James T. Waples

WATER Personnel

	James T. Waples Shaw Associate Scientist Phone: (414) 382-1741 Fax: (414) 382-1705 E-Mail: Great Lakes WATER Institute 600 E. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204 Recent Grants Current Research
Research Interests Biogeochemistry Carbon Cycling Radiochemistry

Education Zoology B.S. University of Wisconsin - Madison 1985 NOAA OTC Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy 1988 Biogeochemistry Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 1998

Publications Waples J. T. and K. A. Orlandini. 2010. A method for the sequential measurement of yttrium-90 and thorium-234 and their application to the study of rapid particle dynamics in aquatic systems. Limnology & Oceanography: Methods (accepted; in revision). Klump, J. V., S. A. Fitzgerald, J. T. Waples. 2009. Benthic biogeochemical cycling, nutrient stoichiometry, and carbon and nitrogen mass balances in a eutrophic freshwater bay. Limnology & Oceanography 54: 792-812. Waples, J. T., C. Benitez-Nelson, N. Savoye, M. Rutgers van der Loeff, M. Baskaran, . Gustafsson. 2006. An introduction to the application and future use of ²³⁴Th in aquatic systems. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 100 (3-4): 166-189. Rutgers van der Loeff, M., M.M. Sarin, M. Baskaran, C. Benitez-Nelson, K. O. Buesseler, M. Charette, M. Dai, Ö. Gustafsson, P. Masque, P. Morris, K. Orlandini, A. Rodriguez y Baena, N. Savoye, S. Schmidt, R. Turnewitsch, I. Vöge1, J. T. Waples. 2006. An overview of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing ²³⁴Th in aquatic systems. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 100 (3-4): 190-212. Waples, J.T., B. Eadie, J. V. Klump, M. Squires, J. Cotner, G. McKinley. 2005. Great Lakes Regional Report, NACM Coastal CO₂ Workshop, Boulder, CO. Waples, J. T., R. Paddock, J. Janssen, D. Lovalvo, B. Schulze, J. Kaster, and J. V. Klump. 2005. High resolution bathymetry and lakebed characterization in the nearshore zone of western Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 31 (Supplement 1): 64-74. Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and 234Th-group. 2004. Future Applications of 234Th in Aquatic Ecosystems (FATE). EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 85 (45): 471. Waples, J. T., K. A. Orlandini, D. N. Edgington, and J. V. Klump. 2004. Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibria in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, C10S06, doi:10.1029/2003JC002204. Klump JV, D.N. Edgington, J.T. Waples, D.C. Szmania, B.E. Brown and K.A. Orlandini. 2003. Sampling methods and approaches using radionuclide tracers in the study of sediment resuspension and cross margin transport in the nearshore of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Internat. J. Sediment Res. 18(2): 266-277. Waples, J. T., K. A. Orlandini, K. M. Weckerly, D. N. Edgington, and J. V. Klump. 2003. Measuring low concentrations of Th-234 in water and sediment. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 80(4): 265-281. Waples, J. T. and J. V. Klump. 2002. Biophysical effects of a decadal shift in summer wind direction over the Laurentian Great Lakes. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 8, 10.1029/2001GL014564 (April 2002)