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Simon R. Poulson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Soil Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of environmental and geochemical processes. Key areas of focus include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Simon R. Poulson has published multiple papers in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geoderma

Notable recent publications by Poulson are:

  • Smoke from regional wildfires alters lake ecology (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • Oxidation of soil organic carbon during an anoxic-oxic transition (2020) in Geoderma
  • A suite of rare microbes interacts with a dominant, heritable, fungal endophyte to influence plant trait expression (2021) in The ISME Journal
  • High rates of daytime river metabolism are an underestimated component of carbon cycling (2022) in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Fluvial Organic Carbon Composition Regulated by Seasonal Variability in Lowland River Migration and Water Discharge (2021) in Geophysical Research Letters

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Sudeep Chandra
  • Flavia Tromboni
  • Paul Verburg
  • Travis Numan
  • Srinidhi Lokesh

Best Publications

  • Sulphur isotope evidence for an oxic Archaean atmosphere

    Hiroshi Ohmoto;Yumiko Watanabe;Hiroaki Ikemi;Hiroaki Ikemi;Simon R. Poulson

  • Hydrogen and carbon isotopic fractionations of lipid biosynthesis among terrestrial (C3, C4 and CAM) and aquatic plants

    Yoshito Chikaraishi;Hiroshi Naraoka;Simon R. Poulson

  • Carbon isotope systematics of monoaromatic hydrocarbons: vaporization and adsorption experiments

    Rebecca R Harrington;Simon R Poulson;James I Drever;Patricia J.S Colberg

  • The hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation, evaporated mine water, and river water in Montana, USA

    Christopher H. Gammons;Simon R. Poulson;Damon A. Pellicori;Pamela J. Reed

  • Iron-Bound Organic Carbon in Forest Soils: Quantification and Characterization

    Qian Zhao;Simon R. Poulson;Daniel Obrist;Samira Sumaila;Samira Sumaila

  • Stable isotope (C, Cl, and H) fractionation during vaporization of trichloroethylene

    Simon R. Poulson;James I. Drever

  • Toxicity of heavy metals (Ni, Zn) to desulfovibrio desulfuricans

    Simon R. Poulson;Patricia J.S. Colberg;James I. Drever

  • Geochemistry and stable isotope composition of the Berkeley pit lake and surrounding mine waters, Butte, Montana

    Damon A. Pellicori;Christopher H. Gammons;Simon R. Poulson

  • Dynamics of ferrihydrite-bound organic carbon during microbial Fe reduction

    Dinesh Adhikari;Qian Zhao;Kamol Das;Jacqueline Mejia

  • Diel cycling and stable isotopes of dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, and nitrogenous species in a stream receiving treated municipal sewage

    Christopher H. Gammons;John N. Babcock;Stephen R. Parker;Simon R. Poulson

  • Geochemistry and stable isotope investigation of acid mine drainage associated with abandoned coal mines in central Montana, USA

    Christopher H. Gammons;Terence E. Duaime;Stephen R. Parker;Simon R. Poulson

  • An evaluation of the solubility of sulfide sulfur in silicate melts from experimental data and natural samples

    Simon R. Poulson;Hiroshi Ohmoto

  • Nitrogen isotope variation of tree rings as a potential indicator of environmental change

    Simon R. Poulson;C.Page Chamberlain;Andrew J. Friedland

  • Biogeochemical controls on Diel cycling of stable isotopes of dissolved O2 and dissolved inorganic carbon in the Big Hole River, Montana.

    Stephen R. Parker;Simon R. Poulson;Christopher H. Gammons;Michael D. DeGrandpre

  • Using stable isotopes (S, O) of sulfate to track local contamination of the Madison karst aquifer, Montana, from abandoned coal mine drainage

    Christopher H. Gammons;Allison Brown;Simon R. Poulson;Thomas H. Henderson

  • Direct canopy nitrogen uptake from 15N-labeled wet deposition by mature red spruce

    Richard L. Boyce;Andrew J. Friedland;C. Page Chamberlain;Simon R. Poulson

  • Diel variations in stream chemistry and isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon, upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA

    Stephen R. Parker;Christopher H. Gammons;Simon R. Poulson;Michael D. DeGrandpre

  • Stable isotope and trace element geochemistry of the basal Bouse Formation carbonate, southwestern United States: Implications for the Pliocene uplift history of the Colorado Plateau

    Simon R. Poulson;Barbara E. John

  • Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of human dental calculus: a potentially new non-destructive proxy for paleodietary analysis

    G. Richard Scott;Simon R. Poulson

  • Active hydrothermal systems during the recent uplift of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya

    C. Page Chamberlain;Peter K. Zeitler;Daniel E. Barnett;David Winslow

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher H. Gammons
Christopher H. Gammons Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Hiroshi Naraoka
Hiroshi Naraoka Kyushu University
Daniel Obrist
Daniel Obrist University of Massachusetts Lowell
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
Yoshito Chikaraishi
Yoshito Chikaraishi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Franco Biondi
Franco Biondi University of Nevada Reno
Michael D. DeGrandpre
Michael D. DeGrandpre University of Montana
Michael R. Rosen
Michael R. Rosen United States Geological Survey
Marcos Inácio Marcondes
Marcos Inácio Marcondes Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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