First Name: Isabelle
Name: Lavoie
Position: Professor
Email: isabelle.lavoie@ete.inrs.ca
Institute / University / Company: Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-ETE)
Research Unit: Biogeochemistry
Address (city, state): 490 Rue de la Couronne, Québec, Québec
Country: Canada
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- Urban and agricultural environments
- Climate change
- Fatty acids
- Teratologies
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- Metals
- Eutrophication
- Sewage treatment plant effluents
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- biofilms
- diatoms
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest: water courses
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: NO
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Kim Tiam S, Lavoie I, Doose C, Hamilton PB, Fortin C. Morphological, physiological and molecular responses of Nitzschia palea under cadmium stress. Ecotoxicology, Submitted May 2018. ECTX-D-17-00266.
- Lavoie I, Morin S, Laderriere V et Fortin C. 2018. Freshwater diatoms as indicators of combined long-term mining and urban stresses in Junction Creek (Ontario, Canada). Environments, 5:1-17.
- Lavoie I, Hamilton BP, Morin S, Kim Tiam S, Gonçalves S, Falasco E, Fortin C, Gontero B, Heudre D, Kahlert K, Kojadinovic M, Manoylov D, Pandey LK, Taylor J. 2017. Diatom teratologies as biomarkers of contamination: are all deformities ecologically meaningful? Ecological Indicators, 82:539-550.
- Leguay S, Lavoie I, Levy J, Fortin C. 2016. Using biofilms for monitoring metal contamination in lotic ecosystems: The protective effects of hardness and pH on metal bioaccumulation. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 35: 1489-1501.
- Hamilton PH, Lavoie I, Alpay S, Ponader K. 2015. Using diatom assemblages and sulphur in sediments to uncover the effects of historical mining on Lake Arnoux (Quebec, Canada): A retrospective of economic benefits versus environmental debt. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, volume 3, article 99.