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Spatial and temporal variability of PCBs in Detroit River water assessed using a long term biomonitoring programKen G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4
Chemosphere 90:95-102. 2013....
Calibration of the gastrointestinal magnification model to predict maximum biomagnification potentials of polychlorinated biphenyls in a bird and fishKen G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 46:10279-86. 2012..Combined with reduced losses of chemical across respiratory surfaces, higher D(go)′/D(og) ratios of birds contribute to elevated biomagnification in birds over fish...
Elimination of 10 polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners and selected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the freshwater mussel, Elliptio complanataKen G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4
Chemosphere 69:362-70. 2007..Given the long time periods required for steady state, mussel accumulated PBDE residues should be interpreted in the context of calibrated bioaccumulation models...
Evaluation of chloroform/methanol and dichloromethane/hexane extractable lipids as surrogate measures of sample partition capacity for organochlorines in fish tissuesK G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4
Chemosphere 55:395-400. 2004..These data suggest that the tissue lipid content as derived using the DH extraction provided a better surrogate measure of sample partition capacity than tissue lipids determined using the CM technique...
Development and validation of a herring gull embryo toxicokinetic model for PCBsKen G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, N9B 3P4
Ecotoxicology 12:55-68. 2003..Consistent with experimental data for other avian species, the model predicts that the highest PCB concentrations in the embryo/chick occur during pipping or soon after when yolk lipids have been completely resorbed by the embryo...
Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of 61 polychlorinated biphenyl and four polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners in juvenile American kestrels (Falco sparverius)Ken G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 26:313-24. 2007..6 to 44.7 d. Assuming differences in PBDE toxicokinetics between juveniles and adults similar to those measured for PCBs, adult American kestrel PBDE half-lives are expected to range from 72 to 572 d...
A combined food web toxicokinetic and species bioenergetic model for predicting seasonal PCB elimination by yellow perch (Perca flavescens)Ken G Drouillard
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 43:2858-64. 2009..This study demonstrates the importance of seasonal trends in metabolic rate, growth, and overwintering weight loss as factors that modify PCB toxicokinetics in temperate fish...
The influence of diet properties and feeding rates on PCB toxicokinetics in the ring doveK G Drouillard
Watershed Ecosystems Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 44:97-106. 2003..Steady-state biomagnification factors were estimated to range from 1.0 to 5.1 for rapidly cleared PCBs and from 27 to 97 for persistent congeners...
Bioaccumulation and toxicokinetics of 42 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in American kestrels (Falco sparverius)K G Drouillard
Watershed Ecosystems Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 20:2514-22. 2001..The two-compartment model calibrated for PCB elimination in American kestrels may be used to describe PCB toxicokinetics in wild birds provided that seasonal fluctuations in the fat content of the modeled population is known...
Quantifying maternal and dietary sources of 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl deposited in eggs of the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria)K G Drouillard
Watershed Ecosystems Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 20:561-7. 2001..The results support the hypothesis that dilution of contaminants in egg lipids relative to maternal lipids is related to the reproductive strategy employed by the species...
Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as bioindicators in Canadian areas of concern in the Great Lakes Basin. 1. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in eggsS R de Solla
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Box 5050, Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:7252-9. 2007..In contrast, PBDE congener patterns in turtle eggs resembled PentaBDE technical formulations regardless of absolute concentrations or location, and were largely associated with urban environments...
Contaminants in lesser and greater scaup staging on the lower Great LakesS A Petrie
Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund, Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 52:580-9. 2007..We suggest that Se may be problematic for some breeding female scaup after departing the LGL, but more research is needed to determine the extent to which it affects scaup demographics...
Plasma-associated halogenated phenolic contaminants in benthic and pelagic fish species from the Detroit RiverHongxia Li
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 37:832-9. 2003..Target tissue exposure to circulating OH-PCBs was variable, and thus potential OH-PCB-mediated toxicological activity and effects (e.g., endocrine-related) and health risks are different among the fish species...
Determination of laboratory and field elimination rates of polychlorinated biphenyls (Pcbs) in the freshwater mussel, Elliptio complanataKen G Drouillard
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 47:74-83. 2004..This suggests that E. complanata may possess some capability for PAH biotransformation...
Evidence for bioamplification of nine polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in yellow perch (Perca flavascens) eggs during incubationJennifer M Daley
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4
Chemosphere 75:1500-5. 2009....
Contribution of fecal egestion to the whole body elimination of polychlorinated biphenyls by Japanese koi (Cyprinus carpio)Gord Paterson
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9B 3P4
Environ Sci Technol 44:5769-74. 2010..5) compounds. It was concluded that gill elimination is the primary mechanism of elimination for persistent organic pollutants such as PCBs by Japanese koi...
Metamorphosis increases biotransformation of polychlorinated biphenyls: a comparative study of polychlorinated biphenyl metabolism in green frogs (Rana clamitans) and leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) at various life stagesJocelyn L Leney
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2971-80. 2006..9-fold greater than that of the group-3 PCBs. By contrast, in green frog tadpoles, group-2 PCBs were eliminated 1.9-fold faster than group-3 PCBs, and in green frog adults, group-2 PCBs were eliminated 1.5-fold faster than group-3 PDBs...
Quantitative biomonitoring of PAHs using the Barnes mussel (Elliptio complanata)S B Gewurtz
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 43:497-504. 2002..complanata. The k(2) versus log K(ow) regression equation for mussels developed herein was similar to other studies documenting the elimination of PCBs and PAHs in a number of bivalve species...
Evaluation of the STP model: comparison of modelled and experimental results for ten polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)Jian Wang
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Chemosphere 69:1802-6. 2007..Results also suggest that a reasonable first approximation estimate of a range for the biodegradation half-life needed for the model may be obtained by dividing reported aqueous biodegradation half-life by scaling factors of 50 and 150...
Determination of in situ polychlorinated biphenyl elimination rate coefficients in the freshwater mussel biomonitor Elliptio complanata deployed in the Huron-Erie corridor, southeast Michigan, USA, and southwest Ontario, CanadaAshley A Raeside
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:434-45. 2009....
Does metamorphosis increase the susceptibility of frogs to highly hydrophobic contaminants?Jocelyn L Leney
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 40:1491-6. 2006....
The influence of diet on the assimilation efficiency of 47 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in Japanese koi (Cyprinus carpio)Jian Liu
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, Canada, N9B 3P4
Environ Toxicol Chem 29:401-9. 2010..Overall, PCB AEs were observed to be dependent on both diet type and chemical hydrophobicity, with both factors contributing nearly equally to the variation measured in this toxicokinetic parameter...
Immunosuppression in the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) induced by pesticide exposureMary-Kate Gilbertson
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 22:101-10. 2003..Overall, the results suggest that exposure to these pesticides can cause both stimulatory and suppressive immune changes in adult frogs and is doing so in wild populations...
Dacthal and chlorophenoxy herbicides and chlorothalonil fungicide in eggs of osprey (Pandion haliaetus) from the Duwamish-Lake Washington-Puget Sound area of Washington state, USAShaogang Chu
Great Lakes Institute for Environment Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Pollut 145:374-81. 2007....
Determination of polychlorinated biphenyl and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon elimination rates in adult green and leopard frogsJocelyn L Leney
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:1627-34. 2006..These findings suggest that adult amphibians have the potential to be used as biomonitors for persistent organic chemicals...
ABAM, a model for bioaccumulation of POPs in birds: validation for adult herring gulls and their eggs in Lake OntarioRoss J Norstrom
National Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Carleton University, Raven Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 41:4339-47. 2007..With species-specific adjustments, ABAM can be regarded as a general model for lipophilic POPs bioaccumulation in birds...
Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): changes in thyroid, vitamin A, glutathione homeostasis, and oxidative stress in American kestrels (Falco sparverius)Kim J Fernie
Canadian Wildlife Service, Burlington, Ontario
Toxicol Sci 88:375-83. 2005..Subsequently, concentrations of PBDE congeners in wild birds may alter thyroid hormone and vitamin A concentrations, glutathione metabolism and oxidative stress...
Trace elements in marine birds, arctic hare and ringed seals breeding near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, CanadaMark L Mallory
Canadian Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1714, Iqaluit, NU, Canada X0A 0H0
Mar Pollut Bull 49:135-41. 2004
Levels and trends of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in ivory gull eggs from the Canadian Arctic, 1976 to 2004Birgit M Braune
Environment Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0H3
Sci Total Environ 378:403-17. 2007....
Vegetated agricultural drainage ditches for the mitigation of pyrethroid-associated runoffErin R Bennett
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, Mississippi 38655, USA
Environ Toxicol Chem 24:2121-7. 2005..Overall results of this study illustrate that aquatic macrophytes play an important role in the retention and distribution of pyrethroids in vegetated agricultural drainage ditches...
Persistent organic pollutants in marine birds, arctic hare and ringed seals near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, CanadaMark L Mallory
Canadian Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1714, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0, Canada
Mar Pollut Bull 50:95-101. 2005
