McGill University
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Mélanie Guigueno
Jonathan Verreault, UQAM
Start: 2020-09-02
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Project

Neural correlates of spatial ability in relation to contaminant exposure in urbanized ring-billed gulls
My PhD project examines how free-ranging spatial ability as well as experiment-tested spatial memory is expressed in hippocampal endpoints, such as volume, neurogenesis, or number of neurons or glial cells, and how those relate to contaminant exposure. I will use urbanized ring-billed gulls breeding in a colony close to Montréal to answer my research questions, as they reportedly have a large variability in spatial behaviour and contaminant exposure.

Keywords

spatial memory, contaminant exposure, neurogenesis, hippocampus, ring-billed gull

Publications

1- Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Barents Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in Relation to Changes in Feeding Habits and Body Condition
Lippold, Anna, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Jan Ludvig Lyche, Jenny Bytingsvik, Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Andrew E. Derocher, Jeffrey M. Welker, Heli Routti
2018 Environmental Science & Technology

2- Two Decades of Mercury Concentrations in Barents Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in Relation to Dietary Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen
Lippold, Anna, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Aurore Aubail, Andrew E. Derocher, Rune Dietz, Igor Eulaers, Christian Sonne, Jeffrey M. Welker, Øystein Wiig, Heli Routti
2020 Environmental Science & Technology

3- Spatial variation in mercury concentrations in polar bear (Ursus maritimus) hair from the Norwegian and Russian Arctic
Lippold, Anna, Andrei Boltunov, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Rune Dietz, Igor Eulaers, Tamara N. Morshina, Vyacheslav S. Sevastyanov, Jeffrey M. Welker, Heli Routti
2022 Science of The Total Environment

4- A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals
Dietz, Rune, Robert J. Letcher, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Andrei Boltunov, Erik W. Born, Tomasz M. Ciesielski, Krishna Das, Sam Dastnai, Andrew E. Derocher, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Igor Eulaers, Steve Ferguson, Ingeborg G. Hallanger, Mads P. Heide-Jørgensen, Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida, Paul F. Hoekstra, Bjørn M. Jenssen, Stephen Gustav Kohler, Martin M. Larsen, Ulf Lindstrøm, Anna Lippold, Adam Morris, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Nynne H. Nielsen, Elizabeth Peacock, Marianna Pinzone, Frank F. Rigét, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Heli Routti, Ursula Siebert, Garry Stenson, Gary Stern, Jakob Strand, Jens Søndergaard, Gabriele Treu, Gisli A. Víkingsson, Feiyue Wang, Jeffrey M. Welker, Øystein Wiig, Simon J. Wilson, Christian Sonne
2022 Science of The Total Environment

5- Occurrence of emerging brominated flame retardants and organophosphate esters in marine wildlife from the Norwegian Arctic
Lippold, Anna, Mikael Harju, Jon Aars, Pierre Blévin, Jenny Bytingsvik, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Kit M. Kovacs, Jan Ludwig Lyche, Christian Lydersen, Audun H. Rikardsen, Heli Routti
2022 Environmental Pollution

6- Implications of Regurgitative Feeding on Plastic Loads in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A Study from Svalbard
Tulatz, Felix, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Sophie Bourgeon, Dorte Herzke, Rupert Krapp, Magdalene Langset, Svenja Neumann, Anna Lippold, France Collard
2023 Environmental Science & Technology