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Celia Y. Chen is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications addressing subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics that include mercury impact and mitigation studies, toxic organic pollutants impact, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, heavy metals in the environment, isotope analysis in ecology, fish ecology and management studies, and marine animal studies overview.

The following recent papers illustrate their involvement across various research areas:

  • Establishing risk of vision loss in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • A National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in United States National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae As Biosentinels through a Citizen-Science Framework, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Analytical method interferences for perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) and perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) in biological and environmental samples, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework, 2024, Ecotoxicology
  • Is the disease risk and penetrance in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy actually low?, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Collaborations have been frequent with several coauthors including:

  • Kate L. Buckman
  • Nathan G. Giffard
  • Megan E. Romano
  • Jonathan Petali
  • Collin A. Eagles-Smith

Numerous publications appear in specific academic venues where Chen has contributed multiple works. These venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Current Environmental Health Reports
  • Environmental Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The breadth of their work spans applied and theoretical aspects of environmental science, with a focus on pollutants and their ecological and health-related impacts. Chen's involvement in analytical methods and biomonitoring frameworks aligns with evolving environmental health concerns and policy-related research.

Best Publications

  • Synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors

    C. L. Folt;C. Y. Chen;M. V. Moore;J. Burnaford

  • Mercury Contamination in Forest and Freshwater Ecosystems in the Northeastern United States

    Charles T. Driscoll;Young Ji Han;Celia Y. Chen;David C. Evers

  • Algal blooms reduce the uptake of toxic methylmercury in freshwater food webs

    Paul C. Pickhardt;Carol L. Folt;Celia Y. Chen;Bjoern Klaue

  • Accumulation of heavy metals in food web components across a gradient of lakes

    Celia Y. Chen;Richard S. Stemberger;Bjorn Klaue;Joel D. Blum

  • Biological Mercury Hotspots in the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada

    David C. Evers;Young Ji Han;Charles T. Driscoll;Neil C. Kamman

  • High plankton densities reduce mercury biomagnification.

    Celia Y Chen;Carol L Folt

  • Patterns of Hg bioaccumulation and transfer in aquatic food webs across multi-lake studies in the northeast US.

    Celia Y. Chen;Richard S. Stemberger;Neil C. Kamman;Brandon M. Mayes

  • Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth.

    Roxanne Karimi;Celia Y. Chen;Paul C. Pickhardt;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Bioaccumulation and Diminution of Arsenic and Lead in a Freshwater Food Web

    Celia Y. Chen;Carol L. Folt

  • POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NEW ENGLAND/MID‐ATLANTIC REGION

    Marianne V. Moore;Michael L. Pace;John R. Mather;Peter S. Murdoch

  • Methylmercury in marine ecosystems: spatial patterns and processes of production, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification.

    Celia Chen;Aria Amirbahman;Nicholas S. Fisher;Gareth Harding

  • Mercury bioavailability and bioaccumulation in estuarine food webs in the Gulf of Maine.

    Celia Y. Chen;Michele Dionne;Brandon M. Mayes;Darren M. Ward

  • Rapid, Efficient Growth Reduces Mercury Concentrations in Stream-Dwelling Atlantic Salmon

    Darren M. Ward;Keith H. Nislow;Celia Y. Chen;Carol L. Folt

  • Gene response profiles for Daphnia pulex exposed to the environmental stressor cadmium reveals novel crustacean metallothioneins

    Joseph R Shaw;John K Colbourne;Jennifer C Davey;Stephen P Glaholt;Stephen P Glaholt

  • Mercury Isotope Study of Sources and Exposure Pathways of Methylmercury in Estuarine Food Webs in the Northeastern U.S.

    Sae Yun Kwon;Joel D. Blum;Celia Y. Chen;Dustin E. Meattey

  • Benthic and Pelagic Pathways of Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Estuarine Food Webs of the Northeast United States

    Celia Y. Chen;Mark E. Borsuk;Deenie M. Bugge;Terill Hollweg

  • Methylmercury production in estuarine sediments: role of organic matter.

    Amina T. Schartup;Robert P. Mason;Prentiss H. Balcom;Terill A. Hollweg

  • Comparative toxicity of cadmium, zinc, and mixtures of cadmium and zinc to daphnids

    Joseph R. Shaw;Thomas D. Dempsey;Celia Y. Chen;Joshua W. Hamilton

  • Multiple stress effects of Vision herbicide, pH, and food on zooplankton and larval amphibian species from forest wetlands.

    Celia Y. Chen;Kevin M. Hathaway;Carol L. Folt

  • Experimental and natural warming elevates mercury concentrations in estuarine fish.

    Jennifer A. Dijkstra;Kate L. Buckman;Darren Ward;David W. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol L. Folt
Carol L. Folt Dartmouth College
Robert P. Mason
Robert P. Mason University of Connecticut
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Brian P. Jackson
Brian P. Jackson Dartmouth College
David C. Evers
David C. Evers University of Minnesota
Nicholas S. Fisher
Nicholas S. Fisher Stony Brook University
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Elsie M. Sunderland
Elsie M. Sunderland Harvard University
Chad R. Hammerschmidt
Chad R. Hammerschmidt Wright State University

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