Peer-reviewed publications in academic journals
**Brahney student/postdoc
*Student author
*Daniels, J., Liang, L., Benedict, K. B., Brahney, J., Rangel, R., Weathers, K. C., & Ponette-González, A. G. (2024). Satellite-based aerosol optical depth estimates over the continental US during the 2020 wildfire season: Roles of smoke and land cover. Science of The Total Environment, 171122.
**Gianniny, G., Stark, J., Abbott, B., Lee, R., Brahney, J., (2024) Soil temperature and moisture as key controls of phosphorus export in mountain watersheds. Science of the Total Environment.
**King, L., **Devey, M., Leavitt, P.R., Power, M.J., Brothers, S., Brahney, J. (2024) Anthropogenic forcing led to an abrupt shift to phytoplankton-dominance in a shallow eutrophic lake. Freshwater Biology
**Gonzalez-Olalla, J.M., Powell, J.A., Brahney, J. (2023) Dust storms increase the resistance of phytoplankton to damage induced by thermal and pH changes. Global Change Biology
Li, Q., Ziao, S., Cui, Y., Brahney, J., Mahowald, N. (2023). Long-distance atmospheric transport of microplastic fibers influenced by their shapes. Nature Geoscience
*Huston, G.P., Lopez, M.L., Cheng, Y., *King, L., Duxbury, L., Picard, M., Thomson-Laing, G., Myler, E., Helbing, C, Kinnison, M.T., Saros, J..E., Gregary-Eaves, I., Monchamp, M., Wood, S., Armbrecht, L, Ficetola, G., Kurte, L., Von Eggers, J, Brahney, J., Parent, G., Sakata, M., Doi, H., Capo. E. (2023). Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities. Environmental DNA
**Murray, D., Neilson, B., Brahney, J., (2023) Beaver pond geomorphology influences pond nitrogen retention and denitrificaiton. Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences.
**King, L., Brahney, J., Daly, S., Paul, M.J., Salk, K.R., Brothers, S. (2023) Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shiftig shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear water regimes. Freshwater Science
Wang, J.F., Guo, X., Brahney, J., Xu, Z.W., Hu, Y., Sheng. W.Y., Chen, Y-N., Li, M-Y., Guo, W-H. (2023) Growth of grasses and forbs, nutrient concentration, and microbial activity in soil treated with microbeads. Environmental Pollution
**Xu, Z., Belmont, P., Brahney, J., Gellis, A. (2022). Sediment source fingerprinting as an aid to large-scale landscape conservation and restoration: A review of the Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Environmental Management
**Lukens, E., Neilson, B.T., Williams, K.G., Brahney, J. (2022) Evaluation of hydrograph separation techniques with uncertain end-member composition. Hydrological Processes
Brahney, J., Weathers, K.C., Reche, I. (2022) Dust and Fog Effects on Inland Waters. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd Ed. Volume 4 639-656. Reviewed by Kendra Cheruvelil. Eds: Klement Tockner, Thomas Mehner
Wu, R., Dong, Z., Cheng, X., Brahney, J., Jiao, X., Wu, L. (2022)Heavy metal levels and sources in suspended particulate matters of the glacier watersheds in Northeast Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Environmental Science
Hammill, E., *Pendelton, M., Brahney, J., Kettenring, K., Atwood, T. (2022) The fate of heavy metals sequestered by wetland plants in the Great Salt Lake. Ecotoxicology
Deonie Allen, Steve Allen, Sajjad Abbasi, Alex Baker, Melanie Bergmann, Janice Brahney, Tim Butler, Robert Duce, Sabine Eckhardt, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Tim Jickells, Maria Kanakidou, Peter Kershaw, Paolo Laj, Joseph Levermore, Daoji Li, Peter Liss, Kai Liu, Natalie Mahowald, Pere Masque, Dušan Materić, Andrew Mayes, Paul McGinnity, Iolanda Osvath, Kimberly Prather, Joseph Prospero, Laura Revell, Sylvia Sander, Won Joon Shim, Jonathan Slade, Ariel Stein, Oksana Tarasova, Stephanie Wright. (2022). The atmospheric cycle of micro and nano plastics in the marine environment. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
Jiao, X., Dong, Z., Parteli, E., Brahney, J., Wei, T., Marcelli, A., Nie, J., Ren, J., Qin, X. (2022) Uranium isotopic composition and constraints on the provenance of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau’s surface dust. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface
Evangeliou, N., Tichy, O., Eckhardt, S., Zwaaftink, C.G., Brahney, J. (2022) Global emissions, transport and deposition of atmospheric microplastics revealed from Bayesian inverse modelling. Journal of Hazardous Materials
**Editor’s Choice Award
**Scholz, J., Brahney, J. (2022). Evidence for multiple potential drivers of increased phosphorus in high-elevation lakes. Science of the Total Environment
Jiao, X., Dong, Z., Brahney, J., Parteli, E.J.R., Li, F., Marcelli, A., Wei, T. (2022) Uranium isotopes of aeolian dust deposited in northern Tibetan Plateau glaciers: Implications for tracing aeolian dust provenance. Fundamental Research
*Burpee, B.T., Saros, J.E., Nanus, L., Baron, J., Brahney, J., Bergstrom, A., Christianson, K.R., Heard, A., Hunday, B., Koinig, K., Kopacek, J., Moser, K., Hydick, K., Oleksy, I., Sadro, S., Sommaruga, R., Vinebrook., R., Williams, J. (2022) Scale-dependent predictors of lake sensitivity to atmospheric nutrient deposition in alpine regions. Water Research
*Frei, R., *Lawson, G., *Norris, A.J., *Cano, G., *Vargas, C., *Kujanpaa, E., *Hopkins, A., Sabo, R., Brahney, J., Abbott, B.W (2021). Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources Plos One
Wei, T., Brahney, J., Dong, Z., Kang, S., Zong, C., Guo, J., ... & Qin, X. (2021). Hf–Nd–Sr Isotopic Composition of the Tibetan Plateau Dust as a Fingerprint for Regional to Hemispherical Transport. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(14), 10121-10132.
Brahney, J., Mahowald, N., Prank, M., Cornwell, G., Klimont, Z., Matsui, H., & Prather, K. A. (2021). Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(16).
**Murray, D, Neilson, B., Brahney, J. (2021) Source or sink? Quantifying beaver pond influence on non-point source pollutant transport in the Intermountain West. Journal of Environmental Management. [IF 5.708, Cit:0]
**Clancy, N.G., Brahney, J., Dunnigan, J., Budy, P. (2021) Effects of a diatom ecosystem engineer on stream food webs: implications for native fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [IF:3.095 Cit:0]
*McKnight, E., Swanson, H., Brahney, J., Hik, D. (2021) The Physical and chemical limnology of Yukon's largest lake, Lhuaan Man' (Kluane Lake), prior to the 2016 Aay Chu diversion Arctic Science [IF NA: Cit:0]
Dong, Z., Brahney, J., Kang, S., Elser, J., Wei, T., Jiao, X., Shao, Y. (2020). Aeolian dust transport, cycles, and influences in the high-elevation cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau region: new evidence from alpine snow and ice. Earth Science Reviews [IF 10.973, Cit:0]
Brahney, J., Bothwell, M., **Capito, L., Gray, C., Null, S., Menounos, G., Curtis, P.J. (2020) Glacier recession alters stream water quality characteristics facilitating bloom formation in the benthic diatom Didymosphenia geminata. Science of the Total Environment [IF:6.551, Cit:0]
Elser, J.J, Wu, C., Gonzales, A., Shain, D., Smith, H.J., Sommaruga, R., Williamson, C.E., Brahney, J., Hotaling, S., Vanderwall, J., Yu, J., Aizen V., Aizen, E., Battin, T.J., Camassa, R., Feng, Xiu., Jiang, H., Lu, L., Qu, J., Ren, Z., Wen, J., Wen, L, Woods, H.A., Xiong, X. Xu, J., Yu, G., Harper, J.T., Saros, J.E. (2020) Key rules of life and the fading cryosphere: impacts in alpine lakes and streams. Global Change Biology [IF:8.88 Cit:0]
**Clancy, N., *Draper, J., *Wolf, M., *Abdulwahab, *U., Pendleton, M., Brothers, S., Brahney, J., *Weathered, J., Hammill E., Atwood, T.B. (2020). Protecting endangered species in the USA requires both public and private land conservation. Scientific Reports doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68780-y [
Brahney, J., **Hallerud, M., **Heim, E., Hahnenberger, M. Sukumaran, S. (2020) Plastic rain in Protected Areas of the United States. Science 10.1126/science.aaz5819
Brahney, J., Wetherbee, G., Sexstone, G., Strong, P., Youngbull, C. (2020). A new sampler for the determination of dry deposition with the NADP network. Aeolian Environment
Crawford, J., Hinckley, E.S., Litaor, I, Brahney, J., Neff, J. (2019) Strong evidence for accelerated climate-driven weathering and sulfate export in high alpine environments. Environmental Research Letters
Blais-Stevens, A., Clague, J.J., Brahney, J., Lipovsky, P., Menounos, B., Haeussler, P. (2019) Evidence for large Holocene earthquakes along the Denali fault in southwest Yukon, Canada. Environmental and Engineering Geosciences
Kopacek, J., Kana, J., Bicarova, S, Brahney, J., Navratil, T, Norton, S.A., Porcal, P., Stuchlik, E. (2019) Climate change accelerates recovery of the Tatra Mountain lakes from acidification and increases their nutrient and chlorophyll a concentrations Aquatic Sciences, 81:70
Courtney Mustaphi, C., Brahney, J., Aquino-Lopez, M., Goring, S., **Orton, K., Norohma, A., Czapplewski, J., Asena, Q., Paton, S.C., Pange Brushworth, J. (2019) Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology.
Moser, K.A., Baron, J.S., Brahney, J., Oleksy, I.A., Saros, J.E., Hunday, E.K., Sadro, S.A., Kopacek, J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M.J., Strecker, A.L., Chandra, S., Walters, D.M., Preston, S.L., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S.A., Chrisianson, K.R., ..Smol, J.R. (2019) Mountain lakes: Eyes on global environmental change. Global and Planetary Change
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Vandergoes, M., Baisden, T., Neff, J.C. (2019) Increased dust deposition in New Zealand related to 20th century Australian land use. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
*Epperly, J., *Witt, A., *Haight, J., *Washko, S., Atwood, T.B., Brahney, J., Brothers, S., Hammill, E. (2018) Relationships between borders, management agencies, and the likelihood of watershed impairment. PLOS One 13(9) e0204149
Brahney, J., Menounos, B., Wei, A., Curtis., P.J. (2017) Determining annual cryosphere storage contributions to streamflow using historical hydrometric records. Hydrologic Processes 31(8) 1590-1601
Brahney, J., Weber, F., Foord, V., Janmaat, J., Curtis. P.J. (2017) Evidence for a climate-driven hydrologic regime shift in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Canadian Water Resources Journal 42(2) 179-192
Mahowald, N.M., Scanza, R., Brahney, J., Goodale, C.L., Hess, P.G., Moore, J.K., Neff, J.C. (2017) Aerosol deposition impacts on land and ocean carbon cycles. Current Climate Change Reports 8(2) 1-16
Stoddard, J.L, van Sickle, J., Herlihy, A.T., Brahney, J., Paulsen, S., Peck, D.V., Mitchell, R., Pollard, A. (2016) Continental Scale Increases in lake and stream phosphorus: Are oligotrophic systems disappearing in the U.S.? Environmental Science and Technology 50(7): 3409-3415
**Editors Choice Award
Brahney, J., Mahowald, N., Ward, D.S., Ballantyne, A., Neff, J.C. (2015b) Is Atmospheric phosphorus pollution altering global alpine lake stoichiometry? Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29(9): 1369-1383
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Kociolek, P., Leavitt, P., Farmer, G.L., Neff, J.C. (2015a). Ecological changes in two contrasting lakes associated with human activity and dust transport in western Wyoming. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2):378-396
Brahney, J., Spaulding, S., Ballantyne, A.P.,Otu, M., Neff, J.C. (2014b) Separating the influence of diagenesis, productivity, and anthropogenic N deposition on sedimentary δ15N variations. Organic Geochemistry 75: 140- 150
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, AP., Kociolek, P, Spaulding, S., Otu, M., Porwoll, T. Neff, J.C. (2014a). Dust mediated transfer of phosphorus to alpine lake ecosystems in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Biogeochemistry DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9994-x
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A. P., Sievers, C., & Neff, J. C. (2013). Increasing Ca2+ deposition in the western US: The role of mineral aerosols. Aeolian Research 10: 77-87 ** Award for top 5 highly cited papers in AR
Ballantyne, A.P., Brahney, J., Fernandez, D., Lawrence, C.L., Saros, J., Neff, J.C. (2011) Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to recent changes in dust deposition. Biogeosciences 7: 8723-8761
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B. (2010b) Late Holocene paleohydrology of Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 44(3): 873-885
Brahney, J., Routledge, R., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G. (2010a) Changes to the productivity and trophic structure of a sockeye salmon rearing lake in British Columbia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 433-444
** AFS Mercer Patriarch Publication of the year Award (2010)
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B (2008b) Geochemical reconstruction of late Holocene drainage and mixing in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory. Journal of Paleolimnology 40(1): 489-505
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Menounos, B., Edwards, T.W.D. (2008a) Timing and cause of water level fluctuations in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, over the past 5000 years. Quaternary Research 70: 213-227
Brahney, J., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G., Edwards, T.W.D., Routledge, R. (2006) The influence of nitrogen limitation on δ15N and C:N in sediments from sockeye salmon nursery lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Limnology and
Oceanography 51(5): 2333-2340
Technical Reports and Brevia
Brahney, J., Weathers, K., Reche, I. (2021) Book Chapter: Dust and Fog effects on Inland Waters. The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Eds Klement Tockner, Gene Likens, Thomas Mehner. Academic Press, Elsevier
Brahney, J. (2021) Microplastics are raining down from the sky. The Science Breaker. https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/
Brahney, J. (2020) Opinion: You’re probably inhaling microplastics right now. The New York Times Online 06/25/2020, Print 06/26/2020
**Clancy, N.G., Brahney, J., Curtis, J., Budy, P. (2020) Consequences of Didymo blooms in the transnational Kootenay River Basin. Report to BC Parks
Menounos, B., Pelto, B.M., Erler, A.R., Moore, R.D., Weber F., Hutchinson, D.G., Brahney, J. (2020) Glaciers in the Canadian Columbia Basin, Technical Report
Brahney, J., (2019) Estimating total and bioavailable nutrient loading to Utah Lake from the Atmosphere. White Paper. https://doi.org/10.15142/em0e-tt24
Belmont, P., Donovan, M., Brahney, J., Capito, L., & Burgert, Z. (2018). Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System.
Brahney, J (2015) ) Atmospheric increases in dust emissions tied to increases in lake productivity. USDA Mountain Views 9:1
Brahney, J. (2014). Water Quality and Quantity in the Columbia Basin: Review and Recommendations. Water Resources partnership between the Columbia Basin Trust and the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
Brahney, J. (2013) Increases in atmospheric dust over regions of the western U.S and its effect on precipitation pH and alkalinity. USDA Mountain Views 7:1
Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2004) Early-Marine Ecology for Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets- 2004 Final Field-Season Report December 14, 2004
Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2003) Early marine ecology for juvenile sockeye salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets – 2003 Final Field Season Report November 18, 2003
**Brahney student/postdoc
*Student author
*Daniels, J., Liang, L., Benedict, K. B., Brahney, J., Rangel, R., Weathers, K. C., & Ponette-González, A. G. (2024). Satellite-based aerosol optical depth estimates over the continental US during the 2020 wildfire season: Roles of smoke and land cover. Science of The Total Environment, 171122.
**Gianniny, G., Stark, J., Abbott, B., Lee, R., Brahney, J., (2024) Soil temperature and moisture as key controls of phosphorus export in mountain watersheds. Science of the Total Environment.
**King, L., **Devey, M., Leavitt, P.R., Power, M.J., Brothers, S., Brahney, J. (2024) Anthropogenic forcing led to an abrupt shift to phytoplankton-dominance in a shallow eutrophic lake. Freshwater Biology
**Gonzalez-Olalla, J.M., Powell, J.A., Brahney, J. (2023) Dust storms increase the resistance of phytoplankton to damage induced by thermal and pH changes. Global Change Biology
Li, Q., Ziao, S., Cui, Y., Brahney, J., Mahowald, N. (2023). Long-distance atmospheric transport of microplastic fibers influenced by their shapes. Nature Geoscience
*Huston, G.P., Lopez, M.L., Cheng, Y., *King, L., Duxbury, L., Picard, M., Thomson-Laing, G., Myler, E., Helbing, C, Kinnison, M.T., Saros, J..E., Gregary-Eaves, I., Monchamp, M., Wood, S., Armbrecht, L, Ficetola, G., Kurte, L., Von Eggers, J, Brahney, J., Parent, G., Sakata, M., Doi, H., Capo. E. (2023). Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities. Environmental DNA
**Murray, D., Neilson, B., Brahney, J., (2023) Beaver pond geomorphology influences pond nitrogen retention and denitrificaiton. Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences.
**King, L., Brahney, J., Daly, S., Paul, M.J., Salk, K.R., Brothers, S. (2023) Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shiftig shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear water regimes. Freshwater Science
Wang, J.F., Guo, X., Brahney, J., Xu, Z.W., Hu, Y., Sheng. W.Y., Chen, Y-N., Li, M-Y., Guo, W-H. (2023) Growth of grasses and forbs, nutrient concentration, and microbial activity in soil treated with microbeads. Environmental Pollution
**Xu, Z., Belmont, P., Brahney, J., Gellis, A. (2022). Sediment source fingerprinting as an aid to large-scale landscape conservation and restoration: A review of the Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Environmental Management
**Lukens, E., Neilson, B.T., Williams, K.G., Brahney, J. (2022) Evaluation of hydrograph separation techniques with uncertain end-member composition. Hydrological Processes
Brahney, J., Weathers, K.C., Reche, I. (2022) Dust and Fog Effects on Inland Waters. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 2nd Ed. Volume 4 639-656. Reviewed by Kendra Cheruvelil. Eds: Klement Tockner, Thomas Mehner
Wu, R., Dong, Z., Cheng, X., Brahney, J., Jiao, X., Wu, L. (2022)Heavy metal levels and sources in suspended particulate matters of the glacier watersheds in Northeast Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Environmental Science
Hammill, E., *Pendelton, M., Brahney, J., Kettenring, K., Atwood, T. (2022) The fate of heavy metals sequestered by wetland plants in the Great Salt Lake. Ecotoxicology
Deonie Allen, Steve Allen, Sajjad Abbasi, Alex Baker, Melanie Bergmann, Janice Brahney, Tim Butler, Robert Duce, Sabine Eckhardt, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Tim Jickells, Maria Kanakidou, Peter Kershaw, Paolo Laj, Joseph Levermore, Daoji Li, Peter Liss, Kai Liu, Natalie Mahowald, Pere Masque, Dušan Materić, Andrew Mayes, Paul McGinnity, Iolanda Osvath, Kimberly Prather, Joseph Prospero, Laura Revell, Sylvia Sander, Won Joon Shim, Jonathan Slade, Ariel Stein, Oksana Tarasova, Stephanie Wright. (2022). The atmospheric cycle of micro and nano plastics in the marine environment. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
Jiao, X., Dong, Z., Parteli, E., Brahney, J., Wei, T., Marcelli, A., Nie, J., Ren, J., Qin, X. (2022) Uranium isotopic composition and constraints on the provenance of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau’s surface dust. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface
Evangeliou, N., Tichy, O., Eckhardt, S., Zwaaftink, C.G., Brahney, J. (2022) Global emissions, transport and deposition of atmospheric microplastics revealed from Bayesian inverse modelling. Journal of Hazardous Materials
**Editor’s Choice Award
**Scholz, J., Brahney, J. (2022). Evidence for multiple potential drivers of increased phosphorus in high-elevation lakes. Science of the Total Environment
Jiao, X., Dong, Z., Brahney, J., Parteli, E.J.R., Li, F., Marcelli, A., Wei, T. (2022) Uranium isotopes of aeolian dust deposited in northern Tibetan Plateau glaciers: Implications for tracing aeolian dust provenance. Fundamental Research
*Burpee, B.T., Saros, J.E., Nanus, L., Baron, J., Brahney, J., Bergstrom, A., Christianson, K.R., Heard, A., Hunday, B., Koinig, K., Kopacek, J., Moser, K., Hydick, K., Oleksy, I., Sadro, S., Sommaruga, R., Vinebrook., R., Williams, J. (2022) Scale-dependent predictors of lake sensitivity to atmospheric nutrient deposition in alpine regions. Water Research
*Frei, R., *Lawson, G., *Norris, A.J., *Cano, G., *Vargas, C., *Kujanpaa, E., *Hopkins, A., Sabo, R., Brahney, J., Abbott, B.W (2021). Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources Plos One
Wei, T., Brahney, J., Dong, Z., Kang, S., Zong, C., Guo, J., ... & Qin, X. (2021). Hf–Nd–Sr Isotopic Composition of the Tibetan Plateau Dust as a Fingerprint for Regional to Hemispherical Transport. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(14), 10121-10132.
Brahney, J., Mahowald, N., Prank, M., Cornwell, G., Klimont, Z., Matsui, H., & Prather, K. A. (2021). Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(16).
**Murray, D, Neilson, B., Brahney, J. (2021) Source or sink? Quantifying beaver pond influence on non-point source pollutant transport in the Intermountain West. Journal of Environmental Management. [IF 5.708, Cit:0]
**Clancy, N.G., Brahney, J., Dunnigan, J., Budy, P. (2021) Effects of a diatom ecosystem engineer on stream food webs: implications for native fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [IF:3.095 Cit:0]
*McKnight, E., Swanson, H., Brahney, J., Hik, D. (2021) The Physical and chemical limnology of Yukon's largest lake, Lhuaan Man' (Kluane Lake), prior to the 2016 Aay Chu diversion Arctic Science [IF NA: Cit:0]
Dong, Z., Brahney, J., Kang, S., Elser, J., Wei, T., Jiao, X., Shao, Y. (2020). Aeolian dust transport, cycles, and influences in the high-elevation cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau region: new evidence from alpine snow and ice. Earth Science Reviews [IF 10.973, Cit:0]
Brahney, J., Bothwell, M., **Capito, L., Gray, C., Null, S., Menounos, G., Curtis, P.J. (2020) Glacier recession alters stream water quality characteristics facilitating bloom formation in the benthic diatom Didymosphenia geminata. Science of the Total Environment [IF:6.551, Cit:0]
Elser, J.J, Wu, C., Gonzales, A., Shain, D., Smith, H.J., Sommaruga, R., Williamson, C.E., Brahney, J., Hotaling, S., Vanderwall, J., Yu, J., Aizen V., Aizen, E., Battin, T.J., Camassa, R., Feng, Xiu., Jiang, H., Lu, L., Qu, J., Ren, Z., Wen, J., Wen, L, Woods, H.A., Xiong, X. Xu, J., Yu, G., Harper, J.T., Saros, J.E. (2020) Key rules of life and the fading cryosphere: impacts in alpine lakes and streams. Global Change Biology [IF:8.88 Cit:0]
**Clancy, N., *Draper, J., *Wolf, M., *Abdulwahab, *U., Pendleton, M., Brothers, S., Brahney, J., *Weathered, J., Hammill E., Atwood, T.B. (2020). Protecting endangered species in the USA requires both public and private land conservation. Scientific Reports doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68780-y [
Brahney, J., **Hallerud, M., **Heim, E., Hahnenberger, M. Sukumaran, S. (2020) Plastic rain in Protected Areas of the United States. Science 10.1126/science.aaz5819
Brahney, J., Wetherbee, G., Sexstone, G., Strong, P., Youngbull, C. (2020). A new sampler for the determination of dry deposition with the NADP network. Aeolian Environment
Crawford, J., Hinckley, E.S., Litaor, I, Brahney, J., Neff, J. (2019) Strong evidence for accelerated climate-driven weathering and sulfate export in high alpine environments. Environmental Research Letters
Blais-Stevens, A., Clague, J.J., Brahney, J., Lipovsky, P., Menounos, B., Haeussler, P. (2019) Evidence for large Holocene earthquakes along the Denali fault in southwest Yukon, Canada. Environmental and Engineering Geosciences
Kopacek, J., Kana, J., Bicarova, S, Brahney, J., Navratil, T, Norton, S.A., Porcal, P., Stuchlik, E. (2019) Climate change accelerates recovery of the Tatra Mountain lakes from acidification and increases their nutrient and chlorophyll a concentrations Aquatic Sciences, 81:70
Courtney Mustaphi, C., Brahney, J., Aquino-Lopez, M., Goring, S., **Orton, K., Norohma, A., Czapplewski, J., Asena, Q., Paton, S.C., Pange Brushworth, J. (2019) Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology.
Moser, K.A., Baron, J.S., Brahney, J., Oleksy, I.A., Saros, J.E., Hunday, E.K., Sadro, S.A., Kopacek, J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M.J., Strecker, A.L., Chandra, S., Walters, D.M., Preston, S.L., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S.A., Chrisianson, K.R., ..Smol, J.R. (2019) Mountain lakes: Eyes on global environmental change. Global and Planetary Change
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Vandergoes, M., Baisden, T., Neff, J.C. (2019) Increased dust deposition in New Zealand related to 20th century Australian land use. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
*Epperly, J., *Witt, A., *Haight, J., *Washko, S., Atwood, T.B., Brahney, J., Brothers, S., Hammill, E. (2018) Relationships between borders, management agencies, and the likelihood of watershed impairment. PLOS One 13(9) e0204149
Brahney, J., Menounos, B., Wei, A., Curtis., P.J. (2017) Determining annual cryosphere storage contributions to streamflow using historical hydrometric records. Hydrologic Processes 31(8) 1590-1601
Brahney, J., Weber, F., Foord, V., Janmaat, J., Curtis. P.J. (2017) Evidence for a climate-driven hydrologic regime shift in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Canadian Water Resources Journal 42(2) 179-192
Mahowald, N.M., Scanza, R., Brahney, J., Goodale, C.L., Hess, P.G., Moore, J.K., Neff, J.C. (2017) Aerosol deposition impacts on land and ocean carbon cycles. Current Climate Change Reports 8(2) 1-16
Stoddard, J.L, van Sickle, J., Herlihy, A.T., Brahney, J., Paulsen, S., Peck, D.V., Mitchell, R., Pollard, A. (2016) Continental Scale Increases in lake and stream phosphorus: Are oligotrophic systems disappearing in the U.S.? Environmental Science and Technology 50(7): 3409-3415
**Editors Choice Award
Brahney, J., Mahowald, N., Ward, D.S., Ballantyne, A., Neff, J.C. (2015b) Is Atmospheric phosphorus pollution altering global alpine lake stoichiometry? Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29(9): 1369-1383
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Kociolek, P., Leavitt, P., Farmer, G.L., Neff, J.C. (2015a). Ecological changes in two contrasting lakes associated with human activity and dust transport in western Wyoming. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2):378-396
Brahney, J., Spaulding, S., Ballantyne, A.P.,Otu, M., Neff, J.C. (2014b) Separating the influence of diagenesis, productivity, and anthropogenic N deposition on sedimentary δ15N variations. Organic Geochemistry 75: 140- 150
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, AP., Kociolek, P, Spaulding, S., Otu, M., Porwoll, T. Neff, J.C. (2014a). Dust mediated transfer of phosphorus to alpine lake ecosystems in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Biogeochemistry DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9994-x
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A. P., Sievers, C., & Neff, J. C. (2013). Increasing Ca2+ deposition in the western US: The role of mineral aerosols. Aeolian Research 10: 77-87 ** Award for top 5 highly cited papers in AR
Ballantyne, A.P., Brahney, J., Fernandez, D., Lawrence, C.L., Saros, J., Neff, J.C. (2011) Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to recent changes in dust deposition. Biogeosciences 7: 8723-8761
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B. (2010b) Late Holocene paleohydrology of Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 44(3): 873-885
Brahney, J., Routledge, R., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G. (2010a) Changes to the productivity and trophic structure of a sockeye salmon rearing lake in British Columbia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 433-444
** AFS Mercer Patriarch Publication of the year Award (2010)
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B (2008b) Geochemical reconstruction of late Holocene drainage and mixing in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory. Journal of Paleolimnology 40(1): 489-505
Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Menounos, B., Edwards, T.W.D. (2008a) Timing and cause of water level fluctuations in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, over the past 5000 years. Quaternary Research 70: 213-227
Brahney, J., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G., Edwards, T.W.D., Routledge, R. (2006) The influence of nitrogen limitation on δ15N and C:N in sediments from sockeye salmon nursery lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Limnology and
Oceanography 51(5): 2333-2340
Technical Reports and Brevia
Brahney, J., Weathers, K., Reche, I. (2021) Book Chapter: Dust and Fog effects on Inland Waters. The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Eds Klement Tockner, Gene Likens, Thomas Mehner. Academic Press, Elsevier
Brahney, J. (2021) Microplastics are raining down from the sky. The Science Breaker. https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/
Brahney, J. (2020) Opinion: You’re probably inhaling microplastics right now. The New York Times Online 06/25/2020, Print 06/26/2020
**Clancy, N.G., Brahney, J., Curtis, J., Budy, P. (2020) Consequences of Didymo blooms in the transnational Kootenay River Basin. Report to BC Parks
Menounos, B., Pelto, B.M., Erler, A.R., Moore, R.D., Weber F., Hutchinson, D.G., Brahney, J. (2020) Glaciers in the Canadian Columbia Basin, Technical Report
Brahney, J., (2019) Estimating total and bioavailable nutrient loading to Utah Lake from the Atmosphere. White Paper. https://doi.org/10.15142/em0e-tt24
Belmont, P., Donovan, M., Brahney, J., Capito, L., & Burgert, Z. (2018). Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System.
Brahney, J (2015) ) Atmospheric increases in dust emissions tied to increases in lake productivity. USDA Mountain Views 9:1
Brahney, J. (2014). Water Quality and Quantity in the Columbia Basin: Review and Recommendations. Water Resources partnership between the Columbia Basin Trust and the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
Brahney, J. (2013) Increases in atmospheric dust over regions of the western U.S and its effect on precipitation pH and alkalinity. USDA Mountain Views 7:1
Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2004) Early-Marine Ecology for Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets- 2004 Final Field-Season Report December 14, 2004
Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2003) Early marine ecology for juvenile sockeye salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets – 2003 Final Field Season Report November 18, 2003