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2024
[97] Hyun, Y., Vega, M., Wang, J. Poulain, A.J., Giometto, A., Aristide, L., and Reid,M., (2024) Repression of Microbial Arsenite Uptake and Methylation by Dissolved Organic Carbon. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, in press.
[96] Hotchkiss, M., Forrest, J.R.K., and Poulain, A.J.,(2024) Changes in bumblebee queen gut microbiota during after diapause. Insect Molecular Biology, in press.
[95] Hotchkiss, M., Forrest, J.R.K., and Poulain, A.J.,(2024) Exposure to a fungicide for a field-realistic duration does not alter bumble bee fecal microbiota structure. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, in press.
2023
[94] Hyun, Y., Stenzler, B., Asta, M., Abu-Ali, L., Poulain, A.J., and Reid, M., (2023) The effect of Iron and Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioavailability of Arsenic under Anaerobic conditions. ACS ES&T Water.
[93] Chen, J., Gangrene, H., Liu, J., Poulain, A.J., Pu, Q., Huang, R., Meng, B., and Feng, X. (2023) The divergent effects of nitrate and ammonium application on mercury methylation, demethylation, and reduction in flooded paddy slurries. Journal of Hazardous Materials 132457.
[92] Zhang, R., Aris-Brosou, S., Storck, V., Liu, J., Abdelhafiz, M., Feng, X., Meng, B., and Poulain, A.J., (2023) Mining-impacted rice paddies select for Archaeal methylations and reveal a putative (Archaeal) regulator of mercury methylation. ISME Communications 3:74
[91] Liu, J., Chen, J., Poulain, A.J., Pu, Q., Hao, Z., Meng, B., Feng, X. (2023) Mercury and redox sulfur cycling affect methyl mercury levels in rice paddy soils across a contamination gradient. Environmental Science & Technology 57(21): 8149-8160
[90] Sonke, J.E., Angot, H., Zhang, Y., Poulain, A.J., Bjorn, E., Schartup, A., (2023) Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling. Ambio 1-24 This synthesis paper is a peer-reviewed invited contribution associated with the 2022 International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant.
[89] Munford, K.E., Gilbert-Parkes, S., Mykytczuk, N.C.S., Basiliko, N., Yakimovich, K.M., Poulain, A.J., Watmough, S.A., (2023) How Arsenic contamination influences downslope wetland plant and microbial community structure and function. Science of the Total Environment. 162839.
2022
[88] Lemieux, A., Colby, G.A., Poulain, A.J., and Aris-Brosou, S. (2022) Viral spillover risk increases with climate change in high Arctic lake sediments. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B 289: 20221073
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[87] Yoon, H., Giometto, A., Pothier, M., Zhang, X., Poulain, A.J., and Reid, M. (2022) Time-dependent biosensor fluorescence as a measure of bacterial arsenic uptake kinetics and its inhibition by dissolved organic matter. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 88:16 e00891-22
[86] Cheney, C., Pothier, M., Thomas, P.J., Sarma, S.A., Poulain, A.J., Blais, J.M., (2022) Paleoecotoxicology: Developing methods to assess the toxicity of lake sediment records influenced by legacy gold mining. Aquatic Toxicology 106248
[85] Yang, X-F, Yang, S-C, Wen, F-L, Genf, L., Meng, B., Hu H., Wang, B., Li, J., Poulain, A.J., Li, P., (2022) Impacts of mercury exposure levels and sources on the demethylation of methyl mercury through human gut microbiota Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 109: 534-541
[84] Stenzler, B., Zhang, R., Semrau, J.D., DiSpirito, A.A., Poulain, A.J., (2022) Diffusion of H2S from anaerobic thiolated ligand biodegradation rapidly generates bioavailable mercury. Environmental Microbiology 24(7): 3212-3228
[83] Aždajić, M., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2022) Arsenate decreases production of methyl mercury across increasing sulfate concentration amendments in freshwater lake sediments. Environmental Science Processes and Impacts 24: 1508-1516
[82] Pu, Q., Zhang, K., Poulain, A.J., Liu, J., Zhang, R., Abdelhafiz, M., Meng, B., and Feng, X. (2022) Mercury drives microbial community assembly and ecosystem multi functionality across a Hg contamination gradient in rice paddies. Journal of Hazardous Materials 435: 129055
[81] Hotchkiss, M., Poulain. A.J., and Forrest, J.R.K., (2022) Pesticide-induced disturbances of bee gut microbiotas FEMS Microbiology Reviews 46: 1-22
[80] Steffen, A., Angot, H., Dastoor, A., Dommergue, A., Heimberger-Boavida, L-E., Obrist, D., Poulain, A.J., (2022) Mercury in the Cryosphere (Chapter 9 in Chemistry in the Cryosphere) 459-502
[79] Liu, J.,Lu, B., Poulain, A.J., Zhang, R., Zhang, T.,Feng, X., and Meng, B., (2021) The under appreciated role of natural organic matter bond Hg(II) and nano particulate HgS as substrates for methylation in paddy soils across a Hg concentration gradient. Environmental Pollution. 292: 118321
2021
[78] Hinz, A.J., Stenzler, B., and Poulain, A.J., (2021) Golden gate assembly of aerobic and anaerobic microbial bioreporters. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 88(1), e01485-21
[77] Aždajić, M., Yumvihoze, E., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2021) The effect of legacy gold mining on methyl mercury cycling and microbial community structure in northern freshwater lakes. Environmental Science Processes and Impacts 23(8):1220-1230.
[76] Grégoire, D.S., Janssen, S., Lavoie, N., Tate, M, and Poulain, A.J., (2021) Stable isotope fractionation reveals similar atomic level controls during aerobic and anaerobic microbial Hg transformation pathways. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 87(18), e00678-21
[75] Liu, J., Meng, B., Poulain, A.J., Meng, Q., and Feng, X. (2021) Stable isotope tracers identify sources and transformations of mercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing in a mercury mining area. Fundamental Research 1(3): 259-268.
[74] Misson, B. Garnier, C. Poulain, A.J., (2021) Limited influence of marine sediment lyophilization on prokaryotic community structure assessed via amplicon sequencing: abnormal example from environmentally contrasted sediment layers in Toulon harbor (France). PeerJ 9:e11075
2020
[73] Colby, G.A., Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V., Poulain, A.J., and Aris-Brosou, S., (2020) Warming climate is reducing the diversity of dominant microbes in the largest high Arctic lake. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 561194
[72] Wu, Q., Hu, H., Meng, B., Wang, B., Poulain, A.J., Hua, Z., Liu, J., Bravo, A., Bishop, K., Bertilsson, S., Feng, X., (2020) Methanogenesis is an important process in controlling MeHg concentration in rice paddy soils affected by mining activities. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(21):13517-13526
[71] Branfireun, B., Cosio, C., Poulain, A.J., Riise, G., and Bravo, A. (2020) Mercury cycling in freshwater systems - an updated conceptual model. Science of the Total Environment, 745: 140906
[70] Guo, G., Eccles, K.M., McMillan, M., Thomas, P.J., Chan, H.M., and Poulain, A.J., (2020) The gut microbial community structure of the North American river Otter (Lontra canadensis) in the Alberta Oil Sands Region of Canada: relationship with local environmental variables and metal body burden Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 39 (12): 2516-2526.
[69] Munford, K.E., Watmough, S.A., Rivest, M., Poulain, A.J., Basiliko, N., Mykytczuk, N.C.S., (2020) Edaphic factors influencing vegetation colonization and encroachment on arsenical gold mine tailings near Sudbury, Ontario. Environmental Pollution, 264: 114680.
[68] Pothier, M.P., Lenoble, V., Garnier, C., Misson, B., Rentmeister, C., and Poulain, A.J. (2020) Dissolved organic matter controls of arsenic bioavailability to bacteria. Science of the Total Environment, 716: 137118
[67] Ruuskanen, M.O., Aris-Brosou, S. and Poulain, A.J., (2020) Swift evolutionary response of microbes to a rise in anthropogenic mercury in the Northern Hemisphere. The ISME Journal, 14:788-800. Please note that merA nsf_F primer sequence was mistyped in Table S1. The revised information can be found in Table S1 and Updated SI file.
[66] Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Marumoto, K., Marumoto, M., Kodomatani, H., Tomiyasu, T., Nagasaka, H., Mori, K., Poulain, A.J., Domingo, J.L., Horvat, M., Matsuyama, A. (2020) Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludges: potential risk from sludge contained with reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan. Environmental Research, 180: 108668
[65] Aždajić, M., Belzile, N., Gunn, J., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2020) Effects of decades of selenium reductions on mercury accumulation in aquatic biota in the Sudbury region of Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
[64] Lavoie, N.C., Grégoire, D.S.,Stenzler, B.R., and Poulain, A.J., (2020). Reduced sulphur sources favour Hg(II) reduction during anoxygenic photosynthesis by Heliobacteria. Geobiology.
[63] Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K., St. Louis, V.L., Colby, G., Aris-Brosou, S., Poulain, A.J., (2020) Microbial genomes retrieved from high Arctic lake sediments encode for adaptation to cold and oligotrophic environments. Limnology & Oceanography, S233-S247
2019
[62] Chen, L., D'Aoust, P.M., Rennie, C.D., Wang, R., Pick, F.R., Poulain, A.J., Delatolla, R. (2019) Numerical investigation on the impact of wind-induced hydraulics on dissolved oxygen characteristics in a shallow stormwater pond. Water Quality Research Journal. wqrj2019002.
[61] St. Pierre, K., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Schiff, S., Poulain, A.J., Smol, J., Talbot, C., Ma, M., Findlay, D., Findlay, W., Arnott, S., (2019) Contemporary Limnology of the rapidly changing glacierized watershed of the world's largest high Arctic lake. Scientific Reports. 9:4447.
[60] Mangal, V., Stenzler, B.R., Poulain, A.J., and Guéguen, C. (2019) Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Mercury Uptake is Driven by Algal Organic Matter Composition and Molecular Weight. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(1):157-165
[59] Chen, L., Delatolla, R., D'Aoust, P.M., Wang, R., Pick, F.R., Poulain, A.J., Rennie, C.D. (2019) Hypoxic conditions in stormwater retention ponds: potential for hydrogen sulphide emission. Environmental Technology.
[58] Pilon, S., Zastepa, A., Taranu, Z.E., Gregory-Eaves, I., Racine, M., Blais, J., Poulain, A.J., and Pick, F.R. (2019) Contrasting histories of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in two temperate lakes as inferred from quantitative sediment DNA analyses. Lake and Reservoir Management, 35:102-117
2018
[57] Guo, G., Yumvihoze, E., Poulain A.J., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Monomethylmercury degradation by the human gut mircrobiota is stimulated by protein amendments. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 43(12):717-725.
[56] Pothier, M.P., Hinz, A., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Insights into Arsenite and Arsenate Uptake Pathways Using a Whole Cell Biosensor. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9:2310.
[55] Grégoire, D.S., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Shining light on recent advances in microbial mercury cycling. FACETS 3:858-879.
[54] Murphy, T., Phan, K., Yumvihoze, E., Irvine, K., Wilson, K., Lean, D.R., Ty, B., Poulain, A.J., Laird, B., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Effect of arsenic, iron and fertilizers in soil on rice in Cambodia. Journal of Health and Pollution. 8(19).
[53] Stenzler, B.R., Gaudet, J., Poulain, A.J., (2018) An anaerobic biosensor assay for the detection of mercury and cadmium. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (142), e58324, doi:10.3791/58324
[52] Murphy, T., Phan, K., Yumvihoze, E., Irvine, K., Wilson, K., Lean, D.R., Ty, B., Poulain, A.J., Laird, B., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Groundwater Irrigation and Arsenic Speciation in Rice in Cambodia. Journal of Health and Pollution. 8(19).
[51] Zdanowicz, C., Karlsson, P., Bekholmen, I., Roach, P., Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Martma, T., Ryjkov, A. and Dastoor, A. (2018) Snowmelt, glacial and atmospheric sources of mercury to a subarctic mountain lake catchment, Yukon, Canada. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. 238: 374-393.
[50] Grégoire, D.S., Lavoie, N.C., and Poulain, A.J., (2018). Heliobacteria reveal fermentation as a key pathway for mercury reduction in anoxic environments. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(7): 4145-4153.
[49] Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Aris-Brosou, S., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Physicochemical drivers of microbial community structure in sediments of Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada. Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 9, Article 1138.
[48] Chétélat, J., Richardson, M., MacMillan, G., Amyot, M., Poulain, A.J., (2018) The ratio of methylmercury to dissolved organic carbon in water explains methylmercury bioaccumulation across a latitudinal gradient from north-temperate to Arctic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(1): 79-88.
[47] Chétélat, J., Hickey, B., Poulain, A.J., Dastooru, A., Ryjkov, A., McAlpine, D., Vanderwolf, K., Jung, T., Hale, L., Cooke, E., Hobson, D., Jonasson, K., Kaupas, L., Massé, A., McCarthy, S., McClellan, C., Morningstar, D., Norquay, K., Nov, R., Player, D., Schwantje, H., Simard, A., Stamler, S., Webber, Q., Yumvihoze, E., Zanuttig, M., (2018) Spatial variation of mercury bioaccumulation in bats of Canada linked to atmospheric mercury deposition. Science of the Total Environment. 626: 668-677.
[46] Dang, D.H., Wang, W., Pelletier, P., Poulain, A.J., and Evans, D.R., (2018) Uranium dispersion from U tailings and mechanisms leading to U accumulation in sediments: insights from biogeochemical and isotopic approaches. Science of the Total Environment, (610-611): 880-891.
[45] D'Aoust, P.M., Pick, F.R., Wang, R., Poulain, A.J., Rennie, C., Chen, L., Kinsley, C., Delatolla, R.,. (2018) Sulfide production kinetics and model of stormwater retention ponds. Water Science & Technology.
2017
[44] D'Aoust, P.M., Delatolla, R., Poulain, A.J., Guo, G., Wang, R., Rennie, C., Chen, L., Pick, F.R. (2017) Emerging investigators series: Hydrogen sulfide production in municipal stormwater retention ponds under ice covered conditions. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 3: 686-698
[43] Stenzler, B.R., Hinz, A., Ruuskanen, M.O., and Poulain, A.J., (2017) Ionic Strength differentially affects the bioavailability of neutral and negatively charged inorganic Hg complexes. Environmental Science & Technology 51(17): 9653-9662.
2016
[42] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J., Strok, M., Scheer, N and Hintelmann, H. (2016) Historical variations of mercury stable isotopes ratios in arctic glacier firn and ice cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30(9): 1324-1347
[41] Grégoire D.S., and Poulain, A.J., (2016) A Physiological Role for Mercury During Phototrophic Growth. Nature Geoscience 9: 121-125. News and Views: “Biogeochemistry: Better living through mercury” by Schaefer, J.K.
2015
[40] Poulain, A.J., Aris-Brosou, S., Blais, J., Brazeau, M., Keller, W., and Paterson, A. (2015) Microbial DNA Records Historical Delivery of Anthropogenic Mercury. The ISME Journal. 9: 2541-2550.
See Science Editors' Choice: Microbes track pollution through time. See Research Highlight in F1000.
[39] Châteauvert, J.L., Bulté, G., Poulain, A.J., Campbell, L.M., and Blouin-Demers, G. (2015) Dietary Reliance on Benthic Primary Production as a Predictor of Mercury Accumulation in Freshwater Fish and Turtles. Water, Air & Soil Pollution 226 (10): 1-12.
[38] Clark, I.D., Ilin, D., Jackson, D., Jensen, R.E., Kennell, L., Mohammadzadeh, H., Poulain, A.J., Raven, K.G., and Xing, Y.P.,. Paleozoic-aged Microbial Methane in an Ordovician Shale and Carbonate Aquiclude of the Michigan Basin, Southwestern Ontario. Organic Geochemistry. 83-84:118-126
[37] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Lean, D., Poulain, A.J., Kinnard, C., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J. and Hintelmann, H.. (2014). Pre-industrial and recent (1970-2010) atmospheric deposition of sulfate and mercury in snow on southern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510:104-114.
[36] Ariya, P.A., Amyot, M., Dastoor, A., Deeds, D., Subir, M., Feinberg, A., Kos, G., Poulain, A.J., Ryjkov, A., Semeniuk, K., Toyota, K., (2015) Mercury Physicochemical and Biogeochemical Transformation in the Atmosphere and at Atmospheric Interfaces: A Review and Future Directions. Chemical Reviews 115(10): 3760-3802
[35] Birgit Braune, John Chételat, Marc Amyot, Tanya Brown, Meredith Claydon, Marlene Evans, Aaron Fisk, Ashley Gaden, Catherine Girard, Alex Hare, Jane Kirk, Igor Lehnherr, Robert Letcher, Lisa Loseto, Robie Macdonald, Erin Mann, Bailey McMeans, Derek Muir, Nelson O'Driscoll, Alexandre J. Poulain, Ken Reimer, Gary Stern. (2015) Mercury in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic: Review of recent findings. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 67-90.
[34] John Chételat, Marc Amyot, Paul Arp, Jules M. Blais, David Depew, Craig A. Emmerton, Marlene Evans, Mary Gamberg, Nikolaus Gantner, Catherine Girard, Jennifer Graydon, Jane Kirk, David Lean, Igor Lehnherr, Derek Muir, Mina Nasr, Alexandre J. Poulain, Michael Power, Pat Roach, Gary Stern, Heidi Swanson, Shannon van der Velden. (2015) Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: Recent advances on its cycling and fate. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 41-66.
[33] Gamberg, M., Chétetal, J. Poulain, A.J., Zdanowicz, C., Zheng, J., Mercury in the Canadian Arctic Terrestrial Environment. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 28-40.
2014
[32] Grégoire, D. and Poulain, A.J., (2014) A little bit of light goes a long way: the role of phototrophs on mercury cycling. Metallomics. 6 (3): 396-407
[31] Chétélat, J., Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M., Cloutier, L., and Hintelmann, H., (2014). Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes. Polar Biology. 37 (12) : 1785-1796.
[30] Chiasson-Gould, S., Blais, J. and Poulain, A.J. (2014) Dissolved Organic Matter kinetically controls mercury bioavailability to bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. (companion paper to French et al.,) 48(6) 3153-3161.
[29] Lessard, C., Poulain, A.J., Ridal, J., and Blais, J.M., (2014) Dynamic mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 500: 131-138.
[28] French, T., Houben , A., Desforges, J.P., Kimpe, L., Kokelj, S., Poulain, A.J., Smol, J., Wang, W., and Blais, J. (2014) Dissolved Organic Carbon thresholds affect mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. (companion paper to Chiasson-Gould et al.,) 48(6): 3162-3168.
[27] Stoeva, M.K., Aris-Brosou, S., Chetelat, J., Hintelmann, H., Pelletier, P., and Poulain, A.J. (2014) Microbial community structure in lake and wetland sediments from a high Arctic polar desert revealed by targeted transcriptomics. PLoS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089531.
[26] St. Pierre, K.A., Chétélat, J. Yumvihoze, E., and Poulain, A.J., (2014) Temperature and the sulphur cycle control monomethylmercury cycling in high Arctic coastal marine sediments from Allen Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(5): 2680-2687.
2013
[25] Poulain, A.J., and Barkay, T., (2013) Cracking the Mercury Methylation Code. Science. 339: 1280-1281. Article summary, Article reprint, Article full text.
[24] Brazeau, M., Blais, J.M., Keller, W, Paterson, A, and Poulain, A.J., (2013) Evidence for microbially mediated production of elemental Hg (Hg(0)) in subarctic lake sediments. Applied Geochemistry. 37: 142-148.
[23] Schoustra, S.E., Kasase, C., Toarta, C., Kassen, R. and Poulain, A.J., (2013). Microbial community structure of three traditional Zambian fermented products: Mabisi, Chibwantu and Munkoyo. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063948
[22] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Lean, D.R.S, Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J., Hintelmann, H., (2013). Accumulation, storage and release of atmospheric mercury in a glaciated Arctic catchment, Baffin Island, Canada. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. 107: 316-335
[21] Lessard, C., Poulain, A.J., Ridal, J., and Blais, J.M., (2013) Steady state mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution. 174: 229-235
[20] Brazeau, L.M., Poulain, A.J., Paterson, A.M., Keller, W., Sanei, H., and Blais, J.M. (2013) Recent Changes in Mercury Deposition and Primary Productivity Inferred from Sediments of Lakes from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution, 173: 52-60.
2012
[19] Deison, R., Smol, J.P., Kokelj, S.V., Pisaric, M.F.J., Poulain, A.J., Sanei, H., Thienpont, J.R. and Blais, J.M. (2012) Spatial and temporal assessment of mercury and organic matter in thermokarst affected lakes of the Mackenzie Delta uplands, NT, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 46:8748-8755
[18] Douglas, T.A., Loseto, L., MacDonald, R., Outridge, P., Dommergue, A., Poulain, A.J., et al. (2012) The Fate of Mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review. Environmental Chemistry, 9: 321-355
[17] Daguené, V., McFall, E., Yumvihoze, E., Xiang, S., Amyot, M. and Poulain, A.J., (2012) Divalent base cations hamper bacterial HgII uptake. Environmental Science & Technology, 46: 6645-6653.
Pre-2012
[16] Barkay, T., Kroer, N., and Poulain, A.J. (2011) Some like it cold: microbial transformations of Hg in polar regions. Polar Research, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.15469
[15] Poulain, A.J. and Newman, D.K. (2009) Rhodobacter capsulatus catalyzes light-dependent Fe(II) oxidation under anaerobic conditions as a potential detoxification mechanism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(21): 6639-6646
[14] Steffen, A., Douglas, T., Amyot, M., Ariya, P., Aspmo, K., Berg, T., Bottenheim, J., Brooks, S., Lobbet, F., Pastor, A., Dommergue, A., Ebinghaus, R., Ferrari, C., Gardfeldt, Goodsite, M.E., Lean, D. Poulain, A.J., Scherz, C., Skov, H., Sommar, J., Temmer, C. (2008). A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry linking atmosphere, snow and water. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8(6): 1445-1482.
[13] Chételat, J., Amyot, M., Cloutier, L., and Poulain, A.J. (2008). Metamorphosis in Chironomids, More than Mercury Supply, Controls Methylmercury Transfer to Fish in high Arctic Lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. 42 (24): 9110-9115.
[12] Poulain A. J., Garcia E., Campbell P.G.C., Amyot M., and P.A. Ariya. (2007) Mercury distribution, partitioning and speciation in coastal vs. inland High Arctic snow. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71 (14): 3419-3431.
[11] Barkay T. and Poulain A.J. (2007), Mercury (micro)biogeochemistry in polar environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 59 (2): 232-241.
[10] Poulain A.J., Roy V., Campbell P.G.C., and Amyot M. (2007) Influence of temperate mixed and deciduous tree cover on Hg concentrations and photoredox transformations in snow. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71 (10): 2248-2262.
[9] Poulain A. J., Garcia E., Ariya P.A., Raofie F., Campbell P.G.C., and Amyot M. (2007). Biological and chemical redox transformations of mercury in fresh and salt waters of the High Arctic during spring and summer. Environmental Science & Technology. 41 (6): 1883 -1888.
[8] Poulain A. J., Ni Chadhain S. M., Ariya P.A., Amyot M., Garcia E., Campbell P.G.C., Zylstra G., and Barkay T. (2007). Potential for mercury reduction by microbes in the high Arctic. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (7): 2230-2238.
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[7] Southworth, G., Lindberg, S., Bogle, M.A., Amyot, M., Poulain, A.J., Hintelmann, H., Olsen, M., and Sandilands, K. (2007). Evasion of Added Isotopic Mercury from a North Temperate Lake. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 26 (1): 53-60.
[6] Poulain, A.J., Orihel, D.M., Amyot, M., Paterson, M., Southworth, G., and Hintelmann, H. (2006). Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion. Chemosphere. 65: 2199-2207.
[5] Garcia, E., Poulain A.J., Amyot M., Ariya P.A., (2005) Diel variations in photo-induced oxidation of Hg(0) in freshwater. Chemosphere. 59: 977-981.
[4] Poulain, A.J., Lalonde, J.D., Amyot, M., Shead, J.A., Raofie, F., and Ariya, P.A., (2004) Redox transformations of mercury in an Arctic snowpack at springtime. Atmospheric Environment. 38: 6763-6774.
[3] Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M., Findlay, D., Tel-or, S., Barkay, T., and Hintelmann, H. (2004) Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake. Limnology & Oceanography, 49: 2265-2275.
[2] Amyot, M., Southworth, G., Lindberg, S.E., Hintelmann, H., Lalonde, J.D., Ogrinc, N., Kelly, C.A., Poulain, A.J. and Sandilands, K. (2004) Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with 200HgCl2. Atmospheric Environment, 38: 4279-4289.
[1] Lalonde, J.D., Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M. (2002). The role of redox reactions in snow on snow-to-air Hg transfer. Environmental Science & Technology 36: 174-178.
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2024
[97] Hyun, Y., Vega, M., Wang, J. Poulain, A.J., Giometto, A., Aristide, L., and Reid,M., (2024) Repression of Microbial Arsenite Uptake and Methylation by Dissolved Organic Carbon. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, in press.
[96] Hotchkiss, M., Forrest, J.R.K., and Poulain, A.J.,(2024) Changes in bumblebee queen gut microbiota during after diapause. Insect Molecular Biology, in press.
[95] Hotchkiss, M., Forrest, J.R.K., and Poulain, A.J.,(2024) Exposure to a fungicide for a field-realistic duration does not alter bumble bee fecal microbiota structure. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, in press.
2023
[94] Hyun, Y., Stenzler, B., Asta, M., Abu-Ali, L., Poulain, A.J., and Reid, M., (2023) The effect of Iron and Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioavailability of Arsenic under Anaerobic conditions. ACS ES&T Water.
[93] Chen, J., Gangrene, H., Liu, J., Poulain, A.J., Pu, Q., Huang, R., Meng, B., and Feng, X. (2023) The divergent effects of nitrate and ammonium application on mercury methylation, demethylation, and reduction in flooded paddy slurries. Journal of Hazardous Materials 132457.
[92] Zhang, R., Aris-Brosou, S., Storck, V., Liu, J., Abdelhafiz, M., Feng, X., Meng, B., and Poulain, A.J., (2023) Mining-impacted rice paddies select for Archaeal methylations and reveal a putative (Archaeal) regulator of mercury methylation. ISME Communications 3:74
[91] Liu, J., Chen, J., Poulain, A.J., Pu, Q., Hao, Z., Meng, B., Feng, X. (2023) Mercury and redox sulfur cycling affect methyl mercury levels in rice paddy soils across a contamination gradient. Environmental Science & Technology 57(21): 8149-8160
[90] Sonke, J.E., Angot, H., Zhang, Y., Poulain, A.J., Bjorn, E., Schartup, A., (2023) Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling. Ambio 1-24 This synthesis paper is a peer-reviewed invited contribution associated with the 2022 International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant.
[89] Munford, K.E., Gilbert-Parkes, S., Mykytczuk, N.C.S., Basiliko, N., Yakimovich, K.M., Poulain, A.J., Watmough, S.A., (2023) How Arsenic contamination influences downslope wetland plant and microbial community structure and function. Science of the Total Environment. 162839.
2022
[88] Lemieux, A., Colby, G.A., Poulain, A.J., and Aris-Brosou, S. (2022) Viral spillover risk increases with climate change in high Arctic lake sediments. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B 289: 20221073
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[87] Yoon, H., Giometto, A., Pothier, M., Zhang, X., Poulain, A.J., and Reid, M. (2022) Time-dependent biosensor fluorescence as a measure of bacterial arsenic uptake kinetics and its inhibition by dissolved organic matter. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 88:16 e00891-22
[86] Cheney, C., Pothier, M., Thomas, P.J., Sarma, S.A., Poulain, A.J., Blais, J.M., (2022) Paleoecotoxicology: Developing methods to assess the toxicity of lake sediment records influenced by legacy gold mining. Aquatic Toxicology 106248
[85] Yang, X-F, Yang, S-C, Wen, F-L, Genf, L., Meng, B., Hu H., Wang, B., Li, J., Poulain, A.J., Li, P., (2022) Impacts of mercury exposure levels and sources on the demethylation of methyl mercury through human gut microbiota Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 109: 534-541
[84] Stenzler, B., Zhang, R., Semrau, J.D., DiSpirito, A.A., Poulain, A.J., (2022) Diffusion of H2S from anaerobic thiolated ligand biodegradation rapidly generates bioavailable mercury. Environmental Microbiology 24(7): 3212-3228
[83] Aždajić, M., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2022) Arsenate decreases production of methyl mercury across increasing sulfate concentration amendments in freshwater lake sediments. Environmental Science Processes and Impacts 24: 1508-1516
[82] Pu, Q., Zhang, K., Poulain, A.J., Liu, J., Zhang, R., Abdelhafiz, M., Meng, B., and Feng, X. (2022) Mercury drives microbial community assembly and ecosystem multi functionality across a Hg contamination gradient in rice paddies. Journal of Hazardous Materials 435: 129055
[81] Hotchkiss, M., Poulain. A.J., and Forrest, J.R.K., (2022) Pesticide-induced disturbances of bee gut microbiotas FEMS Microbiology Reviews 46: 1-22
[80] Steffen, A., Angot, H., Dastoor, A., Dommergue, A., Heimberger-Boavida, L-E., Obrist, D., Poulain, A.J., (2022) Mercury in the Cryosphere (Chapter 9 in Chemistry in the Cryosphere) 459-502
[79] Liu, J.,Lu, B., Poulain, A.J., Zhang, R., Zhang, T.,Feng, X., and Meng, B., (2021) The under appreciated role of natural organic matter bond Hg(II) and nano particulate HgS as substrates for methylation in paddy soils across a Hg concentration gradient. Environmental Pollution. 292: 118321
2021
[78] Hinz, A.J., Stenzler, B., and Poulain, A.J., (2021) Golden gate assembly of aerobic and anaerobic microbial bioreporters. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 88(1), e01485-21
[77] Aždajić, M., Yumvihoze, E., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2021) The effect of legacy gold mining on methyl mercury cycling and microbial community structure in northern freshwater lakes. Environmental Science Processes and Impacts 23(8):1220-1230.
[76] Grégoire, D.S., Janssen, S., Lavoie, N., Tate, M, and Poulain, A.J., (2021) Stable isotope fractionation reveals similar atomic level controls during aerobic and anaerobic microbial Hg transformation pathways. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 87(18), e00678-21
[75] Liu, J., Meng, B., Poulain, A.J., Meng, Q., and Feng, X. (2021) Stable isotope tracers identify sources and transformations of mercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing in a mercury mining area. Fundamental Research 1(3): 259-268.
[74] Misson, B. Garnier, C. Poulain, A.J., (2021) Limited influence of marine sediment lyophilization on prokaryotic community structure assessed via amplicon sequencing: abnormal example from environmentally contrasted sediment layers in Toulon harbor (France). PeerJ 9:e11075
2020
[73] Colby, G.A., Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V., Poulain, A.J., and Aris-Brosou, S., (2020) Warming climate is reducing the diversity of dominant microbes in the largest high Arctic lake. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 561194
[72] Wu, Q., Hu, H., Meng, B., Wang, B., Poulain, A.J., Hua, Z., Liu, J., Bravo, A., Bishop, K., Bertilsson, S., Feng, X., (2020) Methanogenesis is an important process in controlling MeHg concentration in rice paddy soils affected by mining activities. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(21):13517-13526
[71] Branfireun, B., Cosio, C., Poulain, A.J., Riise, G., and Bravo, A. (2020) Mercury cycling in freshwater systems - an updated conceptual model. Science of the Total Environment, 745: 140906
[70] Guo, G., Eccles, K.M., McMillan, M., Thomas, P.J., Chan, H.M., and Poulain, A.J., (2020) The gut microbial community structure of the North American river Otter (Lontra canadensis) in the Alberta Oil Sands Region of Canada: relationship with local environmental variables and metal body burden Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 39 (12): 2516-2526.
[69] Munford, K.E., Watmough, S.A., Rivest, M., Poulain, A.J., Basiliko, N., Mykytczuk, N.C.S., (2020) Edaphic factors influencing vegetation colonization and encroachment on arsenical gold mine tailings near Sudbury, Ontario. Environmental Pollution, 264: 114680.
[68] Pothier, M.P., Lenoble, V., Garnier, C., Misson, B., Rentmeister, C., and Poulain, A.J. (2020) Dissolved organic matter controls of arsenic bioavailability to bacteria. Science of the Total Environment, 716: 137118
[67] Ruuskanen, M.O., Aris-Brosou, S. and Poulain, A.J., (2020) Swift evolutionary response of microbes to a rise in anthropogenic mercury in the Northern Hemisphere. The ISME Journal, 14:788-800. Please note that merA nsf_F primer sequence was mistyped in Table S1. The revised information can be found in Table S1 and Updated SI file.
[66] Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Marumoto, K., Marumoto, M., Kodomatani, H., Tomiyasu, T., Nagasaka, H., Mori, K., Poulain, A.J., Domingo, J.L., Horvat, M., Matsuyama, A. (2020) Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludges: potential risk from sludge contained with reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan. Environmental Research, 180: 108668
[65] Aždajić, M., Belzile, N., Gunn, J., Blais, J., and Poulain, A.J., (2020) Effects of decades of selenium reductions on mercury accumulation in aquatic biota in the Sudbury region of Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
[64] Lavoie, N.C., Grégoire, D.S.,Stenzler, B.R., and Poulain, A.J., (2020). Reduced sulphur sources favour Hg(II) reduction during anoxygenic photosynthesis by Heliobacteria. Geobiology.
[63] Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K., St. Louis, V.L., Colby, G., Aris-Brosou, S., Poulain, A.J., (2020) Microbial genomes retrieved from high Arctic lake sediments encode for adaptation to cold and oligotrophic environments. Limnology & Oceanography, S233-S247
2019
[62] Chen, L., D'Aoust, P.M., Rennie, C.D., Wang, R., Pick, F.R., Poulain, A.J., Delatolla, R. (2019) Numerical investigation on the impact of wind-induced hydraulics on dissolved oxygen characteristics in a shallow stormwater pond. Water Quality Research Journal. wqrj2019002.
[61] St. Pierre, K., St. Louis, V.L., Lehnherr, I., Schiff, S., Poulain, A.J., Smol, J., Talbot, C., Ma, M., Findlay, D., Findlay, W., Arnott, S., (2019) Contemporary Limnology of the rapidly changing glacierized watershed of the world's largest high Arctic lake. Scientific Reports. 9:4447.
[60] Mangal, V., Stenzler, B.R., Poulain, A.J., and Guéguen, C. (2019) Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Mercury Uptake is Driven by Algal Organic Matter Composition and Molecular Weight. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(1):157-165
[59] Chen, L., Delatolla, R., D'Aoust, P.M., Wang, R., Pick, F.R., Poulain, A.J., Rennie, C.D. (2019) Hypoxic conditions in stormwater retention ponds: potential for hydrogen sulphide emission. Environmental Technology.
[58] Pilon, S., Zastepa, A., Taranu, Z.E., Gregory-Eaves, I., Racine, M., Blais, J., Poulain, A.J., and Pick, F.R. (2019) Contrasting histories of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in two temperate lakes as inferred from quantitative sediment DNA analyses. Lake and Reservoir Management, 35:102-117
2018
[57] Guo, G., Yumvihoze, E., Poulain A.J., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Monomethylmercury degradation by the human gut mircrobiota is stimulated by protein amendments. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 43(12):717-725.
[56] Pothier, M.P., Hinz, A., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Insights into Arsenite and Arsenate Uptake Pathways Using a Whole Cell Biosensor. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9:2310.
[55] Grégoire, D.S., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Shining light on recent advances in microbial mercury cycling. FACETS 3:858-879.
[54] Murphy, T., Phan, K., Yumvihoze, E., Irvine, K., Wilson, K., Lean, D.R., Ty, B., Poulain, A.J., Laird, B., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Effect of arsenic, iron and fertilizers in soil on rice in Cambodia. Journal of Health and Pollution. 8(19).
[53] Stenzler, B.R., Gaudet, J., Poulain, A.J., (2018) An anaerobic biosensor assay for the detection of mercury and cadmium. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (142), e58324, doi:10.3791/58324
[52] Murphy, T., Phan, K., Yumvihoze, E., Irvine, K., Wilson, K., Lean, D.R., Ty, B., Poulain, A.J., Laird, B., Chan, H.M.L., (2018) Groundwater Irrigation and Arsenic Speciation in Rice in Cambodia. Journal of Health and Pollution. 8(19).
[51] Zdanowicz, C., Karlsson, P., Bekholmen, I., Roach, P., Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Martma, T., Ryjkov, A. and Dastoor, A. (2018) Snowmelt, glacial and atmospheric sources of mercury to a subarctic mountain lake catchment, Yukon, Canada. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. 238: 374-393.
[50] Grégoire, D.S., Lavoie, N.C., and Poulain, A.J., (2018). Heliobacteria reveal fermentation as a key pathway for mercury reduction in anoxic environments. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(7): 4145-4153.
[49] Ruuskanen, M.O., St. Pierre, K.A., St. Louis, V.L., Aris-Brosou, S., and Poulain, A.J., (2018) Physicochemical drivers of microbial community structure in sediments of Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada. Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 9, Article 1138.
[48] Chétélat, J., Richardson, M., MacMillan, G., Amyot, M., Poulain, A.J., (2018) The ratio of methylmercury to dissolved organic carbon in water explains methylmercury bioaccumulation across a latitudinal gradient from north-temperate to Arctic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(1): 79-88.
[47] Chétélat, J., Hickey, B., Poulain, A.J., Dastooru, A., Ryjkov, A., McAlpine, D., Vanderwolf, K., Jung, T., Hale, L., Cooke, E., Hobson, D., Jonasson, K., Kaupas, L., Massé, A., McCarthy, S., McClellan, C., Morningstar, D., Norquay, K., Nov, R., Player, D., Schwantje, H., Simard, A., Stamler, S., Webber, Q., Yumvihoze, E., Zanuttig, M., (2018) Spatial variation of mercury bioaccumulation in bats of Canada linked to atmospheric mercury deposition. Science of the Total Environment. 626: 668-677.
[46] Dang, D.H., Wang, W., Pelletier, P., Poulain, A.J., and Evans, D.R., (2018) Uranium dispersion from U tailings and mechanisms leading to U accumulation in sediments: insights from biogeochemical and isotopic approaches. Science of the Total Environment, (610-611): 880-891.
[45] D'Aoust, P.M., Pick, F.R., Wang, R., Poulain, A.J., Rennie, C., Chen, L., Kinsley, C., Delatolla, R.,. (2018) Sulfide production kinetics and model of stormwater retention ponds. Water Science & Technology.
2017
[44] D'Aoust, P.M., Delatolla, R., Poulain, A.J., Guo, G., Wang, R., Rennie, C., Chen, L., Pick, F.R. (2017) Emerging investigators series: Hydrogen sulfide production in municipal stormwater retention ponds under ice covered conditions. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 3: 686-698
[43] Stenzler, B.R., Hinz, A., Ruuskanen, M.O., and Poulain, A.J., (2017) Ionic Strength differentially affects the bioavailability of neutral and negatively charged inorganic Hg complexes. Environmental Science & Technology 51(17): 9653-9662.
2016
[42] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J., Strok, M., Scheer, N and Hintelmann, H. (2016) Historical variations of mercury stable isotopes ratios in arctic glacier firn and ice cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30(9): 1324-1347
[41] Grégoire D.S., and Poulain, A.J., (2016) A Physiological Role for Mercury During Phototrophic Growth. Nature Geoscience 9: 121-125. News and Views: “Biogeochemistry: Better living through mercury” by Schaefer, J.K.
2015
[40] Poulain, A.J., Aris-Brosou, S., Blais, J., Brazeau, M., Keller, W., and Paterson, A. (2015) Microbial DNA Records Historical Delivery of Anthropogenic Mercury. The ISME Journal. 9: 2541-2550.
See Science Editors' Choice: Microbes track pollution through time. See Research Highlight in F1000.
[39] Châteauvert, J.L., Bulté, G., Poulain, A.J., Campbell, L.M., and Blouin-Demers, G. (2015) Dietary Reliance on Benthic Primary Production as a Predictor of Mercury Accumulation in Freshwater Fish and Turtles. Water, Air & Soil Pollution 226 (10): 1-12.
[38] Clark, I.D., Ilin, D., Jackson, D., Jensen, R.E., Kennell, L., Mohammadzadeh, H., Poulain, A.J., Raven, K.G., and Xing, Y.P.,. Paleozoic-aged Microbial Methane in an Ordovician Shale and Carbonate Aquiclude of the Michigan Basin, Southwestern Ontario. Organic Geochemistry. 83-84:118-126
[37] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Lean, D., Poulain, A.J., Kinnard, C., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J. and Hintelmann, H.. (2014). Pre-industrial and recent (1970-2010) atmospheric deposition of sulfate and mercury in snow on southern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510:104-114.
[36] Ariya, P.A., Amyot, M., Dastoor, A., Deeds, D., Subir, M., Feinberg, A., Kos, G., Poulain, A.J., Ryjkov, A., Semeniuk, K., Toyota, K., (2015) Mercury Physicochemical and Biogeochemical Transformation in the Atmosphere and at Atmospheric Interfaces: A Review and Future Directions. Chemical Reviews 115(10): 3760-3802
[35] Birgit Braune, John Chételat, Marc Amyot, Tanya Brown, Meredith Claydon, Marlene Evans, Aaron Fisk, Ashley Gaden, Catherine Girard, Alex Hare, Jane Kirk, Igor Lehnherr, Robert Letcher, Lisa Loseto, Robie Macdonald, Erin Mann, Bailey McMeans, Derek Muir, Nelson O'Driscoll, Alexandre J. Poulain, Ken Reimer, Gary Stern. (2015) Mercury in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic: Review of recent findings. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 67-90.
[34] John Chételat, Marc Amyot, Paul Arp, Jules M. Blais, David Depew, Craig A. Emmerton, Marlene Evans, Mary Gamberg, Nikolaus Gantner, Catherine Girard, Jennifer Graydon, Jane Kirk, David Lean, Igor Lehnherr, Derek Muir, Mina Nasr, Alexandre J. Poulain, Michael Power, Pat Roach, Gary Stern, Heidi Swanson, Shannon van der Velden. (2015) Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: Recent advances on its cycling and fate. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 41-66.
[33] Gamberg, M., Chétetal, J. Poulain, A.J., Zdanowicz, C., Zheng, J., Mercury in the Canadian Arctic Terrestrial Environment. Science of the Total Environment (Special Issue: Mercury in Canada's North). 509-510: 28-40.
2014
[32] Grégoire, D. and Poulain, A.J., (2014) A little bit of light goes a long way: the role of phototrophs on mercury cycling. Metallomics. 6 (3): 396-407
[31] Chétélat, J., Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M., Cloutier, L., and Hintelmann, H., (2014). Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes. Polar Biology. 37 (12) : 1785-1796.
[30] Chiasson-Gould, S., Blais, J. and Poulain, A.J. (2014) Dissolved Organic Matter kinetically controls mercury bioavailability to bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. (companion paper to French et al.,) 48(6) 3153-3161.
[29] Lessard, C., Poulain, A.J., Ridal, J., and Blais, J.M., (2014) Dynamic mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Science of the Total Environment 500: 131-138.
[28] French, T., Houben , A., Desforges, J.P., Kimpe, L., Kokelj, S., Poulain, A.J., Smol, J., Wang, W., and Blais, J. (2014) Dissolved Organic Carbon thresholds affect mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. (companion paper to Chiasson-Gould et al.,) 48(6): 3162-3168.
[27] Stoeva, M.K., Aris-Brosou, S., Chetelat, J., Hintelmann, H., Pelletier, P., and Poulain, A.J. (2014) Microbial community structure in lake and wetland sediments from a high Arctic polar desert revealed by targeted transcriptomics. PLoS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089531.
[26] St. Pierre, K.A., Chétélat, J. Yumvihoze, E., and Poulain, A.J., (2014) Temperature and the sulphur cycle control monomethylmercury cycling in high Arctic coastal marine sediments from Allen Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(5): 2680-2687.
2013
[25] Poulain, A.J., and Barkay, T., (2013) Cracking the Mercury Methylation Code. Science. 339: 1280-1281. Article summary, Article reprint, Article full text.
[24] Brazeau, M., Blais, J.M., Keller, W, Paterson, A, and Poulain, A.J., (2013) Evidence for microbially mediated production of elemental Hg (Hg(0)) in subarctic lake sediments. Applied Geochemistry. 37: 142-148.
[23] Schoustra, S.E., Kasase, C., Toarta, C., Kassen, R. and Poulain, A.J., (2013). Microbial community structure of three traditional Zambian fermented products: Mabisi, Chibwantu and Munkoyo. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063948
[22] Zdanowicz, C., Kruemmel, E.M., Lean, D.R.S, Poulain, A.J., Yumvihoze, E., Chen, J., Hintelmann, H., (2013). Accumulation, storage and release of atmospheric mercury in a glaciated Arctic catchment, Baffin Island, Canada. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. 107: 316-335
[21] Lessard, C., Poulain, A.J., Ridal, J., and Blais, J.M., (2013) Steady state mass balance model for mercury in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution. 174: 229-235
[20] Brazeau, L.M., Poulain, A.J., Paterson, A.M., Keller, W., Sanei, H., and Blais, J.M. (2013) Recent Changes in Mercury Deposition and Primary Productivity Inferred from Sediments of Lakes from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution, 173: 52-60.
2012
[19] Deison, R., Smol, J.P., Kokelj, S.V., Pisaric, M.F.J., Poulain, A.J., Sanei, H., Thienpont, J.R. and Blais, J.M. (2012) Spatial and temporal assessment of mercury and organic matter in thermokarst affected lakes of the Mackenzie Delta uplands, NT, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 46:8748-8755
[18] Douglas, T.A., Loseto, L., MacDonald, R., Outridge, P., Dommergue, A., Poulain, A.J., et al. (2012) The Fate of Mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review. Environmental Chemistry, 9: 321-355
[17] Daguené, V., McFall, E., Yumvihoze, E., Xiang, S., Amyot, M. and Poulain, A.J., (2012) Divalent base cations hamper bacterial HgII uptake. Environmental Science & Technology, 46: 6645-6653.
Pre-2012
[16] Barkay, T., Kroer, N., and Poulain, A.J. (2011) Some like it cold: microbial transformations of Hg in polar regions. Polar Research, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.15469
[15] Poulain, A.J. and Newman, D.K. (2009) Rhodobacter capsulatus catalyzes light-dependent Fe(II) oxidation under anaerobic conditions as a potential detoxification mechanism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(21): 6639-6646
[14] Steffen, A., Douglas, T., Amyot, M., Ariya, P., Aspmo, K., Berg, T., Bottenheim, J., Brooks, S., Lobbet, F., Pastor, A., Dommergue, A., Ebinghaus, R., Ferrari, C., Gardfeldt, Goodsite, M.E., Lean, D. Poulain, A.J., Scherz, C., Skov, H., Sommar, J., Temmer, C. (2008). A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry linking atmosphere, snow and water. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8(6): 1445-1482.
[13] Chételat, J., Amyot, M., Cloutier, L., and Poulain, A.J. (2008). Metamorphosis in Chironomids, More than Mercury Supply, Controls Methylmercury Transfer to Fish in high Arctic Lakes. Environmental Science & Technology. 42 (24): 9110-9115.
[12] Poulain A. J., Garcia E., Campbell P.G.C., Amyot M., and P.A. Ariya. (2007) Mercury distribution, partitioning and speciation in coastal vs. inland High Arctic snow. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71 (14): 3419-3431.
[11] Barkay T. and Poulain A.J. (2007), Mercury (micro)biogeochemistry in polar environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 59 (2): 232-241.
[10] Poulain A.J., Roy V., Campbell P.G.C., and Amyot M. (2007) Influence of temperate mixed and deciduous tree cover on Hg concentrations and photoredox transformations in snow. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71 (10): 2248-2262.
[9] Poulain A. J., Garcia E., Ariya P.A., Raofie F., Campbell P.G.C., and Amyot M. (2007). Biological and chemical redox transformations of mercury in fresh and salt waters of the High Arctic during spring and summer. Environmental Science & Technology. 41 (6): 1883 -1888.
[8] Poulain A. J., Ni Chadhain S. M., Ariya P.A., Amyot M., Garcia E., Campbell P.G.C., Zylstra G., and Barkay T. (2007). Potential for mercury reduction by microbes in the high Arctic. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (7): 2230-2238.
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[7] Southworth, G., Lindberg, S., Bogle, M.A., Amyot, M., Poulain, A.J., Hintelmann, H., Olsen, M., and Sandilands, K. (2007). Evasion of Added Isotopic Mercury from a North Temperate Lake. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 26 (1): 53-60.
[6] Poulain, A.J., Orihel, D.M., Amyot, M., Paterson, M., Southworth, G., and Hintelmann, H. (2006). Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion. Chemosphere. 65: 2199-2207.
[5] Garcia, E., Poulain A.J., Amyot M., Ariya P.A., (2005) Diel variations in photo-induced oxidation of Hg(0) in freshwater. Chemosphere. 59: 977-981.
[4] Poulain, A.J., Lalonde, J.D., Amyot, M., Shead, J.A., Raofie, F., and Ariya, P.A., (2004) Redox transformations of mercury in an Arctic snowpack at springtime. Atmospheric Environment. 38: 6763-6774.
[3] Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M., Findlay, D., Tel-or, S., Barkay, T., and Hintelmann, H. (2004) Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake. Limnology & Oceanography, 49: 2265-2275.
[2] Amyot, M., Southworth, G., Lindberg, S.E., Hintelmann, H., Lalonde, J.D., Ogrinc, N., Kelly, C.A., Poulain, A.J. and Sandilands, K. (2004) Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with 200HgCl2. Atmospheric Environment, 38: 4279-4289.
[1] Lalonde, J.D., Poulain, A.J., Amyot, M. (2002). The role of redox reactions in snow on snow-to-air Hg transfer. Environmental Science & Technology 36: 174-178.