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49
Citations
9716
World Ranking
3567
National Ranking
166

Overview

John J. Gibson is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as groundwater and isotope geochemistry, hydrology and watershed management studies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, climate change and permafrost, soil and water nutrient dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

The subfields of study relevant to their work include atmospheric science, ecology, geochemistry and petrology, water science and technology, and mechanics of materials.

John J. Gibson has published numerous papers in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hydrology, and Data in Brief.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gibson include:

  • 18O and 2H in streamflow across Canada (2020), Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Isotopic constraints on water balance and evapotranspiration partitioning in gauged watersheds across Canada (2021), Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Isotopic constraints on water balance of tundra lakes and watersheds affected by permafrost degradation, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Quantifying floodwater impacts on a lake water budget via volume-dependent transient stable isotope mass balance (2021), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Guidance on large scale hydrologic model calibration with isotope tracers (2023), Journal of Hydrology

John J. Gibson collaborates frequently with the following coauthors:

  • S. J. Birks
  • P. Eby
  • Tegan Holmes
  • Tricia Stadnyk
  • Francisco Castrillon-Munoz

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

    Scott Jasechko;Zachary D. Sharp;John J. Gibson;S. Jean Birks

  • Progress in isotope tracer hydrology in Canada

    J. J. Gibson;T. W. D. Edwards;S. J. Birks;N. A. St Amour

  • Climate Change Effects on Hydroecology of Arctic Freshwater Ecosystems

    Terry D. Prowse;Frederick J. Wrona;James D. Reist;John J. Gibson

  • Regional water balance trends and evaporation-transpiration partitioning from a stable isotope survey of lakes in northern Canada

    J. J. Gibson;J. J. Gibson;T. W. D. Edwards

  • Estimating Evaporation Using Stable Isotopes: Quantitative Results and Sensitivity Analysis for Two Catchments in Northern Canada

    J.J. Gibson;T.W.D. Edwards;G.G. Bursey;T.D. Prowse

  • Stable isotope mass balance of lakes: a contemporary perspective

    J.J. Gibson;S.J. Birks;Y. Yi

  • DEUTERIUM EXCESS IN PRECIPITATION AND ITS CLIMATOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    K. Froehlich;J. J. Gibson;P. Aggarwal;Vyner Cres

  • Global prediction of δA and δ2H-δ18O evaporation slopes for lakes and soil water accounting for seasonality

    J. J. Gibson;J. J. Gibson;S. J. Birks;S. J. Birks;T. W. D. Edwards

  • Flow-weighted values of runoff tracers (δ18O, DOC, Ba, alkalinity) from the six largest Arctic rivers

    Lee W. Cooper;James W. McClelland;Robert M. Holmes;Peter A. Raymond

  • Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator

    Grzegorz Skrzypek;Adam Mydłowski;Shawan Dogramaci;Shawan Dogramaci;Paul Hedley

  • Quantitative comparison of lake throughflow, residency, and catchment runoff using stable isotopes: modelling and results from a regional survey of Boreal lakes

    J.J. Gibson;E.E. Prepas;P. McEachern

  • Short-term evaporation and water budget comparisons in shallow Arctic lakes using non-steady isotope mass balance

    J.J. Gibson

  • Hydrologic functions of wetlands in a discontinuous permafrost basin indicated by isotopic and chemical signatures

    Masaki Hayashi;William L. Quinton;Alain Pietroniro;John J. Gibson

  • Stable isotope estimates of evaporation:inflow and water residence time for lakes across the United States as a tool for national lake water quality assessments

    J. Renée Brooks;John J. Gibson;S. Jean Birks;Marc H. Weber

  • The contribution of groundwater discharge to the overall water budget of two typical Boreal lakes in Alberta/Canada estimated from a radon mass balance

    A Schmidt;J J Gibson;Isaac R Santos;M Schubert

  • Climate change, flow regulation and land-use effects on the hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca-Slave System; findings from the Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative.

    T. D. Prowse;S. Beltaos;J. T. Gardner;J. J. Gibson

  • Water balance along a chain of tundra lakes: A 20-year isotopic perspective

    J.J. Gibson;R. Reid

  • Forest fire induced impacts on phosphorus, nitrogen, and chlorophyll a concentrations in boreal subarctic lakes of northern Alberta

    P McEachern;E E Prepas;J J Gibson;W P Dinsmore

  • ISOTOPES IN WATER

    W. George Darling;Adrian H. Bath;John J. Gibson;Kazimierz Rozanski

  • Stable isotope fingerprint of open-water evaporation losses and effective drainage area fluctuations in a subarctic shield watershed

    J.J. Gibson;R. Reid

  • Landscape variables influencing nutrients and phytoplankton communities in Boreal Plain lakes of northern Alberta: a comparison of wetland- and upland-dominated catchments

    E E Prepas;D Planas;J J Gibson;D H Vitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry D. Prowse
Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria
Thomas W. D. Edwards
Thomas W. D. Edwards University of Waterloo
Alain Pietroniro
Alain Pietroniro University of Saskatchewan
Scott Jasechko
Scott Jasechko University of California, Santa Barbara
Pradeep K. Aggarwal
Pradeep K. Aggarwal International Atomic Energy Agency
Brent B. Wolfe
Brent B. Wolfe Wilfrid Laurier University
Christoph H. Borchers
Christoph H. Borchers McGill University
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
James W. McClelland
James W. McClelland The University of Texas at Austin
Ellie E. Prepas
Ellie E. Prepas Lakehead University

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