[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife

SJ Wallace, SR De Solla, JA Head, PV Hodson… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are ubiquitous in the environment. Wildlife
(including fish) are chronically exposed to PACs through air, water, sediment, soil, and/or …

Effects of pollution on marine organisms

AJ Mearns, AM Morrison, C Arthur… - Water Environment …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers selected 2019 articles on the biological effects of pollutants, including
human physical disturbances, on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems, and …

Simulating diluted bitumen spills in boreal lake limnocorrals-Part 1: Experimental design and responses of hydrocarbons, metals, and water quality parameters

JL Rodriguez-Gil, S Stoyanovich, ML Hanson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale, in-lake enclosures (limnocorrals) were used to simulate spills of diluted
bitumen (dilbit) in a boreal lake. In this study we use these simulated spills, which covered a …

1H NMR based metabolomic profiling of early life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to a water-soluble fraction of weathered sediment-bound diluted bitumen

KK Fujita, Z Xia, G Tomy, T Montina, S Wiseman - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
Spills of diluted bitumen (dilbit) from pipelines pose a risk to the health of aquatic organisms,
including fish, and with expected increases in production and transportation of dilbit, these …

Exposure to water-accommodated fractions of two different crude oils alters morphology, cardiac function and swim bladder development in early-life stages of …

X Li, D Xiong, G Ding, Y Fan, X Ma, C Wang, Y Xiong… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the developmental toxicity of water-accommodated fractions
(WAFs) of Oman crude oil (OCO) and Merey crude oil (MCO) on zebrafish (Danio rerio) in …

Physiological disturbances in juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) exposed to the water-soluble fraction of diluted bitumen

F Lin, HL Osachoff, CJ Kennedy - Aquatic Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Current and proposed transcontinental pipelines for the transport of diluted bitumen (dilbit)
from the Canadian oil sands traverse the coastal watersheds of British Columbia, habitat …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of diluted bitumen exposure and recovery on the seawater acclimation response of Atlantic salmon smolts

SL Alderman, CM Dilkumar, SR Avey, AP Farrell… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Petrogenic chemicals are common and widespread contaminants in the aquatic
environment. In Canada, increased extraction of bitumen from the oil sands and transport of …

[HTML][HTML] Lethal and sublethal effects of diluted bitumen and conventional oil on fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) larvae exposed during their early development

R Bérubé, C Gauthier, T Bourdin, M Bouffard… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing extraction of bitumen from the oil sands region in Canada is creating a need
for transport. Spills from current and projected pipelines represent a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional responses in newly-hatched Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) associated with developmental malformations following diluted bitumen …

BN Madison, SJ Wallace, J Zhang, PV Hodson… - … and Physiology Part D …, 2020 - Elsevier
Japanese medaka embryos were exposed to water accommodated fractions (WAF) and
chemically-enhanced WAF of two types of diluted bitumen (dilbit) at concentrations …

Under ice spills of conventional crude oil and diluted bitumen: Physiological resilience of the blue mussel and transgenerational effects

A Schmutz, R Tremblay, C Audet, JP Gagné… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Spillages at sea of diluted bitumen (dilbit) from oil sands have received little attention until
now. To our best knowledge, there are no reports on the impact of a severe exposure to …