Publications

  Google Scholar

2014-Present

ResearchGate

Knorr, S. Weisener, CG, Phillips, L.A. (2025) Corrigendum to “Agricultural land management alters the biogeochemical cycling capacity of aquatic and sediment environments”[Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 357 (2023) 108661]. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 380, 109390

Chen, Y.T., Reid, T., Weisener, C. (2025) Microbial community and functional shifts across agricultural and urban landscapes within a Lake Erie watershed. Journal of Environmental Management 373, 123683

Knorr, S., Weisener, C., Phillips, L.A. (2023) The role of agricultural drainage, storm event and natural filtration on the biogeochemical cycling capacity of aquatic and sediment environments in Lake Erie’s Drainage basin, Science of the Total Environment, 905,167102

Salter, C., Westrick, J.A., Chaganti, S.R., Birbeck, J.A., Peraino, N.J., Weisener, C., (2023) Elucidating microbial mechanisms of Microcystin-LR degradation in Lake Erie beach sand through metabolomics and metranscriptomics, Water Research, 247, 120816

Chen, Y.T., Mundle, S.O.C., Reid, T., Weisener, C., (2023) Nutrient variability and sediment contribution along a mixed land-use within Sturgeon Creek Erie Watershed, J. of Environmental Management, 347, 119139

Falk, N., Droppo, I.G., Drouillard, K., Weisener, C., (2023) Biogeochemical processes and microbial dynamics governing phosphorus retention and release in sediment: a case study in lower Great Lakes headwaters, Environmental Management, 72( 5), 932-944

Knorr,S., Weisener, C., Phillips, L.A., (2023) Agricultural land management alters the biogeochemical cycling capacity of aquatic and sediment environments, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 357, 108661

Varga, E., Reid, T., Mundle, S.O.C; Weisener, C., (2023) Investigating Chemical and microbial functional indicators of nutrient retention capacity in greenhouse storm water retention ponds in southwestern Ontario, Canada, Science of the Total Environment, 855,158894

Falk, N.; Droppo,I.G., Drouilliard, K., Weisener, C., (2023) Integrating microbial DNA community analyses into time-integrated suspended sediment sampling methods, J. of Soils and Sediments, 1-15

VanMensel, D., Chaganti, S.R., Droppo, I.G., Weisener, C. (2023) Microbe-sediment interactions in Great Lakes recreational waters: Implications for human health risk, Environmental Microbiology, 25 (9), 1605-1623

Van Mensel, D., Droppo, I. Weisener, C., (2022) Identifying chemolithotrophic and pathogen-related gene expression within sediment flocs in freshwater environment: A metatranscriptomics assessment, Science and the Total Environment, 807, 1-12

Corchis-Scott, R., Geng, Q., Seth, R., Ray, R., Beg,M., Biswas,N., Charron, L., Drouillard, D., D’Souza, R., Heath, D., Houser, C., Lawal, L., McGinlay, J., Menard, S.L., Porter, L.A., Rawlings, D., Scholl, M.L., Siu, K.L, Tong, Y., Weisener, C., Wilhelm, S.W., McKay, M., (2021) Averting an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a University Residence Hall through Wastewater surveillance, Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2), e00792-21

Falk, N., Day, M., Weisener, C., (2021) Evaluating Sediment phosphorous exchange in rural Ontario headwaters by paired sequential extraction and sorption isotherms, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 232(10), 1-14  

Salter, C.; Van Mensel, D.; Reid, T.; Birbeck, J.; Westrick, J.; Mundle, S.; Weisener, C., (2021) Investigating the microbial dynamics of microcystin-LR degradation in Lake Erie Sand, Chemosphere, 272, 1-13

Di Carlo, A.M.; Weisener, C.; Drouillard, K., (2020) Evidence for microbial community effect on sediment equilibrium phosphorus concentration (EPC0), Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 105 (5),736-741

Huang, X.; Weisener, C.; Ni, J.; He, B.; Xie. D.; Li, Z., (2020) Nitrate assimilation, dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium, and coexist in Pseudomonas putida Y-9 under aerobic conditions, BioSource Technology, 312: 1-6

Skoyles, A; Subba, R; Mundle, S; Weisener, C., (2020) Nitrification kinetics and microbial community dynamics of attached biofilm in wastewater treatment, Water Science and Technology, 81: 891-905

Van Mensel, D.; Chaganti, R.; Droppo, I.; Weisener, C., (2020) Exploring material Pathogen community dynamics in freshwater beach sediments: a tale of two lakes, Environmental Microbiology, 22: 568-583

Reid, T.; Droppo, I.; Weisener, C., (2020) Tracking Functional Bacterial Biomarkers in Response to a Gradient of Contaminant Exposure within a River Continuum, Water Research, 168: 115-167

Falk, N.; Reid, T.; Skoyles, A.; Grigicak-Mannion A.; Drouillard, K; Weisener, C., (2019) Microbial metatranscriptomic investigations across contamination gradients of the Detroit River, Science of the Total Environment, 690: 121-131

Yang, Z.; Zhang, H.; Weisener, C., (2019) Total DNA extraction method of lacustrine sediment based on the biodiversity research in Lake Yangzong, Southwestern China, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 125: 188    

Reid, T; Changanti, R.; Droppo, I.; Weisener, C., (2019) Microbial metabolic strategies for overcoming low oxygen in naturalized freshwater reservoirs surrounding the Athabasca Oil sands: a proxy for end pit lakes, Science of the Total Environment, 665: 113-124

Butler, S.; Heath, D.; Weisener, C., (2019) Biogeochemical characterization of metal behavior from novel mussel shell bioreactor sludge residues, Geoscience, 9: 50

Colbourne, S.; Maguire, T.; Mayer, B.; Nightingale, M; Enns, G.; Fisk, A.; Drouillard, K.; Mohamed, M.; Weisener, C., Mundle, S., (2019) Water and sediments sources of phosphate in aquatic systems: The Detroit river and its role in the Laurentian Great Lakes, Science of the Total Environment, 647: 1594-1603

Falk, N.; Chaganti, R.; Weisener, C., (2018) Evaluating microbial community and gene regulation involved in crystallization kinetics of ZnS formation in reduced environments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 220: 201-216

Reid, T.; Droppo, I.; Weisener, C., (2018) Novel insights into freshwater hydrocarbon rich sediments using metatranscriptomics: opening the black box, Water Research, 136: 1-11

Weisener, C; Reid, T., (2017) Combined imaging and molecular techniques for evaluating microbial function and composition: A review, Surface and Interface analyses, 49: 1416-1421

Weisener, C.; Lee, J.; Drouillard, K.; Chaganti, R.; Falk, N.; Reid,T., (2017) Investigating sources and sinks of N2O expression from freshwater microbial communities in urban watershed sediments, Chemosphere, 188: 697-705

VanMensel, D.; Chaganti, R.; Boudens, R.; Reid, T.; Weisener, C., (2017) Bacterial Response and genomic features of gamma irradiated oil sands fluid fine tailings, Environmental Microbiology, 74: 362-372

Diloreto, Z.; Weber, P. Olds, W.; Pope, J.; Trumm, D.; Chaganti, R.; Heath, D.; Weisener, C., (2016) Novel cost effective full scale mussel shell bioreactors for metal removal and acid neutralization, Journal of Environmental Management, 183: 601-612

Reid, T., VanMensal, D., Boudens, R., and Weisener, C., (2016) Physicochemical gradients, diffusive flux, and sediment oxygen demand within oil sands tailings materials from Alberta, Canada, Applied geochemistry, 75: 90-99

Reid, T.; Droppo, I.; Weisener, C., (2016) The Symbiotic relationships of sediment and biofilm dynamics at the sediment water interface of industrial tailing ponds, Water Research, 100: 337-347

Diloreto, Z. Weber, P. and Weisener C., (2016) Solid Phase Characterization and Metal Deportment in a Mussel Shell Bioreactor for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), Applied Geochemistry, 67: 133-143

Boudens, R., Reid, T., VanMensal, D., and Weisener, C., (2016) Bio-Physicochemical Effects of Gamma Irradiation Treatment on Oil Sands Fluid Fine Tailings, Science of the Total Environment, 539: 114-124

Franzblau, R.; Daughney, C.; Swedland, P.; Weisener, C.; Moreau, M.; Johannessen, B; Harmer, S., (2016) Cu (II) removal by Anoxybacillus flavithermus-iron oxide composites during the addition of Fe (II) aq, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 172: 139-158

Franzblau, R., Daughney C., Moreau M., and Weisener, C., (2015) Cu(II) removal by E.coli-iron oxide composites during addition of Fe(II), Chemical Geology, 409: 136-148

Franzblau, R., Daughney C., Moreau M. and Weisener, C., (2015) Selenate adsorption to composites of Escherichia coli and iron oxide during the addition, oxidation, and hydrolysis of Fe(II), Chemical Geology, 383: 180-193

Utter, B.; Trumm, D.; Pope, J; Weber, P; O'Sullivan, A. Weisener, C.; Diloreto, Z. (2014) Waste Mussel shells to treat acid mine drainage: A New Zealand Initiative, Reclamation Matters, Fall: 23-27

Stasik, S. Loick, N., Weisener, C. and Wendt-Potthof, K., (2014) Understanding biogeochemical gradients of sulfur, iron, and carbon in an oil sands tailings pond, Chemical Geology, 4: 44-53

Franzblau, R., Loick, N., and Weisener, C., (2014) Investigating the effects of Se solid phase substitution in jarosite, Minerals, 4: 17-36