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Publications

This is a bibliography of journal papers and major policy reports by Calder and collaborators, notably from the research projects linked here.

See also: Ryan Calder's Google Scholar and CV

2024    CC Carey,  RSD Calder, RJ Figueiredo, RB Gramacy, ME Lofton, ME Schreiber & RQ Thomas. 'A framework for developing a real-time lake phytoplankton forecasting system to support water quality management in the face of global change' in Ambio, vol, 54, pp. 475–487.  

2024    RSD Calder, E Dimanchev, S Cohen & R McManamay 'Decision support for United States—Canada energy integration is impaired by fragmentary environmental and electricity system modeling capacity' in Environ Res Infrastruct Sustain, vol. 4 (3): 033002. 

2022     RSD Calder, CS Robinson & ME Borsuk. 'Total social costs and benefits of long-distance hydropower transmission' in Environ Sci Technol, vol 56 (24), pp. 17510–22. 

2020     RSD Calder, ME Borsuk & CS Robinson. ‘Analysis of environmental and economic impacts of hydropower imports for New York City through 2050’. Report to the Quebec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie. Durham, NC" Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. 

2020     RSD Calder, AT Schartup, T Bell & EM Sunderland. ‘Muskrat Falls, methylmercury and Canadian hydroelectric development’ in  S. Crocker & L. Moore (Eds.). Muskrat Falls: How a Mega Dam Became a Predatory Formation. St. John's, Canada: Memorial University Press. 

2019     RSD Calder. ‘Coupled human-natural modeling for hydroelectric development: understanding the health impacts of America's renewable energy imports’ in M. Valerino (Ed.). Case Studies on Energy Access Transitions in the Developing World. Durham, NC: Duke University. 

2016     RSD Calder, AT Schartup, M Li, AP Valberg, PH Balcom & EM Sunderland. ‘Future impacts of hydroelectric power development on methylmercury exposures of Canadian indigenous communities’ in Environ Sci Technol, vol. 50 (23), pp. 13115–22. 

2024    AM Gazar, ME Borsuk & RSD Calder. 'Causal inference to scope environmental impact assessment of renewable energy projects and test competing mental models of decarbonization' in Env Res: Infrastruct Sustain, vol. 4 (4): 045005.      

2023    RSD Calder, J McDermid & S Boudreau. 'Drivers of Atlantic herring decline and evidence basis for fisheries closures and rebuilding plans' in Can J Fish Aquat Sci, vol. 80, pp.663-675. 

2021     RSD Calder, C Grady, M Jeuland, CJ Kirchhoff, RL Hale & RL Muenich. ‘COVID-19 reveals vulnerabilities of the food–energy–water nexus to viral pandemics’ in Environ Sci Technol Lett, vol. 8 (8), pp. 606-15. 

2019     RSD Calder, S Bromage & EM Sunderland. ‘Risk tradeoffs associated with traditional food advisories for Labrador Inuit’ in Environ Res, vol. 168, pp. 496–506. 

2015     RSD Calder & KA Schmitt. ‘Decentralised drinking water regulation: risks, benefits and the hunt for equality in the Canadian context’ in Int J Water, vol. 9 (2), pp. 178–93. 

2010     RSD Calder & KA Schmitt. ‘The Role of detection limits in drinking water regulation’ in Environ Sci Technol, vol. 44 (21), pp. 8008–14. 

 

2024   KA Bourne, RSD Calder, S Zuidema, CY Chen & ME Borsuk. 'Local land-use decisions drive losses in river biological integrity to 2099: Using machine learning to disentangle interacting drivers of ecological change in policy forecasts' in Met App, vol. 32 (1): e70024. 

2021     T Allen, J Behr, A Bukvic, RSD Calder, […] & JC Zinnert. ‘Anticipating and adapting to the future impacts of climate change on the health, security and welfare of low elevation coastal zone communities in Southeastern USA’ in J Mar Sci Eng, vol. 9 (11): 1196. 

2019     RSD Calder, C Shi, SA Mason, LP Olander & ME Borsuk. ‘Forecasting ecosystem services to guide coastal wetland rehabilitation decisions’ in Ecosyst Serv, vol. 39: 101007. 

2019     RSD Calder, ME Borsuk, SA Mason, LP Olander, A Plantinga & CS Robinson. ‘Assessing ecosystem service benefits from military installations’. Report to the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Dept. of Defense, Washington, D.C. 

 

2023     RSD Calder & AT Schartup. ‘Geohealth Policy Benefits Are Mediated by Interacting Natural, Engineered, and Social Processes’ in GeoHealth, vol. 7 (9): 2023GH000858.     

2020     RSD Calder, A Alatorre, R Marx, V Mallampalli, SA Mason, LP Olander, M Jeuland & ME Borsuk. ‘Graphical models and the challenge of evidence-based practice in development and sustainability’ in Environ Modell Softw, vol. 130: 104734. 

2019     H Tallis, [...] RSD Calder, [...] & S Zobrist. ‘Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development and environment’ in Curr Opin Env Sust, vol. 39, pp. 81–93.