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Alexandre J. Poulain

Alexandre J. Poulain

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
5387
World Ranking
7838
National Ranking
354

Overview

Alexandre J. Poulain is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a specific focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics including Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Heavy metals in the environment, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling (2023, AMBIO)
  • Mercury cycling in freshwater systems - An updated conceptual model (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Methanogenesis Is an Important Process in Controlling MeHg Concentration in Rice Paddy Soils Affected by Mining Activities (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Pesticide-induced disturbances of bee gut microbiotas (2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews)
  • Mercury drives microbial community assembly and ecosystem multifunctionality across a Hg contamination gradient in rice paddies (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

Poulain has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Xinbin Feng, Bo Meng, Jiang Liu, Rui Zhang, and Stéphane Aris-Brosou. These frequent collaborations likely contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the work within environmental and microbial sciences.

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, with notable counts in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Goldschmidt Abstracts. These venues reflect a concentration on environmental microbiology, toxicology, and geochemical processes.

Best Publications

  • A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry in the atmosphere and snow

    A. Steffen;T. Douglas;M. Amyot;P. Ariya

  • Mercury physicochemical and biogeochemical transformation in the atmosphere and at atmospheric interfaces: a review and future directions.

    Parisa A. Ariya;Marc Amyot;Ashu Dastoor;Daniel Deeds

  • The role of mercury redox reactions in snow on snow-to-air mercury transfer.

    Janick D. Lalonde;and Alexandre J. Poulain;Marc Amyot

  • Dissolved organic matter kinetically controls mercury bioavailability to bacteria

    Sophie A. Chiasson-Gould;Jules M. Blais;Alexandre J. Poulain

  • Mercury in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic: Review of recent findings

    Birgit Braune;John Chételat;Marc Amyot;Tanya Brown

  • The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review

    Thomas A. Douglas;Lisa L. Loseto;Robie W. Macdonald;Peter Outridge

  • Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling

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  • Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake

    A. J. Poulain;M. Amyot;D. Findlay;S. Telor

  • Potential for Mercury Reduction by Microbes in the High Arctic

    Alexandre J. Poulain;Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain;Parisa A. Ariya;Marc Amyot

  • Redox transformations of mercury in an Arctic snowpack at springtime

    Alexandre J. Poulain;Janick D. Lalonde;Marc Amyot;Justin A. Shead

  • Dissolved organic carbon thresholds affect mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic lakes.

    Todd D. French;Adam J. Houben;Jean-Pierre W. Desforges;Linda E. Kimpe

  • Mercury cycling in freshwater systems - An updated conceptual model.

    Brian A. Branfireun;Claudia Cosio;Alexandre J. Poulain;Gunnhild Riise

  • Mercury in freshwater ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic: recent advances on its cycling and fate.

    John Chételat;Marc Amyot;Paul Arp;Jules M. Blais

  • Cracking the Mercury Methylation Code

    Alexandre J. Poulain;Tamar Barkay

  • Formation and evasion of dissolved gaseous mercury in large enclosures amended with 200HgCl2

    M Amyot;G Southworth;S.E Lindberg;H Hintelmann

  • Mercury (micro)biogeochemistry in polar environments.

    Tamar Barkay;Alexandre J. Poulain

  • Pesticide-induced disturbances of bee gut microbiotas.

    Unknown

  • Methanogenesis Is an Important Process in Controlling MeHg Concentration in Rice Paddy Soils Affected by Mining Activities

    Qingqing Wu;Haiyan Hu;Haiyan Hu;Bo Meng;Baolin Wang

  • Biological and Chemical Redox Transformations of Mercury in Fresh and Salt Waters of the High Arctic during Spring and Summer

    Alexandre J. Poulain;Edenise Garcia;Marc Amyot;Peter G. C. Campbell

  • Mercury distribution, partitioning and speciation in coastal vs. inland High Arctic snow

    Alexandre J. Poulain;Edenise Garcia;Marc Amyot;Peter G.C. Campbell

  • Microbial DNA records historical delivery of anthropogenic mercury.

    Alexandre J Poulain;Stéphane Aris-Brosou;Jules M Blais;Michelle Brazeau

  • Metamorphosis in Chironomids, More than Mercury Supply, Controls Methylmercury Transfer to Fish in High Arctic Lakes

    John Chételat;Marc Amyot;Louise Cloutier;Alexandre Poulain

  • Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Mercury Uptake is Driven by Algal Organic Matter Composition and Molecular Weight

    Vaughn Mangal;Benjamin R. Stenzler;Alexandre J. Poulain;Celine Guéguen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Amyot
Marc Amyot University of Montreal
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa
Tamar Barkay
Tamar Barkay Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Holger Hintelmann
Holger Hintelmann Trent University
Parisa A. Ariya
Parisa A. Ariya McGill University
David R. S. Lean
David R. S. Lean University of Ottawa
Vincent L. St. Louis
Vincent L. St. Louis University of Alberta
Aurélien Dommergue
Aurélien Dommergue Grenoble Alpes University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christophe Ferrari
Christophe Ferrari Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

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