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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
142
Citations
73145
World Ranking
43
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Derek C. G. Muir is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with substantial contributions to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Other areas of study include atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, pollution, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Derek C. G. Muir has contributed to several frequent publication venues, such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated with various coauthors, including:

  • Amila O. De Silva
  • Jane L. Kirk
  • Magali Houde
  • Robert J. Letcher
  • Rainer Lohmann

Some recent papers by Derek C. G. Muir include:

  • "Toward a Global Understanding of Chemical Pollution: A First Comprehensive Analysis of National and Regional Chemical Inventories," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Spatial and Temporal Trends of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Global Ocean and Coastal Waters," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A Deep Dive into the Complex Chemical Mixture and Toxicity of Tire Wear Particle Leachate in Fathead Minnow," 2021, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs," 2022, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • "Ice Core Record of Persistent Short-Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact From Global Environmental Regulations," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Derek C. G. Muir was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Biological Monitoring of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Review

    Magali Houde;Jonathan W. Martin;Robert J. Letcher;Keith R. Solomon

  • Bioconcentration and tissue distribution of perfluorinated acids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Jonathan W. Martin;Scott A. Mabury;Keith R. Solomon;Derek C. G. Muir

  • Monitoring of perfluorinated compounds in aquatic biota: an updated review.

    Magali Houde;Amila O. De Silva;Derek C. G. Muir;Robert J. Letcher

  • Identification of Long-Chain Perfluorinated Acids in Biota from the Canadian Arctic

    Jonathan W Martin;Marla M Smithwick;Birgit M Braune;Paul F Hoekstra

  • Toward a Global Understanding of Chemical Pollution: A First Comprehensive Analysis of National and Regional Chemical Inventories.

    Zhanyun Wang;Glen W Walker;Derek C G Muir;Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida

  • Arctic contaminants : sources, occurrence and pathways

    L.A. Barrie;D. Gregor;B. Hargrave;R. Lake

  • State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012. Summary for Decision-Makers

    Georg Becher;Åke Bergman;Poul Bjerregaard;Riana Bornman

  • Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways.

    R.W. Macdonald;L.A. Barrie;T.F. Bidleman;M.L. Diamond

  • Monitoring Perfluorinated Surfactants in Biota and Surface Water Samples Following an Accidental Release of Fire-Fighting Foam into Etobicoke Creek

    Cheryl A Moody;Jonathan W Martin;Wai Chi Kwan;Derek C G Muir

  • Global fate of POPs: current and future research directions.

    Rainer Lohmann;Knut Breivik;Knut Breivik;Jordi Dachs;Derek Muir

  • Organochlorine contaminants in arctic marine food chains: accumulation of specific polychlorinated biphenyls and chlordane-related compounds

    Derek C. G. Muir;Ross J. Norstrom;Mary. Simon

  • Are There Other Persistent Organic Pollutants? A Challenge for Environmental Chemists.

    Derek C. G. Muir;Philip H. Howard

  • Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in a Food Web from Lake Ontario

    Jonathan W Martin;D Michael Whittle;Derek C G Muir;Scott A Mabury

  • Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the Arctic

    Cynthia A. de Wit;Mehran Alaee;Derek C.G. Muir

  • Mercury and other trace elements in a pelagic Arctic marine food web (Northwater Polynya, Baffin Bay)

    Linda M. Campbell;Ross J. Norstrom;Keith A. Hobson;Derek C.G. Muir

  • Accumulation of persistent organochlorine compounds in mountains of western Canada

    Jules M. Blais;Jules M. Blais;Jules M. Blais;David W. Schindler;Derek C. G. Muir;Derek C. G. Muir;Derek C. G. Muir;Lynda E. Kimpe

  • Dietary accumulation of perfluorinated acids in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Jonathan W. Martin;Scott A. Mabury;Keith R. Solomon;Derek C. G. Muir

  • Endosulfan, a global pesticide: a review of its fate in the environment and occurrence in the Arctic.

    Jan Weber;Crispin J. Halsall;Derek Muir;Camilla Teixeira

  • Biological and chemical factors of importance in the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of persistent organochlorine contaminants in Arctic marine food webs.

    Katrine Borgå;Katrine Borgå;Aaron T. Fisk;Paul F. Hoekstra;Derek C. G. Muir

  • Arctic marine ecosystem contamination

    D.C.G. Muir;R. Wagemann;B.T. Hargrave;D.J. Thomas

  • Toward a Global Network for Persistent Organic Pollutants in Air: Results from the GAPS Study.

    Karla Pozo;Tom Harner;Frank Wania;Derek C. G. Muir

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Mabury
Scott A. Mabury University of Toronto
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Karen A. Kidd
Karen A. Kidd McMaster University
Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
Gary A. Stern
Gary A. Stern University of Manitoba
Ross J. Norstrom
Ross J. Norstrom Carleton University

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