| Sources Domain
| Processes Domain | Impacts
Domain | Ecological Risk Assessment |
| 1998
Research Projects | 1999 Research Projects |
2001 Research Projects
The 2001-2002 research projects can be found here.
Sources
Research DomainDomain Leaders:
Dr. Grant Edwards (U of G) Email: gedwards@uoguelph.ca
Dr. R. Garrett (NRCan / GSC) Email: garrett@gsc.nrcan.gc.ca
University Based Projects
- A1: The
development and application of methods for the measurement of metals on aeolian dust from
natural settings.
- A2: in situ
solid chemical speciation of some metal pollutants associated with ground level
particulate matter.
- A3: Chemical
speciation of metals in atmospheric wet deposition and multi-element content of wet and
dry precipations.
- A4: Geochemical mobility of metals in surface sediments: Influence of sediment diagenesis.
University-Linked Government Based Projects
Processes
Research DomainDomain Leaders:
Dr. Beverly Hale (U of G) Email: bhale@lrs.uoguelph.ca
Dr. R. Pierce (DFO) Email: pierceron@dfo-mpo.gc.caUniversity Based Projects
- B1: Post-deposition
mobility of trace metals in boreal forest ecosystems.
- B2: Development
of rational models for relating metal accumulation by aquatic
animals to metal concentrations in their environment: relative
importance of ambient metal sources.
- B3: Quantification
and modelling of metal mobility in lakes and watersheds.
- B4: Chemical speciation of metals in fresh waters and in atmospheric precipitation.
University-Linked Government Based Projects
Impacts
Research Domain Domain Leaders:
Dr. Peter G.C. Campbell (UQ/INRS) Email: peter_campbell@inrs-ete.uquebec.ca
Dr. Campbell provides overall science leadership for the MITE-RN Research Network, including responsibility for ensuring the relevance of the research to the Network partners and for integrating the results into a comprehensive and useful product for public dissemination.Dr. U. Borgmann (DOE/NWRI) Email: uwe.borgmann@ec.gc.ca
University Based Projects
- C1: Predicting
metal and metal mixture effects in aquatic biota.
- C2: Assessing
biological effects of chronic metal exposures in fish.
- C3: Links between
tissue metal burdens in indigenous fish and metal-induced effects at the organism &
population levels.
- C4: Accumulation
and effects of environmental metals in fish eating birds.
- C5: Assessment of benthic invertebrate communities in metal-contaminated lakes.
Ecological
Risk Assessment- a revaluation of the overall risk of metals in the global environment based on the new information gathered by the above noted studies, and incorporation of other relevant and appropriate studies conducted by other researchers (not restricted to Canada or to researchers or organizations with whom linkages have been developed)
- a revised ecological risk assessment framework for metals in the environment, for both regional (e.g. Canadian Shield) and local risk assessments.
These two products, which integrate the results of the MITE Research Network, will be developed under the guidance of Dr. Peter Campbell (MITE RN, Research Director, Tel. 418-654-2538) and Dr. Peter Chapman (EVS Environment Consultants, North Vancouver, BC., Tel. 604-986-4331).
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presentation
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- Issues in Ecological Risk Assessments of Inorganic Metals and Metalloids, a paper by Peter Chapman and Feiyue Wang is now available online (PDF) (added October, 2000).