Tonya Del Sontro

Dr. Tonya Del Sontro
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON
Canada


E-mail: tdelsontro(at)gmail.com


Key Publications of Tonya Del Sontro (up to ten) :
Beaulieu, J.J., DelSontro, T., Downing, J.A. 2019. Eutrophication will increase methane emissions from lakes and impoundments during the 21st century. Nature Communications, 10:1375. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09100-5

DelSontro, T., Beaulieu, J.J., Downing, J.A. 2018. Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: upscaling in the face of global change. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 3: 64-75. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10073

DelSontro, T., del Giorgio, P.A., Prairie, Y.T. 2018. No longer a paradox: the interaction between physical transport and biological processes explains the spatial distribution of surface water methane within and across lakes. Ecosystems, 21 (6): 1073-1087. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-017-0205-1

Deemer, B.R., Harrison, J.A., Li, S., Beaulieu, J.J., DelSontro, T., Barros, N., Neto, J., Powers, S., dos Santos, M., Vonk, J. (2016) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Surfaces: A New Global Synthesis. Bioscience, 66(11): 949-964. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw117.

DelSontro, T., Boutet, L., St Pierre, A., del Giorgio, P.A., and Prairie, Y.T. (2016) Methane ebullition and diffusion from northern ponds and lakes regulated by the interaction between temperature and system productivity. Limnology and Oceanography, 61: S62-S77 doi:10.1002/lno.10335.

DelSontro, T., Perez, K.K., Sollberger, S., Wehrli, B. (2016) Methane dynamics downstream of a temperate run-of-the-river reservoir. Limnology and Oceanography, 61: S188-S203. doi:10.1002/lno.10387.
DelSontro, T., McGinnis, D.F., Wehrli, B., Ostrovsky, I. (2015) Size does matter: Importance of large bubbles and small-scale hot spots for methane transport. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(3): 1268–1276.

Sollberger, S., Corella, J.P., Girardclos, S., Randlett, M.E., Schubert, C.J., Senn, D.B., Wehrli, B., DelSontro, T. (2014) Spatial heterogeneity of benthic methane dynamics in the subaquatic canyons of the Rhone River Delta (Lake Geneva). Aquatic Sciences, 76 (Suppl 1): S89-S101, doi:10.1007/s00027-013-0319-2.

Maeck, A., DelSontro, T., McGinnis, D., Fischer, H., Flury, S., Schmidt, M., Fietzek, P., Lorke, A. (2013) Sediment trapping by dams creates methane emission hotspots. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(15): 8130-8137.

Sobek, S., DelSontro, T., Wongfun, N., Wehrli, B. (2012) Extreme organic carbon burial fuels intense methane bubbling in a temperatre reservoir. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L01401, doi:10.1029/2011GL050144.

DelSontro, T., Kunz, M.J., Kempter, T., Wüest, A., Wehrli, B., Senn. D.B. (2011) Spatial heterogeneity of methane ebullition in a large tropical reservoir. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45: 9866-9873, doi:10.1021/es2005545

Eugster, W., DelSontro, T., Sobek, S. (2011) Eddy covariance flux measurements confirm extreme CH4 emissions from a Swiss hydropower reservoir and resolve their short-term variability, Biogeosciences, 8: 2815-2831, doi:10.5194/bg-8-2815-2011.

DelSontro, T., McGinnis, D.F., Sobek, S., Ostrovsky, I., Wehrli, B. (2010) Extreme methane emissions from a Swiss hydropower reservoir: Contribution from bubbling sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44: 2419-2425.



Expertise of Tonya Del Sontro:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
ScopeProcess Studies
Impact of Change
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic Integrated SystemsCarbon Cycle
Spatial ScaleRegional
Local / Community
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusVariability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
MethodsData Collection - Measurement

Specialties of Tonya Del Sontro:
greenhouse gas emissions from freshwaters

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