2026 Patricia A. Chambers: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	44	6674	6406	298	281	102	8694

Overview

Patricia A. Chambers is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Petroleum Processing and Analysis

Patricia A. Chambers has contributed multiple publications to scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

Journal of Great Lakes Research
Hydrobiologia
Environmental Reviews
The Science of The Total Environment
Water Research

Recent papers authored by or involving Patricia A. Chambers include:

"Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review," 2021, Environmental Reviews
"An ecological causal assessment of tributaries draining the Red River Valley, Manitoba," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
"How does climate variability affect water quality dynamics in Canada's oil sands region?", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
"Evaluating diffuse and point source phosphorus inputs to streams in a cold climate region using a load apportionment model," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
"Episodic loadings of phosphorus influence growth and composition of benthic algae communities in artificial stream mesocosms," 2020, Water Research

Patricia A. Chambers collaborates frequently with several researchers including Joseph M. Culp, Adam G. Yates, Kathryn Thomas, Alexa C. Alexander, and Nolan J. T. Pearce.

Best Publications

The interaction between water movement, sediment dynamics and submersed macrophytes

J. D. Madsen;P. A. Chambers;W. F. James;E. W. Koch

1234
Citations
Global diversity of aquatic macrophytes in freshwater

P. A. Chambers;P. Lacoul;K. J. Murphy;S. M. Thomaz

706
Citations
Depth distribution and biomass of submersed aquatic macrophyte communities in relation to Secchi depth

Patricia A. Chambers;Jacob Kaiff

567
Citations
Current Velocity and Its Effect on Aquatic Macrophytes in Flowing Waters.

P. A. Chambers;E. E. Prepas;H. R. Hamilton;M. L. Bothwell

327
Citations
Impacts of Municipal Wastewater Effluents on Canadian Waters: a Review

P.A. Chambers;M. Allard;S.L. Walker;J. Marsalek

242
Citations
Light and nutrients in the control of aquatic plant community structure. II: In situ observations

Patricia A. Chambers

212
Citations
Roots versus shoots in nutrient uptake by aquatic macrophytes in flowing waters

P. A. Chambers;E. E. Prepas;M. L. Bothwell;H. R. Hamilton

202
Citations
Light and Nutrients in the Control of Aquatic Plant Community Structure. I. In Situ Experiments

Patricia A. Chambers;Jacob Kalff

201
Citations
Development of Environmental Thresholds for Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Streams

Patricia A. Chambers;Daryl J. McGoldrick;Robert B. Brua;Chantal Vis

191
Citations
Selective foraging by the crayfish Orconectes virilis and its impact on macroinvertebrates

John Mark Hanson;Patricia A. Chambers;Ellie E. Prepas

184
Citations
World distribution, diversity and endemism of aquatic macrophytes

Kevin Murphy;Andrey Efremov;Thomas A. Davidson;Eugenio Molina-Navarro

174
Citations
Ecological effects of river ice break-up: a review and perspective

Garry J. Scrimgeour;Terry D. Prowse;Joseph M. Culp;Patricia A. Chambers

172
Citations
Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude

Janne Alahuhta;Sarian Kosten;Munemitsu Akasaka;Dominique Auderset

166
Citations
The impact of the crayfish Orconectes virilis on aquatic macrophytes

Patricia A. Chambers;John Mark Hanson;Janice M. Burke;Ellie E. Prepas

160
Citations
Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions

Matthew T. O’Hare;Francisca C. Aguiar;Takashi Asaeda;Elisabeth S. Bakker

156
Citations
Bacteria and algae in stream periphyton along a nutrient gradient

Geneviève M. Carr;Antoine Morin;Patricia A. Chambers

154
Citations
Wastewater release and its impacts on Canadian waters

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146
Citations
Nutrient dynamics in riverbeds: The impact of sewage effluent and aquatic macrophytes

P.A. Chambers;E.E. Prepas

137
Citations
Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities.

L. L. Iversen;L. L. Iversen;A. Winkel;L. Baastrup-Spohr;A. B. Hinke

123
Citations
Nearshore Occurrence of Submersed Aquatic Macrophytes in Relation to Wave Action

Patricia A. Chambers

121
Citations
Quantifying seasonal variation in total phosphorus and nitrogen from prairie streams in the Red River Basin, Manitoba Canada.

K.J. Rattan;J.C. Corriveau;R.B. Brua;J.M. Culp

111
Citations
Phosphorus release from sediments in hardwater eutrophic lakes: the effects of redox‐sensitive and ‐insensitive chemical treatments

Kim L. Burley;Ellie E. Prepas;Patricia A. Chambers

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph M. Culp Wilfrid Laurier University

Ellie E. Prepas Lakehead University

Jani Heino University of Oulu

David W. Schindler University of Alberta

Lars Iversen Aarhus University Hospital

Willem Goedkoop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Frederick J. Wrona University of Calgary

Kirsten Christoffersen University of Copenhagen

Janne Alahuhta University of Oulu

Ole Pedersen University of Copenhagen

External Links

Personal website of Patricia A. Chambers

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