Environmental Sciences

Troy D. Abel
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Environmental Studies, Huxley College
- Environmental Sciences
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
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Brian L. Bingham
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Marine and Coastal Sciences - Director
- Environmental Sciences
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Andrew G. Bunn
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Institute for Energy Studies - Affiliated Faculty
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
- Environmental Sciences
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James M. Helfield
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
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Brooke Love
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Huxley College of the Environment
- Shannon Point Marine Center - Associate Professor, Shannon Point Marine Center
- Environmental Sciences
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Manuel D. Montaño
- Environmental Sciences - Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Global Change
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John Rybczyk
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
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David H. Shull
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
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Angela Strecker
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Watershed Studies
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
David O. Wallin
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty

21 Article
4 Chapter
2 Review article
1 Letter

Abiotic variables drive different aspects of fish community trait variation and species richness across the continental United States
McGrew, A., Gantz, C., Wills, B., Baiser, B., Record, S., Zarnetske, P. L. & Strecker, A. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Animal Ecology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Blue Carbon Stocks Along the Pacific Coast of North America Are Mainly Driven by Local Rather Than Regional Factors
Janousek, C. N., Krause, J. R., Drexler, J. Z., Buffington, K. J., Poppe, K. L., Peck, E., Adame, M. F., Watson, E. B., Holmquist, J., Bridgham, S. D., Jones, S. F., Ward, M., Brown, C. A., Beers, L., Costa, M. T., Diefenderfer, H. L., Borde, A. B., Sheehan, L., Rybczyk, J. & Prentice, C. & 25 others, Gray, A. B., Hinojosa-Corona, A., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Kohfeld, K. E., Ezcurra, P., Ochoa-Gómez, J., Thorne, K. M., Pellatt, M. G., Ricart, A. M., Nahlik, A. M., Brophy, L. S., Ambrose, R. F., Lutz, M., Cornu, C., Crooks, S., Windham-Myers, L., Hessing-Lewis, M., Short, F. T., Chastain, S., Williams, T., Douglas, T., Fard, E., Brown, L. & Goman, M., Mar 2025, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 39, 3, e2024GB008239.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Monitoring lead deposition around airports using bulk deposition samplers
Shull, D. H., Jarvis, S. E., Sandoval, M. T. & Montano, M. D., May 2025, In: Chemosphere. 377, 144377.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Out of the lab and into the environment: the evolution of single particle ICP-MS over the past decade
Goodman, A. J., Benner, B. F. & Montaño, M. D., Jan 29 2025, In: Environmental Science: Nano. 12, 3, p. 1789-1800 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake
Juetten, K., De Bruyn, W. J., Landram, Z., Jansen, C. D. R., Harrison, A. W., Strecker, A. & Clark, C. D., Apr 2025, In: Aquatic Sciences. 87, 2, 55.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality
Fey, S. B., Campbell, E. E., Kuder, H. E., Gibson, D., Smith, A. K., Meier, H. S., Layden, T. J. & Strecker, A. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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Symbiont-Mediated Metabolic Shift in the Sea Anemone Anthopleura elegantissima
Carrier, T. J., Elder, H., Macrander, J., Dimond, J. L., Bingham, B. L. & Reitzel, A. M., Apr 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 8, e17722.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Coastal Wetlands in the Anthropocene
Day, J., Anthony, E., Costanza, R., Edmonds, D., Gunn, J., Hopkinson, C., Mann, M. E., Morris, J., Osland, M., Quirk, T., Rovai, A., Rybczyk, J., Spencer, T., Stephens, J., Syvitski, J., Twilley, R., Visser, J. & White, J. R., Oct 18 2024, In: Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 49, 1, p. 105-135 31 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Past progress in environmental nanoanalysis and a future trajectory for atomic mass-spectrometry methods
Montaño, M. D., Goodman, A. J. & Ranville, J. F., Jul 2024, In: NanoImpact. 35, 100518.
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The influence of sample size and sampling design on estimating population-level intra specific trait variation (ITV) along environmental gradients
Fluck, I. E., Record, S., Strecker, A., Zarnetske, P. L. & Baiser, B., Sep 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 9, e70250.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes
Maxwell, T. L., Rovai, A. S., Adame, M. F., Adams, J. B., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Austin, W. E. N., Beasy, K., Boscutti, F., Böttcher, M. E., Bouma, T. J., Bulmer, R. H., Burden, A., Burke, S. A., Camacho, S., Chaudhary, D. R., Chmura, G. L., Copertino, M., Cott, G. M., Craft, C. & Day, J. & 66 others, de los Santos, C. B., Denis, L., Ding, W., Ellison, J. C., Ewers Lewis, C. J., Giani, L., Gispert, M., Gontharet, S., González-Pérez, J. A., González-Alcaraz, M. N., Gorham, C., Graversen, A. E. L., Grey, A., Guerra, R., He, Q., Holmquist, J. R., Jones, A. R., Juanes, J. A., Kelleher, B. P., Kohfeld, K. E., Krause-Jensen, D., Lafratta, A., Lavery, P. S., Laws, E. A., Leiva-Dueñas, C., Loh, P. S., Lovelock, C. E., Lundquist, C. J., Macreadie, P. I., Mazarrasa, I., Megonigal, J. P., Neto, J. M., Nogueira, J., Osland, M. J., Pagès, J. F., Perera, N., Pfeiffer, E. M., Pollmann, T., Raw, J. L., Recio, M., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., Russell, S. K., Rybczyk, J. M., Sammul, M., Sanders, C., Santos, R., Serrano, O., Siewert, M., Smeaton, C., Song, Z., Trasar-Cepeda, C., Twilley, R. R., Van de Broek, M., Vitti, S., Antisari, L. V., Voltz, B., Wails, C. N., Ward, R. D., Ward, M., Wolfe, J., Yang, R., Zubrzycki, S., Landis, E., Smart, L., Spalding, M. & Worthington, T. A., Dec 2023, In: Scientific Data. 10, 1, 797.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recurrent debris flows and their downstream fate: Geomorphic drivers of an anomalous sediment load, Suiattle River, Washington State, USA
Fordham, E. M., Pfeiffer, A. M., Bunn, A. G. & Novak, S. J., Jun 15 2023, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48, 7, p. 1307-1320 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring Nanogeochemical Environments: New Insights from Single Particle ICP-TOFMS and AF4-ICPMS
Montaño, M. D., Cuss, C. W., Holliday, H. M., Javed, M. B., Shotyk, W., Sobocinski, K. L., Hofmann, T., Kammer, F. V. D. & Ranville, J. F., Apr 21 2022, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 6, 4, p. 943-952 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Simultaneous Insight into Dissolution and Aggregation of Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles through Single-Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Mansor, M., Alarcon, H., Xu, J., Ranville, J. F. & Montaño, M. D., Mar 17 2022, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 6, 3, p. 541-550 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Estuarine Sediments by Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation Coupled to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Spectroscopy Reveals Disassociation of Residual Metal Catalyst Nanoparticles
Montaño, M. D., Liu, K., Sabo-Attwood, T. & Ferguson, P. L., Jan 19 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 2, p. 1015-1023 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Development and Application of Nanoparticle-Nanopolymer Composite Spheres for the Study of Environmental Processes
Rauschendorfer, R. J., Whitham, K. M., Summer, S., Patrick, S. A., Pierce, A. E., Sefi-Cyr, H., Tadjiki, S., Kraft, M. D., Emory, S. R., Rider, D. A. & Montaño, M. D., 2021, In: Frontiers in Toxicology. 3, 752296.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Influence of CNT loading and environmental stressors on leaching of polymer-associated chemicals from epoxy and polycarbonate nanocomposites
Walker, I., Montaño, M. D., Lankone, R. S., Fairbrother, D. H. & Ferguson, P. L., Sep 2021, In: Environmental Chemistry. 18, 3, p. 131-141 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Temporal Variability in Climate-Growth Response of Mountain Hemlock at Treeline in Washington and Oregon
Kemp-Jennings, S., Peterson, D. L. & Bunn, A. G., Sep 1 2021, In: Northwest Science. 94, 3-4, p. 286-301 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Challenges and current approaches toward environmental monitoring of nanomaterials
Cornelis, G., Tuoriniemi, J., Montaño, M., Wagner, S., Gallego-Urrea, J. A., Mattsson, K. & Gondikas, A., Jan 1 2020, Monitoring Environmental Contaminants. Elsevier, p. 73-108 36 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Quantification and Characterization of Nanoparticulate Zinc in an Urban Watershed
Bevers, S., Montaño, M. D., Rybicki, L., Hofmann, T., von der Kammer, F. & Ranville, J. F., Jun 18 2020, In: Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications. 8
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Opportunities for examining the natural nanogeochemical environment using recent advances in nanoparticle analysis
Montaño, M. D., von der Kammer, F., Cuss, C. W. & Ranville, J. F., Aug 28 2019, In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 34, 9
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Introduction to Markov Models
Urban, D. L. & Wallin, D. O., Jan 1 2017, Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition. Springer New York, p. 129-142 14 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Physical, chemical, and in vitro toxicological characterization of nanoparticles in chemical mechanical planarization suspensions used in the semiconductor industry: towards environmental health and safety assessments
Speed, D., Westerhoff, P., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Draper, R. K., Pantano, P., Aravamudhan, S., Chen, K. L., Hristovski, K., Herckes, P., Bi, X., Yang, Y., Zeng, C., Otero-Gonzalez, L., Mikoryak, C., Wilson, B. A., Kosaraju, K., Tarannum, M., Crawford, S., Yi, P. & Liu, X. & 8 others, Babu, S. V., Moinpour, M., Ranville, J., Montano, M., Corredor, C., Posner, J., Shadman, F. & Montaño, M. D., Jun 5 2015, In: Environmental science. Nano. 2, 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Size Distributions
Ranville, J., Montano, M. D. & Montaño, M. D., Jan 1 2015, Frontiers of Nanoscience.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Electrochromic performance of nanocomposite nickel oxide counter electrodes containing lithium and zirconium
Lin, F., Lin, F., Montano, M., Tian, C., Ji, Y., Nordlund, D., Weng, T.-C., Moore, R. G., Gillaspie, D. T., Jones, K. M., Dillon, A. C., Richards, R. M., Engtrakul, C. & Montaño, M. D., Jul 1 2014, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 126
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (spICP-MS): Engineered Nanoparticle Characterization
Montaño, M. D., Mar 20 2014, Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Regional patterns of bioturbation and iron and manganese reduction in the sediments of the southeastern Bering Sea
Esch, M. E. S., Shull, D. H., Devol, A. H. & Moran, S. B., Oct 1 2013, In: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 94, p. 80-94 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Profiles of Alexandrium catenella cysts in Puget Sound sediments and the relationship to paralytic shellfish poisoning events
Cox, A. M., Shull, D. H. & Horner, R. A., Jun 2008, In: Harmful Algae. 7, 4, p. 379-388 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Slow and Steady: Lake Whatcom Water Quality Update
Strecker, A.
5/3/25
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Atoms, Nanoparticles, and Aggregates
Montaño, M. D.
10/7/24
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How mentoring and team skills led to a research success story
Montaño, M. D.
12/1/22
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'I JUST WANTED TO CRUNCH SOME DATA:' HOW MENTORING AND TEAM SKILLS LED TO A RESEARCH SUCCESS STORY
Montaño, M. D.
12/1/22
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UK researcher studying impacts of nanopesticides on nitrogen
Montaño, M. D.
4/25/21
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UK researcher studying impacts of nanopesticides on nitrogen
Montaño, M. D.
4/24/21
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UK Researcher Studying Impacts of Nanop...
Montaño, M. D.
4/21/21
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UK Researcher studying Impacts of Nanopesticides on Nitrogen
Montaño, M. D.
4/21/21
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UK researcher studying impacts of nanopesticides on lessening nitrogen leaching
Montaño, M. D.
4/20/21
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WWU Research Team Examines the Effects of Microplastics and Pesticides on Corn
Montaño, M. D.
10/15/20
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