Dr. Ian Spooner
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Director of Research, KC Irving Coordinator, M.Sc. Applied Geomatics Manager, Morton Centre Office Location: HSH 325 |
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Ian Spooner (P. Geo, Ph.D.) has been a professor at Acadia in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science for the past 31 years. His primary research interest is investigating environmental change and he has active research programs in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and northwestern British Columbia. He also has consulted in the areas of Environmental and Risk Assessment, groundwater and surface water contamination, coastal erosion and has been involved in environmental risk assessments for resource companies in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia. He has served with several professional organizations and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Atlantic Geoscience Society and the 2020 Acadia Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Education
Scholarly interests
Teaching
Funding and Awards (since 2015)
Published and Accepted Papers (since 2015)
Education
Ph.D. University of Calgary (Geoscience) 1994. Quaternary Environmental Change in the Stikine Plateau Region of North-western British Columbia.
M.Sc. Queen's University (Geology)1988. Applied Sedimentological Evaluation of a Glacial Deposit, Joyceville, Ontario.
B.Sc (Honours) Queen’s University (Geology). 1984
Scholarly interests
Environmental Change in lake and wetland sediments
Applied Physical Limnology
Surface water – Groundwater Interaction
Undergraduate Teaching
ENVS 3423 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENVS 3513 Climate Change for Environmental Practitioners
ENVS 4423 Senior Seminar
GEOL 3723 Hydrogeology
GEOL 4723 Quaternary Geology
GEOL 4843 Energy Sources in the Earth Sciences
Field Schools: ENVS 2523 & GEOL 2083
Graduate Teaching
GEOL 5703 Quaternary Paleoecology
GEOL 5923 Special topics in Geology
2024 Harrison McCain Foundation Visiting Professor Award. In support of collaborative research with Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
2020 Cape Breton Regional Municipality Research Grant. In support of surface water reservoir research.
2019- 2022. Nova Scotia Lands Research Service Contract: Tracking contamination in Sitmu’k, Pictou Landing First Nation, Nova Scotia 2019-Present.
2018 Harrison McCain Foundation Award – Visitorship Award. Stirling University, Scotland, UK.
2019 MITACS Accelerate Award: Application of paleolimnological tools for assessing the transfer of marine derived nutrients and toxins to fresh water systems, Nova Scotia Canada: Focus on Alewife within the Gaspereau Lake watershed.
2018 NSERC Discovery Grant: Arsenic in Lakes in Nova Scotia 2018 -2024
2018 NSERC CREATE funding for ASPIRE (Aquatic Systems Professional and Industrial Training for the Restoration Economy, Dr. Rob Jamieson, Principal applicant), I Spooner collaborator.
2018 Nova Scotia Lands Research Grant: Tracking contamination in Sitmu’k, Pictou Landing First Nation, Nova Scotia 2018-2019.
2018 NSERC Engage Award: Impacts of watershed development and environmental change on Lakes in Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Published and Accepted Papers (since 2018)
- Geological History and Ecosystems Evolution at Big Meadow
Bog, Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Ian Spooner, Deanne van Rooyen, Mark L. Mallory, Nelson J. O’Driscoll, Nicholas M. Hill, and Dewey D. Dunnington. In: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management. N. Hill, S. Hines, N. O’Driscoll eds. Springer. Pp.121-132. ISBN 978-3-031-71343-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71344-6
- Effects of Avian Biotransport of Industrial Wastes to a Bog Ecosystem. Mark L. Mallory, Sarah E. Gutowsky, Jennifer F. Provencher, Ian Spooner, Nelson J. O’Driscoll, and John P. Smol. In: In: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management. N. Hill, S. Hines, N. O’Driscoll eds. Pp 245-264. ISBN 978-3-031-71343-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71344-6
- The geoscience of wine: the influence of surficial geology on viticulture in the Gaspereau Valley-Grand Pre region, Nova Scotia. *Maracle, Mitch, Spooner, I, Brushett, D M. Contribution Series ME 2024-002: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables. page(s), 1 map(s)
- Mercury in soils of seabird nesting islands in west Iceland. Mark Mallory, Aevar Petersen, Sverrir Thorstensen, Ian Spooner, Nelson J. O’Driscoll, *Julia E. Baak, *Jessie A. McIntyre. Arctic. 76:1 pp. 48-59
- Scavenging gulls are biovectors of mercury from industrial wastes in Nova Scotia, Canada. *J. A. McIntyre, N.J. O’Driscoll, Ian Spooner, Greg Robertson, John P. Smol, Mark L. Mallory. Chemosphere Vol 304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135279
- Evaluating the movement of dissolved porewater species through a marine sediment 51 years after establishment of a pulp and paper effluent stabilization basin. Lake, C.B., *Song, X., Spooner, I.S., *Tackley, H.A., Walker, T.R. and Jamieson, R.C. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2021-0563
This paper received the 2022 Donald Stanley Award - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, best paper in environmental engineering
- tidypaleo: Visualizing Paleoenvironmental Archives Using ggplot2.
*D. W. Dunnington, N. Libera, J. Kurek, I. S. Spooner, G. A. Gagnon. Journal of Statistical Software. Journal of Statistical Software. Vol. 101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v101.i07
2021 Examining the Ultraviolet Optical Screening Tool as a Viable Means for Delineating a Contaminated Organic Sediment. *K.B. Davidson, C.B. Lake, B. Sweet, and I.S. Spooner. Science of the Total Environment. 779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149408
- Evaluating the multi-decadal response of historic seawater incursion events and salinity-induced meromixis at Laytons Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. *H. E. McGuire, *D. W. Dunnington, *A. L. Loder, I. S. Spooner, M. L. Mallory, N. McLellan, and C-C. Su. Lake and Reservoir Management. ULRM-2020-0047.R1.
- Application of the paleolimnological method to assess metal contaminant distribution (As, Cu, Pb, Zn) in pulp mill stabilization basin sediments, Nova Scotia, Canada. *Kirklyn B Davidson, *Baillie EJ Holmes, Ian S Spooner, *Dewey W Dunnington, Tony R Walker, Craig B Lake, Chih-Chieh Su. ESPR-D-20-15062 Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14212-x
2022 tidypaleo: Visualizing paleoenvironmental archives using ggplot2. DW Dunnington, N Libera, J Kurek, IS Spooner, GA Gagnon. Journal of Statistical Software, jstatsoft.org
2020. Evaluating the performance of calculated elemental measures in sediment archives. D. W. Dunnington, B R.B. Gregory, I. S Spooner C. E. White; G. A. Gagnon. JOPL-0-19-00032R1
2020. Assessment of metal(oid) concentrations using diffusive gradient thin (DGT) films in marine, freshwater and wetland aquatic ecosystems impacted by industrial effluents. M Chaudhury, M. Quanz, J. Williams, E. Maltby, K. Oakes, I Spooner, T. Walker. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering.
2020. Characterizing Sediment Physical Property Variability for Bench Scale Dewatering Purposes. *M. Alimohammadi, *H. Tackley, *B. Holmes, *K. Davidson, C. B. Lake, I. S. Spooner, R. C. Jamieson, T. R. Walker, Environmental Geotechnics. Accepted ENVGEO-D19-00214
2020. The distribution and potential impact of two centuries of lead deposition as recorded by lake sediments from northeastern North America. *D. W. Dunnington S. Roberts; S. A Norton; I. S Spooner; J. Kurek; J. L. Kirk; D. Muir; C. E. White; G. A. Gagnon. STOTEN-D-20-05912 Science of the Total Environment
2019. Evaluating the utility of elemental measurements obtained from factory-calibrated field-portable X-Ray fluorescence units for aquatic sediments. *D. W. Dunnington I.S. Spooner M. L. Mallory, C. E. White, G.A. Gagnon. Environmental Pollution; 249: 45-53 doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.001
2019. Correlates of Waterbody Characteristics and the Occurrence or Diversity of Larval Amphibians in Central Ontario, Canada. *A. L. Loder, R. Weeber, S. N. P. Wong, I. S. Spooner and Mark L. Mallory. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02698-8.
2019. Effect of different sediment dewatering techniques on subsequent particle sizes in industrial derived effluent. *Alimohammadi, M; Tackley, H., Lake, C., Jamieson, R., Spooner, I., Walker, T., Gan, C., Bossy, K., Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2019-0269
2019. Examples of large-scale rock slope deformation from the Tablelands and Lookout Hills of Western Newfoundland, Canada. I. Spooner, *D. Dunnington, J. Gosse, G. Osborn, A. R. Berger and I. Brookes. In Geomorphological Landscapes of Eastern Canada. Ed. Catto, N., and Slaymaker, O. Springer-Verlag.
2018. Water chemistry of managed waterfowl wetlands in coastal Bay of Fundy, Canada: Regional comparisons and temporal trends. *A. L. Loder, I. S. Spooner, N. R. McLellan, J. Kurek, A. Hanson, M. L. Mallory. Wetlands Ecology and Management. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1101-y2018.
2018. Anthropogenic activity in the Halifax region, Nova Scotia, as recorded by bulk geochemistry of lake sediments. Dunnington D., Spooner I.S., Krkošek W.H., Gagnon G.A., Cornett R.J., Kurek J., White C.E., Misiuk B., Tymstra D. (2018). Lake and Reservoir Management 34(4): 334-348. Nominated for the Jim LaBounty best paper award (2019 North American Lake Management Society Annual Meeting).
2018. Using a linked table-based structure to encode self-describing multiparameter spatiotemporal data. *D. Dunnington and I. Spooner. FACETS- doi:10.1139/facets-2017-0026
2018. Nutrient availability reduced in older rural impoundments in coastal Bay of Fundy, Canada. *A. L. Loder; M. L. Mallory; I. S. Spooner; *M. Turner; N. R. McLellan. Hydrobiologia. HYDR-D-17-00118.