in river water: sampling, storage, fractionation and sensitivity

    H. P. Jarvie;J. A. Withers;C. Neal

  • Modelling of phosphorus inputs to rivers from diffuse and point sources.

    Michael J. Bowes;Jim T. Smith;Helen P. Jarvie;Colin Neal

  • Do septic tank systems pose a hidden threat to water quality

    Paul J.A. Withers;Philip Jordan;Linda May;Helen P. Jarvie

  • Sustainable phosphorus management and the need for a long-term perspective: The legacy hypothesis

    Philip M. Haygarth;Helen P. Jarvie;Steve M. Powers;Andrew N. Sharpley

  • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn G. Kelly;Martyn G. Kelly;Fuensanta Salas Herrero;Jo-Anne Pitt

  • Quantifying the impact of septic tank systems on eutrophication risk in rural headwaters

    P.J.A. Withers;H.P. Jarvie;C. Stoate

  • Fate of silica nanoparticles in simulated primary wastewater treatment.

    Helen P. Jarvie;Hisham Al-Obaidi;Stephen M. King;Michael J. Bowes

  • An assessment of the fate, behaviour and environmental risk associated with sunscreen TiO2 nanoparticles in UK field scenarios

    Andrew C. Johnson;Michael J. Bowes;Alison Crossley;Helen P. Jarvie

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Neal
Colin Neal Ford Motor Company (United States)
Michael J. Bowes
Michael J. Bowes Natural Environment Research Council
Margaret Neal
Margaret Neal UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Andrew N. Sharpley
Andrew N. Sharpley University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Paul J. A. Withers
Paul J. A. Withers Lancaster University
Heather Wickham
Heather Wickham UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Andrew J. Wade
Andrew J. Wade University of Reading
Tim Burt
Tim Burt Durham University
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University
Nicholas J K Howden
Nicholas J K Howden University of Bristol

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