Peer Reviewed Publications

2010

Baker, L.F., J.J.H. Ciborowski, and M.D. MacKinnon. In review. Effect of petroleum coke amendments in reclamation wetlands on the pore water concentration and biological uptake of trace metals. Submitted to Science of the Total Environment.

Farwell, A.J., J.L. Parrott, J.P. Sherry, G.R. Tetreault, T. Van Meer and D.G. Dixon. In press. 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.

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 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.

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.