Dr. John Chételat
Research Scientist
Ecotoxicology of Metals
Environment and climate change
Canada
Biography
Contributor to scientific assessment reports on mercury pollution including the AMAP Assessment 2011: Mercury in the Arctic and the Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report III 2012: Mercury in Canada's North Supervisor of undergraduate and graduate student research Collaborator in northern community-based monitoring of metals in the environment
Research Interest
Contributing to Environment Canada’s mandate to ensure wildlife is conserved and protected
Publications
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Clayden, M.G., K.A. Kidd, J. Chételat, B.D. Hall, E. Garcia. 2014. Environmental, geographic and trophic influences on methylmercury concentrations in macroinvertebrates from lakes and wetlands across Canada. Ecotoxicology 23: 273–284.
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Chételat, J., M. Amyot, P. Arp, J.M. Blais, D. Depew et al. Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: Recent advances on its cycling and fate. Science of the Total Environment (in press).
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Chételat, J., A. Poulain, M. Amyot, L. Cloutier, H. Hintelmann. Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes. Polar Biology 37:1785-1796.
