Dr. Kristina Brown

I'm fascinated by the role of freshwater in the Polar ocean carbon cycle. I use different types of geochemical tracers to determine freshwater sources and pathways in the marine system, in particular along the coasts where river inputs directly intersect areas of sea ice melt. My research questions bridge the earth and ocean sciences - following carbon sources, trajectories, and transformation along the land-ice-ocean continuum. My recent focus has been on the Kitikmeot region of the southern Canadian Arctic Archipelago and I am currently working with partners in Nunavut to conduct year-round monitoring in local river and coastal systems.

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McLennan, D., K. Brown, R. Scharien, B. Else, K.  Wilson, E.  Humphreys, and P. Marsh. (2022). Environmental Change in the Kitikmeot Region of western Nunavut and Ulukhaktok region of eastern Northwest Territories. Polar Knowledge: Aqhaliat Report. Volume 4. https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/publications/aqhaliat.html

Bluhm, B.A., K. Brown, L. Rotermund, W. Williams, S. Danielson, and E. C. Carmack (2022), New distribution records of kelp in the Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Passage, Canada, fill a pan-Arctic gap, Polar Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03007-6

Lannuzel, D., L. Tedesco, M. van Leeuwe, K. Campbell, H. Flores, B. Delille, L. Miller, J. Stefels, P. Assmy, K. A. Brown, J. Bowman, G. Castellani, M. Chierici, O. Crabeck, E. Damm, B. Else, A. Fransson, F. Fripiat, N.-X. Geilfus, E. Jones, H. Kaartokallio, M. Kotovitch, K. Meiners, S. Moreau, D. Nomura, I. Peeken, J.-M. Rintala, N. Steiner, J.-L. Tison, M. Vancoppenolle, F. Van der Linden, M. Vichi, P. Wongpan, (2020) The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems, Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00940-4

Brown, K.A., J. M. Holding, & E. C. Carmack, (2020) Understanding Regional and Seasonal Variability is Key to Gaining a Pan-Arctic Perspective on Arctic Ocean Freshening. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:606. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00606

Brown, K.A., W. J. Williams, E. C. Carmack, G. Fiske, R. Francois, D. McLennan, B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink, (2020) Geochemistry of Small Canadian Arctic Rivers with Diverse Geological and Hydrological Settings, JGR-Biogeosciences, doi:10.1029/2019JG005414