2002 MITE-RN Annual Symposium Summary
 

 

  Best Poster Awards
Ottawa Ontario

February
27-28th
2002

Peter Campbell, Science Director, MITE-RN; Carrie Ho, McMaster University, Céline Gallon, and Anne Gosselin from INRS-EAu, Université du Québec, Jack Klaverkamp, EAP Chair from Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans, Winnipeg.

Award Winners of Best Student Posters

Sponsored by Taylor & Francis Publishing

SOURCES DOMAIN
Potential of stable lead isotopic ratios as indicators of atmospheric Pb sources in Canadian Shield Lakes
Gallon,C. 2, Carignan1, C. Gobeil3, L. Beaudin3, M. Courcelles1, A. Tessier2
1 Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
2 INRS-ETE, Québec, QC
3 Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli, QC

 

PROCESSES DOMAIN
Burrowing behaviour of aquatic insect larvae as a determinant of metal exposure and effects.
Gosselin, A., L. Hare, A. Tessier
INRS - Université du Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC

Honourable second place:
Metal uptake routes for the biomonitor Sialis.
Croisetiére, L. L. Hare and A. Tessier
INRS - Université du Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC

 

IMPACTS DOMAIN
Effects of ration quantity on tissue burden and cadmium toxicity in rainbow trout.
Ho., C.G., K.A. Sloman, C.M. Wood, D.C. McDonald
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Honourable second place:
Subcellular partitioning of metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn) in indigenous yellow perch collected along a polymetallic environmental gradient.
Giguére, A., P.G.C. Campbell, L. Hare
INRS - Université du Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC

 

  Information and Forms

This years symposium was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 101 Lyon Street Ottawa, Ontario.
Phone: (613) 237-3600, Fax: (613) 237-2351. Hotel web site: www.crowneplazaottawa.com.