Professor James Buttle

B.A. (Hons.), University of Toronto
Ph.D., University of Southampton

Research and Teaching Interests:

Jim Buttle's research focuses on hydrological and hydrochemical processes, and their response to landscape change. His current work examines soil water, groundwater and streamflow response to forest harvesting in various landscapes across Ontario.

Jim teaches a variety of undergraduate courses in Physical Geography, including Hydrology, Water in the Subsurface Environment, Pedology and Fluvial Geomorphology. Each course emphasizes the field work aspects of the subject, as well as the application of modelling approaches.

Selected Recent Publications:

Buttle JM, Eimers MC. 2009. Scaling and physiographic controls on streamflow behaviour on the Precambrian Shield, south-central Ontario. Journal of Hydrology 374: 360-372.

Buttle JM, Creed IF, Moore RD. 2009. Progress in Canadian forest hydrology, 2003 – 2007, Canadian Water Resources Journal 34: 113-126.

Remmel TK, Todd KW, Buttle JM. 2008. A comparison of existing surficial hydrological layers in a low-relief forested Ontario landscape with those derived from a LiDAR DEM, The Forestry Chronicle 84: 850-865.

Krezek CC, Buttle JM, Beall FD, Moore RD, Creed IF, Sibley PK, Silins U, Devito KJ, Mendoza CA. 2008. HydroEcological Landscapes and Processes (HELP) Project: a national scale forest hydrology initiative, Streamline 12: 33-38.

Eimers MC, Watmough SA, Buttle JM. 2008. Long-term trends in dissolved organic carbon concentration: a cautionary note, Biogeochemistry 87: 71-81.

Burn DH, Buttle JM, Caissie D, MacCulloch G, Spence C, Stahl K. 2008. The processes, patterns and impacts of low flows across Canada, Canadian Water Resources Journal 33: 107-124.

Eimers MC, Buttle JM, Watmough SA. 2008. Influence of seasonal changes in runoff and extreme events on dissolved organic carbon concentrations in Dorset area streams, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 796-808.

Eimers MC, Watmough SA, Buttle JM, Dillon PJ. 2008. Examination of the potential relationship between drought, sulphate and dissolved organic carbon at a wetland-draining stream. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11.

Hazlett PW, Broad K, Gordon AM, Sibley PK, Buttle JM, Larmer D. 2008. The importance of catchment slope to soil water N and C concentrations in riparian zones: implications for riparian buffer width. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 16-30.

Sanford, S.E., I.F. Creed, C.L. Tague, F.D. Beall, and J.M. Buttle (2007), Scale-dependence of natural variability of flow regimes in a forested landscape, Water Resources Research, W08414, doi:10.1029/2006WR005299.

Eimers, M.C., J.M. Buttle, and S.A. Watmough (2007), The contribution of rain-on-snow events to annual NO3-N export from a forested catchment in south-central Ontario, Canada, Applied Geochemistry, 22: 1105-1110.

Eimers, M.C., S.A. Watmough, J.M. Buttle, and P.J. Dillon (2007), Drought-induced sulphate release from a wetland in south-central Ontario, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 127: 399-407.

Buttle, J.M., and P.M. Lafleur (2007), Anatomy of an extreme event: the July 14-15, 2004 Peterborough rainstorm, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 32: 59-74.

Murray, C.D., and J.M. Buttle (2005), Infiltration and soil water mixing on forested and harvested slopes during spring snowmelt, Turkey Lakes Watershed, central Ontario, Journal of Hydrology, 306: 1-20.