Paleolimnology
Lake sediments contain a wealth of knowledge, recording environmental change through time like pages in a history book. Our lab often uses lake sediment records as a compliment to contemporary limnology to better understand drivers of environmental change.
Publications and Thesis
Devey, M. (2022) Comparing multiple approaches to reconstructing the phosphorus history of marl lakes: A Utah Lake case study
King, L. (2019) The response of Utah Lake's plant and algal community structure to cultural eutrophication
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
φCourtney-Mustaphi, C.J., Brahney, J., *Aquino-Lopez, M.A., φGoring, S., ++Orton, K., Noronha, A., Czaplewski, J.m Asena, Q, Patron, S.C., Brushworth, J.P. (2019). Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology 52 77-87 [IF:3.485 Cit:3]
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Vandergoes, M., Baisden, T., Neff, J.C. (2019). Increased dust deposition in New Zealand related to 20th century land-use. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004627
Moser, K., Baron, J., Brahney, J., *Oleksy, B., Saros, J., Hundy, B., Sadro, S., Kopacek J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M., Strecker, A., Chandra, S., Walters, D., Preston, D., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S., Hik, D., Christianson, K., Melack, J., Smol, J. (2019). Mountain Lakes: Eyes on Global Environmental Change. Global and Planetary Change (178) 77-95 *Invited Review
Belmont, P., Donovan, M., Brahney, J., Capito, L., Burgert, Z. (2018) Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System. Utah State University. 11-S-2018
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
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
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
Devey, M. (2022) Comparing multiple approaches to reconstructing the phosphorus history of marl lakes: A Utah Lake case study
King, L. (2019) The response of Utah Lake's plant and algal community structure to cultural eutrophication
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
φCourtney-Mustaphi, C.J., Brahney, J., *Aquino-Lopez, M.A., φGoring, S., ++Orton, K., Noronha, A., Czaplewski, J.m Asena, Q, Patron, S.C., Brushworth, J.P. (2019). Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology 52 77-87 [IF:3.485 Cit:3]
Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Vandergoes, M., Baisden, T., Neff, J.C. (2019). Increased dust deposition in New Zealand related to 20th century land-use. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004627
Moser, K., Baron, J., Brahney, J., *Oleksy, B., Saros, J., Hundy, B., Sadro, S., Kopacek J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M., Strecker, A., Chandra, S., Walters, D., Preston, D., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S., Hik, D., Christianson, K., Melack, J., Smol, J. (2019). Mountain Lakes: Eyes on Global Environmental Change. Global and Planetary Change (178) 77-95 *Invited Review
Belmont, P., Donovan, M., Brahney, J., Capito, L., Burgert, Z. (2018) Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System. Utah State University. 11-S-2018
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
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
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