Publications

2026

Dissolved Oxygen Variability on the Canadian Pacific Margin: Subarctic Source-Water Variability and Equatorial Water Influence

S. W. Stevens and C. G. Hannah

ESS Open Archive, 30 October 2026 (preprint).

Gulf of St. Lawrence and Estuary Dataset (GOSLED): a 20-year compilation of quality-controlled biogeochemical observations (2003–2023)

Nesbitt, W. A., A. O. Mucci, T. Tanhua, Y. Gélinas, J.-É. Tremblay, G. Chaillou, L. Pascal, C. Fradette, L. Gerke, S. W. Stevens, M. Jutras, M. Blais, M. Lizotte, M. Starr, and D. W. R. Wallace

Earth System Science Data, 18, 3609–3634 (2026).

Transient tracer observations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence reveal shift from younger to older inflow waters

Gerke, L., T. Tanhua, W. A. Nesbitt, S. W. Stevens, and D. W. R. Wallace

Ocean Science, 22, 1391–1407 (2026).

2025

Dissolved oxygen variability on the Canadian Pacific shelf: Trends, drivers, and projections in the context of emerging hypoxia in Queen Charlotte Sound

S. W. Stevens, C. Hannah, W. Evans, J. Klymak, S. Waterman, and T. Ross

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39, e2025GB008608 (2025).

The coupled oxygen and carbon dynamics in the subsurface waters of the Gulf and Lower St. Lawrence Estuary and implications for artificial oxygenation

Nesbitt, W. A., S. W. Stevens, A. O. Mucci, L. Gerke, T. Tanhua, G. Chaillou, and D. W. R. Wallace

Ocean Science, 21, 2179–2195 (2025).

2024

Deep inflow transport and dispersion in the Gulf of St. Lawrence revealed by a tracer release experiment

S. W. Stevens, R. Pawlowicz, T. Tanhua, L. Gerke, W. Nesbitt, J. Chassé, A. Drozdowski, and D. Wallace

Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 338 (2024).

Discovering DIY Oceanography: Building Floats to Track Deep Ocean Currents

B. Beutel* and S. W. Stevens*

Science Activities (2024). *Equal contribution.

2023

Swish floats: an inexpensive neutrally buoyant float to monitor dispersion in coastal seas

S. W. Stevens and R. Pawlowicz

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40, 1493–1508 (2023).

Distribution, sources and dispersion of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the water column of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Sun, Y., R. Francois, R. Pawlowicz, M. T. Maldonado, S. W. Stevens, and M. Soon

Science of the Total Environment, 873, 162174 (2023).

2022

Factors controlling the temporal variability and spatial distribution of dissolved cadmium in the coastal Salish Sea

Kuang, C., S. W. Stevens, R. Pawlowicz, M. T. Maldonado, J. T. Cullen, and R. Francois

Continental Shelf Research, 243, 104761 (2022).

2021

A Study of Intermediate Water Circulation in the Strait of Georgia Using Tracer-Based, Eulerian, and Lagrangian Methods

S. W. Stevens, R. Pawlowicz, and S. E. Allen

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(7), 1875–1893 (2021).

2020

A recent decline in North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation

S. W. Stevens, R. J. Johnson, G. Maze, and N. R. Bates

Nature Climate Change, 10(4), 335–341 (2020).