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Highly elevated levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate and other perfluorinated acids found in biota and surface water downstream of an international airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Environment International, 2012
Per- and poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs), which include perfluorinated carboxylates (PFCAs) and sulfonates (PFSAs) and various precursors, are used in a wide variety of industrial, commercial and domestic products. This includes aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), which is used by military and commercial airports as fire suppressants.
A.O. De Silva, S.R. de Solla, Robert J. Letcher   +2 more
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Introductory Comments On the Development of the Canadian Biota Following Ice Retreat [Chapter 7: Quaternary Environments in Canada As Documented By Paleobotanical Case Histories]

, 1989
T W Anderson, J V Matthews
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Review of plastic pollution policies of Arctic countries in relation to seabirds

FACETS, 2021
Marine plastic is a ubiquitous environmental problem that can have an impact on a variety of marine biota, such as seabirds, making it an important concern for scientists and policy makers. Although research on plastic ingestion by seabirds is increasing,
Jannie F. Linnebjerg, Julia E. Baak, Tom Barry, Maria V. Gavrilo, Mark L. Mallory, Flemming R. Merkel, Courtney Price, Jakob Strand, Tony R. Walker, Jennifer F. Provencher   +9 more
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Algal responses to metal(loid) pollution, urbanization, and climatic changes in subarctic lakes around Yellowknife, Canada

Arctic Science, 2022
The lakes around Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada) have been impacted by multiple environmental stressors throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Branaavan Sivarajah, Jennifer B. Korosi, Joshua R. Thienpont, Linda E. Kimpe, Jules M. Blais, John P. Smol   +5 more
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The diversity of terrestrial arthropods in Canada [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
Based on data presented in 29 papers published in the Biota of Canada Special Issue of ZooKeys and data provided herein about Zygentoma, more than 44,100 described species of terrestrial arthropods (Arachnida, Myriapoda, Insecta, Entognatha) are now ...
David W. Langor
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Review: A Synonimized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland, Volume II: The Biota of North America, by John T. Kartesz and Rosemarie Kartesz

The American Biology Teacher, 1981
Joyce G. Greene, Katherine L. Bell
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Diversity of Nearctic Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)

Diversity, 2022
Rarely have studies assessed Odonata diversity for the entire Nearctic realm by including Canada, the United States, and Mexico. For the first time, we explored Odonata diversity in this region according to a definition of natural community assemblages ...
John C. Abbott, Cornelio A. Bota-Sierra, Robert Guralnick, Vincent Kalkman, Enrique González-Soriano, Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez, Seth Bybee, Jessica Ware, Michael W. Belitz   +8 more
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Diet and landscape characteristics drive spatial patterns of mercury accumulation in a high-latitude terrestrial carnivore.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Limited information exists on mercury concentrations and environmental drivers of mercury bioaccumulation in high latitude terrestrial carnivores. Spatial patterns of mercury concentrations in wolverine (Gulo gulo, n = 419) were assessed across a 1,600 ...
Inés Peraza, John Chételat, Murray Richardson, Thomas S Jung, Malik Awan, Steve Baryluk, Ashu Dastoor, William Harrower, Piia M Kukka, Christine McClelland, Garth Mowat, Nicolas Pelletier, Christine Rodford, Andrei Ryjkov   +13 more
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Alien species established in the Bay of Biscay suggest significant contribution of both fouling and dry ship compartments

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionThe majority of studies on marine biosecurity focus on aquatic species, but invaders can also use dry ship compartments for dispersal; this pathway has been less explored than fouling or ballast water. Here we analysed the maritime traffic of
Deva Menéndez-Teleña, Veronica Soto-López, Marlene Bartolomé, Monica González Arenales, Horacio J. Montes, Alba Ardura, Eva Garcia-Vazquez   +6 more
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Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) contamination in the Arctic environment: A review

Emerging Contaminants, 2019
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) is a halogenated hydrocarbon that is primarily produced as an unintentional byproduct in the manufacture of chlorinated solvents.
Jennifer E. Balmer, Hayley Hung, Katrin Vorkamp, Robert J. Letcher, Derek C.G. Muir   +4 more
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