Professor M. Catherine Eimers
B.Sc.(Hons) University of Toronto
M.Sc. Trent University
Ph.D. University of Waterloo
Research and Teaching Interests:
Catherine Eimers’ research focuses on the relationships between changes in climate, hydrology and water quality. Her current work investigates the effect of extreme weather events and shifts in temperature and precipitation on surface water quality and quantity.
Selected Recent Publications:
Casson, N.C., Eimers, M.C., Buttle, J.M. (2010) Regional assessment of the contribution of rain-on-snow events to NO3-N export from a forested landscape. Hydrological Processes (DOI 10.1002/hyp.7692)
Mitchell, M.J., Lovett, G., Bailey, S., Beall, F., Burns, D., Buso, D., Clair, T., Courchesne, F., Duchesne, L., Eimers, M.C., Houle, D., Jeffries, D.S., Likens, G.E., Norton, S.A., Schwede, D., Shanley, J., Weathers, K., Vet, R. (2010) Comparisons of watershed sulfur budgets in Southeast Canada and Northeast U.S.: New approaches and implications. Biogeochemistry (DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9455-0)
Whitfield, C.J, Adkinson, A., Eimers, M.C., Watmough, S.A. (2010) Characterization of mineral and organic soil retention of anthropogenic S deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. Journal of Environmental Quality 39, 1108-1112.
Eimers, M.C., Watmough, S.A., Paterson, A., Dillon, P.J., Yao, H. (2009) Long-term declines in phosphorus export from forested catchments in south-central Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66, 1-11.
Buttle, J.M., Eimers, M.C. (2009) Scaling and physiographic controls on streamflow behaviour on the Precambrian Shield, south-central Ontario. Journal of Hydrology 374, 360-372.
Eimers, M.C., Buttle, J.M., Watmough, S.A. (2008) Influence of seasonal changes in runoff and extreme events on DOC trends in wetland and upland-draining streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65, 796-808.
Eimers, M.C., Watmough, S.A., Buttle, J.M., Dillon, P.J. (2008) Examination of the potential relationship between droughts, sulphate and dissolved organic carbon at a wetland-draining stream. Global Change Biology 14, 1-11.
Eimers, M.C., Watmough, S.A., Buttle, J.M. (2008) Long-term trends in dissolved organic carbon concentration: a cautionary note. Biogeochemistry 87, 71-81.