#4. Contaminants & Pollution

Addison R.F. & P.F. Brodie. 1977. Organochlorine residues in maternal blubber, milk, and pup blubber from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 937-941.

Addison, R.F. & P.F. Brodie. 1977. Organochlorine residues in maternal blubber, milk, and pup blubber from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 34: 937-941.

Addison, R.F., K. Wrenton, J. Edwards, P.F. Brodie, J.J. Stegeman & M.N. Moore. 1987. Polychlorinated biphenyls and mixed-function oxidase in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, N.S., Canada. International Symposium on Responses of Marine Organisms to Pollutants Woods Hole, MA (USA) 22-24 April 1987.

Addison, R.F. & P.F. Brodie. 1987. Transfer of organochlorine residues from blubber through the circulatory system to milk in the lactating grey seal Halichoerus grypus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 782-786.

Addison, R.F. & W.T. Stobo. 1993. Organochlorine residue concentrations and burdens in grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) blubber during the first year of life. Journal of Zoology, London 230: 443-450.

Addison, R.F., W.T. Stobo & M.E. Zinck. 1998. Organochlorine residue concentrations in blubber of grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, N.S., 1974-1994: Compilation of data and analysis of trends. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1043, 69 pages.

Addison, R.F., M.G. Ikonomou & W.T. Stobo. 1998. PCDD, PCDF and non ortho- and mono ortho-substituted PCB in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, N.S., in 1995. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1042, 20 pages.

Addison, R.F., M.G. Ikonomou & W.T. Stobo. 1999. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans and non-ortho- and mono-ortho-chlorine substituted polychlorinated biphenyls in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia, in 1995. Marine Environmental Pollution 47: 225-240.

Addison, R.F. & W.T. Stobo. 2001. Trends in organochlorine residue concentrations and burdens in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Is., NS, Canada, between 1974 and 1994. Environmental Pollution 112: 505-513.

Daoust, P.-Y., G. Conboy, S. McBurney & N. Burgess. 1998. Interactive mortality factors in common loons from Maritime Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3): 524-531.

Lock, A.R. 1992. Sable Island: an offshore site for sampling marine bird mortality in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Pages 35-49 in Managing the Environmental Impact of Offshore Oil Development. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, April 1-4, 1992. P.M. Ryan, ed.

Lucas, Z. & B. Freedman. 1989. The effects of experimental spills of natural gas condensate on three plant communities on Sable Island. Oil and Chemical Pollution 5(4): 263-272. Abstract

Lucas, Z. 1992. Monitoring persistent litter in the marine environment on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 24: 192-199. Abstract

Lucas, Z. 2003. Beached Bird Surveys on Sable Island, 1993-2002. Poster presentation, Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring Workshop, May 26th to May 30th 2003, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Lucas, Z. & C. MacGregor. 2006. Characterization and source of oil contamination on the beaches and seabird corpses, Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 1996-2005. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 778-789.  Abstract