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Thomas A. Clair

Thomas A. Clair

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
5123
World Ranking
9427
National Ranking
441

Overview

Thomas A. Clair is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Environmental Science, Engineering, and Chemistry, with specific work concentrated in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics cover areas including Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, Mine drainage and remediation techniques, Heavy metals in environment, and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas A. Clair include Morgane Le Hir, Adrien Magne, E. Carretier, Philippe Moulin, and Shannon Sterling. These collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary network contributing to various aspects of chemistry, environmental science, and engineering.

Their scholarly output has appeared in journals such as Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Organic Process Research & Development, Membranes, Hydrological Processes, and Separation and Purification Technology.

  • Ionic aluminium concentrations exceed thresholds for aquatic health in Nova Scotian rivers, even during conditions of high dissolved organic carbon and low flow, 2020, Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Solvent Regeneration in Complex Mixture Using Pervaporation, 2020, Organic Process Research & Development
  • Recovery of Homogeneous Platinoid Catalysts from Pharmaceutical Media: Review on the Existing Treatments and the Perspectives of Membrane Processes, 2023, Membranes
  • Kejimkujik calibrated catchments: A benchmark dataset for long-term impacts of terrestrial and freshwater acidification, 2022, Hydrological Processes
  • Membrane separation between homogeneous palladium-based catalysts and industrial active pharmaceutical ingredients from a complex organic solvent matrix: First approach using ceramic membranes, 2024, Separation and Purification Technology

Best Publications

  • Regional trends in aquatic recovery from acidification in North America and Europe

    J. L. Stoddard;D. S. Jeffries;A. Lükewille;T. A. Clair

  • Biological Mercury Hotspots in the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada

    David C. Evers;Young Ji Han;Charles T. Driscoll;Neil C. Kamman

  • Sulphate, Nitrogen and Base Cation Budgets at 21 Forested Catchments in Canada, the United States and Europe

    Shaun A. Watmough;Julian Aherne;Christine Alewell;Paul Arp

  • Assessing the recovery of lakes in southeastern Canada from the effects of acidic deposition.

    Dean S. Jeffries;Thomas A. Clair;Suzanne Couture;Peter J. Dillon

  • 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

  • Generality of fractal 1/f scaling in catchment tracer time series, and its implications for catchment travel time distributions

    Sarah E. Godsey;Wenche Aas;Thomas A. Clair;Heleen A. de Wit

  • Exports of carbon and nitrogen from river basins in Canada's Atlantic Provinces

    T. A. Clair;T. L. Pollock;J. M. Ehrman

  • Using neural networks to assess the influence of changing seasonal climates in modifying discharge, dissolved organic carbon, and nitrogen export in eastern Canadian rivers

    Thomas A. Clair;James M. Ehrman

  • Variations in discharge and dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen export from terrestrial basins with changes in climate: A neural network approach

    Thomas A. Clair;James M. Ehrman

  • Long-term patterns of dissolved organic carbon in lakes across eastern Canada: Evidence of a pronounced climate effect

    Jan Zhang;Jeff Hudson;Richard Neal;Jeff Sereda

  • Liming for the mitigation of acid rain effects in freshwaters: A review of recent results

    Thomas A Clair;Atle Hindar

  • Physical controls on total and methylmercury concentrations in streams and lakes of the northeastern USA

    James B Shanley;Neil C Kamman;Thomas A Clair;Ann Chalmers

  • Dissolved organic carbon and dissolved organic nitrogen export from forested watersheds in Nova Scotia: Identifying controlling factors

    J. A. Aitkenhead-Peterson;J. E. Alexander;T. A. Clair

  • Distribution patterns of mercury in lakes and rivers of northeastern North America.

    Ian F. Dennis;Thomas A. Clair;Charles T. Driscoll;Neil Kamman

  • Comparisons of watershed sulfur budgets in southeast Canada and northeast US: new approaches and implications

    Myron J. Mitchell;Gary Lovett;Scott Bailey;Fred Beall

  • Water chemistry and dissolved organic carbon trends in lakes from Canada’s Atlantic Provinces: no recovery from acidification measured after 25 years of lake monitoring

    Thomas A. Clair;Ian F. Dennis;Robert Vet

  • Changes in freshwater acidification trends in Canada's Atlantic Provinces: 1983-1997

    Thomas A. Clair;James M. Ehrman;Abbey J. Ouellet;Guy Brun

  • Gaseous carbon dioxide and methane, as well as dissolved organic carbon losses from a small temperate wetland under a changing climate.

    T.A Clair;P Arp;T.R Moore;M Dalva

  • Mercury in northeastern North America: a synthesis of existing databases.

    David C. Evers;Thomas A. Clair

  • Regional precipitation and surface water chemistry trends in southeastern Canada (1983–1991)

    T. A. Clair;P. J. Dillon;J. Ion;M. Papineau

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Dillon
Peter J. Dillon Trent University
Paul A. Arp
Paul A. Arp University of New Brunswick
Bernard J. Cosby
Bernard J. Cosby University of Virginia
Stephen A. Norton
Stephen A. Norton University of Maine
Lewis A. Molot
Lewis A. Molot York University
Irena F. Creed
Irena F. Creed University of Toronto
Julian Aherne
Julian Aherne Trent University
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Ivan J. Fernandez
Ivan J. Fernandez University of Maine
Tim R. Moore
Tim R. Moore McGill University

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