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Irena F. Creed

Irena F. Creed

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
17320
World Ranking
2044
National Ranking
131

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2014 - William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

Irena F. Creed is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and focuses on Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and venues. These include:

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Forest water-use efficiency: Effects of climate change and management on the coupling of carbon and water processes, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Lake browning may fuel phytoplankton biomass and trigger shifts in phytoplankton communities in temperate lakes, 2021, Aquatic Sciences
  • Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities, 2020, Ecohydrology
  • Vulnerable Waters are Essential to Watershed Resilience, 2022, Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Irena F. Creed include:

  • Charles G. Trick
  • Kevin J. Erratt
  • Ann-Kristin Bergström
  • Peter D. F. Isles
  • Anders Jönsson

The main journals where Creed's work is often published are:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing

Their research addresses a diverse array of topics, such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Irena F. Creed has received recognition including the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019 from the Academy of Science and the William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship awarded by the American Society of Agronomy in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrew K. Carlson;Irena F. Creed;Erika J. Eliason

  • Trees, forests and water : Cool insights for a hot world

    David Ellison;Cindy E. Morris;Cindy E. Morris;Bruno Locatelli;Douglas Sheil

  • Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions

    Matthew J. Cohen;Irena F. Creed;Laurie C. Alexander;Nandita Basu

  • A framework for broad‐scale classification of hydrologic response units on the Boreal Plain: is topography the last thing to consider?

    K. Devito;I. Creed;T. Gan;C. Mendoza

  • Regulation of Nitrate‐N Release from Temperate Forests: A Test of the N Flushing Hypothesis

    I. F. Creed;L. E. Band;N. W. Foster;I. K. Morrison

  • Export of nitrogen from catchments within a temperate forest: Evidence for a unifying mechanism regulated by variable source area dynamics

    I. F. Creed;I. F. Creed;L. E. Band

  • Global change-driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition : Implications for food webs of northern lakes

    Irena F. Creed;Ann Kristin Bergström;Charles G. Trick;Nancy B. Grimm

  • Wetlands as large-scale nature-based solutions : Status and challenges for research, engineering and management

    Josefin Thorslund;Jerker Jarsjo;Fernando Jaramillo;James W. Jawitz

  • The river as a chemostat: fresh perspectives on dissolved organic matter flowing down the river continuum

    Irena F. Creed;Diane M. McKnight;Brian A. Pellerin;Mark B. Green

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • Cryptic wetlands: integrating hidden wetlands in regression models of the export of dissolved organic carbon from forested landscapes

    I. F. Creed;S. E. Sanford;F. D. Beall;L. A. Molot

  • Geographically Isolated Wetlands are Important Biogeochemical Reactors on the Landscape

    John M. Marton;Irena F. Creed;David B. Lewis;Charles R. Lane

  • Automated Extraction of Surface Water Extent from Sentinel-1 Data

    Wenli Huang;Ben DeVries;Chengquan Huang;Megan W. Lang

  • Removal of artifact depressions from digital elevation models: towards a minimum impact approach

    John B. Lindsay;Irena F. Creed

  • Vegetation class dependent errors in lidar ground elevation and canopy height estimates in a boreal wetland environment

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura E Chasmer;Gabor Sass;Irena F Creed

  • Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites

    Julia A. Jones;Irena F. Creed;Kendra L. Hatcher;Robert J. Warren

  • Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long‐term experimental watershed sites across North America

    Irena F. Creed;Adam T. Spargo;Julia A. Jones;Jim M. Buttle

  • A novel model for cyanobacteria bloom formation: the critical role of anoxia and ferrous iron

    L. A. Molot;S. B. Watson;I. F. Creed;C. G. Trick

  • Enhancing protection for vulnerable waters

    Irena F. Creed;Irena F. Creed;Charles R. Lane;Jacqueline N. Serran;Laurie C. Alexander

  • Controls on runoff from a partially harvested aspen‐forested headwater catchment, Boreal Plain, Canada

    K. J. Devito;I. F. Creed;C. J. D. Fraser

  • Geographically isolated wetlands are part of the hydrological landscape

    Mark Rains;S. G. Leibowitz;M. J. Cohen;I. F. Creed

  • Predicting export of dissolved organic carbon from forested catchments in glaciated landscapes with shallow soils

    I. F. Creed;F. D. Beall;T. A. Clair;P. J. Dillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
Jim Buttle
Jim Buttle Trent University
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kevin J. Devito
Kevin J. Devito University of Alberta
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Julia A. Jones
Julia A. Jones Oregon State University
Donald Scavia
Donald Scavia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Meine van Noordwijk
Meine van Noordwijk World Agroforestry Centre
Peter J. Dillon
Peter J. Dillon Trent University
Matthew J. Cohen
Matthew J. Cohen University of Florida

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