James E. Gawel

University of Washington Tacoma — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Heavy metals in environment(18), Arsenic contamination and mitigation(10), Water Quality and Resources Studies(10), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment(8), Mercury impact and mitigation studies(7)

Publications58 total

Mount St. Helens 2025 Science Pulse
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2026Open Access
Arsenic contamination drives homogenizing selection in freshwater lake periphyton
The Science of The Total Environment·2026
Establishment and ecological integration of the New Zealand mud snail in Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA
Aquatic Invasions·2024Open Access
Contribution of Log Mat Periphyton to Benthic Productivity at Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA, USA
Northwest Science·2024
Short‐Term Arsenic Cycling in a Shallow, Polymictic Lake
Water Resources Research·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Littoral sediment arsenic concentrations predict arsenic trophic transfer and human health risk in contaminated lakes
PLoS ONE·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Seasonal Patterns of Mixing and Arsenic Distribution in a Shallow Urban Lake
Water Resources Research·2022· 13 cited
Mercury Drives Metal Stress Response in Red Spruce Foliage in High-Elevation Appalachian Forests of New England, USA
Water Air & Soil Pollution·2022· 1 cited
Human health risk from consumption of aquatic species in arsenic-contaminated shallow urban lakes
The Science of The Total Environment·2021· 46 citedOpen Access
Total arsenic in littoral sediments in south-central Puget Sound urban lakes from 2018 and 2019
Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)·2021Open Access
Total arsenic in aquatic organisms collected from south-central Puget Sound urban lakes between 2004 and 2019
Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)·2021Open Access
COMPARING 40-YEAR SEDIMENT RECORDS OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION IN TWO LARGE LAKES IN THE BLAST ZONE OF MOUNT ST. HELENS
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America·2021Open Access
The role of atmospheric nitrogen fixation by log mat biofilm in the Spirit Lake ecosystem, Mount St. Helens, WA
AGUFM·2019
Legacy arsenic contamination in urban lakes: the unique vulnerability of shallow weakly-stratified lakes
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Contrasting arsenic cycling in strongly and weakly stratified contaminated lakes: Evidence for temperature control on sediment–water arsenic fluxes
Limnology and Oceanography·2019· 43 citedOpen Access
Increased exposure of plankton to arsenic in contaminated weakly-stratified lakes
The Science of The Total Environment·2018· 32 citedOpen Access
THE ROLE OF LOG MAT BIOFILM IN THE SPIRIT LAKE ECOSYSTEM AFTER THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America·2018
The New Spirit Lake: Changes to Hydrology, Nutrient Cycling, and Biological Productivity
2018· 4 cited
HABITAT SHIFTS AND THE INFLUENCE OF A PERSISTENT FLOATING LOG MAT ON ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY AT SPIRIT LAKE, MT. ST. HELENS
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America·2018
Arsenic content in water during a temperature manipulation experiment with sediment cores from two lakes in the Puget Sound lowland (2016-2018)
Figshare·2018Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Rebecca B. Neumann(14), Erin A. Hull(9), Pamela M. Barrett(9), Harold F. Hemond(7), Kena Fox‐Dobbs(6), K. Burkart(4), Julian D. Olden(4), John L. Durant(4), David B. Senn(4), Avery L.C. Shinneman(4), Samantha R. Fung(3), François M. M. Morel(2), Cheryl Greengrove(2), Marco Barajas(2), Brian P. Jackson(2), Hiroaki Furumai(2), Marcelo Pereira de Souza(2), Denílson Teixeira(2), Shinichiro Ohgaki(2), Alexander J. B. Zehnder(2)