Faculty Profile
Dr. Suzanne Tank
Assistant Professor
Education
B.Sc. (Env.) Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Guelph University, 1998
M.Sc. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 2002
Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2009
Office: N411 Ross
Phone: x22763
Email: tanks@yorku.ca
Website:
Research Interests
Arctic and boreal aquatic biogeochemistry
River-ocean linkages in the Arctic
Carbon cycling and metabolism in aquatic ecosystems
Aquatic ecosystem science
Representative Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Holmes, R.M, J.W. McClelland, B.J. Peterson, S.E. Tank, E. Bulygina, T.I. Eglington, V.V. Gordeev, T.Y. Gurtovaya, P.A. Raymond, D.J. Repeta, R. Staples, R.G. Striegl, A.A. Zhulidov and S.A. Zimov. In press, 2011. Seasonal and annual fluxes of nutrients and organic matter from large rivers to the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas. Estuaries and Coasts. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9386-6.
Tank, S.E., J.W. McClelland, R.M. Holmes, M. Manizza and B.J. Peterson. In press, 2011 The processing and impact of riverine nutrients and organic matter in the near- and offshore Arctic Ocean. Estuaries and Coasts. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9417-3.
Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack, J.A.L Gareis, C.L. Osburn and R.H. Hesslein. 2011. Multiple tracers demonstrate distinct sources of dissolved organic matter to lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, western Canadian Arctic. Limnology and Oceanography. 56: 1297-1309. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1297.
Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack and D.J. McQueen. 2009. Elevated pH regulates bacterial carbon cycling in lakes with high photosynthetic activity. Ecology 90: 1910-1922.
Tank, S.E., L.F.W. Lesack and R.H. Hesslein. 2009. Northern delta lakes as summertime CO2 absorbers within the arctic landscape. Ecosystems 12: 144-157.
Tank, S.E., M.A. Xenopoulos, and L.L. Hendzel. 2005. Effect of ultraviolet radiation on alkaline phosphatase activity and planktonic phosphorus acquisition in Canadian Boreal Shield lakes. Limnology and Oceanography. 50: 1345-1351.
Tank, S.E., and D.W. Schindler. 2004. The role of ultraviolet radiation in structuring epilithic algal communities in montane lakes of the Rocky Mountains: Evidence from pigments and taxonomy. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1461-1474.
Tank, S.E., D.W. Schindler and M.T. Arts. 2003. Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on benthic communities: Epilithic food quality and invertebrate growth in four montane lakes. Oikos 103: 651-667.
Frost, P.C., S.E. Tank, M.A. Turner, and J.J. Elser. 2003. Elemental composition of littoral invertebrates from oligotrophic and eutrophic Canadian lakes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22: 51-62.
