07. - Effects of Environmental Contamination on Fish Communities

Date: Thursday, Jun 21, 2018
Time: 8:40 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: SY110

Chair(s): George Arhonditsis, Nilima Gandhi, Ariola Visha

Evaluation of hepatic and orocutaneous tumors in fishes in Presque Isle Bay, Pa post-delisting
Sean Rafferty, Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program; Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey; Ryan Braham, United States Geological Survey; Tom Cermak, Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program; Jay Stauffer, The Pennsylvania State University; Michael Rutter, Penn State Behrend

Model-based explorations of the variability in Lake Trout bioaccumulation factors
Sivani Baskaran, University of Toronto Sarborough; James Armitage, University of Toronto Scarborough; Frank Wania, University of Toronto Scarborough

Evidence of Exposure to Estrogenic Compounds in Fishes Collected at Great Lakes Areas of Concern
Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey; Sean Rafferty, Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program; Heather Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey; Luke Iwanowicz, U.S. Geological Survey; Ryan Braham, United States Geological Survey

Does proximity to wastewater effluent alter bluegill sunfish behaviour?
Adrienne McLean, McMaster University; Jasmine Choi, McMaster University; Brett Culbert, McMaster University; Sherry Du, McMaster University; Erin McCallum; Graham Scott, McMaster University; Sigal Balshine, McMaster University

Modeling Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors in Fish for AOC Habitat Restoration Projects
Tom Hollenhorst, EPA Mid Continent Ecology Division; Joel Hoffman, US EPA Office of Research and Development; Lawrence Burkhard, US EPA

Risk-benefit of consuming fish from the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes
Ursula Strandberg, Ryerson University; Satyendra Bhavsar, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; Michael Arts, Ryerson University

Tumors of White Suckers from Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes
Heather Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey; Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey

Assessing the effects of contaminated sediment on fish of the St. Lawrence River (Cornwall) AOC
Dominique Lapointe, St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences; Matthew Windle, St. Lawrence River Inst.; Patrice Couture, INRS - Eau Terre Environnement; Jeff Ridal, St. Lawrence River Institute, of Environmental Sciences

Application of a Spatially Explicit Bioaccumulation Model for Sport Fish in the Detroit River AOC
Jingyuan Li, University of Windsor Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER); Ken Drouillard, University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research; Alice Grgicak-Mannion, University of Windsor; Jason Demers, University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Science

A Bayesian framework for assessing contamination trends in fish communities in the Great Lakes
Ariola Visha, University of Toronto Scarborough; Nilima Gandhi, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change; Satyendra Bhavsar, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; George Arhonditsis, University of Toronto Scarborough

Recovery of fish populations after infrastructure investments at municipal wastewater plants
Gerald Tetreault, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Keegan Hicks, University of Waterloo; Meghan Fuzzen, McMaster University; Katie McCann, University of Waterloo; Leslie Bragg, University of Waterloo; Mark McMaster, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Mark Servos, University of Waterloo

Recovery of Lake Superior from historical PCB pollution
Noel Urban, Dept. Civil & Environment Eng., Michigan Technological Univ.; Judith Perlinger, Michigan Tech. University, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept.; Tanvir Khan, Michigan Tech. University; Mugdha Priyadarshini, Michigan Technological Univ.; Carey Friedman, Maine Maritime Academy; Alan Labisch, Michigan Technological University; Hongyi Lin, Michigan Technological University