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Richard Carignan

Richard Carignan

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
7826
World Ranking
5068
National Ranking
211

Overview

Richard Carignan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their work has been published in at least one peer-reviewed journal, contributing to the field of fisheries and aquatic sciences.

Their recent publication includes the paper titled Note of appreciation, published in 2021 in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Josef Daniel Ackerman
  • Aaron J. Adams
  • Robert Ahrens
  • Matthew J. Ajemian
  • Christoffer Moesgaard Albertsen

The primary venue for their work is the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Potential artifacts in the determination of metal partitioning in sediments by a sequential extraction procedure

    Francois. Rapin;Andre. Tessier;Peter G. C. Campbell;Richard. Carignan

  • Trace metals in oxic lake sediments: possible adsorption onto iron oxyhydroxides

    A. Tessier;F. Rapin;R. Carignan

  • Geochemistry of trace metals associated with reduced sulfur in freshwater sediments

    Miguel Angel Huerta-Diaz;André Tessier;Richard Carignan

  • Comparative impacts of fire and forest harvesting on water quality in Boreal Shield lakes

    Richard Carignan;Pierre D'Arcy;Sébastien Lamontagne

  • Planktonic production and respiration in oligotrophic Shield lakes

    Richard Carignan;Dolors Planas;Chantal Vis

  • Sediment porewater sampling for metal analysis: A comparison of techniques

    R. Carignan;F. Rapin;A. Tessier

  • Influence of catchment topography on water chemistry in southeastern Québec Shield lakes

    Pierre D'Arcy;Richard Carignan

  • Partitioning of zinc between the water column and the oxic sediments in lakes

    A Tessier;R Carignan;B Dubreuil;Rapin F

  • An evaluation of approaches used to determine the distribution and biomass of emergent and submerged aquatic macrophytes over large spatial scales

    C. Vis;C. Hudon;R. Carignan

  • A field study of metal toxicity and accumulation by benthic invertebrates; implications for the acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) model

    Landis Hare;Richard Carignan;Miguel A. Huerta-Diaz

  • Phosphorus release by submerged macrophytes: Significance to epiphyton and phytoplankton1,1

    R. Carignan;J. Kalff

  • Trace metal deposition and mobility in the sediments of two lakes near Sudbury, Ontario

    R. Carignan;J.O. Nriagu

  • Element export in runoff from eastern Canadian Boreal Shield drainage basins following forest harvesting and wildfires.

    Sébastien Lamontagne;Richard Carignan;Pierre D'Arcy;Yves T Prairie

  • Postdepositional mobility of phosphorus in lake sediments1

    Unknown

  • The co-diagenesis of sulfur and iron in acid lake sediments of southwestern Québec

    R. Carignan;A. Tessier

  • Mercury concentrations in northern pike ( Esox lucius) from boreal lakes with logged, burned, or undisturbed catchments

    Edenise Garcia;Richard Carignan

  • An Empirical Model to Estimate the Relative Importance of Roots in Phosphorus Uptake by Aquatic Macrophytes

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  • Measurement of primary production and community respiration in oligotrophic lakes using the Winkler method

    Richard Carignan;Anne-Marie Blais;Chantal Vis

  • Impact of wildfire and clear-cutting in the boreal forest on methyl mercury in zooplankton

    Edenise Garcia;Richard Carignan

  • Development of integrated ecological standards of sustainable forest management at an operational scale

    D.D. Kneeshaw;A. Leduc;P. Drapeau;S. Gauthier

  • Nutrient dynamics in the floodplain ponds of the Paraná River (Argentina) dominated by the water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes.

    Richard Carignan;Juan José Neiff

  • Regeneration of dissolved substances in a seasonally anoxic lake: The relative importance of processes occurring in the water column and in the sediments

    R. Carignan;D. R. S. Lean

Frequent Co-Authors

André Tessier
André Tessier University of Quebec
Dolors Planas
Dolors Planas University of Quebec at Montreal
Daniel Houle
Daniel Houle Environment and Climate Change Canada
Charles Gobeil
Charles Gobeil University of Quebec
David Paré
David Paré Natural Resources Canada
Daniel Kneeshaw
Daniel Kneeshaw University of Quebec at Montreal
Landis Hare
Landis Hare Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Marc Amyot
Marc Amyot University of Montreal
Alain Leduc
Alain Leduc University of Quebec at Montreal

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