
Melissa McKinney
Assistant Professor,McGill University
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
E-mail: melissa.mckinney@mcgill.ca
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QCBS studentsAnaïs REMILIPh.D. Megan FranzM.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedHaliaeetus Haliaeetus leucocephalus Leucocephalus Ursus maritimus Somniosus microcephalus Pusa hispida Delphinapterus leucas Publications43- Alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are the largest contributor to polycyclic aromatic compound concentrations in traditional foods of the Bigstone Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada Golzadeh N , Barst B D , Baker J M , Auger J C , McKinney M A , 2021 Environmental Pollution (Date Added: 2021-03-01) 42- Broad feeding niches of capelin and sand lance may overlap those of polar cod and other native fish in the eastern Canadian Arctic Pedro S , Fisk A T , Ferguson S H , Hussey N E , Kessel S T , McKinney M A , 2020 Polar Biology (Date Added: 2020-10-10) 41- Climate-associated drivers of plasma cytokines and contaminant concentrations in Beaufort Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus) Bourque J , Desforges J , Levin M , Atwood T C , Sonne C , Dietz R , Jensen T H , Curry E , McKinney M A , 2020 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2020-08-04) 40- Evaluating the concentrations of total mercury, methylmercury, selenium, and selenium:mercury molar ratios in traditional foods of the Bigstone Cree in Alberta, Canada Golzadeh N , Barst B D , Basu N , Baker J M , Auger J C , McKinney M A , 2020 Chemosphere (Date Added: 2020-03-05) 39- Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish Dietz R , Letcher R J , Desforges J , Eulaers I , Sonne C , Wilson S , Andersen-Ranberg E , Basu N , Barst B D , Bustnes J O , Bytingsvik J , Ciesielski T M , Drevnick P E , Gabrielsen G W , Haarr A , Hylland K , Jenssen B M , Levin M , McKinney M A , Nørregaard R D , Pedersen K E , Provencher J , Styrishave B , Tartu S , Aars J , Ackerman J T , Rosing-Asvid A , Barrett R , Bignert A , Born E W , Branigan M , Braune B , Bryan C E , Dam M , Eagles-Smith C A , Evans M , Evans T J , Fisk A T , Gamberg M , Gustavson K , Hartman C A , Helander B , Herzog M P , Hoekstra P F , Houde M , Hoydal K , Jackson A K , Kucklick J , Lie E , Loseto L , Mallory M L , Miljeteig C , Mosbech A , Muir D C , Nielsen S T , Peacock E , Pedro S , Peterson S H , Polder A , Rigét F F , Roach P , Saunes H , Sinding M S , Skaare J U , Søndergaard J , Stenson G , Stern G , Treu G , Schuur S S , Víkingsson G , 2019 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2019-10-11) 38- Are vitamins A and E associated with persistent organic pollutants and fatty acids in the blubber of highly contaminated killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Greenland? Pedro S , Dietz R , Sonne C , Rosing-Asvid A , Hansen M , McKinney M , 2019 Environmental research (Date Added: 2019-09-14) 37- Global change-driven use of onshore habitat impacts polar bear faecal microbiota Watson S E , Hauffe H C , Bull M J , Atwood T C , McKinney M A , Pindo M , Perkins S E , 2019 ISME Journal (Date Added: 2019-08-18) 36- State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic Routti H , Atwood T C , Bechshoft T , Boltunov A , Ciesielski T M , Desforges J , Dietz R , Gabrielsen G W , Jenssen B M , Letcher R J , McKinney M A , Morris A D , Rigét F F , Sonne C , Styrishave B , Tartu S , 2019 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2019-02-17) 35- Limited effects of changing prey fish communities on food quality for aquatic predators in the eastern Canadian Arctic in terms of essential fatty acids, methylmercury and selenium Pedro S , Fisk A T , Ferguson S H , Hussey N E , Kessel S T , McKinney M A , 2019 Chemosphere (Date Added: 2019-01-04) 34- Pollution threatens toothed whales Sonne, C, Jepson, PD, Desforges, J-P, Alstrup, AKO, Olsen, MT, Eulaers, I, Hansen, M, Letcher, RJ, McKinney, MA, Dietz, R 2018 Science (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 33- Feeding habits of a new Arctic predator: Insight from full-depth blubber fatty acid signatures of Greenland, Faroe Islands, Denmark, and managed-care killer whales Orcinus orca Bourque, J, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, St Leger, J, Iverson, S, Rosing-Asvid, A, Hansen, M, McKinney, MA 2018 Marine Ecology Progress Series (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 32- Blubber-depth distribution and bioaccumulation of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Arctic-invading killer whales Pedro, S, Boba, C, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, Rosing-Asvid, A, Hansen, M, Provatas, A, McKinney, MA 2017 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 31- Environmental and behavioral changes may influence the exposure of an Arctic apex predator to pathogens and contaminants Atwood, TC, Duncan, C, Patyk, KA, Nol, P, Rhyan, J, McCollum, M, McKinney, MA, Ramey, AM, Cerqueira-Cézar, CK, Kwok, OCH, Dubey, JP, Hennager, S 2017 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 30- Ecological Change Drives a Decline in Mercury Concentrations in Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bears McKinney, MA, Atwood, TC, Pedro, S, Peacock, E 2017 Environmental Science and Technology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 29- Temporal complexity of southern Beaufort Sea polar bear diets during a period of increasing land use Mckinney, MA, Atwood, TC, Iverson, SJ, Peacock, E 2017 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 28- Mercury and persistent organic pollutants in native and invading forage species of the Canadian Arctic: Consequences for food web dynamics Pedro, S, Fisk, AT, Tomy, GT, Ferguson, SH, Hussey, NE, Kessel, ST, McKinney, MA 2017 Environmental Pollution (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 27- Current-use pesticides in seawater and their bioaccumulation in polar bear–ringed seal food chains of the Canadian Arctic Morris, AD, Muir, DCG, Solomon, KR, Letcher, RJ, McKinney, MA, Fisk, AT, McMeans, BC, Tomy, GT, Teixeira, C, Wang, X, Duric, M 2016 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 26- Rapid environmental change drives increased land use by an Arctic marine predator Atwood, TC, Peacock, E, McKinney, MA, Lillie, K, Wilson, R, Douglas, DC, Miller, S, Terletzky, P 2016 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 25- Global versus local causes and health implications of high mercury concentrations in sharks from the east coast of South Africa McKinney, MA, Dean, K, Hussey, NE, Cliff, G, Wintner, SP, Dudley, SFJ, Zungu, MP, Fisk, AT 2016 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 24- A review of ecological impacts of global climate change on persistent organic pollutant and mercury pathways and exposures in arctic marine ecosystems McKinney, MA, Pedro, S, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, Fisk, AT, Roy, D, Jenssen, BM, Letcher, RJ 2015 Current Zoology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 23- Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling of immune, reproductive and carcinogenic effects from contaminant exposure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) across the Arctic Dietz, R, Gustavson, K, Sonne, C, Desforges, J-P, Rigét, FF, Pavlova, V, McKinney, MA, Letcher, RJ 2015 Environmental Research (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 22- Temporal and spatial variation in polychlorinated biphenyl chiral signatures of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) and its arctic marine food web Lu, Z, Fisk, AT, Kovacs, KM, Lydersen, C, McKinney, MA, Tomy, GT, Rosenburg, B, McMeans, BC, Muir, DCG, Wong, CS 2014 Environmental Pollution (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 21- Validation of adipose lipid content as a body condition index for polar bears Mckinney, MA, Atwood, T, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, Iverson, SJ, Peacock, E 2014 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 20- Remote biopsy darting and marking of polar bears Pagano, AM, Peacock, E, Mckinney, MA 2014 Marine Mammal Science (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 19- Comparative hepatic in vitro depletion and metabolite formation of major perfluorooctane sulfonate precursors in arctic polar bear, beluga whale, and ringed seal Letcher, RJ, Chu, S, McKinney, MA, Tomy, GT, Sonne, C, Dietz, R 2014 Chemosphere (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 18- Global change effects on the long-term feeding ecology and contaminant exposures of East Greenland polar bears Mckinney, MA, Iverson, SJ, Fisk, AT, Sonne, C, Rigét, FF, Letcher, RJ, Arts, MT, Born, EW, Rosing-Asvid, A, Dietz, R 2013 Global Change Biology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 17- Three decades (1983-2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 1: Legacy organochlorine contaminants Dietz, R, Rigét, FF, Sonne, C, Born, EW, Bechshøft, T, McKinney, MA, Letcher, RJ 2013 Environment International (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 16- Three decades (1983-2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 2: Brominated flame retardants Dietz, R, Rigét, FF, Sonne, C, Born, EW, Bechshøft, T, McKinney, MA, Drimmie, RJ, Muir, DCG, Letcher, RJ 2013 Environment International (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 15- Influence of carbon and lipid sources on variation of mercury and other trace elements in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) Routti, H, Letcher, RJ, Born, EW, Branigan, M, Dietz, R, Evans, TJ, McKinney, MA, Peacock, E, Sonne, C 2012 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 14- Trophic transfer of contaminants in a changing arctic marine food web: Cumberland sound, Nunavut, Canada McKinney, MA, McMeans, BC, Tomy, GT, Rosenberg, B, Ferguson, SH, Morris, A, Muir, DCG, Fisk, AT 2012 Environmental Science and Technology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 13- The authors' reply Letcher, RJ, Mckinney, MA 2012 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 12- Comparative hepatic microsomal biotransformation of selected PBDEs, including decabromodiphenyl ether, and decabromodiphenyl ethane flame retardants in Arctic marine-feeding mammals Mckinney, MA, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, De Guise, S, Skirnisson, K, Karlsson, K, Steingrímsson, E, Letcher, RJ 2011 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 11- Regional contamination versus regional dietary differences: Understanding geographic variation in brominated and chlorinated contaminant levels in polar bears McKinney, MA, Letcher, RJ, Aars, J, Born, EW, Branigan, M, Dietz, R, Evans, TJ, Gabrielsen, GW, Muir, DCG, Peacock, E, Sonne, C 2011 Environmental Science and Technology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 10- Flame retardants and legacy contaminants in polar bears from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland and Svalbard, 2005-2008 McKinney, MA, Letcher, RJ, Aars, J, Born, EW, Branigan, M, Dietz, R, Evans, TJ, Gabrielsen, GW, Peacock, E, Sonne, C 2011 Environment International (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 9- The role of diet on long-term concentration and pattern trends of brominated and chlorinated contaminants in western Hudson Bay polar bears, 1991-2007 McKinney, MA, Stirling, I, Lunn, NJ, Peacock, E, Letcher, RJ 2010 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 8- Erratum: Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and metabolites: Relation to circulating thyroid hormone and retinol in nestling bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Cesh, LS, Elliott, KH, Quade, S, McKinney, MA, Maisoneuve, F, Garcelon, DK, Sandau, CD, Letcher, RJ, Williams, TD, Elliott, JE 2010 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2015-01-23) 7- Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and metabolites: Relation to circulating thyroid hormone and retinol in nestling bald eagles (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Cesh, LS, Elliott, KH, Quade, S, Mckinney, MA, Maisoneuve, F, Garcelon, DK, Sandau, CD, Letcher, RJ, Williams, TD, Elliott, JE 2010 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2015-01-23) 6- Sea ice-associated diet change increases the levels of chlorinated and brominated contaminants in polar bears Mckinney, MA, Peacock, E, Letcher, RJ 2009 Environmental Science and Technology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 5- Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated and chlorinated contaminants and their metabolites in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland Letcher, RJ, Gebbink, WA, Sonne, C, Born, EW, McKinney, MA, Dietz, R 2009 Environment International (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 4- Brominated flame retardants and halogenated phenolic compounds in North American west coast bald eaglet (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) plasma Mckinney, MA, Cesh, LS, Elliott, JE, Williams, TD, Garcelon, DK, Letcher, RJ 2006 Environmental Science and Technology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 3- Organohalogen contaminants and metabolites in beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) liver from two Canadian populations McKinney, MA, De Guise, S, Martineau, D, Béland, P, Lebeuf, M, Letcher, RJ 2006 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 2- Biotransformation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) and rat mammalian model using an in vitro hepatic microsomal assay McKinney, MA, De Guise, S, Martineau, D, Béland, P, Arukwe, A, Letcher, RJ 2006 Aquatic Toxicology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) 1- Characterization and profiling of hepatic cytochromes P450 and phase II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence River Estuary and the Canadian Arctic McKinney, MA, Arukwe, A, De Guise, S, Martineau, D, Béland, P, Dallaire, A, Lair, S, Lebeuf, M, Letcher, RJ 2004 Aquatic Toxicology (Date Added: 2018-10-10) |