Karen A Kidd

Summary

Affiliation: Saint John
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Biomagnification of mercury through lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) food webs of lakes with different physical, chemical and biological characteristics
    Karen A Kidd
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5
    Sci Total Environ 438:135-43. 2012
  2. ncbi Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen
    Karen A Kidd
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N6
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:8897-901. 2007
  3. ncbi Low concentrations of selenium in stream food webs of eastern Canada
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
    Sci Total Environ 409:785-91. 2011
  4. ncbi Mercury concentrations in Arctic food fishes reflect the presence of anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), species, and life history
    Heidi K Swanson
    Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L5, Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 44:3286-92. 2010
  5. ncbi Biochemical and histopathological effects in pearl dace (Margariscus margarita) chronically exposed to a synthetic estrogen in a whole lake experiment
    Vince P Palace
    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N6, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 25:1114-25. 2006
  6. ncbi Comparison of mercury concentrations in landlocked, resident, and sea-run fish (Salvelinus spp.) from Nunavut, Canada
    Heidi Swanson
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 30:1459-67. 2011
  7. ncbi Increasing mercury in yellow perch at a hotspot in Atlantic Canada, Kejimkujik National Park
    Brianna Wyn
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 4L5
    Environ Sci Technol 44:9176-81. 2010
  8. ncbi Factors affecting water strider (Hemiptera: Gerridae) mercury concentrations in lotic systems
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L4L5, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1480-92. 2009
  9. ncbi Evidence of impaired health in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot in northeastern North America
    Katharina L Batchelar
    Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 32:627-37. 2013
  10. ncbi Food web analysis reveals effects of pH on mercury bioaccumulation at multiple trophic levels in streams
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada Electronic address
    Aquat Toxicol 132:46-52. 2013

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Biomagnification of mercury through lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) food webs of lakes with different physical, chemical and biological characteristics
    Karen A Kidd
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5
    Sci Total Environ 438:135-43. 2012
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  2. ncbi Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen
    Karen A Kidd
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N6
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:8897-901. 2007
    ..Our observations demonstrate that the concentrations of estrogens and their mimics observed in freshwaters can impact the sustainability of wild fish populations...
  3. ncbi Low concentrations of selenium in stream food webs of eastern Canada
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
    Sci Total Environ 409:785-91. 2011
    ..Because concentrations were below known toxicity thresholds for fish and other consumers, these results suggest that Se is not an environmental issue in New Brunswick streams that do not receive direct inputs from mining activities...
  4. ncbi Mercury concentrations in Arctic food fishes reflect the presence of anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), species, and life history
    Heidi K Swanson
    Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L5, Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 44:3286-92. 2010
    ..In contrast to semelparous anadromous species, biotransport of Hg by anadromous Arctic charr appears to be offset by increased growth of freshwater fishes...
  5. ncbi Biochemical and histopathological effects in pearl dace (Margariscus margarita) chronically exposed to a synthetic estrogen in a whole lake experiment
    Vince P Palace
    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N6, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 25:1114-25. 2006
    ..Biochemical and histopathological impacts observed in fish exposed to EE2 in this study have not yet been linked to clear population level impacts in pearl dace. Monitoring of these populations is ongoing...
  6. ncbi Comparison of mercury concentrations in landlocked, resident, and sea-run fish (Salvelinus spp.) from Nunavut, Canada
    Heidi Swanson
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 30:1459-67. 2011
    ..21 µg/g) and other life history types. Our results are relevant to human health assessments and consumption guidance and will inform models of Hg accumulation in Arctic fish...
  7. ncbi Increasing mercury in yellow perch at a hotspot in Atlantic Canada, Kejimkujik National Park
    Brianna Wyn
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 4L5
    Environ Sci Technol 44:9176-81. 2010
    ..Mercury contamination currently poses a greater threat to loon health than a decade ago, and further reductions in anthropogenic emissions should be considered to reduce its impacts on ecosystem health...
  8. ncbi Factors affecting water strider (Hemiptera: Gerridae) mercury concentrations in lotic systems
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L4L5, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1480-92. 2009
    ..They also suggest that striders may be more appropriate as a terrestrial rather than an aquatic Hg sentinel, underscoring the importance of understanding the origin of food for organisms used in contaminant studies...
  9. ncbi Evidence of impaired health in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a biological mercury hotspot in northeastern North America
    Katharina L Batchelar
    Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    Environ Toxicol Chem 32:627-37. 2013
    ..These findings raise concerns for the health of these perch as well as for other wild fish populations known to have similarly elevated Hg concentrations...
  10. ncbi Food web analysis reveals effects of pH on mercury bioaccumulation at multiple trophic levels in streams
    Timothy D Jardine
    Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada Electronic address
    Aquat Toxicol 132:46-52. 2013
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