National Contaminants Advisory Group – Funded projects

From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Backgrounder

The National Contaminants Advisory Group works with external researchers from universities and other research organizations to better understand the biological effects of contaminants on our aquatic species.

Below is a list of recipients who received funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s National Contaminants Advisory Group in 2017-2018.

Recipient Name of research project Priority Issues Years of research project Funding contribution from DFO
Homarus Inc.
– Dr. Dounia Daoud		 Study of developmental effects of Salmosan® WP50 on lobster larval stages I through IV Aquaculture 2017-2018 $100,000
McGill University
– Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji		 Microplastics in the Canadian aquatic environment: Biological impacts and mechanisms to inform decision-making Contaminants of Emerging Concern (Microplastics) 2017-2020 $225,000
McMaster University
– Dr. Joanna Wilson		 The modifying effects of temperature on contaminant toxicity in Arctic and temperate fish species Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2017-2020 $225,000
Simon Fraser University
– Dr. Chris Kennedy		 The effect of anti-sea lice drugs and pesticides on marine benthic species Aquaculture 2017-2020 $193,000
Simon Fraser University
– Dr. Chris Kennedy		 The environmental effects of anti-sea lice pesticides on marine zooplankton Aquaculture 2017-2020 $202,000
Simon Fraser University
– Dr. Chris Kennedy		 The lethal and sublethal effects of anti-sea lice therapeutants on marine benthic and pelagic invertebrates Aquaculture 2017-2018 $100,000
Université du Québec à Montréal
– Dr. Philippe Juneau		 Effects of pesticides on ecologically relevant Arctic phytoplankton and zooplankton: comparison with temperate species responses and implications for standard toxicity tests for ecological risk assessments in Arctic waters Pesticides 2017-2020 $475,000
Université du Québec à Montréal
– Dr. Jonathan Verreault		 Bioaccumulation and effects of environmental contaminants in St. Lawrence Estuary belugas Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2017-2020 $365,000
University of Saskatchewan – Dr. Paul Jones Potential impacts of modern perfluorinated chemicals on fisheries Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2017-2020 $225,000
University of Toronto
– Dr. Chelsea M. Rochman		 Sources, sinks and ecological effects of microplastics and their associated mixture of chemical contaminants to freshwater fish populations Contaminants of Emerging Concern (Microplastics) 2017-2020 $220,000
University of Victoria
– Dr. Francis Juanes		 Trophic transfer of microplastics in urban and rural coastal ecosystems Contaminants of Emerging Concern (Microplastics) 2018-2020 $131,000
McGill University
– Dr. Jessica Head		 Identification of priority contaminants and their potential effects on early-life stages of the endangered copper redhorse Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2017-2020 $230,000
Mount Allison University
– Dr. K. Fraser Clark		 Transcriptomic analysis of the effects of Salmosan® exposure on larval American lobster Aquaculture 2017-2018 $30,000
      Total $2,721,000

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