ABSTRACTS printed as Conference Proceedings
(**indicates invited presentations, student names in bold-face, undergraduates underlined)
2019
Chmura GL. 2019. Calculating Accumulation Rates of Blue Carbon in Maritime Saltmarsh Soils – Does Reduced Decomposition Result in More Constant Rates Over Time? ACCESS Annual Meeting, Halifax.
Chmura GL, vanArdenne LB, Jolicoeur S. 2019. Controls of Marsh Hydrology, Climate and Photoperiod on Availability of the Maritime Ringlet’s Nectar Sources. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Halifax.
Chmura GL, vanArdenne LB. 2019. The Bay of Fundy Blue Carbon Story (Map). ACCESS Annual Meeting, Halifax.
Chmura GL, Torio D, Short F, vanArdenne L, Fajardo P. 2019. Indirect Threats to Blue Carbon Wetlands. Invited presentation in symposium on The Critical Role of Wetlands in International Climate Solutions: Emerging Opportunities. SWS Meeting, Baltimore, May.
Chmura GL. 2019. Identifying Predictors of Blue Carbon (Salt Marsh Soil Organic Carbon) Accumulation Rates – Examples from Eastern Canada. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, March.
2018
Chmura GL, vanArdenne LB. 2018. “The Maritime Ringlet and Its Salt Marshes” Story Map: an Outreach Tool For ECCC’S Habitat Stewardship Program – Species at Risk. ACCESS Annual Meeting, St. John’s, May 23-26.
Chmura GL, Cockburn CF, Poirier A, vanArdenne LB, Jolicoeur S. 2018. Using Growing Degree Days to Assess Synchronicity in the Maritime Ringlet and Its Nectar Sources. ACCESS Annual Meeting, St. John’s, May 23-26.
Chmura GL, vanArdenne LB, Wollenberg JT, Mozdzer TJ, Biswas A. 2018. Blue carbon losses with salt marsh drainage. 12th International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Coral Gables, Florida, April 23-26.
Price AM, Turner RE, Pospelova V, Chmura GL, Coffin MRS, Latimer JS, Rabalais NN. 2018. Monitoring Water Quality in Northwest Atlantic Coastal Waters Using Dinoflagellate Cysts. NEERS Spring 2018 meeting, Portsmouth, NH, April 26-28, 2018
2017
Sadler MK, Chmura GL, Levoy S. 2017. Contribution of Aboveground Growth to Salt Marsh Soil Carbon in Highly Eutrophic Estuaries. CERF biannual meeting Providence, RI, Nov.
Levoy S, Chmura GL. 2017. Impact of Eutrophication on Spartina patens Belowground Biomass. CERF biannual meeting Providence, RI, Nov. – Awarded prize for best grad student poster.
Kalacska M, Chmura GL, Lucanus O, Bérubé D, Arroyo-Mora J. 2017. Structure from Motion (SfM) Will Revolutionize Analyses of Salt Marsh Landscapes. CERF biannual meeting Providence, RI, Nov.
Sadler MK, Chmura GL, Levoy S. 2017. Contribution of Aboveground Growth to Salt Marsh Soil Carbon in Prince Edward Island Estuaries. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, May. Best Undergrad POSTER award.
Wollenberg JT, Ollerhead J, Chmura GL. 2017. Estimating Short-Term Carbon Accumulation Following Managed Realignment. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, May. Best Graduate Oral Presentation award.
Rusk BA, Cormier L, Jolicoeur S, Chmura GL. 2017. Photographic Monitoring of Nectar Sources of Chaleur Bay’s Endangered Maritime Ringlet Butterfly. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, May.
van Ardenne LB, Chmura GL. 2017. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, May.
Pendea IF, Chmura GL. 2017. Between a Rock and Hard Place – Wetland Woes on Jame’s Bay’s Rebounding Coastline. ACCESS Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, May.
2016
Pendea IF, Chmura GL. 2016. Coastal squeeze through wetland succession on the rebounding coastline of James Bay. ESA Annual Meeting, August, Ft. Lauderdale.
Gros M, Koutsavlakis J, Levoy S, Normand S, Ward MK, Chmura GL. 2016. Reconstruction of the History of Dyke Construction and Failure near Caraquet on Chaleur Bay. ACCESS Meeting, Charlottetown, PE, May. Poster - product of GEOG 550 class.
Dragieva AP, Torio DD, Chmura GL, Arroyo-Mora JP. 2016. What Do Canada’s Marine Protected Areas Protect? ACCESS Meeting, Charlottetown, PE, May. Best Undergrad POSTER award.
Wollenberg J, Mozdzer TJ, Biswas A, Chmura GL. 2016. Comparing Organic Matter Decay in a Flooded and Dyked Salt Marsh: the Impact of Land Use Change on Carbon Storage. ACCESS Meeting, Charlottetown, PE, May.
van Ardenne LB, Chmura GL. 2016. Marsh Wide Carbon Storage of Northern Salt Marshes. ACCESS Meeting, Charlottetown, PE, May. Best Graduate Poster Award
2015
**Chmura GL. 2015. Response of Northern Tidal Marshes to Sea Level Change. Society for Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Providence, RI. Plenary talk.
Short F, Torio D, Chmura GL. 2015. Seagrass blue carbon resources of North America. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennual Meeting 8-12 November, Portland, OR.
Chmura GL, Roughan B, Kelman L, Smith E. 2015. Eutrophication is also a climate problem – nitrous oxide emissions from saltmarshes in agricultural watersheds. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennual Meeting 8-12 November, Portland, OR
Price AM, Pospelova V, Coffin MRS, Latimer JS, Chmura GL. 2015. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of water quality in northwestern Atlantic estuaries. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennual Meeting 8-12 November, Portland, OR.
van Ardenne L, Chmura GL. 2015. Variability in carbon stocks of northern salt marshes. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennual Meeting 8-12 November, Portland, OR.
Price AM, Pospelova V, Coffin MRS, Latimer JS, Chmura GL. 2015. The impact of estuary Type on the spatial distribution of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in NE USA and PEI estuaries. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) 2015 conference. St. Andrews, NB.
Price AM, Pospelova V, Latimer JS, Chmura GL. 2015. Coastal Eutrophication and Biogeography in Northeast United States (Maine To Delaware) estuaries as Recorded by Dinoflagellate cysts. Joint Assembly AGU-CGU-GAC-MAC. Montreal, QC.
2014
**Chmura, GL and Pendea IF. 2014. Response of Northern Tidal Marshes to Sea Level Change. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC Oct 19-22.
van Ardenne LB, Lambert-Rivest G, Deane JS, Chmura GL. 2014. Determining Carbon Stocks in Northern Salt Marshes. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC Oct 19-22.
Price AM*, Baustian M, Turner RE, Rabalais NN, Chmura GL. 2014. Fossilized Phytoplankton Record Increasing Eutrophication in the Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone.” The Geological Society of America conference. Vancouver, BC.
Price AM, Pospelova V, Latimer JS and Chmura GL. 2014. Coastal Eutrophication in Northeast US Estuaries: Dinoflagellate Cysts as Bioindicators. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC Oct 19-22.
Torio DD, Chmura, GL. 2014. Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Marsh as Fish Habitat. Coastal Zone Canada, Halifax, NS, June.
Roughan BL, Kellman L, Chmura GL. 2014. Nitrogen-loading Affects Blue Carbon Potential of Prince Edward Island Salt Marshes. Coastal Zone Canada, Halifax, NS, June.
Chmura, GL. 2014. Salt Marshes Contribute to Global Biodiversity. Coastal Zone Canada, Halifax, NS, June.
van Ardenne LB, Chmura, GL. 2014. Carbon Loss from Agricultural Transformation of Bay of Fundy Salt Marshes. Coastal Zone Canada, Halifax, NS, June.
Chmura GL. 2014. Return of Ecosystem Services with Marsh Restoration and Recovery in Eastern Canada. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Roughan BL, Kellman L, Chmura, GL. 2014. Elevated N2O Flux from Salt Marshes Located in Nitrogen-Loaded Prince Edward Island Estuaries Reduces Blue Carbon Potential. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
van Ardenne LB, Chmura GL. 2014. Modelling Carbon Losses from Bay of Fundy Dykelands. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Angrove KG, Chmura, GL. 2014. The Silver Lining of Smelters and Storms: Refining Sediment Accumulation Rates in New Brunswick Salt Marshes. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Torio DD, Chmura GL, Short F, Arroyo-Mora P, Hatvany M, Fajardo P, vanArdenne L. 2014. Mapping the Distribution of Salt Marshes in Canada. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Torio DD, Chmura GL, Short F, Arroyo-Mora P, Hatvany M, Fajardo P, vanArdenne L. 2014. Mapping the Distribution of Seagrasses in Canada. ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Torio, DD and Chmura, GL. 2014. Does Sea Level Rise Enhance Fish Habitat in Salt Marshes? ACCESS Meeting, Halifax, NS, June.
Price AM, Pospelova V, Chmura GL, Latimer JS. 2014. Dinoflagellate Cysts as Indicators of Water Quality in Northeast US Estuaries. NEERS Meeting, Salem, MA, May.
van Ardenne LB, Chmura GL. 2014. Modelling CO2 Emissions from Reclaimed Salt Marshes in the Bay of Fundy. NEERS Meeting, Salem, MA, May.
**Chmura, GL. 2014. Return of Ecosystem Services with Marsh Restoration and Recovery. NEERS Meeting, Salem, MA, May.
**Chmura GL, Kellman, L. 2014. Seasonal Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from a Macrotidal and Microtidal Cold Temperate Salt Marsh. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, May.
2013
Chmura GL. 2013. Considering tidal marshes in IPCC national greenhouse gas inventories – research needs. 22nd Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Nov 3-7, 2013
Roughan B, Kellman L and Chmura GL. 2013. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Flux from 5 Salt Marshes in Estuaries along the Gulf of St. Lawrence. AGU meeting, San Francisco Dec 9-13.
Chmura GL. 2013. Considering tidal marshes in IPCC national greenhouse gas inventories – research needs. 22nd Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Nov 3-7, 2013.
Bush DF, Chmura GL, Sieber R. 2013. Does an Individual’s Digital and Physical Geography Impact Perceptions of and Learning about Climate Change? AGU Chapman Conference Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future. June 8-13, Granby, CO.
Levac E, Neulieb T, Southon J, Lewis M, Pendea IF, Chmura GL. 2013. Potential pitfalls of pollen dating. CANQUA.
McGuire, A. and Chmura, G.L. 2013. Accretion, Sediment, and Pollen Accumulation in Salt Marshes of Kouchibouguac National Park, NB and Covehead Bay, PEI. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Lawrencetown, NS, May. Awarded 1st place for undergraduate poster presentation.
Price, A. and Chmura, G.L. 2013. Can Dinoflagellate Cysts be Used to Monitor Eutrophication in Prince Edward Island Estuaries? Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Lawrencetown, NS, May. Awarded 2nd place for graduate oral presentation.
Khan, A.H., Levac, E. and Chmura, G.L. 2013. The Effect of Global Climate Change on the Future Distribution of Macroalgae (Seaweeds) on the NW Atlantic. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Lawrencetown, NS, May.
Roughan, B. Kellman, L. and Chmura, G.L. 2013. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Fluxes from Salt Marsh Cores Vary with Tidal Flooding and Nitrogen-Addition. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Lawrencetown, NS, May.
4) **Chmura, G.L. 2013. What We Should Know Before Marketing Blue Carbon? New England Estuarine Research Society, Portland, ME, April.
Kryczka , R.J. and Chmura, G.L. 2013. Which Salt Marsh Plant Species Require Nitrogen to Deal with Osmotic Stress? New England Estuarine Research Society, Portland, ME, April.
2012
Chmura, G.L. and Pendea, I.F. 2012. Using palynological signatures to attribute rates of carbon storage to paleo-wetlands. Meeting of AASP - The Palynological Society, Lexington, July 21-25.
Neulieb, T., Levac, E., Southon, J., Lewis, M., Pendea, I.F., Chmura, G.L. 2012. Dating pollen to refine marine reservoir age in the northwestern North Atlantic.. Radiocarbon 2012 Conference, Paris July 9-13.
Paquette, J., Graf, M., Chmura, G.L. and Butler, C. 2012. Calcrete on Everglades tree islands: hiatus or outcome of human occupation and tree development? 22nd Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Montréal, June 24-29.
Torio, D. and Chmura, G.L. 2012. Assessing Coastal Squeeze of Tidal Marshes. 10th International Coastal Zone Canada Conference, June 9–14, 2012 Rimouski, Quebec.
Hughes, C., Grant, A., Gail L. Chmura, G.L. The Digital Divide in Atlantic Canada. 10th International Coastal Zone Canada Conference, June 9–14, 2012 Rimouski, Quebec.
Khan, A.H., Levac, E. and Chmura, G.L. 2012. Potential impact of global warming on ranges of commercial fish species in the Northwest Atlantic. 10th International Coastal Zone Canada Conference, June 9–14, 2012 Rimouski, Quebec.
Chmura, G.L. and Kellman, L. 2012. Do Tidal Salt Marshes Release Greenhouse Gases During the Spring Thaw? 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, June 3-8, Orlando, FL.
Chmura, G.L. and Torio, D. 2012. Assessing the permanence of Blue Carbon sinks with rising sea levels. 2nd Int. Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans, May 15-19, Jeosu, Korea.
Khan, A.H., Levac, E. and Chmura, G.L. 2012. Potential impact of global warming on ranges of commercial fish species in the Northwest Atlantic. 2nd Int. Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans, May 15-19, Jeosu, Korea.
Roy-Dufresne, E., Chmura, G.L and Millien, V. 2012. Projected distribution of the white-footed mouse with climate change: a question of time and space. AAG meeting, New York, Feb 2012.
Torio, D. and Chmura, G.L. 2012. A landscape ecology approach to assess the impacts of sea level rise and coastal development on salt marshes. AAG meeting, New York, Feb 2012.
Levac, E., Sandercombe, S. and Chmura, G.L. 2012. Abrupt climate change recorded in the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. AAG meeting, New York, Feb 2012.
2011
Chmura, G.L. and Pendea, I.F. 2011. High resolution record of carbon accumulation rates during boreal peatland initiation. AGU meeting, San Francisco.
Burdick, D., Moore, G. and Chmura, G.L. 2011. Estimating benefits from tidal marsh restoration using monitoring indicators and ecosystem services. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 21st Biennial Conference, Nov 5-10.
Chmura, G.L., Shatilla, N.J., Rodriques-Gervais, K. 2011 The contribution of vegetation to tidal marsh accretion is underestimated by measurements of mass of organic matter. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 21st Biennial Conference, Nov 5-10.
Marrotte, R., and Chmura, G.L. 2011. Morphology of Nymphaea and Nuphar Sclereids and the Effect of Palynological Processing Techniques. Quebec-Ontario Paleolimnology Symposium, May 25-27, 2011.
Torio, D.D, and G.L. Chmura. 2011. Using Fuzzy Logic to Map the Threat of Coastal Squeeze to Marshes at Wells Reserve and Portland, Maine. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Antigonish, NS, May 2011.
Torio, D.D, and G.L. Chmura. 2011. Using Fuzzy Logic to Map the Threat of Coastal Squeeze to Marshes at Wells Reserve and Portland, Maine. New England Estuarine Research Society, Port Jefferson, NY, May 2011
Chmura, G.L. and Graf, M.-T. 2011. The Human Trigger for Development of Tree Islands in the Florida Everglades. AGU Chapman Conference on Climates, Past Landscapes, and Civilizations. Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 21-25.
2010
Chmura, G.L. Kellman, L. and Guntenspergen, G.R. 2010. Climate Feedbacks of a Northern Macrotidal and Microtidal Salt Marsh. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 13–17 December.
Marrotte, R., Chmura, G.L., and Graf, M.-T. 2010. The Utility of Nymphaea and Nuphar Sclereids in Paleoecological Reconstructions. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Meeting, Halifax, NS, Sept 2010. Awarded Best Student Poster of Conference
Sandercombe, S., Levac, E and Chmura, G.L 2010. Documenting the response of Newfoundland forests to Holocene climatic variability using a high resolution sediment core from Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Meeting, Halifax, NS, Sept 2010.
Torio, D.D., A.S. Grant, and G.L. Chmura. 2010. How do We Assess the Susceptibility of Salt Marshes to Coastal Squeeze? Joint meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society and Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, May 2010.
Shatilla, N.J. and G.L. Chmura. 2010. Can We Assume a Constant Relationship Between Mass and Volume of Organic Matter in Tidal Salt Marsh Soil? Joint meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society and Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, May 2010.
Costopoulos, A., Chmura, G., Zubrow, E. Okkonen, J., Vaneekchout, S., Pendea, I. F. 2010. Regional shoreline displacement variation as a constraint on human settlement patterns: A historical example from Northern Canada and a Prehistoric example from Northern Finland. IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010, Oslo, Norway from 8-12 June 2010.
Chmura, G.L. 2009. Surprising Vegetation Responses to Marsh Fertilization. Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, Portland, OR, November 2-5.
2009
Chmura, G.L. Rahemtulla, H. and Sieber, R. 2009. VGI in the Consultation and Restoration of Coastal Marshes. Oceans Management Conference, Ottawa.
Pendea, I.P. and Chmura, G.L. 2009. New Shoreline Displacement Model for the Last 7 ka from Eastern James Bay, Northern Quebec. CANQUA Biennial Meeting, May.
Chmura, G.L. and Pendea, I.P. 2009. Reconstructing Wetland Succession on Rebounding Coastlines Using Modern Analogues. CANQUA Biennial Meeting, May.
Chmura, G.L., Burdick, D.M., Moore, G.E. 2009. Restoration of Ecosystem Services in Salt Marshes. 8th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, May 26-29, Wolfville, NS.
Moore, G.E., Burdick, D.M., Peter, C.R. and Chmura, G.L. 2009. Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Restored Salt Marshes. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, April, Salem Massachusetts.
Charbonneau DJ, Chmura GL. 2009. Importance of Mangroves and Salt Marshes to Global Biodiversity. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, April, Salem MA.
2008
Graf M-T, Paquette J, Schwadron M, Stone PA, Ross M, Chmura GL. 2008. Geochemical Analysis of Carbonate Layers in Tree Island Peats. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting For Everglades Restoration 2050 – Advancing the Science to Achieve Success, July 28-August 1, 2008 l Naples, FL.
Pendea IF, Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2008. Near-shore dinoflagellate cysts assemblages of the late Tyrrell Sea phase at Old Factory Lake, eastern James Bay, Québec. Eighth International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates May 4 to May 10, Montreal.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW. 2008. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries of Eastern Canada. Atlantic Climate Change 2008: Risk, Responses and Tools for Action. Halifax, NS March 4-5.
Chmura GL. 2008. Climate Change and Sustainability of the Carbon Sink in Maritime Salt Marshes. Atlantic Climate Change 2008: Risk, Responses and Tools for Action. Halifax, NS March 4-5.
2007
Graf M-T, Schwadron M, Stone, PA, Ross M, Chmura GL. 2007. Controls on Carbonate Layer Development in Tree Island Peats. Tree Island Workshop I, Florida Atlantic University.
Yu O, Chmura GL. 2007. Sheep Grazing on a St. Lawrence Estuary Salt Marsh. Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, Providence, RI, Nov.2007.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW. 2007. Climate Change and Range Shifts of Northwest Atlantic Commercial Species. Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, Providence, RI, Nov. 2007.
Pendea IF, Costopoulos A, Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2007. Paleoecological reconstruction of the late Tyrell Sea phase at Old Factory Lake, eastern James Bay, Québec. CANQUA Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, June, 2007.
Graf M-T, Shaw J, Chmura GL. 2007. Reassessing proposed rates of recent eustatic sea level rise in Atlantic Canada. CANQUA Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, June, 2007.
Chmura GL, Kellman LM. 2007. Greenhouse gas flux from two types of New Brunswick salt marshes. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS, May 16-17.
Graf M-T, Chmura GL. 2007. Using Pollen modern analogues to locate a buried dikeland soil in a restored upper Bay of Fundy salt marsh. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 2007.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW. 2007. Greenhouse Warming and Changes in Biogeographic Ranges of Marine Species on the NW Atlantic. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 2007.
2006
Chmura GL. 2006. Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Fundy Salt Marsh Vegetation. 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
Flanary EA, Chmura, GL. 2006. Vegetation Distribution at John Lusby, a Recovering Salt Marsh in the Cumberland Basin. 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
MacDonald GK, Chmura GL, van Proosdij D. 2006. The Hybrid Tidal Channel Network of Recovering Salt Marshes. 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW, Vereault SA, Flanary EA. 2006. Sea Surface Temperature Changes & Biogeographic Ranges of Commercial Marine Species. 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
Noel PE, Chmura GL. 2006. Spatial and Environmental Variability of Pools on a Natural and a Recovering Salt Marsh in the Bay of Fundy. 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
Byers SE, Chmura GL. 2006. Greater resistance of macrotidal Bay of Fundy marshes to sea-level rise. Society of Wetland Scientists, Cairns and 7th Bay of Fundy Workshop, St. Andrews, Oct. 24-27.
Chmura GL, Kellman LM. 2006. Restoration of Fundy Marshes will transform agricultural lands to improved carbon and methane sinks BIOCAP national conference entitled Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Biosphere solutions for energy and the environment. Oct 31-Nov 1, Ottawa.
Chmura GL, Stone PA, Ross MS. 2006. Non-pollen Microfossils as Indicators of Past Hydroperiod in the Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference. Buena Vista, FL, June.
Graf M-T, Chmura GL. 2006. Using pollen and palynomorphs to distinguish between four different grassland land use types in the salt marshes and dikelands of the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada. Geological Association of Canada, Montreal, May.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW, Vereault SA, Flanary EA. 2006. Sea Surface Temperature Changes & Biogeographic Ranges of Commercial Marine Species Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Fredericton, May.
Noel PE, Chmura GL. 2006. Macroinvertebrate communities of salt marsh pools: comparison of a natural and recovering marsh. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Fredericton, May.
Vereault S, Chmura GL. 2006. Potential Changes in Sea Surface Temperature and Migration of Atlantic Salmon Smolts in the Northwest Atlantic. Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Fredericton, May
Noel PE, Macdonald GK, Byers SE, Chmura GL. 2006. Recovery, Resilience, and Resistance of Bay of Fundy Salt Marshes. New England Estuarine Research Society, Massachusetts, April.
Byers SE, MAcDonald GK, Noel PE, Chmura GL. 2006. Recovery, Resistance and Resilience of Bay of Fundy Salt Marshes. Global Environment and Climate Change Centre Day, Montreal, March.
Chmura GL, Van Guelpen L, Pohle GW, Vereault SA, Flanary EA. 2006. Sea Surface Temperature Changes & Biogeographic Ranges of Commercial Marine Species. DFO-FSRS Workshop on the Inshore Ecosystem and Significant Areas of the Scotian Shelf, Jan 16-19, Halifax.
2005
Byers SE, McEnroe NA, Sabourin AS, Stone PA, Ross MS, Chmura GL. 2005. Pollen Signatures of Everglades Tree Island Vegetation Zones. ESA-Intecol, Montreal, August.
Chmura G.L. 2005. You Can Have Your Marsh and Eat It, Too. SWS Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC. June.
Chmura GL, Menza C. 2005. Variability in AOGCM Prediction of Sea Surface Temperature Change on the Scotian and Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf. Adapting to Climate Change in Canada 2005: Understanding Risk and Building Capacity, Natural Resources Canada. May
2004
Noel P, Heller E, Hung G, Chmura GL. 2004. Multiple Techniques for Identifying the Reclamation Surface of a Recovering Dykeland: Saints Rest Marsh, Saint John, New Brunswick. Bay of Fundy Workshop, Sept 29-Oct, 2004, Cornwallis, NB.
Hung G, Chmura GL. 2004. Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Salt Marsh Sediments of the Bay of Fundy. Bay of Fundy Workshop, Sept 29-Oct, 2004, Cornwallis, NB.
Chmura GL. 2004. The Relationship of Tidal Range to Rates of Vertical marsh Accretion on the Northwest Atlantic, AGU Chapman Conference, Halifax, October.
**Chmura GL. 2004. Carbon sequestration in mangroves and salt marsh soils: climatic controls and climate feedback INTECOL, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
**Chmura GL. 2004. The salt marsh carbon sink. AGU Meeting, Montreal, Quebec.
Graf M-T, Chmura GL. 2004. Differentiation of grassland uses with pollen, plant, and fungal spores. International Palynological Congress, Spain.
Chmura GL, Stone PA. 2004. Paleoecological value of cyanobacteria, algae, and fungal palynomorphs in the Florida Everglades. International Palynological Congress, Spain.
Graf M-T, Chmura GL. 2004. John Lusby Marsh: a dikeland’s return to salt marsh conditions. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Burlington, VT.
Watson OJ, Sanderson LD, Chmura GL. 2004. Vegetation patterns in the salt marsh at La Pocatière, Québec. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Burlington, VT.
Hung G, Chmura GL. 2004. The importance of geochemical normalization in the interpretation of trace metal sediment data: an example from salt marshes of the Bay of Fundy. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Burlington, VT.
Noel P, Heller E, Hung G, Chmura GL. 2004. Use of paleoecological techniques to locate buried dykeland soils. New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Burlington, VT.
2003
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2003. Implications of inlet alterations of New England back-barrier lagoons on dinoflagellate populations: evidence from dinoflagellate cysts. Estuarine Research Federation Biannual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Chmura GL, Sundberg KL, Boumans RM, Paquette CH. 2003. Changes in saltmarsh surface elevation due to variability in evapotranspiration and tidal flooding. Estuarine Research Federation Biannual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Chmura GL, Santos A, Pospelova V, Spasojevic Z, Latimer JS. 2003. Paleoecological Response to Development of an Urban Estuary. CANQUA Biannual Meeting, Halifax, NS.
Stone PA, Gleason PJ, Chmura GL., 2003, Peat stratigraphy and long-term succession of bayhead tree-islands in the northeastern Everglades: GEER program and abstracts, Joint conference on the science and restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem "From Kissimmee to the Keys" (April 13-18, Palm Harbor, Florida), p. 529-530.
Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., and Latimer, J.S. 2003. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of human impact on estuaries. CAG Annual Meeting, May 27-31, Victoria, B.C.
Stone, P. A., Ross, M. S., Ruiz, P.L., Reed, D.L. and Chmura, G. L. 2003. Organic-sediment stratigraphy of elongated tree-islands, Everglades National Park. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
2002
Gleason PJ, Stone PA, Ross MS, Chmura GL. 2002. Mound and ridge tree islands in the Everglade peatland. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Oct.
**Chmura, G.L., Anisfeld, S., Cahoon, D. and Lynch. J. 2002. Global Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Tidal Salt marshes and Mangrove Swamps. Wetlands, Carbon Sequestering and Methane Workshop, Lake Placid, NY.
**Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G. 2002. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and their spatial distribution along environmental gradients in southern New England estuaries. Workshop on middle latitude dinoflagellates and their cysts, Dartmouth, NS.
2001
Chmura GL. 2001. Century-scale salt marsh accretion rates in Eastern Canada. Canadian Quaternary Association Biannual Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Aug 20-24.
Boothman WS, Pesch CE, Latimer JS, Chmura GL, Pospelova V, Spasojevic Z. 2001. Historical reconstruction of contaminant and ecological conditions in an urban harbor (New Bedford, MA, USA).
Latimer J, Boothman W, Chmura GL. 2001. A case study of the reference condition approach to nitrogen management in estuaries. Estuarine Research Federation Biannual Meeting, Nov.
Chmura GL, Santos A, Pospelova V, Spasojevic Z, Latimer J. 2001. Estuarine Paleoproductivity: a Comparison of Three Indicators. Estuarine Research Federation Biannual Meeting, Nov.
Pospelova V, Chmura GL, Boothman W, Latimer JS. 2001. Spatial distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts along environmental gradients in Buzzards Bay embayments (Massachusetts) Estuarine Research Federation Biannual Meeting, Nov.
Pospelova V, Chmura GL, Boothman W, Latimer JS. 2001. How do dinoflagellate cysts reflect pollution gradients in Massachusetts (USA) estuaries? Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal.
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2001. Modern Dinoflagellate Cysts in Estuarine Systems of New England (USA). American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Annual Meeting, Oct.
Chmura GL, Pospelova V, Spasojevic Z, Latimer JS. 2001. Paleoecology of a Severely Polluted Harbor. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal.
Pelletier J, Chmura GL. 2001 Saltmarsh Accretion and Sea Level Change in North America. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal.
Boothman W, Pesch C, Chmura GL, Latimer JS. 2001. Environmental Histories and Environmental Management of Coastal Waters. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal.
2000
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2000. Dinoflagellate cyst records and human disturbance in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts (USA). Northeast Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Block Island, Rhode Island.
Spasojevic Z, Chmura GL, Latimer JS, Boothman WS. 2000. The Biogenic Silica Sediment Record in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts. Northeast Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Block Island, Rhode Island.
Beecher CB, Chmura GL. 2000. Two centuries of wetland plant community variability in Bay of Fundy salt marshes. Coastal Zone 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick.
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 2000. Dinoflagellate cysts and environmental change induced by human activity in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts (USA). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Application of Mircro-and Meioorganisms to Environmental Problems, Winnipeg, Canada. pp 102-104. (refereed abstract).
Connor R, Chmura GL, Moore TR. 2000. A carbon budget of a northern macrotidal salt marsh. INTERCOL IV, August 6-12, Quebec.
1999
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 1999. Variability of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in estuaries of Rhode Island, USA. Biennial Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation.
Beecher CB, Josephs NK, Chmura GL. 1999. Impact of Past and Future Climate Change on Distribution of Organisms in the Western Atlantic. Biennial Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation.
Chmura GL. 1999. Tidal Saline Wetland Carbon Sinks from the Last Glacial Maximum to Today. INQUA Congress, Durban, South Africa.
Chmura GL, Clegg Y, Helmer LL. 1999. Variation in Carbon accumulation Rates in Bay of Fundy Salt Marshes. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting.
Sunderland EM, Chmura GL. 1999. Historical patterns of mercury loading in the Bay of Fundy region: from the past to the future. 3rd Bay of Fundy Science Workshop.
Chmura GL, Helmer LL, Beecher CB, Coffey A, Crago R. 1999. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Sediment Accumulation Rates along the New Brunswick Coast, Bay of Fundy. 3rd Bay of Fundy Science Workshop.
1998
Pospelova V, Chmura GL. 1998. Modern Distribution of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Estuarine Systems of Southern New England, U.S.A. Sixth International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates
1997
Boothman W, Latimer J, Cobb D, Kiddon J, McKinney R, Jayaraman S, Keith D, Chmura GL, Scott D. 1997. Historical Reconstruction of Contaminants and Natural Stressors and Ecological Condition in an Urbanized Estuary. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry National Meeting.
Chmura GL. 1997. Transgressive Wetland Evolution in Absence of Human Stressors. Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting.
Latimer J, Boothman W, Tobin R, Keith D, Kiddon J, Scott D, Jayaraman S, McKinney R, Cobb D, Chmura G. 1997. Historical Reconstruction of Contaminant Level and Ecological Effects in a Highly Contaminated Estuary. Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting.
Chmura GL. 1997. The Coastal Wetland Carbon Sink on the Northwestern Atlantic. CANQUA.
1996
** Chmura GL, Sunderland EMHA. 1996. Historical Uncertainties Associated with Mercury Release in Eastern Canada. Second Regional Mercury Meeting between Eastern Canada and the Northeast US, Focus on the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem.
Clegg YT, Chmura, G.L. 1996. Historical Interpretation of Sedimentary Lead Concentrations in Dipper Harbour Salt Marsh, Bay of Fundy. Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine, St. Andrews, NB.
Fraser, A.L. and Chmura, G.L. 1996. Fate of Salt Marsh Productivity with Increasing Tidal Range in the Bay of Fundy. Coastal Zone Canada '96, Rimouski, QC.
Sunderland EMHA, Chmura GL. 1996. Historical Patterns of Trace Metal Concentrations in Sediments from a Bay of Fundy Salt Marsh. Coastal Zone Canada '96, Rimouski, QC.
**Chmura GL. 1996. Paleo-wetland Evolution in the Mississippi Delta Plain. Symposium on Recent and Ancient Delta Systems; International Palynological Congress.
1995
Chmura GL, Helmer LL. 1995. Salt Marsh Stability at Dipper Harbour, Bay of Fundy. Biennial Meeting of Estuarine Research Federation.
**Chmura GL, Sasser CE, Swarzenski C. 1995. Allogenic controls on carbon accumulation in floating marshes of the Mississippi Delta plain. Part of Geological Society of America Coal Geology Division Special Symposium: Coastal Settings of Peat Formation and their Stratigraphic Record: Ecosystems, Allocycles, and Sequences. GSA Annual Meeting.
Chmura GL, Smirnov A. 1995. Seasonal Variation in the Pollen Load of the Atchafalaya River, USA. AASP Annual Meeting.
**Helmer LL, Chmura GL. 1995. Two Hundred Years at Dipper Harbour, New Brunswick: a Paleoenvironmental Study of Salt Marsh Dynamics. CANQUA-CGRG Joint Meeting, St. John’s, NF.
Connor RF, Chmura GL. 1995. Seasonal Carbon Budget of the Dipper Harbour Salt Marsh: A Macrotidal System on the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. CAG Annual Meeting.
Daoust RJ, Chmura GL, Moore TR. 1995. Marsh Sediment Geochemistry: Paleoecological Trends and Modern Management Implications. Gulf Estuarine Research Society Annual Meeting. Awarded 2nd prize for best student presentation.
1994
**Chmura GL. 1994. Paleoenvironmental Significance of a “Middle” Marsh Zone in the Bay of Fundy. The Second Annual Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium.
Connor RF, Chmura GL. 1994. Belowground Productivity of Three Dominant Plant Species in the Dipper Harbout Saltmarsh, Bay of Fundy. The Second Annual Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium.
Chmura GL, Dortch Q, Rabalais NN, Turner RE. 1994. Modern Distribution of Pollen and Dinoflagellate Cysts Along a Nearshore Transect in Louisiana Coastal Waters. AASP Annual Meeting.
Chmura GL. 1994. Pollen in Clams, Flocs, and Pellets: Lessons from a Trek on a Dutch Tidal Flat. AASP Annual Meeting.
Gillespie C, Chmura GL. 1994. Variations in Pediastrum Assemblages in Mississippi Tributaries. AASP Annual Meeting. Best poster award.
1993
Smirnov AN, Chmura GL, Campbell ID. 1993. Comparison of River-Born Pollen Assemblages on a Velocity Profile in the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers. AASP Annual Meeting.
Daoust RJ, Chmura GL. 1993. Sea Level Change Near Point Lepreau, Bay of Fundy. ASLO & SWS Annual Meeting.
1992
Chmura GL. 1992. Palynofacies of Sub-environments of the Modern Mississippi Delta. 8th International Palynological Congress, Aix-en-Provence.
Chmura GL, Kearsley JB. 1992. Pollen Inputs to the Mississippi River. 8th International Palynological Congress, Aix-en-Provence.
Campbell ID, Chmura GL. 1992. Pollen in the Atchafalaya River, U.S.A. 8th International Palynological Congress, Aix-en-Provence.
Chmura GL, Costanza R, Kosters EC. 1992. Modelling Coastal Marsh Stability in Response to Sea Level Rise. Joint Annual Meeting Geological Association of Canada & Mineralogical Association of Canada, Wolfville, NS.
1991
Chmura GL. 1991. Classification of Paleomarsh Vegetation Zones of the Mississippi Delta with Stable Carbon Isotope and Palynological Techniques. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, p. 32.
Mathison SW, Chmura GL. 1991. Foraminferal Test Linings in Palynological Preparations from Coastal Marshes of Louisiana. Presentation at the 1990 CANQUA meeting, Fredericton, published in Atlantic Geology 27(3):238.
1989
Chmura, G.L. and E.C. Kosters. 1989. Storm Deposition and Cesium-137 Accumulation in Fine-grained Marsh Sediments of the Mississippi Delta Plain. European Union of Geosciences V, March 1989, Strasbourg, France. TERRA 1(1):411.
1988
Chmura GL, Aharon P. 1988. The Use of Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses for Identification of Paleoesalinities in Buried Coastal Wetlands. American Quaternary Association Programs and Abstracts of the Tenth Biennial Meeting, p.58.
1986
Chmura GL, Kosters EC, Ferrell RE, Jr. 1986. Mineralogical Characteristics of an Underclay in the Barataria Basin, Mississippi Delta. GSA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Best paper award, Coal Section.
**Kosters EC, Chmura GL, McBride RA. 1986. Accretion and Origin of Organic Horizons in the Mississippi Delta. AAPG 1986 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
1985
Chmura GL, Aharon P, Socki RA, Patrick WH, Jr. 1985. The Potential of a ∂13C Signature for Wetland Deposits in Coastal Losing Money with the Mud?--How Sea Level Rise Will Affect Carbon Accumulation in Salt Marsh and Mangrove Wetlands Louisiana. Transactions, American Geophysical Union 66(51):1280.