Research Area(s)
- Avian ecotoxicology and conservation
- Assessing and mitigating pesticide and other agricultural stressors to Prairie agroecosystems
- Captive and field studies to assess contaminant exposure and effects on avian life cycles- particularly migration and reproduction
- Freshwater ecotoxicology - direct and indirect effects of chemical stressors on stream and wetland communities and ecosystems
- Determining avian exposure using ecophysiological, stable isotope methods and effects of pollutants in wild birds
About me
AVIAN AND AQUATIC ECOTOXICOLOGIST
Other Affiliations:
Toxicology (Associate membership) http://www.usask.ca/toxicology/
School of Environment and Sustainability (Associate membership) https://sens.usask.ca/
Courses taught:
BIOL 121.3 Diversity of Life
BIOL 373.3 Community Ecology (2024-25 Term 2)
BIOL 380.3 Research Experience in Biology
BIOL 410.3 Current Issues in Environmental Biology
BIOL 470.3 Conservation Biology
BIOL 475.3 Ecological Toxicology (2024-25 Term 1)
BIOL 875.3 Ecotoxicology: Theory and Practice (2024-25 Term 1)
BIOL 479.3 Literature Review in Biology
BIOL 480.3 or 481.3 Research in Biology
Publications
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Research
agriculture birds ecology ecophysiology ecotoxicology environment environmental pollution industrial pollutants insects and insectivores migration pesticides river water wetlands