Publications

2023

• Hydrology drives export and composition of carbon in a pristine tropical river. TW Drake, M Barthel, CE Mbongo, D Mpambi, S Baumgartner, CI Botefa, M Bauters, MR Kurek, RGM Spencer, AM McKenna, N Haghipour, GL Ekamba, JN Wabakanghanzi, TI Eglinton, K Van Oost, J Six. Limnology & Oceanography.

• Substantial Organic and Particulate Nitrogen and Phosphorus Export from Geomorphologically Stable African Tropical Forest Landscapes. S Baumgartner, M Bauters, TW Drake, M Barthel, S Alebadwa, N Bahizire, BM Bazirake, J Six, P Boeckx, K Van Oost. Ecosystems.

2022

• Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research. JE Saros, CD Arp, FBouchard, J Comte, R-M Couture, JF Dean, MLafrenière, S MacIntyre, S McGowan, M Rautio, C Prater, SE Tank, M Walvoord, K Wickland, D Antoniades, P Ayala-Borda, J Canario, TW Drake, D Folhas, V Hazuková, H Kivilä, Y Klanten, S Lamoureux, I Laurion, RM Pilla, JE Vonk, S Zolkos, WF Vincent. Arctic Science.

• Increasing calcium scarcity along Afrotropical forest succession. M Bauters, IA Janssens, D Wasner, S Doetterl, P Vermeir, M Griepentrog, TW Drake, J Six, M Barthel, S Baumgartner, K Van Oost, IA Makelele, C Ewango, K Verheyen, P Boeckx. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

• Organic Molecular Signatures of the Congo River and Comparison to the Amazon. MR Kurek, A Stubbins, TW Drake, T Dittmar, JMS Moura, RM Holmes, H Osterholz, J Six, JN Wabakanghanzi, B Dinga, M Mitsuya, RGM Spencer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

• Fluvial carbon dynamics across the Land to Ocean Continuum of great tropical rivers: The Amazon and Congo. JE Richey, RGM Spencer, TW Drake, ND Ward. Geophysical Monograph Series: Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for the Future.

• Fluvial sediment export from pristine forested headwater catchments in the Congo Basin. S Baumgartner, M Bauters, M Barthel, S Alebadwa, N Bahizire, C Sumaili, D Ngoy, M Kongolo, BM Bazirake, LC Ntaboba, J Six, P Boeckx, K Van Oost, TW Drake. Geomorphology. 

• Low N2O and variable CH4 fluxes from tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin. M Barthel, M Bauters, S Baumgartner, TW Drake, NM Bey, G Bush, P Boeckx, CI Botefa, N Dériaz, GL Ekamba, N Gallarotti, FM Mbayu, JK Mugula, IA Makelele, CE Mbongo, J Mohn, JZ Mandea, DM Mpambi, LC Ntaboba, MB Rukeza, RGM Spencer, L Summerauer, B Vanlauwe, K Van Oost, B Wolf, J Six. Nature Communications.

2021

• Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests. M Bauters, TW Drake, S Wagner, S Baumgartner, IA Makelele, S Bodé, K Verheyen, H Verbeeck, C Ewango, L Cizungu, K Van Oost, P Boeckx. Nature Communications.

• Questions remain about the biolability of dissolved black carbon along the combustion continuum. S Wagner, AI Coppola, A Stubbins, T Dittmar, J Niggemann, TW Drake, M Seidel, RGM Spencer, H Bao. Nature Communications

• Drivers of Organic Molecular Signatures in the Amazon River. MR Kurek, A Stubbins, TW Drake, JMS Moura, RM Holmes, H Osterholz, T Dittmar, B Peucker-Ehrenbrink, M Mitsuya, RGM Spencer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

• In-depth analysis of N2O fluxes in tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin combining isotope and functional gene analysis. N Gallarotti, M Barthel, E Verhoeven, EIP Pereira, M Bauters, S Baumgartner, TW Drake, P Boeckx, J Mohn, M Longepierre, JK Mugula, IA Makelele, LC Ntaboba, J Six. ISME

• Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions. L Gómez-Gener, G Rocher-Ros, T Battin, MJ Cohen, HJ Dalmagro, KJ Dinsmore, TW Drake, C Duvert, A Enrich-Prast, A Horgby, MS Johnson, L Kirk, F Machado-Silva, NS Marzolf, MJ McDowell, WH McDowell, H Miettinen, AK Ojala, H Peter, J Pumpanen, L Ran, DA Riveros-Iregui, IR Santos, J Six, EH Stanley, MB Wallin, SA White, RA Sponseller. Nature Geoscience

• Stable isotope signatures of soil nitrogen on an environmental–geomorphic gradient within the Congo Basin. S Baumgartner, M Barthel, M Bauters, TW Drake, LC Ntaboba, BM Bazirake, J Six, P Boeckx, K Van Oost. SOIL

• The Pulse of the Amazon: Fluxes of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Nutrients, and Ions From the World's Largest River. TW Drake, JD Hemingway, MR Kurek, B Peucker-Ehrenbrink, KA Brown, RM Holmes, V Galy, JMS Moura, M Mitasuya, L Wassenaar, J Six, RGM Spencer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles

2020

• Seasonality, drivers, and isotopic composition of soil CO2 fluxes from tropical forests of the Congo Basin. S Baumgartner, M Barthel, TW Drake, M Bauters, IA Makelele, JK Mugula, L Summerauer, N Gallarotti, LC Ntaboba, K Van Oost, P Boeckx, S Doetterl, RA Werner, J Six. Biogeosciences

• Du feu à l'eau: source and flux of dissolved black carbon from the Congo River. TW Drake, S Wagner, A Stubbins, JN Wabakanghanzi, JB Dinga, J Six, RGM Spencer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles

• Century‐long apparent decrease in iWUE with no evidence of progressive nutrient limitation in African tropical forests. M Bauters, S Meeus, M Barthel, P Stoffelen, HPT De Deurwaerder, Félicien Meunier, TW Drake, Q Ponette, J Ebuy, P Vermeir, H Beeckman, F wyffels, S Bodé, H Verbeeck, F Vandelook, P Boeckx. Global Change Biology

2019

• Land-use controls on carbon biogeochemistry in lowland streams of the Congo Basin. TW Drake, DC Podgorski, B Dinga, JP Chanton, J Six, RGM Spencer. Global Change Biology

• Mobilization of aged and biolabile soil carbon by tropical deforestation. TW Drake, K Van Oost, M Bauters, M Barthel, AM Hoyt, DC Podgorski, J Six, P Boeckx, SE Trumbore, LC Ntaboba, RGM Spencer. Nature Geoscience

2018

• Multidecadal climate-induced changes in arctic tundra lake geochemistry and geomorphology. TW Drake, RH Holmes, AV Zulidov, T Gurtovaya, PA Raymond, J McClelland, RGM Spencer. Limnology and Oceanography

• Increasing Alkalinity Export from Large Russian Arctic Rivers. TW Drake, SE Tank, AV Zulidov, RM Holmes, TY Gurtovaya, RGM Spencer. Environmental Science & Technology

• The Ephemeral Signature of Permafrost Carbon in an Arctic Fluvial Network. TW Drake, F Guillemette, JD Hemingway, JP Chanton, DC Podgorski, NS Zimov, RGM Spencer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

• High Fire-Derived Nitrogen Deposition on Central African Forests. M Bauters, TW Drake, H Verbeeck, S Bodé, P Hervé-Fernández, P Zito, DC Podgorski, F Boyemba, I Makelele, LC Ntaboba, RGM Spencer, P Boeckx. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2017

• Terrestrial Carbon Inputs to Inland Waters: A Synthesis of Estimates and Uncertainty. TW Drake, PA Raymond, RGM Spencer. Limnology and Oceanography: Letters

• Online quantification and compound-specific stable isotopic analysis of black carbon in environmental matrices via liquid chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry. S Wagner, J Brandes, A Goranov, TW Drake, RGM Spencer, A Stubbins. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

2016

• Origins, seasonality, and fluxes of organic matter in the Congo River. RGM Spencer, PJ Hernes, B Dinga, JN Wabakanghanzi, TW Drake, J Six. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

• Variation in summer nitrogen and phosphorus uptake among Siberian headwater streams. JD Schade, EC Seybold, TW Drake, S Spawn, WV Sobczak, KE Frey, RM Holmes, N Zimov. Polar Research.

2015

• Ancient low–molecular-weight organic acids in permafrost fuel rapid carbon dioxide production upon thaw. TW Drake, KP Wickland, RGM Spencer, DM McKnight, RG Striegl. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.