PUBLICATIONS

White, P., Barlow, J., Jennings, D., Tillin, H., … Harris, L.I., … et al. What habitats should be considered irreplaceable? (under review – Journal of Applied Ecology: Policy Directions).

Rodenhizer, H., Treharne, R., Gockede, M., Mauritz, M., … Harris, L.I., … et al. Disturbances increase net carbon emissions in the Arctic-Boreal zone – An expert assessment. (under review – Climatic Change).

Virkkala, A-M., Wargowsky, I., Vogt, J., Kuhn, M.A., … Harris, L., … et al. (2026). ABCFlux v2: Arctic-boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. (accepted – Earth System Science Data, preprint available).

Southee, M.F., Harris, L.I., Farrell, C.E., Jones, T.B., and O’Connor, C.M. Ecotones in the far north in Ontario are priority areas for biodiversity and carbon storage. (accepted – FACETS).

Seward, J., Brauer, S., Harris, L.I., Roy-Leveillee, P., Smenderovac, E., Goud, E., Waddington, J.M., Watmough, S., Basiliko, N. and Beckett, P. Expansion of Sphagnum moss transplants in a metal-contaminated peatland in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. (accepted – Ecological Solutions and Evidence).

Schulze, C., Sonnentag, O., Emmerton, C.A., Harris, L.I., Alcock, H., Marouelli, K., Gosselin, G.H., Knox, S.H., Howard, R., Skeeter, J., Moore, P., Nesic, Z., and Olefeldt, D. (2025). Large carbon losses from burned permafrost peatlands during post-fire succession. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, 19. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118344

Everett, R., Reed, M, Kopansky, D., Harris, L.I., Kumar, R., Lang, K., Page, S., Parish, F., Cadwaladr-Rimmer, I., and Scheel, P. (2025), Policy options in global peatland conservation and restoration: A review of the UNEP Global Peatlands Assessment and future strategy for global governance. Mires and Peat, 32, 25. ​doi.org/10.19189/001c.146134

Thompson, L.M., Shewan, R., Mangal, V., Harris, L.I., Cheng, C.H., Braga, L.P.P., Kolmakova, O., Tanentzap, A.J., Knorr, K-H., Kuhn, M., Haugk, C., Azaroff, A., Jonsson, S., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Quinton, W.L., Sonnentag, O., and Olefeldt, D. (2025). Production of methylmercury in peatlands following permafrost thaw increases along a trophic gradient. Environmental Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c04510

Austin, K.G., Elsen, P.R., Coronado, E.N.H., DeGemmis, A., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Harris, L., Kretser, H.E., Melton, J.R., Murdiyarso, D., Sasmito, S.D., Swails, E., Wijaya, A., Winton, R.S. and Zarin, D. (2025), Mismatch Between Global Importance of Peatlands and the Extent of Their Protection. Conservation Letters., 18: e13080. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13080​

Webster, K.L., Strack, M., Balliston, N., Davies, M.A., Hettinga, E.K., Hunter, M., Kleinke, K., Schmidt, M., Barreto, C., Bird, M., Blann, K., Bona, K., Cassidy, A., John Connolly, Davidson, S.J., Fedorchuk, L., Garneau, M., Harris, L., Hongxing He., Howie, A., Kirkwood, A., Pontone, N., Richardson, K., Sanderson, N., Seutin, G., Bin Xu, and Xiangbo Yin. (2025). Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023. FACETS. 10: 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2024-0142

Harris L.I., Olefeldt, D., Pelletier, N., Blodau, C.B., Knorr, K-H., Talbot, J., and Turetsky, M.R. (2023). Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited. Global Change Biology, 29, 5720-5735. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16894

Ochoa-Hueso, R., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Risch, A. C., Ashton, L., Augustine, D., Bélanger, N., … Harris, L.I. … et al. (2023). Bioavailability of macro and micronutrients across global topsoils: Main drivers and global change impacts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37, e2022GB007680. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007680

Watmough S, Gilbert-Parkes S, Basiliko N, Lamit LJ, Lilleskov EA, Andersen R, Aguila-Pasquel J, Artz RE, Benscoter BW, Borken W, Bragazza L, Brandt SM, Brauer SL, Carson MA, Chen X, Chimner RA, Clarkson BR, Cobb AR, Enriquez AS, Farmer J, Grover SP, Harvey CF, Harris LI, Hazard C, Hoyt AM, Hribljan J, Jauhiainen J, Juutinen S, … et al. (2022). Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale. PLoS ONE 17(11): 0275149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275149

Verbeke, B. A., Lamit, L. J., Lilleskov, E. A., Hodgkins, S. B., Basiliko, N., Kane, E. S., Andersen, R., Artz, R.R.E., Benavides, J.C., Benscoter, B.W., Borken, W., Bragazza, L., Brandt, S.M., Bräuer, S.L., Carson, M.A., Charman, D., Chen, X., Clarkson, B.R., Cobb, A.R., Convey, P., del Águila Pasquel, J., Enriquez, A.S., Griffiths, H., Grover, S.P., Harvey, C.F., Harris, L.I., Hazard, C., Hodgson, D., Hoyt, A.M., Hribljan, J., Jauhiainen, J., Juutinen, S., Knorr, K-H., Kolka, R.K., Könönen, M., Larmola, T., McCalley, C.K., McLaughlin, J., Moore, T.R., Mykytczuk, N., Normand, A.E., Rich, V., Roulet, N., Royles, J., Rutherford, J., Smith, D.S., Svenning, M.M., Tedersoo, L., Thu, P.Q., Trettin, C.C., Tuittila, E-S., Urbanová, S., Varner, R.K., Wang, M., Wang, Z., Warren, M., Wiedermann, M.M., Williams, S., Yavitt, J.B., Yu, Z.G., Yu, Z., and Chanton, J.P. (2022). Latitude, elevation, and mean annual temperature predict peat organic matter chemistry at a global scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, e2021GB007057. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007057

Harris, L.I., Richardson, K., Bona, K.A., Davidson, S.J., Finkelstein, S.A., Garneau, M., McLaughlin, J., Nwaishi, F., Olefeldt, D., Packalen, M., Roulet, N.T., Southee, F.M., Strack, M., Webster, K., Wilkinson, S.L., and Ray, J. (2021). The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20, 222-230. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2437

Olefeldt, D., Hovemyr, M., Kuhn, M. A., Bastviken, D., Bohn, T. J., Connolly, J., Crill, P., Euskirchen, E. S., Finkelstein, S. A., Genet, H., Grosse, G., Harris, L. I., Heffernan, L., Helbig, M., Hugelius, G., Hutchins, R., Juutinen, S., Lara, M. J., Malhotra, A., Manies, K., McGuire, A. D., Natali, S. M., O’Donnell, J. A., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Räsänen, A., Schädel, C., Sonnentag, O., Strack, M., Tank, S., Treat, C., Varner, R. K., Virtanen, T., Warren, R. K., and Watts, J. D (2021). The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD). Earth System Science Data Discussions – in press. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021

Bear, S.E., Seward, J.D., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Moore, T., Lilleskov, E., Yavitt, J.B., Schadt, C.W., Smith, D.S., McLaughlin, J., Siljanen, H., Mykytczuk, N., Williams, S., Roulet, N., Harris, L., Carson, M.A., Watmough, S., and Brauer, S.L. (2021). Beyond the usual suspects: methanogenic communities in eastern North American peatlands are also influenced by nickel and copper concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 368, 21-24. doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnab151

Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A.V., Amesbury, M.J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D., Benavides, J.C., Blewett, J., Camill, P., Charman, D.J., Chawchi, S., Hedgpeth, A., Kleinen, T., Korhola, A., Large, D., Mansilla, C.A., Müller, J., van Bellen, S., West, J.B., Yu, Z., Bubier, J., Garneau, M., Moore, T., Sannel, A.B.K., Page, S., Väliranta, M., Bechtold, M., Brovkin, V., Cole, L.E.S., Chanton, J.P., Christensen, T.R., Davies, M.A., De Vleeschouwer, F., Finkelstein, S.A., Frolking, S., Gałka, M., Gandois, L., Girkin, N., Harris, L.I, Heinemeyer, A., Hoyt, A.M., Jones, M.C., Joos, F., Juutinen, S., Kaiser, K., Lacourse, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larmola, T., Leifeld, J., Lohila, A., Milner, A., Minkkinen, K., Moss, P., Naafs, B.D.A., Nichols, J., O’Donnell, J., Payne, R.†, Philben, M., Quillet, A., Ratnayake, A.S., Roland, T., Sjogersten, S., Sonnentag, O., Swindles, G.T., Swinnen, W., Talbot, J., Treat, C., Valach, A.C., Wu, J., Piilo S. (2021). Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change, 11, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0

Harris, L.I., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., and Pinsonneault, A.J. (2020). Limited effect of drainage on peat properties, porewater chemistry, and peat decomposition proxies in a boreal peatland. Biogeochemistry, 151(1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00707-1

Hudson, D.T., Markle, C.E., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Ecohydrological controls on lichen and moss CO2 exchange in rock barrens turtle nesting habitat. Ecohydrology, 14,1. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2255

Harris, L.I., Roulet, N.T., and Moore, T.R. (2020). Drainage reduces the resilience of a boreal peatland. Environmental Research Communications, 2(6). DOI 10.1088/2515-7620/ab9895

Markle, C.E., North, T.D., Harris, L.I., Moore, P.A., and Waddington, J.M. (2020). Spatial heterogeneity of surface topography in peatlands: assessing overwintering habitat availability for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Wetlands, 40, 2337-2349.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01378-2

Bengtsson, F., Rydin, H., Baltzer, J. L., Bragazza, L., Bu, Z., Caporn, S. J. M., Dorrepaal, E., Flatberg, K.I., Galanina, O., Galka, M., Ganeva, A., Goia, I., Goncharova, N., Hajek, M., Haraguchi, A., Harris, L.I., Humphreys, E., Jirousek, M., Kajukato, K., Karofeld, E., Koronatova, N.G., Kosykh, N.P., Laine, A.M., Lamentowicz, M., Lapshina, E., Limpens, J., Linkosalmi, M., Ma, J-Z., Mauritz, M., Mitchell, E.A.D., Munir, T.M., Natali, S.M., Natcheva, R., Payne, R.J., Philippov, D.A., Rice, S.K., Robinson, S., Robroek, B.J.M., Rochefort, L., Singer, D., Stenoien, H.K., Tuittila, E-S., Vellak, K., Waddington, J.M., and Granath, G. (2020). Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region . Journal of Ecology, 109, 1, 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13499Seward, J., Carson, M.A., Lamit, L.J., Basiliko, N., Yavitt, J.B., Lilleskov, E., Schadt, C.W., Solance Smith, D., McLaughlin, J., Mykytczuk., N., Willims-Johnson, S., Roulet, N.T., Moore, T.R., Harris, L.I., and Bräuer, S. (2020). Peatland microbial community composition is driven by a natural climate gradient. Microbial Ecology, 80, 593-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01510-z

Harris, L.I., Roulet, N.T., and Moore, T. R. (2020). Mechanisms for the development of microform patterns in peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland. Ecosystems, 23(4), 741-767. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00436-z

​Singer, D. , Mitchell, E. A., Payne, R. J., Blandenier, Q. , Duckert, C. , Fernández, L. D., Fournier, B. , Hernández, C. E., Granath, G. , Rydin, H. , Bragazza, L. , Koronatova, N. G., Goia, I., Harris, L. I., Kajukało, K. , Kosakyan, A. , Lamentowicz, M. , Kosykh, N. P., Vellak, K. and Lara, E. (2019). Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Molecular Ecology, 28, 3089-3100. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15117

Harris, L.I., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., and Pinsonneault, A.J. (2018).  Lichens: a limit to peat growth? Journal of Ecology, 106, 2301- 2319.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12975

Granath, G., Rydin, H., Baltzer, J. L., Bengtsson, F., Boncek, N., Bragazza, L., Bu, Z.-J., Caporn, S. J. M., Dorrepaal, E., Galanina, O., Gałka, M., Ganeva, A., Gillikin, D. P., Goia, I., Goncharova, N., Hájek, M., Haraguchi, A., Harris, L. I., Humphreys, E., Jiroušek, M., Kajukało, K., Karofeld, E., Koronatova, N. G., Kosykh, N. P., Lamentowicz, M., Lapshina, E., Limpens, J., Linkosalmi, M., Ma, J.-Z., Mauritz, M., Munir, T. M., Natali, S. M., Natcheva, R., Noskova, M., Payne, R. J., Pilkington, K., Robinson, S., Robroek, B. J. M., Rochefort, L., Singer, D., Stenøien, H. K., Tuittila, E.-S., Vellak, K., Verheyden, A., Waddington, J. M., and Rice, S. K.. (2018). Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges, Biogeosciences, 15, 5189-5202. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5189-2018

O.Dallaire, C., Trincsi, K., Ward, M., Harris, L.I., Jarvis, L., Dryden, R., and MacDonald, G. (2018). Creating spaces for sustainability literacy outside the classroom: The role of student-centered research symposia. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, 839-855.

Malhotra, A., Roulet, N.T., Wilson, P., Giroux-Bougard, X., and Harris, L. I. (2016). Ecohydrological feedbacks in peatlands: an empirical test of the relationship among vegetation, microtopography and water table. Ecohydrology,  vol. 9, 7, 1346-1357. doi: 10.1002/eco.1731.

Drew, S., Waldron, S., Gilvear, D., Grieve, I., Armstrong, A., Bragg, O., Brewis, F., Cooper, M., Dargie, T., Duncan, C., Harris, L., Wilson, L., McIver, C., Padfield, R., Shah, N. (2013). The price of knowledge in the knowledge economy: Should development of peatland in the UK support a research levy? Land Use Policy, 32, 50-60.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (selected)

Harris, L.I. (2026). Gaps and solutions for global and national policies for peatlands: opportunities for Canada. Invited article for January edition of the quarterly Can-Peat Newsletter.

Harris, L.I., Schulze, C., Marouelli, K., Thompson, L., Shewan, R., and Olefeldt, D. (2025). Greenhouse gas flux data for peatlands in the Northwest Territories and Northern Alberta, 2021. Dataset – University of Alberta ERA.

UNEP (2022). Global Peatlands Assessment – The State of the World’s Peatlands: Evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands. Main Report. Global Peatlands Initiative. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi. (Coordinating lead author – Chapters 1 and 9, global policy – https://www.unep.org/resources/global-peatlands-assessment-2022)

Harris L.I. (2022). The Hudson Bay Lowland: role in global climate regulation and the potential impacts of the Ring of Fire mining development: Report for Attawapiskat First Nation. (available on request)
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Harris, L.I. (2022). Review of Suncor McClelland Lake Wetland Complex (MLWC) Operational Plan: Report for Alberta Wilderness Association. (available on request)

Harris, L.I. (2021). Peatlands of the Fawn River Indigenous Protected Area. Commissioned report for WCS Canada.

SNH, SEPA, FCS, and Scottish Renewables (2010). Good Practice during Wind Farm Construction. (Co-author and editor).

Harris, L.I & Simcox, H (2010). A Functional Wetland Typology for Scotland. In Practice, Number 68 (CIEEM quarterly publication).

SEPA (2008). Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems: Assessment of Significant Damage in Scotland. WFD Technical Report (lead author).

Environment Agency (2006). North East England Wetland Feasibility Study – technical project report (lead author).