CFRAW: Publications

CFRAW Publications

Below is a list of peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, nonreviewed conference proceedings, and presentations by the CFRAW group to date. Publications available in electronic form are linked in PDF format.

1. Peer Reviewed Publications
2. Technical Reports and Nonreviewed Conference Proceedings
3. Conference and Other Presentations

Peer Reviewed Publications

In preparation:

Daly, C., N. Qureshi and J.J.H. Ciborowski. In prep. Planktonic bacterial community production in oil sands-affected wetlands of northeastern Alberta, Canada. For submission to Applied Environmental Microbiology.
(Mar/13).

Frederick, K., J.J.H. Ciborowski, B. Lanoil and A.L. Foote. In prep. Wetland reclamation enhancement through the use of microbial mats. for submission to Wetlands. (Mar/13).

Gardner Costa, J., C. Slama, J.J.H. Ciborowski, and C. Weisener. In prep. Using gas flux to estimate biological and chemical sediment oxygen demand in oil sands-affected wetlands. For submission to Biogeochemistry. (Mar/13).

2013

Chen, M. G, Walshe, E. Chi Fru, J.J.H. Ciborowski & C.G. Weisener. 2013 Bioreactor assessment of then biogeochemical evolution of sulfur and oxygen in oil sands fluid fine tailings. Applied Geochemistry 37:1-11.

Kavanagh, R.J. et al. 2013 Reproductive and health assessment of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) inhabiting a pond containing oil sands process-affected water. Submitted to Aquatic Toxicology. (Aug/12).

Kovalenko, K.E., J.J.H. Ciborowski, C. Daly, D.G. Dixon, A.J. Farwell, A.L. Foote, K.R. Frederick, J.M. Gardner Costa, K. Kennedy, K. Liber, M.C. Roy, C.A. Slama, J.E.G. Smits, & C.M. Wytrykush . 2013 Carbon flow and food web structure in oil sands reclaimed wetlands. Ecological Applications 23:1048-1060

Martin, J.P., C.M. Wytrykush and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2013. The relationship between nucleolar organizer size and growth in Chironomus riparius larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Freshwater Science 33:922-932

Mollard, F.P.O., M-C. Roy and A.L. Foote. In review. Performance of the dominant macrophyte Typha latifolia in oil sands wetlands in Northern Alberta, Canada. Submitted to Aquatic Botany (June/12).

2012

Baker, L.F., J.J.H. Ciborowski and M.D. MacKinnon. 2012. Petroleum coke amendments may contribute to the uptake of trace metals by algae and macroinvertebrates in reclamation wetlands of the Athabasca oil sands. Science of the Total Environment 414: 177-186.

Clare, S. A.L. Foote and N. Krogman. 2012. Examining wetland management and policy in Alberta through the lens of political ecology. In: Political Ecology and Governance of Alberta: Unsettling Development. Eds. L. Adkin, N. Krogman, R. Haluza-Delay and B. Miller. In press.

Kavanagh, R.J., R.A. Frank, K.D. Oakes, M.R. Servos, R.F. Young, P.M. Fedorak, M.D. MacKinnon, K.R. Solomon, G.D. Dixon and G. Van Der Kraak. 2012. Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) reproduction is impaired in aged oil sands process-affected waters. Aquatic Toxicology 101:214-220.

Mollard, F.P.O., M-C. Roy, K. Frederick and A.L. Foote. 2012. Growth of the dominant macrophyte Carex aquatilis is inhibited in oil sands affected wetlands in Northern Alberta, Canada. Ecological Engineering 38:11- 19.

Sanson, B., N. TK Vo, R. Kavanagh, R. Hanner, M Mackinnon, D.G. Dixon, E.J. Lee. 2012. Rapid assessment of the toxicity of oil sands process-affected waters using fish cell lines. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 49(1):52-65

Toor, N.S., E. Franz, D. Turcotte, P.M. Fedorak, M.D. MacKinnon and K. Liber. 2012. Degradation and aquatic toxicity of naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected waters using simulated wetlands. Chemosphere 90: 449–458.

2011

Clare, S., N. Krogman, A.L. Foote and N. Lemphers. 2011. Where is the avoidance in the implementation of wetland law and policy? Wetland Ecology and Management 19:165-182.

Hersikorn, B.D., Judit E.G. Smits. 2011. Compromised metamorphosis and thyroid hormone changes in Wood frogs (Lithbates sylvaticus) raised on reclaimed wetlands on the Athabasca Oil Sands. Environmental Pollution 159: 596-601.

Puttaswamy, N. and K. Liber. 2011. Identification of causes of oil sands coke leachate toxicity to aquatic invertebrates. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30: 2576-2585.

2010

Farwell, A.J., J.L. Parrott, J.P. Sherry, G.R. Tetreault, T. Van Meer and D.G. Dixon. 2010. The use of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to trace natural and anthropogenic sources of bitumen constituents in riverine systems influenced by the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit. Wat. Qual. Res. J. Can.

Frank, R.A., H. Sanderson, R. Kavanagh, B.K. Burnison, J.V. Headley, and K.R. Solomon 2010. Use of a (quantitative) structure-activity relationship [(Q)Sar] model to predict the toxicity of naphthenic acids. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A Current Issues, 73(4): 319-329.

Harms, N.J., G.D. Fairhurst, G.R. Bortolotti, and J.E.G. Smits. 2010. Variation in immune function, body condition, and feather corticosterone in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada. Environmental Pollution, 158: 841-848.

Hersikorn, B.D., J.J.H. Ciborowski, and J,E.G. Smits, 2010. The effects of oil sands wetlands on wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 92: 1513-1527.

Puttaswamy, N., D. Turcotte and K. Liber. 2010. Variation in toxicity response of Ceriodaphnia dubia to Athabasca oil sands coke leachates. Chemosphere, 80: 489-497.

2009

Farwell, A.J., V. Nero, K. Ganshorn, C. Leonhardt, J.J.H. Ciborowski, M. Mackinnon and D.G. Dixon. 2009. The Use of Stable Isotopes (¹³C/¹²C and ¹⁵N/¹⁴N) to Trace Exposure to Oil Sands Processed Material in the Alberta Oil Sands Region. Journal Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, 72: 385-396.

Kavanagh, R. B.K. Burnison, R.A. Frank, K.R. Solomon, and G. Van Der Kraak. 2009. Detecting oil sands process-affected waters in the Alberta oil sands region using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy. Chemosphere, 76: 120-126.

Videla, P.P., A.J. Farwell, B.J. Butler and D.G. Dixon. 2009. Examining the microbial degradation of naphthenic acids using stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 197: 107-119.

2007

Gentes, M-L, T. Whitworth, C. Waldner, H. Fenton, J.E. Smits. 2007. Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting on wetlands impacted by oil sands mining are highly parasitized by the bird blow fly Protocalliphora spp. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 43: 167-178.

Gentes, M-L, A. McNabb, C. Waldner, J.E. Smits. 2007. Increased thyroid hormone levels in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands of the Athabasca oil sand. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 53: 287-292.

Gentes, M-L, C. Waldner, Z. Papp, J.E. Smits. 2007. Effects of exposure to naphthenic acids in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Toxicology and Envrionmental Health Part A, 70:1182-1190.

Papp, Z. and J.E. Smits. 2007. Validation and novel applications of the whole blood chemiluminescence assay of innate immune function in wild vertebrates and domestic chickens. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 43:623-634.

2006

Gentes, M-L, C. Waldner, Z. Papp, and J. Smits, 2006. Effects of Oil Sands Tailing Compounds and Harsh Weather on Mortality Rates, Growth and Detoxification Effort in Nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Environmental Pollution, 142: 24-33.

Technical Reports, Theses, and Nonreviewed Conference Proceedings

2010

Gardner Costa, J. 2010. Spatial and temporal variation in sediment-associated microbial respiration in oil sands mine-affected wetlands of north-eastern Alberta, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor. Windsor, ON.

Martin, J.P. 2010. The nucleolar organizer of the salivary gland polytene chromosomes as a measure of recent growth in laboratory-reared and field-collected Chironomus spp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor. Windsor, ON.

Slama, C.A. 2010. Sediment oxygen demand and sediment nutrient content of reclaimed wetlands in the oil sands region of Northern Alberta. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor. Windsor, ON.

2009

Barr, L. 2009. Influence of consolidated mine tailings and oil sands process water on colonization potential of aquatic invertebrates of constructed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.

Daly, C. and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2009. A review of wetland research at Suncor: Re-establishing wetland ecosystems in an oil-sands affected landscape. Proc. 1st International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC) 7-10 Dec, 2008, Edmonton, AB.

Harms, N.J. 2009. Variation in immune function, body condition, and feather corticosterone in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada. M. Vet. Sci. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK.

Hersikorn, B. 2009. In-situ caged wood frog (Rana sylvatica) survival and development in wetlands formed from oil sands process-affected materials (OSPM). M.Sc. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

Thoms, J. 2009. Relating insect production to tree swallow nestling diet and fledging success at oil sands lease area constructed wetlands. Hon. Undergrad. Thesis, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.

Toor, N., P. Fedorak, M. MacKinnon, and K. Liber. 2009. The role and effectiveness of wetlands for mitigation of oil sands impacted waters. Summary Report, Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA), Wetlands and Aquatics Subgroup (WASG), Fort McMurray, AB.

2008

Daly, C. and J.J.H. Ciborowski. 2008. A review of wetland research at Suncor: Re-establishing wetland ecosystems in an oil-sands affected landscape. Proceedings of the 1st International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC) 7-10 Dec, 2008, Edmonton, AB.

Conference and Other Presentations

The CFRAW group has given over 150 oral and poster presentations to date. To view citations for these presentations by year, please click on the links below.

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