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Summer Benthic Invertebrate Sampling the Grand River

I like to think that the work I did this summer was interpreting a narrative. A narrative told by the environment and the organisms that...

Can biofilms provide a more sensitive measure of pesticide exposure in aquatic ecosystems?

Monitoring the presence and levels of pesticides in Ontario’s aquatic systems is necessary to understand the subsequent impacts on the...

Microplastics in Biosolids: Analysis of an Exposure Route of Microplastics to Agricultural Soils

A bundle of various synthetic fibres found within a biosolid sample. In an attempt to increase the recycling of urban and rural waste,...

Microplastics and early life stages of freshwater mussels: What we know to date

To date, much of what we know about how microplastics interact with animals in lakes and streams rests with testing zooplankton and fish....

MICROPLASTICS IN EMERGENT INSECTS: THE AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL LINK

A Plastic World Plastic pollution has been acknowledged as a long lasting and far-reaching environmental issue. With the gradual break...

Microplastics in freshwater mussels

Are freshwater mussels at risk due to microplastics in Ontario's streams? A gravid female wavyrayed lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola)...