Karen Kidd, Ph.D.
Karen Kidd
Professor and Canada Research Chair
University of New Brunswick, Biology Department
Mercury; Fish contaminants; Biomagnification in food chains; Estrogens and aquatic organisms; Endocrine disruption in fish
kiddk@unbsj.ca / 506-648-5809
kiddk@unbsj.ca
Latest content created by this user
| Blog Entry | |
|---|---|
| How are people exposed to chemicals in driveway sealants? | Nov 12, 2009 |
| Households still a source of phosphorus. | Sep 14, 2009 |
| Some forms of mercury more toxic than others. | Jun 24, 2009 |
| Chesapeake Bay can recover. | May 26, 2009 |
| Synopsis | |
| Sharp rise in metals in Mount Everest ice mirrors growth in Central Asia. | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Pesticides that kill rodents also poison owls. | Nov 23, 2009 |
| PCB clean-up leads to quick recovery of Arctic wildlife. | Dec 11, 2009 |
| More flame retardants found in urban peregrine falcons than their country cousins. | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Oysters are sensitive to fullerene nanoparticles. | Nov 16, 2008 |
Karen Kidd, Ph.D., looks at the big picture in her research as a Canada Research Chair and biology professor at the University of New Brunswick in in Saint John, NB, Canada. She uses her background in aquatic ecology and toxicology to understand how pollutants, such as pesticides and metals, from municipal and industrial effluents, aquaculture and agricultural runoff concentrate through freshwater food webs to reach levels that can be harmful to invertebrates, wildlife and human health. Notably, she led a whole lake experiment showing the devastating effects estrogens in birth control pills have on fish populations.
