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List of works by Jules M. Blais

"-Omics" workflow for paleolimnological and geological archives: A review

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

A Paleoenvironmental Study Tracking Eutrophication, Mining Pollution, and Climate Change in Niven Lake, the First Sewage Lagoon of Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools)

A continental scale spatial investigation of lake sediment organic compositions using sedimentomics

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

A metabolomics study on effects of polyaromatic compounds in oil sand extracts on the respiratory, hepatic and nervous systems using three human cell lines

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

A method to estimate sediment ingestion by fish

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A soil ingestion pilot study of a population following a traditional lifestyle typical of rural or wilderness areas

scientific article published on March 27, 2012

ASSESSMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS NEAR A HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATOR: ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION, SNOW, AND SEDIMENTS

Accelerated delivery of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in recent sediments near a large seabird colony in Arctic Canada.

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Accumulation of persistent organochlorine compounds in mountains of western Canada

scientific article published in Nature

Air-vegetation partitioning of polychlorinated biphenyls near a point source

scientific article published in December 2005

Air-water gas exchange of chlorinated pesticides in four lakes spanning a 1,205 meter elevation range in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

scientific article

Algal responses to metal(loid) pollution, urbanization, and climatic changes in subarctic lakes around Yellowknife, Canada

scientific article published in 2022

An isotopic investigation of mercury accumulation in terrestrial food webs adjacent to an Arctic seabird colony

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

An ∼1100 yr record of human and seabird occupation in the High Arctic inferred from pond sediments

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Analysis of intracellular and extracellular microcystin variants in sediments and pore waters by accelerated solvent extraction and high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

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Arctic seabirds transport marine-derived contaminants.

scientific article published in July 2005

Assessing environmental stressors on a commercial walleye fishery from a large northern ecosystem (Tathlina Lake) using water chemistry and paleolimnology

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Assessing long‐term diatom changes in sub‐<scp>A</scp>rctic ponds receiving high fluxes of seabird nutrients

scientific article published in February 2024

Assessing the contribution of combustion-derived contaminants to a remote subarctic environment from traffic on the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road (Northwest Territories, Canada).

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

Assessing the impact of long-term changes in climate and atmospheric deposition on a shallow alpine lake from southeast Tibet

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Assessment and characterization of polychlorinated biphenyls near a hazardous waste incinerator: analysis of vegetation, snow, and sediments

scientific article published on January 2003

Assessment of the effects of logging, forest fires and drought on lakes in northwestern Ontario: a 30-year paleolimnological perspective

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Bioaccumulation of the pharmaceutical 17alpha-ethinylestradiol in shorthead redhorse suckers (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) from the St. Clair River, Canada

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Bioconcentration of polycyclic musks in fathead minnows caged in a wastewater effluent plume

scientific article

Bioenrichment of trace elements in a series of ponds near a northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) colony at Cape Vera, Devon Island

Biologically mediated transport of contaminants to aquatic systems

scientific article published on February 2007

Breeding eider ducks strongly influence subarctic coastal pond chemistry

Broad-scale lake expansion and flooding inundates essential wood bison habitat

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Cancer risk to First Nations' people from exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons near in-situ bitumen extraction in Cold Lake, Alberta.

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Chemical Weathering Patterns of Diluted Bitumen Spilled into Freshwater Limnocorrals

scientific article published in 2023

Chironomid assemblages from seabird-affected High Arctic ponds

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Climate oscillations drive millennial‐scale changes in seabird colony size

scientific article published in 2022

Comment on “Sphagnum Mosses from 21 Ombrotrophic Bogs in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region Show No Significant Atmospheric Contamination of ‘Heavy Metals’”

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Comparative histories of polycyclic aromatic compound accumulation in lake sediments near petroleum operations in western Canada

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Comparing nitrogen isotopic signals between bulk sediments and invertebrate remains in High Arctic seabird-influenced ponds

scholarly article

Concentrations and Fluxes of Salmon-Derived Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Lake Sediments

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Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in amphipods (Gammarus lacustris) along an elevation gradient in mountain lakes of western Canada

scientific article published in November 2003

Contamination of an arctic terrestrial food web with marine-derived persistent organic pollutants transported by breeding seabirds

scientific article published on November 2010

Contrasting the effects of climatic, nutrient, and oxygen dynamics on subfossil chironomid assemblages: a paleolimnological experiment from eutrophic High Arctic ponds

scholarly article

Controls governing the spatial distribution of sediment arsenic concentrations and solid-phase speciation in a lake impacted by legacy mining pollution

scientific article published on 06 November 2018

Cultural eutrophication, anoxia, and ecosystem recovery in Meretta Lake, High Arctic Canada

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DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE IN THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA

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Determining the effects of past gold mining using a sediment palaeotoxicity model

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in the aquatic ecosystem of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, South Africa

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Differential Predation by Chaoborus americanus on Males and Females of Two Species of Diaptomus

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Dissecting the spatial scales of mercury accumulation in Ontario lake sediment

scientific article published on 4 July 2009

Dissolved Organic Matter Kinetically Controls Mercury Bioavailability to Bacteria

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Dissolved organic carbon thresholds affect mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic lakes.

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Do spectrally inferred determinations of chlorophyll a reflect trends in lake trophic status?

scholarly article

Do wood fibers from a pulp mill affect the distribution of total and methyl mercury in river sediments?

Dynamic mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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Dynamics of uptake and elimination of 17α-ethinylestradiol in male goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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Dysregulation of cytokine response in Canadian First Nations communities: is there an association with persistent organic pollutant levels?

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Ecological influences of Thule Inuit whalers on high Arctic pond ecosystems: a comparative paleolimnological study from Bathurst Island (Nunavut, Canada)

scholarly article

Ecosystems

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Effect of spilled diluted bitumen on chemical air-water exchange in boreal lake limnocorrals

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Effects of Seabird Vectors on the Fate, Partitioning, and Signatures of Contaminants in a High Arctic Ecosystem

scientific article published on 07 November 2011

Elevated Exposures to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Other Organic Mutagens in Ottawa Firefighters Participating in Emergency, On-Shift Fire Suppression.

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Elevated contaminants contrasted with potential benefits of ω-3 fatty acids in wild food consumers of two remote first nations communities in northern Ontario, Canada

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Environmental Contaminants

Environmental factors affecting ultraviolet photodegradation rates and estrogenicity of estrone and ethinylestradiol in natural waters

scientific article published on 21 April 2010

Environmental legacy and catchment erosion modulate sediment records of trace metals in alpine lakes of southwest China

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Estrogen-like effects in male goldfish co-exposed to fluoxetine and 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol.

scientific article published on 2 May 2013

Evaluation of210Pb dating in lake sediments using stable Pb,Ambrosia pollen, and137Cs

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Evidence for microbially mediated production of elemental mercury (Hg0) in subarctic lake sediments

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Exploratory hydrocarbon drilling impacts to Arctic lake ecosystems.

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Factors Affecting Elevated Arsenic and Methyl Mercury Concentrations in Small Shield Lakes Surrounding Gold Mines near the Yellowknife, NT, (Canada) Region

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Factors influencing the achievement of steady state in mercury contamination among lakes and catchments of south-central Ontario

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Fluxes of semivolatile organochlorine compounds in Bow Lake, a high-altitude, glacier-fed, subalpine lake in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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From sea to land: assessment of the bio-transport of phosphorus by penguins in Antarctica

HIGH ARCTIC PONDS RECEIVING BIOTRANSPORTED NUTRIENTS FROM A NEARBY SEABIRD COLONY ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO POTENTIALLY TOXIC LOADINGS OF ARSENIC, CADMIUM, AND ZINC

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Historical analysis of salmon-derived polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in lake sediments

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Historical pesticide applications coincided with an altered diet of aerially foraging insectivorous chimney swifts

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Historical seabird population dynamics and their effects on Arctic pond ecosystems: a multi-proxy paleolimnological study from Cape Vera, Devon Island, Arctic Canada

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Identification of environmental sources of lead exposure in Nunavut (Canada) using stable isotope analyses

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Identifying novel treeline biomarkers in lake sediments using an untargeted screening approach

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

Impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on water quality and diatom assemblages from Cape Vera, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

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In-situ bitumen extraction associated with increased petrogenic polycyclic aromatic compounds in lake sediments from the Cold Lake heavy oil fields (Alberta, Canada).

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Increased proliferative effect of organochlorine compounds on human preadipocytes

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Integrated analysis of petroleum biomarkers and polycyclic aromatic compounds in lake sediment cores from an oil sands region

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Interactions of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides with sedimentary organic matter of retrogressive thaw slump-affected lakes in the tundra uplands adjacent to the Mackenzie Delta, NT, Canada

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Introduction — Environmental Change in the Hudson and James Bay Region

scientific article published in 2014

Is there widespread metal contamination from in-situ bitumen extraction at Cold Lake, Alberta heavy oil field?

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Linking 19th century European settlement to the disruption of a seabird's natural population dynamics

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Long-term changes in organic matter and mercury transport to lakes in the sporadic discontinuous permafrost zone related to peat subsidence

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Lumiestrone is Photochemically Derived from Estrone and may be Released to the Environment without Detection

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Mass balance soil ingestion estimating methods and their application to inhabitants of rural and wilderness areas: a critical review.

scientific article published on 02 March 2010

Melting glaciers: a major source of persistent organochlorines to subalpine Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Canada

scientific article published in November 2001

Mercury Partitioning in Surface Sediments of the Upper St. Lawrence River (Canada): Evidence of the Importance of the Sulphur Chemistry

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Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: recent advances on its cycling and fate

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Mercury transport between sediments and the overlying water of the St. Lawrence River area of concern near Cornwall, Ontario

scientific article published on 21 January 2010

Mercury, polybrominated diphenyl ether, organochlorine pesticide, and polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in fish from lakes along an elevation transect in the French Pyrénées

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Microbial DNA records historical delivery of anthropogenic mercury

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Modeling PAH uptake by vegetation from the air using field measurements

Modeling atmospheric vegetation uptake of PBDEs using field measurements

scientific article published in June 2007

Multi-trophic level response to extreme metal contamination from gold mining in a subarctic lake.

scientific article published in August 2016

Multicentury perspective assessing the sustainability of the historical harvest of seaducks

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Neurotoxicity of alkylated polycyclic aromatic compounds in human neuroblastoma cells

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Nutrient enrichment in the High Arctic associated with Thule Inuit whalers: a paleolimnological investigation from Ellesmere Island (Nunavut, Canada)

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Obesity and type 2 diabetes prevalence in adults from two remote first nations communities in northwestern ontario, Canada

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Organic Pollutants in Sediment Core Archives

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Organochlorine compounds in trout from lakes over a 1600 meter elevation gradient in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

scientific article published in April 2007

Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in snow, snowmelt, and runoff at Bow Lake, Alberta.

scientific article published on August 2006

Organophosphorus esters in the oceans and possible relation with ocean gyres

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Orographic cold-trapping of persistent organic pollutants by vegetation in mountains of western Canada

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PCB and organochlorine pesticides in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from a High Arctic colony: Chemical exposure, fate, and transfer to predators

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Paleo-ecotoxicology: What Can Lake Sediments Tell Us about Ecosystem Responses to Environmental Pollutants?

scientific article published in August 2017

Paleolimnological Methods And Applications For Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Paleolimnology can provide the missing long-term perspective in ecotoxicology research.

scientific article published in September 2017

Persistent organic pollutants in air and vegetation from the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers

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Plasma vitellogenin in male teleost fish from 43 rivers worldwide is correlated with upstream human population size

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Polar lessons learned: long-term management based on shared threats in Arctic and Antarctic environments

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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin, Polychlorinated Dibenzofuran, and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Accumulation in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Near a Magnesium Smelter in Quebec, Canada

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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, polychlorinated dibenzofuran, and polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) near a magnesium smelter in Quebec, Canada

scientific article published in December 2007

Prediction of SVOC vegetation and atmospheric concentrations using calculated deposition velocities

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Prehistoric Inuit whalers affected Arctic freshwater ecosystems

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Preliminary assessment of avian stomach oils: a vector of contaminants to chicks and potential for diet analysis and biomonitoring

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Recent Eutrophication Histories in Lac Ste. Anne and Lake Isle, Alberta, Canada, Inferred Using Paleolimnological Methods

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Recent changes in mercury deposition and primary productivity inferred from sediments of lakes from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada

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Reconstructing Long-Term Changes in Avian Populations Using Lake Sediments: Opening a Window Onto the Past

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Seabird-driven shifts in Arctic pond ecosystems.

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Sediment mercury dynamics and historical trends of mercury deposition in the St. Lawrence River area of concern near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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Sedimentary biomarkers and bone specimens reveal a history of prehistoric occupation on Somerset Island (Arctic Canada)

scientific article published in July 2024

Sex- and tissue-specific effects of waterborne estrogen on estrogen receptor subtypes and E2-mediated gene expression in the reproductive axis of goldfish.

scientific article published on 07 January 2010

Simulating a Spill of Diluted Bitumen: Environmental Weathering and Submergence in a Model Freshwater System

scientific article published on 09 November 2019

Spatial and Temporal Assessment of Mercury and Organic Matter in Thermokarst Affected Lakes of the Mackenzie Delta Uplands, NT, Canada

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Spatiotemporal patterns of mercury accumulation in lake sediments of western North America

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Steady-state mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

Sterols and Stanols Preserved in Pond Sediments Track Seabird Biovectors in a High Arctic Environment.

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Sterols and stanols as novel tracers of waterbird population dynamics in freshwater ponds

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Striking centennial-scale changes in the population size of a threatened seabird

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids from Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis Kreyer) processing by-products

Surface oil is the primary driver of macroinvertebrate impacts following spills of diluted bitumen in freshwater

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TRACING SALMON-DERIVED NUTRIENTS AND CONTAMINANTS IN FRESHWATER FOOD WEBS ACROSS A PRONOUNCED SPAWNER DENSITY GRADIENT

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

TRACKING PEAT SUBSIDENCE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN THE DISCONTINUOUS SPORADIC PERMAFROST ZONE (NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA) USING ORGANIC BIOMARKERS PRESERVED IN LAKE SEDIMENT CORES

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Temporal analysis of net fluvial methylmercury loading in a dystrophic and a clear water lake

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The accumulation of metals, PAHs and alkyl PAHs in the roots of Echinacea purpurea

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The cultural eutrophication of Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada: a paleoecological study

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The development of an optimized sample preparation for trace level detection of 17α-ethinylestradiol and estrone in whole fish tissue

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The impacts of permafrost thaw slump events on limnological variables in upland tundra lakes, Mackenzie Delta region

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The influence of lake morphometry on sediment focusing

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The occurrence of steroidal estrogens in south-eastern Ontario wastewater treatment plants.

scientific article published on 25 May 2012

Thermokarst Disturbance Drives Concentration and Composition of Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Lakes of the Western Canadian Arctic

scientific article published in 2020

Tracking Contaminant Transport From Biovectors

Tracking the History and Ecological Changes of Rising Double-Crested Cormorant Populations Using Pond Sediments from Islands in Eastern Lake Ontario

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Trends in historical mercury deposition inferred from lake sediment cores across a climate gradient in the Canadian High Arctic

scientific article published on 02 June 2018

Trophic position influences the efficacy of seabirds as metal biovectors

scientific article (publication date: 8 June 2010)

Using Natural Archives to Track Sources and Long-Term Trends of Pollution: An Introduction

scholarly article published 2015

Using Natural Archives to Track Sources and Long-Term Trends of Pollution: Some Final Thoughts and Suggestions for Future Directions

Using paleolimnology to track the impacts of early Arctic peoples on freshwater ecosystems from southern Baffin Island, Nunavut

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Using wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles and semipermeable membrane devices to monitor polycyclic aromatic compounds in boreal wetlands in the oil sands region of northern Alberta, Canada

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