A lot of our work generates new and relevant data, or novel ideas, that might be useful for other people. We therefore try to publish as much as we can. A list of recent publications by our team is available below. Most of the papers are hyperlinked to the journal; if you need a digital copy of a paper, feel free to contact us!

Publication List

• Somers, K.M., B.W. Kilgour, and K.R. Munkittrick. 2019. Can statistical analyses account for the effect of interrelatedness in assessments using multiple environmental parameters? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 15:662-664.

• Kilgour, B, A. Mahaffey, C. Brown, S. Hughes, C. Hatry and L. Hamilton. 2019. Variation in toxicity and ecological risks associated with some oil sands groundwaters. Science of the Total Environment, 1:1224-1233.

• Kilgour, B, K.R. Munkittrick, L. Hamilton, C.L. Proulx, K.M. Somers, T. Arciszewski and M. McMaster. 2019. Developing triggers for environmental effects monitoring programs for Trout-perch in the Lower Athabasca River. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38:1890-1901.

• Breckels, R. and B.W. Kilgour. 2018. Aquatic herbicide applications for the control of aquatic plants in Canada: effects to non-target aquatic organisms. Environmental Reviews, 26(3):333–338.

• Arciszewski, T.J., R.R. Hazewinkel, K.R. Munkittrick and B.W. Kilgour. 2018. Developing and applying control charts to detect changes in water chemistry parameters measured in the Athabasca River near the oil sands: A tool for surveillance monitoring. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(9)2296–2311.

• Somers, K.M., B.W. Kilgour, K.R. Munkittrick and T.J. Arciszewski. 2018. An adaptive environmental effects monitoring framework for assessing the influences of liquid effluents on benthos, water and sediments in aquatic receiving environments. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 14:552–566.

• Proulx, C.L., B.W. Kilgour, A.P. Francis, R.F. Bouwhuis, and J.R. Hill. 2018. Using a conductivity-alkalinity relationship as a tool to identify surface waters in reference condition across Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 53 (4): 231–240.

• Kilgour, B.W., B. Dowsley, M. McKee, S. Mihok. 2018. Effects of uranium mining and milling on benthic invertebrate communities in the Athabasca Basin of Northern Saskatchewan. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 43:305–320.

• Hughes, S.A., A. Mahaffey, H. Bailey, B. Shore, J. Baker, B. Kilgour, C. Brown, K.M. Peru and J.V. Headley. 2017. Using ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry and toxicity identification techniques to characterize the toxicity of oil sands process-affect water: the case for classical naphthenic acids. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36:3148–3157.

• Arciszewski, T.J., K.R. Munkittrick, B.W. Kilgour, H. Keith, J. Linehan. 2017. Increases in size and condition of walleye and white sucker captured in the oil sands are of the Athabasca River. FACETS, 2: 833–858.

• Kilgour, B.W. and K.M. Somers. 2017. Challenges with the use of normal ranges in environmental monitoring. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 13:444–446.

• Hatry, C., J.D. Thiem, D. Hatin, P. Dumont, K.E. Smokorowski and S.J. Cooke. 2016. Fishway approach behaviour and passage of three redhorse species (Moxostoma anisurum, M. carinatum, and M. macrolepidotum) in the Richelieu River, Quebec. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 99:249–263

• Silva, A.T., C. Hatry, J.D. Thiem, L.F.G. Gutowsky, D. Hatin, D.Z. Zhu, J.W. Dawson, C. Katopodis and S.J. Cooke. 2015. Behaviour and locomotor activity of a migratory catostomid during fishway passage. PLoS One doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123051

• Hatry, C., J.D. Thiem, T.R. Binder, D. Hatin, P. Dumont, K.M. Stamplecoskie, J.M. Molina, K.E. Smokorowski, and S.J. Cooke. 2014.. Comparative physiology and relative swimming performance of three redhorse (Moxostoma spp.) species: associations with fishway passage success. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87: 148–159.

• Hatry C., T.R. Binder, J.D. Thiem, C.T. Hasler, K.E. Smokorowski, K.D. Clarke, Katopodis C., S.J. Cooke. 2013. The status of fishways in Canada: trends identified using the national CanFishPass database. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 23: 271–281.

• Larocque, S.M., C. Hatry and E.C Enders. 2014. Development of habitat suitability indices and bioenergetics models for Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Oceans and Science Central and Arctic Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada Freshwater Institute Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6

• Hatry, C., T.R. Binder, C.T. Hasler, K.D. Clarke, C. Katopodis, K.E. Smokorowski, and S.J. Cooke. 2011. Development of a national fish passage database for Canada (CanFishPass) : rationale, approach, utility, and potential applicability to other regions. Canadian Water Resources Journal 36:219–228

• Cooke, S.J., C. Hatry, C.T. Hasler, and K.E. Smokorowksi. 2011. Literature review, synthesis and proposed guidelines related to the biological evaluation of “fish friendly” very low head turbine technology in Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2931.

• Thiem, J.D., C. Hatry, J.W. Brownscombe, F. Cull, A.D. Shultz, A.J. Danylchuk, and S.J. Cooke. 2013. Evaluation of radio telemetry to study the spatial ecology of checkered puffers (Sphoeroides testudineus) in shallow tropical marine systems. Bulletin of Marine Science 89:559–569

• Brownscombe, J.W., J.D. Thiem, C. Hatry, F. Cull, C.R. Haak, A.J. Danylchuk, and S.J. Cooke. 2013. Recovery bags reduce post-release impairments in locomotory activity and behaviour of bonefish (Albula spp.) following exposure to angling-related stressors. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 440:207–215

• Paine, M.D., B.W. Kilgour, E.M. DeBlois, E. Tracy. 2014. Repeated measures regression designs and analysis for environmental effects monitoring programs. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:84–91.

• DeBlois, E.M., J.W. Kiceniuk, M.D. Paine, B.W. Kilgour, E. Tracy, R.D. Crowley, U.P. Williams and G.G. Janes. 2014. Examination of body burden and taint for Iceland scallop (Chlamys islandica) and American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) near the Terra Nova offshore oil development over ten years of drilling on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:65–83.

• M.D. Paine, E.M. DeBlois, B.W. Kilgour, E. Tracy, P. Pocklington, R.D. Crowley, U.P. Williams and G.G. Janes. 2014. Effects of the Terra Nova offshore oil development on benthic macroi-invertebrates over 10 years of development drilling on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:38–64.

• Whiteway, S.A., M.D. Paine, T.A. Wells, E.M. DeBLois, B.W. Kilgour, E. Tracy, T.D. Crowley, U.P. Williams and G.G. Janes. 2014. Toxicity assessment in marine sediment for the Terra Nova environmental effects monitoring program (1997–2010). Deep-Sea Research II, 110:26–37.

• DeBlois, E.M., M.D. Paine, B.W. Kilgour, E. Tracy, R.D Crowley, U.P. Williams and G.G. Janes. 2014. Alterations in bottom sediment physical and chemical characteristics at the Terra Nova offshore oil development over ten years of drilling on the grand banks of Newfoundland, Canada. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:13–25.

• Elisabeth M. DeBlois, Ellen Tracy, G. Gregory Janes, Roger D. Crowley, Urban P. Williams, Michael D. Paine, Anne Mathieu, Bruce W. Kilgour. 2014. Environmental Effects Monitoring at the Terra Nova Offshore Oil Development (Newfoundland, Canada): Program Design and Overview. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:4–12.

• Elisabeth M. DeBlois, Ellen Tracy, G. Gregory Janes, Roger D. Crowley, Urban P. Williams, Michael D. Paine, Anne Mathieu, Bruce W. Kilgour. 2014. Environmental Effects Monitoring at the Terra Nova Offshore Oil Development (Newfoundland, Canada): Program Design and Overview. Deep-Sea Research II, 110:4–12.

• Kilgour, B.W., B. Gharabaghi, N. Perera. 2014. Ecological benefits of the road salt code of practice. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 49:43–52.

• Kilgour, B.W. A.F. Francis, and V. Mercier. 2013. Reducing the Sensitivity of the Water Quality Index to Episodic Events. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 48:1–13.

• Stanfield, L.W. and B.W. Kilgour. 2012. How proximity of land use disturbance modifies the effect of land cover on stream fish and in-stream habitat in a developed landscape. River Restoration, 29:891–905.

• Perera, N., B. Gharabaghi, P. Noehamer, and B.W. Kilgour. 2010. Road Salt Application in Highland Creek Watershed, Toronto, Ontario – Chloride Mass Balance. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 45:451–461.

• Stanfield, L.W., B. Kilgour, K. Todd, S. Holysh, A. Piggott, and M. Baker. 2009. Estimating Summer Low-Flow in Streams in a Morainal Landscape using Spatial Hydrologic Models. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 34:269–284.

• Kilgour, B.W., C. Clarkin, W.B. Morton and R. Baldwin. 2008. Influence of Nutrients in Water and Sediments on the Spatial Distributions of Benthos in Lake Simcoe. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 34:365–376.

• Borisko, J., B.W. Kilgour, L.W. Stanfield, and C. Jones. 2008. A comparison of stream benthic sampling methods in Toronto-area streams. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 42:184–193.

• Kilgour, B.W., M.G. Dubé, K. Hedley, C.B. Portt, K.R. Munkittrick. 2007. Aquatic environmental effects monitoring guidance for environmental assessment practitioners. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 130:423–436.

• Kilgour, B.W. and L.W. Stanfield. 2006. Hindcasting reference conditions in streams. In, R. M. Hughes, L. Wang, and P. W. Seelbach (eds). Influences of landscape on stream habitats and biological assemblages. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 48:623–639, Bethesda, Maryland.

• Stanfield, L.W. and B.W. Kilgour. 2006. Effects of Percent Impervious Cover on Fish and Benthos Assemblages and In-Stream Habitats in Lake Ontario Tributaries. In, R. M. Hughes, L. Wang, and P. W. Seelbach (eds). Influences of landscape on stream habitats and biological assemblages. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 48: 577–599, Bethesda, Maryland.

• Hewitt, L.M., M.G. Dubé, S.C. Ribey, J.M. Culp, R. Lowell, K. Hedley, B. Kilgour, C. Portt, D.L. MacLatchy and K.R. Munkittrick. 2005. Investigation of cause in pulp and paper environmental effects monitoring. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 40:261–274.

• Kilgour, B.W., K.R. Munkittrick, C.B. Portt, K. Hedley, J. Culp, S. Dixit, G. Pastershank. 2005. Biological criteria for municipal wastewater effluent monitoring programs. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 40:374–387.