Wildlife and Landscape Science

Peer-reviewed Publications 2010

As most of the following hyperlinks are to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act. The material found there is therefore in the language(s) used by the sites in question.

Akearok, J.A., C.E. Hebert, B.M. Braune and M.L. Mallory. 2010. Inter- and intraclutch variation in egg mercury levels in marine bird species from the Canadian Arctic. Science of the Total Environment 408(4): 836-840. 

Albert, C.A., L.K. Wilson, P. Mineau, S. Trudeau and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Anticoagulant rodenticides in three owl species from western Canada, 1988-2003. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 58(2): 451-459. 

Alisauskas, R.T., K.L. Drake, J.H. Caswell and D.K. Kellett. 2010. Movement and persistence by Ross's geese (Chen rossii) in Canada's Arctic. Journal of Ornithology 1-12 (in press).

Ashley, P., K.A. Hobson, S.L. Van Wilgenburg, N. North and S.A. Petrie. 2010. Linking Canadian harvested juvenile American black ducks to their natal areas using stable isotope (δD, δ13C, and δ15N) methods. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2).

Bartzen, B.A., K.W. Dufour, R.G. Clark and F. Dale Caswell. 2010. Trends in agricultural impact and recovery of wetlands in Prairie Canada. Ecological Applications 20(2): 525-538. 

Basu, N., A.M. Scheuhammer, K. Rouvinen-Watt, R.D. Evans, V.L. Trudeau and L.H.M. Chan. 2010. In vitro and whole animal evidence that methylmercury disrupts GABAergic systems in discrete brain regions in captive mink. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology 151(3): 379-385. 

Basu, N., A.M. Scheuhammer, K. Rouvinen-Watt, N. Grochowina, D. Evans and H.M. Chan. 2010. Variation of cholinergic biomarkers in brain regions and blood components of captive mink. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 162(1-4): 377-386. 

Best, D.A., K.H. Elliott, W.W. Bowerman, M. Shieldcastle, S. Postupalsky, T.J. Kubiak, D.E. Tillitt and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Productivity, embryo and eggshell characteristics, and contaminants in bald eagles from the Great Lakes, USA, 1986 to 2000. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(7): 1581-1592. 

Bidleman, T.F., P.A. Helm, B.M. Braune and G.W. Gabrielsen. 2010. Polychlorinated naphthalenes in polar environments - A review. Science of the Total Environment 408(15): 2919-2935.

Boutin, C., A.L. White and C. David. 2010. Measuring variability in phytotoxicity testing using crop and wild plant species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(2): 327-337. 

Brattström, O., S. Bensch, L.I. Wassenaar, K.A. Hobson and S. Åkesson. 2010. Understanding the migration ecology of European red admirals Vanessa atalanta using stable hydrogen isotopes. Ecography 33(4): 720-729.

Braune, B.M., M.L. Mallory, C.M. Butt, S.A. Mabury and D.C.G. Muir. 2010. Persistent halogenated organic contaminants and mercury in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from the Canadian Arctic. Environmental Pollution 158(12):3513-3519.

Braune, B.M., G. Savard, B.J. Wakeford and D.J. McGoldrick. 2010. Environment Canada's National Wildlife Specimen Bank: A valuable resource for monitoring and research. In Interdisciplinary Studies on Environmental Chemistry - Environmental Specimen Bank. T.Isobe, K. Nomiyama, A. Subramanian and S. Tanabe. Eds. 25-32.

Camfield, A.F., S.F. Pearson and K. Martin. 2010. Life history variation between high and low elevation subspecies of horned larks Eremophila spp. Journal of Avian Biology 41(3): 273-281. 

Cesh, L.S., K.H. Elliott, S. Quade, M.A. McKinney, F. Maisoneuve, D.K. Garcelon, C.D. Sandau, R.J. Letcher, T.D. Williams and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and metabolites: Relation to circulating thyroid hormone and retinol in nestling bald eagles (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(6): 1301-1310. 

Champoux, L., J. Moisey and D.C.G. Muir. 2010. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, toxaphenes, and other halogenated organic pollutants in great blue heron eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(2): 243-249.

Chiaradia, A., M.G. Forero, K.A. Hobson and J.M. Cullen. 2010. Changes in diet and trophic position of a top predator 10 years after a mass mortality of a key prey. Journal of Marine Science 67(8): 1710-1720. 

Choy, E.S., L.E. Kimpe, M.L. Mallory, J.P. Smol and J.M. Blais. 2010. Contamination of an arctic terrestrial food web with marine-derived persistent organic pollutants transported by breeding seabirds. Environmental Pollution 158(11): 3431-3438.

Cockle, K.L., K. Martin and M.C. Drever. 2010. Supply of tree-holes limits nest density of cavity-nesting birds in primary and logged subtropical Atlantic forest. Biological Conservation 143(11): 2851-2857.

Coops, N.C., J. Duffe and C. Koot. 2010. Assessing the utility of lidar remote sensing technology to identify mule deer winter habitat. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 36(2): 81-88. 

Coulton, D.W., R.G. Clark and C.E. Hebert. 2010. Determining natal origins of birds using stable isotopes (δ34S, δd, δ15N, δ13C): Model validation and spatial resolution for mid-continent mallards. Waterbirds 33(1): 10-21. 

Crump, D., C. Egloff, S. Chiu, R.J. Letcher, S. Chu and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. Pipping success, isomer-specific accumulation, and hepatic mRNA expression in chicken embryos exposed to HBCD. Toxicological Sciences 115 (2), pp. 492-500 

Dalton, R.L. and C. Boutin. 2010. Evaluation of phytotoxicty testing: Comparing the effects of glyphosate and atrazine herbicides on non-target plants grown singly and in microcosms. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29(10): 2304-2315.

De John Westman, A., J.E. Elliott, C. Kim, G. van Aggelen and C.A. Bishop. 2010. Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of endosulfan, azinphosmethyl, and diazinon on great basin spadefoot (spea intermontana) and Pacific treefrog (pseudacris regilla). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(7): 1604-1612. 

de Solla, S.R., D.V.C. Weseloh, C.E. Hebert and C. Pekarik. 2010. Impact of changes in analytical techniques for the measurement of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides on temporal trends in herring gull eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(7): 1476-1483. 

de Solla, S.R., D.V.C. Weseloh, R.J. Letcher and C.E. Hebert. 2010. Reconcilable differences: The use of reference material to reduce methodological artifacts in the reporting of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(1): 19-26. 

DesGranges, J.-L. and F. Morneau. 2010. Potential sensitivity of Québec's breeding birds to climate change. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2).

Descamps, S., N.G. Yoccoz, J.-M. Gaillard, H.G. Gilchrist, K.E. Erikstad, S.A. Hanssen, B. Cazelles, M.R. Forbes and J. Bêty. 2010. Detecting population heterogeneity in effects of North Atlantic Oscillations on seabird body condition: Get into the rhythm. Oikos 119(9): 1526-1536. 

Donald, D.B., and G.D. Sardella. 2010. Mercury and other metals in muscle and ovaries of goldeye (Hiodon alosoides). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(2): 373-379.

Drever, M.C. and K. Martin. 2010. Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity. Forest Ecology and Management 259(5): 958-966. 

Drucker, D.G., K.A. Hobson, J.-P. Ouellet and R. Courtois. 2010. Influence of forage preferences and habitat use on 13C and 15N abundance in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) from Canada. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 46(1): 107-121.

Duarte-Guterman, P., V.S. Langlois, B.D. Pauli and V.L. Trudeau. 2010. Expression and T3 regulation of thyroid hormone- and sex steroid-related genes during Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166(2): 428-435. 

Elliott, K.H., A.J. Gaston and D. Crump. 2010. Sex-specific behavior by a monomorphic seabird represents risk partitioning. Behavioral Ecology 21(5): 1024-1032.

Elliott, K.H., A. Shoji, K.L. Campbell and A.J. Gaston. 2010. Oxygen stores and foraging behavior of two sympatric, planktivorous alcids. Aquatic Biology 8(3): 221-235.

Enrquez, P.L., K.M. Cheng and J.E. Elliott. 2010. The 'near threatened' bearded screech-owl megascops barbarus: Diet pattern and trophic assessment using δ13C and δ15N stable-isotopes. Bird Conservation International 20(1): 25-33. 

Ethier, A.L.M., D.R.S. Lean, A.M. Scheuhammer, B. Tamar and K. Sosso-Kolle. 2010. Predicting mercury concentrations and fluxes in the water column and sediment of lakes with a limited dataset. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(7): 1457-1465.

Ethier, A.L.M., A.M. Scheuhammer, J.M. Blais, A.M. Paterson, G. Mierle, R. Ingram, and D.R.S. Lean. 2010. Mercury empirical relationships in sediments from three Ontario lakes. Science of the Total Environment 408(9): 2087-2095. 

Evelsizer, D.D., R.G. Clark and T.K. Bollinger. 2010. Relationships between local carcass density and risk of mortality in molting mallards during avian botulism outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(2): 507-513. 

Evelsizer, D.D., T.K. Bollinger, K.W. Dufour and R.G. Clark. 2010. Survival of radio-marked mallards in relation to management of avian botulism. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(3): 864-877. 

Faaborg, J., R.T. Holmes, A.D. Anders, K.L. Bildstein, K.M. Dugger, S.A. Gauthreaux Jr., P. Heglund, K.A. Hobson, A.E. Jahn, D.H. Johnson, S.C. Latta, D.J. Levey, P.P. Marra, C.L. Merkord, E. Nol, S.I. Rothstein, T.W. Sherry, T.I. Scott Sillett, F.R. Thompson III and N. Warnock. 2010. Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough? Ecological Applications 20(2): 398-418.

Faaborq, J., R.T. Holmes, A.D. Anders, K.L. Bildstein, K.M. Dugger, S.A. Gauthreaux Jr., P. Heglund, K.A. Hobson, A.E. Jahn, D.H. Johnson, S.C. Latta, D.J. Levey, P.P. Marra, C.L. Merkord, N.O.L. Erica, S.I. Rothstein, T.W. Sherry, T.I. Scott Sillett, F.R. Thompson III and N. Warnock. 2010. Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds. Ecological Monographs 80(1): 3-48.      

Fast P.L.F., H.G. Gilchrist and R.G. Clark. 2010. Nest-site materials affect nest-bowl use by common eiders (Somateria mollissima). Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(2): 214-218.

Fernie, K.J. and R.J. Letcher. 2010. Historical contaminants, flame retardants, and halogenated phenolic compounds in peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) nestlings in the Canadian Great Lakes Basin. Environmental Science and Technology 44(9): 3520-3526. 

Foster, K.L., S.W. Wang, D. MacKay, M.L. Mallory and J.M. Blais. 2010. Preliminary assessment of avian stomach oils: A vector of contaminants to chicks and potential for diet analysis and biomonitoring. Environmental Science and Technology 44(17): 6869-6874.

Fox, A.D. and K.A. Hobson. 2010. Linking breeding and wintering areas of 'northern trumpeting' bullfinches Pyrrhula p. pyrrhula by colour-rings and deuterium stable isotopes. Bird Study 57(1): 125-127. 

Fox, T., K.A. Hobson, G. Ekins, M. Grantham and A.J. Green. 2010. Isotope forensic analysis does not support vagrancy for a marbled duck shot in Essex. British Birds 103(8): 464-467. 

Francis, C.M., A.V. Borisenko, N.V. Ivanova, J.L. Eger, B.K. Lim, A. Guillén-Servent, S.V. Kruskop, I. Mackie and P.D.N. Hebert. 2010. The role of DNA barcodes in understanding and conservation of mammal siversity in southeast Asia. PLoS One 5(9): e12575.

Gagnon, F., M. Bélisle, J. Ibarzabal, P. Vaillancourt and J.-P.L. Savard. 2010. A comparison between nocturnal aural counts of passerines and radar reflectivity from a Canadian weather surveillance radar. The Auk 127(1): 119-128. 

Gaston, A.J. and G.J. Robertson. 2010. Trends in the harvest of Brunnich's guillemots Uria lomvia in Newfoundland: Effects of regulatory changes and winter sea ice conditions. Wildlife Biology 16(1): 47-55. 

Gaston A.J., D.F. Bertram, A.W. Boyne, J.W. Chardine, G. Davoren, A.W. Diamond, A. Hedd, W.A. Montevecchi, J.M. Hipfner, M.J.F. Lemon, M.L. Mallory, J.-F. Rail and G.J. Robertson. 2010. Erratum: Changes in Canadian seabird populations and ecology since 1970 in relation to changes in oceanography and food webs [Environment Reviews 17: (267-286)] Environmental Reviews 18(1): 1. 

Girard, J., A. Baril, P. Mineau, and L. Fahrig. 2010. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios differ among invertebrates from field crops, forage crops, and non-cropped land uses. Ecoscience 18(2).

Gong, P., N. Basu, A.M. Scheuhammer and E.J. Perkins. 2010. Neurochemical and electrophysiological diagnosis of reversible neurotoxicity in earthworms exposed to sublethal concentrations of CL-20. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 17(1): 181-186. 

Granter, A., M. Wille, H. Whitney, G.J. Robertson, D. Ojkic and A.S. Lang. 2010. The genome sequence of an H11N2 avian influenza virus from a thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) shows marine-specific and regional patterns of relationships to other viruses. Virus Genes 41(2): 224-230.

Gratto-Trevor, C.L., J.P. Goossen and S.M. Westworth. 2010. Identification and breeding of yearling Piping Plovers. Journal of Field Ornithology 81(4): 383-391. 

Guertin, D.A., A.S. Harestad, M. Ben-David, K.G. Drouillard and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Fecal genotyping and contaminant analyses reveal variation in individual river otter exposure to localized persistent contaminants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(2): 275-284. 

Guertin, D.A., A.S. Harestad and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Summer feeding habits of river otters inhabiting a contaminated coastal marine environment. Northwest Science 84(1): 1-8. 

Guterman, P., V.S. Langlois, K. Hodgkinson, B.D. Pauli, G.M. Cooke, M.G. Wade and V.L. Trudeau. 2010. The aromatase inhibitor fadrozole and the 5-reductase inhibitor finasteride affect gonadal differentiation and gene expression in the frog silurana tropicalis. Duarte- Sexual Development 3(6): 333-341.

Harriman, V.B. and R.T. Alisauskas. 2010. Of fleas and geese: The impact of an increasing nest ectoparasite on reproductive success. Journal of Avian Biology 41(5): 573-579.

Harrison, M.L., N.A. Mahony, P. Robinson, A. Newbury and D.J. Green. 2010. Vesper sparrows and western meadowlarks show a mixed response to cattle grazing in the intermountain region of British Columbia. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(1). 

Hartig, J.H., R.S. Robinson and M.A. Zarull. 2010. Designing a sustainable future through creation of North America's only international wildlife refuge. Sustainability 2(9): 3110-3128.

Head, J.A. and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. Correlation between an in vitro and an in vivo measure of dioxin sensitivity in birds. Ecotoxicology 19(2): 377-382. 

Head, J.A., R. Farmahin, A.S. Kehoe, J.M. O'Brien, L.J. Shutt and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. Characterization of the avian aryl hydrocarbon receptor 1 from blood using non-lethal sampling methods. Ecotoxicology 19(8): 1560-1566. 

Heath, J.P., H.G. Gilchrist and R.C. Ydenberg. 2010. Interactions between rate processes with different timescales explain counterintuitive foraging patterns of arctic wintering eiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1697): 3179-3186.

Hedd, A., D.A. Fifield, C.M. Burke, W.A. Montevecchi, L.M. Tranquilla, P.M. Regular, A.D. Buren and G.J. Robertson. 2010. Seasonal shift in the foraging niche of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica revealed by stable isotope (δ15N and δ13C) analyses.  Aquatic Biology 9(1): 13-22. 

Helgason, L.B., J. Verreault, B.M. Braune, K. Borgå, R. Primicerio, B.M. Jenssen and G.W. Gabrielsen. 2010. Relationship between persistent halogenated organic contaminants and TCDD-toxic equivalents on EROD activity and retinoid and thyroid hormone status in northern fulmars. Science of the Total Environment 408(24):  6117-6123. 

Hervé, J.C., D. Crump, K.K. McLaren, J.P. Giesy, M.J. Zwiernik, S.J. Bursian and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran is a more potent cytochrome P4501A inducer than 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in herring gull hepatocyte cultures. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(9): 2088-2095.

Hervé, J.C., D. Crump, J.P. Giesy, M.J. Zwiernik, S.J. Bursian and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase induction by TCDD, PeCDF and TCDF in ring-necked pheasant and Japanese quail hepatocytes: Time-dependent effects on concentration-response curves. Toxicology in Vitro 24(4): 1301-1305. 

Hipfner, J.M., K.A. Hobson, J. Dale and K.J. McGraw. 2010. Stable isotopes link diet to avian yolk carotenoid allocation: A comparative study of five auk species (Charadriiformes: Alcidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83(3): 481-489. 

Hipfner, J.M., M.J.F. Lemon and M.S. Rodway. 2010. Introduced mammals, vegetation changes and seabird conservation on the Scott Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Bird Conservation International 20(3): 295-305.

Hobson, K.A. and J.R. Jehl. 2010. Arctic waders and the capital-income continuum: Further tests using isotopic contrasts of egg components. Journal of Avian Biology 41(5): 565-572.

Hobson, K.A., R. Greenberg, S.L. Van Wilgenburg and C. Mettke-Hofmann. 2010. Migratory connectivity in the rusty blackbird: Isotopic evidence from feathers of historical and contemporary specimens. Condor 112(4): 778-788.

Jaspers, V.L.B., R. Dietz, C. Sonne, R.J. Letcher, M. Eens, H. Neels, E.W. Born and A. Covaci. 2010. A screening of persistent organohalogenated contaminants in hair of east Greenland polar bears. Science of the Total Environment 408(22): 5613-5618.

Khan, R.A., C.V. Chandra, P.J. Earle, G.J. Robertson, P. Ryan and S. Jamieson. 2010. Influence of petroleum hydrocarbons on the endoparasitic helminths of the common eider, Somateria mollissima, from Newfoundland. Journal of Helminthology 1-5 (in press).

Kirkegaard, M., C. Sonne, R. Dietz, B.M. Jenssen, P.S. Leifsson, J.-E.B. Jensen and R.J. Letcher. 2010. Testosterone concentrations and male genital organ morphology in Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) dietary exposed to organohalogen contaminants. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 92(5): 955-967. 

King, K.C., J. Daniel Mclaughlin, M. Boily and D.J. Marcogliese. 2010. Effects of agricultural landscape and pesticides on parasitism in native bullfrogs. Biological Conservation 143(2): 302-310.

King, L.E. and S.R. de Solla. 2010. Successful renesting of Caspian terns on Mohawk Island, Lake Erie, after complete colony failure. Ontario Birds 28(3).

Koper, N., K.E. Mozel and D.C. Henderson. 2010. Recent declines in northern tall-grass prairies and effects of patch structure on community persistence. Biological Conservation 143(1): 220-229.

Kurek, J., L.C. Cwynar, R.C. Weeber, D.S. Jeffries and J.P. Smol. 2010. Ecological distributions of Chaoborus species in small, shallow lakes from the Canadian Boreal Shield ecozone. Hydrobiologia 652:207-221.

Langlois, V.S., A.C. Carew, B.D. Pauli, M.G. Cooke and V.L. Trudeau. 2010. Low levels of the herbicide atrazine alter sex ratios and reduce metamorphic success in Rana pipiens tadpoles raised in outdoor mesocosms. Environmental Health Perspectives 118: 552-557.

Langlois, V.S., P. Duarte-Guterman, S. Ing, B.D. Pauli, G.M. Cooke and V.L. Trudeau. 2010. Fadrozole and finasteride exposures modulate sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression in Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early larval development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166 (2), pp. 417-427.

Lavoie, R.A., L. Champoux, J.-F. Rail and D.R.S. Lean. 2010. Organochlorines, brominated flame retardants and mercury levels in six seabird species from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada): Relationships with feeding ecology, migration and molt. Environmental Pollution 158(6): 2189-2199. 

Lavoie, R.A., C.E. Hebert, J.-F. Rail, B.M. Braune, E. Yumvihoze, L.G. Hill and D.R.S. Lean. 2010. Trophic structure and mercury distribution in a Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada) food web using stable isotope analysis. Science of the Total Environment 408(22): 5529-5539. 

Letcher, R.J., J.O. Bustnes, R. Dietz, B.M. Jenssen, E.H. Jørgensen, C. Sonne, J. Verreault, M.M. Vijayan and G.W. Gabrielsen. 2010. Exposure and effects assessment of persistent organohalogen contaminants in Arctic wildlife and fish. Science of the Total Environment 408(15): 2995-3043.

Love, O.P., H.G. Gilchrist, S. Descamps, C.A.D. Semeniuk and J. Bêty. 2010. Pre-laying climatic cues can time reproduction to optimally match offspring hatching and ice conditions in an Arctic marine bird. Oecologia 164(1): 277-286. 

Mallory M.L., K.A. Boadway, J.J.T. Boadway and J.A. Akearok. 2010. Breeding Arctic terns kill lemmings. Arctic 63(3): 359-361. 

Mallory, M.L., S.A. Robinson, C.E. Hebert and M.R. Forbes. 2010. Seabirds as indicators of aquatic ecosystem conditions: A case for gathering multiple proxies of seabird health. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60(1): 7-12. 

Marteinson, S.C., D.M. Bird, L.J. Shutt, R.J. Letcher, I.J. Ritchie and K.J. Fernie. 2010. Multi-generational effects of polybrominated diphenylethers exposure: Embryonic exposure of male American kestrels (Falco sparverius) to de-71 alters reproductive success and behaviors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(8): 1740-1747. 

Martin, J.-L., S.A. Stockton, S. Allombert and A.J. Gaston. 2010. Top-down and bottom-up consequences of unchecked ungulate browsing on plant and animal diversity in temperate forests: Lessons from a deer introduction. Biological Invasions 12(2): 353-371. 

Medill, S., A.E. Derocher, I. Stirling and N. Lunn. 2010. Reconstructing the reproductive history of female polar bears using cementum patterns of premolar teeth. Polar Biology 33(1): 115-124.

McFarlane Tranquilla, L., A. Hedd, C. Burke, W.A. Montevecchi, P.M. Regular, G.J. Robertson, L.A. Stapleton, S.I. Wilhelm, D.A. Fifield and A.D. Buren. 2010. High Arctic sea ice conditions influence marine birds wintering in low Arctic regions.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 89(1): 97-106.

McKinney, M.A., I. Stirling, N. Lunn, E. Peacock and R.J. Letcher. 2010. The role of diet on long-term concentration and pattern trends of brominated and chlorinated contaminants in western Hudson Bay polar bears, 1991-2007. Science of the Total Environment 408(24): 6210-6222.    

McKinnon, L., P.A. Smith, E. Nol, J.L. Martin, F.I. Doyle, K.F. Abraham, H.G. Gilchrist, R.I.G. Morrison and J. Bêty. 2010. Lower predation risk for migratory birds at high latitudes. Science 327(5963): 326-327. 

McKinnon, L., P.A. Smith, E. Nol, J.L. Martin, F.I. Doyle, K.F. Abraham, H.G. Gilchrist, R.I.G. Morrison and J. Bêty. 2010. Response: Lower predation risk for migratory birds at high latitudes. Science 328(5974): 46-47.

Michelutti, N., J.M. Blais, M.L. Mallory, J. Brash, J. Thienpont, L.E. Kimpe, M.S.V. Douglas and J.P. Smol. 2010. Trophic position influences the efficacy of seabirds as metal biovectors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(23): 10543-10548.

Miller, M.P., S.M. Haig, C.L. Gratto-Trevor and T.D. Mullins. 2010. Subspecies status and population genetic structure in piping plover (Charadrius Melodus). The Auk 127(1): 57-71. 

Montie, E.W., R.J. Letcher, C.M. Reddy, M.J. Moore, B. Rubinstein and M.E. Hahn.  2010. Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine contaminants in winter flounder, harp and hooded seals, and North Atlantic right whales from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60(8): 1160-1169.

Morrissey, C.A., J.E. Elliott and S.J. Ormerod. 2010. Diet shifts during egg laying: Implications for measuring contaminants in bird eggs. Environmental Pollution 158(2): 447-454. 

Morrissey, C.A., J.E. Elliott and S.J. Ormerod. 2010. Local to continental influences on nutrient and contaminant sources to river birds. Environmental Science and Technology 44(5): 1860-1867. 

Mundy, L.J., S.P. Jones, D. Crump, J.C. Hervé, A. Konstantinov, F. Utley, D. Potter and S.W. Kennedy. 2010. Highly purified hexachlorobenzene induces cytochrome P4501A in primary cultures of chicken embryo hepatocytes. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 248(3): 185-93.

Norris, A.R. and K. Martin. 2010. The perils of plasticity: Dual resource pulses increase facilitation but destabilize populations of small-bodied cavity-nesters. Oikos 119(7): 1126-1135. 

O’Hare, K., P. Martin and G. Barrett. 2010. Reproductive success and banding returns of American kestrels in agroecosystems in the southern Ontario landscape. Ontario Birds, 28(1): 20-31

Parsons, K.C., P. Mineau and R.B. Renfrew. 2010. Effects of pesticide use in rice fields on birds. Waterbirds 33 (SPEC.ISSUE.1): 193-218.

Pasick, J., Y. Berhane, H. Kehler, T. Hisanaga, K. Handel, J. Robinson, D. Ojkic, F. Kibenge, M. Fortin, R. King, A. Hamel, D. Spiro, J. Parmley, C. Soos, E. Jenkins, A. Breault, D. Caswell, C. Davies, J. Rodrigue, K. McAloney and F. Leighton.  2010. Survey of influenza a viruses circulating in wild birds in Canada 2005 to 2007. Avian Diseases 54(SUPPL. 1): 440-445.  

Pérez, G.E., K.A. Hobson, E.J. Garde and M. Gilbert. 2010. Deuterium (δD) in feathers of Mongolian waterbirds uncovers migratory movements. Waterbirds 33(4):  438-443.

Princz, J.I., V.M. Behan-Pelletier, R.P. Scroggins and S.D. Siciliano. 2010. Oribatid mites in soil toxicity testing - The use of Oppia nitens (C.L. KOCH) as a new test species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(4): 971-979. 

Regular, P.M., G.J. Robertson, W.A. Montevecchi, F. Shuhood, T. Power, D. Ballam and J.F. Piatt. 2010. Relative importance of human activities and climate driving common murre population trends in the Northwest Atlantic. Polar Biology 33(9): 1215-1226. 

Reichlin, T.S., K.A. Hobson, L.I. Wassenaar, M. Schaub, D. Tolkmitt, D. Becker, L. Jenni and R. Arlettaz. 2010. Migratory connectivity in a declining bird species: Using feather isotopes to inform demographic modeling. Diversity and Distributions 16(4): 643-654.

Richard Pilsner, J., A.L. Lazarus, D.-H. Nam, R.J. Letcher, C. Sonne, R. Dietz and N.  Basu. 2010. Mercury-associated DNA hypomethylation in polar bear brains via the Luminometric Methylation Assay: A sensitive method to study epigenetics in wildlife.  Molecular Ecology 19(2): 307-314. 

Rigét, F., A. Bignert, B.M. Braune, J. Stow and S. Wilson. 2010. Temporal trends of legacy POPs in Arctic biota, an update. Science of the Total Environment 408(15): 2874-2884. 

Rioux, S., J.-P.L. Savard and F. Shaffer. 2010. Scientific and cost effective monitoring: The case of an aerial insectivore, the Chimney swift. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2).

Robinson, S.A., M.R. Forbes and C.E. Hebert. 2010. Mercury in parasitic nematodes and trematodes and their double-crested cormorant hosts: Bioaccumulation in the face of sequestration by nematodes. Science of the Total Environment 408(22): 5439-5444.

Robinson, S.A., M.R. Forbes, C.E. Hebert and J.D. McLauglin. 2010. Male biased parasitism in cormorants and relationships with foraging ecology on Lake Erie, Canada. Waterbirds 33(3): 307-313. 

Roche, E.A., J.B. Cohen, D.H. Catlin, D.L. Amirault-Langlais, F.J. Cuthbert, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, J. Felio and J.D. Fraser. 2010. Range-wide piping plover survival: Correlated patterns and temporal declines. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8):  1784-1791.

Rode, K.D., J.D. Reist, E. Peacock and I. Stirling. 2010. Comments in response to "estimating the energetic contribution of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) summer diets to the total energy budget" by Dyck and Kebreab (2009). Journal of Mammalogy 91(6): 1517-1523. 

Rohwer, S., K.A. Hobson and V.G. Rohwer. 2010. Reply to Urquhart: Conservation of migratory double breeders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(5): E16. 

Rolshausen G., K.A. Hobson and H.M. Schaefer. 2010. Spring arrival along a migratory divide of sympatric blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla). Oecologia 162(1): 175-183.

Routti, H., A. Arukwe, B.M. Jenssen, R.J. Letcher, M. Nyman, C. Bäckman and G.W. Gabrielsen. 2010. Comparative endocrine disruptive effects of contaminants in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Svalbard and the Baltic Sea. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology 152(3): 306-312. 

Rutkiewicz, J., A.M. Scheuhammer, D. Crump, M. Jagla and N. Basu. 2010. Investigation of spatial trends and neurochemical impacts of mercury in herring gulls across the Laurentian Great Lakes. Environmental Pollution 158(8): 2733-2737.

Senechal E., J. Bêty, H.G. Gilchrist, K.A. Hobson and S.E. Jamieson. 2010. Do purely capital layers exist among flying birds? Evidence of exogenous contribution to arctic-nesting common eider eggs. Oecologia 1(12).

Shoji, A.M. and A.J. Gaston. 2010. Comparing methods for monitoring nest attendance in Ancient murrelets. Waterbirds 33(2): 260-263. 

Smith, P.A., K.H. Elliott, A.J. Gaston and H.G. Gilchrist. 2010. Has early ice clearance increased predation on breeding birds by polar bears? Polar Biology 33(8): 1149-1153.

Sonne, C., H.J.S. Larsen, M. Kirkegaard, R.J. Letcher and R. Dietz. 2010. Trans-generational and neonatal humoral immune responses in west Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) exposed to organohalogenated environmental contaminants.   Science of the Total Environment 408(23): 5801-5807. 

Sonne, C., J. Verreault, G.W. Gabrielsen, R.J. Letcher, P.S. Leifsson and T. Iburg.  2010. Screening of thyroid gland histology in organohalogen-contaminated glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from the Norwegian Arctic. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 92(9): 1705-1713. 

Sullivan, K.M., D.M. Bird, J.I. Ritchie, L.J. Shutt, R.J. Letcher and K.J. Fernie. 2010. Changes in plasma retinol of American kestrels (Falco sparverius) in response to dietary or in ovo exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of pentaBDE mixture, DE-71. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 73(23): 1645-1654.

Towns, L., A.E. Derocher, I. Stirling and N. Lunn. 2010. Changes in land distribution of polar bears in western Hudson Bay. Arctic 63(2): 206-212.

Ućan-Marin, F., A. Arukwe, A.S. Mortensen, G.W. Gabrielsen and R.J. Letcher. 2010 Recombinant albumin and transthyretin transport proteins from two gull species and human: Chlorinated and brominated contaminant binding and thyroid hormones. Environmental Science and Technology 44(1): 497-504. 

Verboven, N., J. Verreault, R.J. Letcher, G.W. Gabrielsen and N.P. Evans. 2010. Adrenocortical function of Arctic-breeding glaucous gulls in relation to persistent organic pollutants. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166(1): 25-32. 

Wayland, M., D.J. Hoffman, M.L. Mallory, R.T. Alisauskas and K.R. Stebbins. 2010. Evidence of weak contaminant-related oxidative stress in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) from the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues 73(15): 1058-1073.

Wilson, L.K., M.L. Harris, S. Trudeau, M.G. Ikonomou and J.E. Elliott. 2010. Properties of blood, porphyrins, and exposure to legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants in surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) overwintering on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 59(2): 322-333.

Wyn, B., K.A. Kidd, N.M. Burgess, R.A. Curry and K.R. Munkittrick. 2010. Increasing mercury in yellow perch at a hotspot in Atlantic Canada, Kejimkujik National Park. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44: 9176-9181.