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Overview

John E. Elliott is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with significant work in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change, and Insect Science.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

John E. Elliott has contributed to various peer-reviewed publications with notable papers such as:

  • Effects of petroleum exposure on birds: A review (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Trophic magnification of legacy persistent organic pollutants in an urban terrestrial food web (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Determination of neonicotinoids and butenolide residues in avian and insect pollinators and their ambient environment in Western Canada (2017, 2018) (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Beyond bulk δ15N: Combining a suite of stable isotopic measures improves the resolution of the food webs mediating contaminant signals across space, time and communities (2021), published in Environment International
  • Mercury Exposure and Toxicological Consequences in Fish and Fish-Eating Wildlife from Anthropogenic Activity in Latin America (2020), published in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Their frequent coauthors include Mason D. King, Christine A. Bishop, Tony D. Williams, Qiuying Yang, and Kyle H. Elliott.

John E. Elliott's research is regularly published in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: A synthesis.

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Mark P. Herzog;C. Alex Hartman

  • Mink as a sentinel species in environmental health

    Niladri Basu;Anton M. Scheuhammer;Steven J. Bursian;John Elliott

  • Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides in predatory birds: Probabilistic characterisation of toxic liver concentrations and implications for predatory bird populations in Canada.

    Philippe J. Thomas;Pierre Mineau;Richard F. Shore;Louise Champoux

  • Adverse Outcome Pathway and Risks of Anticoagulant Rodenticides to Predatory Wildlife

    Barnett A. Rattner;Rebecca S. Lazarus;John E. Elliott;Richard F. Shore

  • Tracking Marine Pollution

    John E. Elliott;Kyle H. Elliott

  • Heavy metal and metallothionein concentrations in Atlantic Canadian seabirds.

    J. E. Elliott;A. M. Scheuhammer;F. A. Leighton;P. A. Pearce

  • Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Three Owl Species from Western Canada, 1988–2003

    Courtney A. Albert;Laurie K. Wilson;Pierre Mineau;Suzanne Trudeau

  • Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Trends in Eggs of Marine and Freshwater Birds from British Columbia, Canada, 1979-2002

    John E. Elliott;Laurie K. Wilson;Bryan Wakeford

  • Relationships among mercury, selenium, and neurochemical parameters in common loons ( Gavia immer ) and bald eagles ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus )

    A. M. Scheuhammer;N. Basu;N. M. Burgess;J. E. Elliott

  • Poisoning of raptors with organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides with emphasis on Canada, U.S. and U.K.

    P. Mineau;M.R. Fletcher;L.C. Glaser;N. J. Thomas

  • Identification of a Novel C10H6N2Br4Cl2 Heterocyclic Compound in Seabird Eggs. A Bioaccumulating Marine Natural Product

    Sheryl A. Tittlemier;Mary Simon;Walter M. Jarman;John E. Elliott

  • Environmental contaminants and reproductive success of great blue herons Ardea herodias in British Columbia, 1986–1987

    J.E. Elliott;R.W. Butler;R.J. Norstrom;P.E. Whitehead

  • Brodifacoum Poisoning of Avian Scavengers During Rat Control on a Seabird Colony

    G. R. Howald;P. Mineau;J. E. Elliott;K. M. Cheng

  • Transfer of DDT and metabolites from fruit orchard soils to American robins (Turdus migratorius) twenty years after agricultural use of DDT in Canada.

    M. L. Harris;L. K. Wilson;J. E. Elliott;C. A. Bishop

  • Exposure pathways of anticoagulant rodenticides to nontarget wildlife

    John E. Elliott;Sofi Hindmarch;Courtney A. Albert;Jason Emery

  • Flame retardants in eggs of four gull species (Laridae) from breeding sites spanning Atlantic to Pacific Canada

    Da Chen;Robert J. Letcher;Neil M. Burgess;Louise Champoux

  • Organochlorines and eggshell thinning in northern gannets (Sula bassanus) from Eastern Canada, 1968-1984.

    J.E. Elliott;R.J. Norstrom;J.A. Keith

  • PCBs and DDE, but not PBDEs, increase with trophic level and marine input in nestling bald eagles

    Kyle Hamish Elliott;Lillian S. Cesh;Jessica A. Dooley;Robert J. Letcher

  • Brominated Flame Retardants and Halogenated Phenolic Compounds in North American West Coast Bald Eaglet (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Plasma

    Melissa A McKinney;Lillian S Cesh;John E Elliott;Tony D Williams

  • Comparison of polychlorinated dibenzodioxin levels with hepatic mixed-function oxidase induction in great blue herons.

    Bellward Gd;Norstrom Rj;Whitehead Pe;Elliott Je

  • An ecotoxicological assessment of chlorinated hydrocarbon effects on bald eagle populations

    J. E. Elliott;M. L. Harris

  • Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife

    Nico W. van den Brink;John E. Elliott;Richard F. Shore;Barnett A. Rattner

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony D. Williams
Tony D. Williams Simon Fraser University
Kimberly M. Cheng
Kimberly M. Cheng University of British Columbia
Ross J. Norstrom
Ross J. Norstrom Carleton University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Kyle H. Elliott
Kyle H. Elliott McGill University
Christine A. Bishop
Christine A. Bishop Environment and Climate Change Canada
Pierre Mineau
Pierre Mineau Environment and Climate Change Canada
Anton M. Scheuhammer
Anton M. Scheuhammer Carleton University
Neil M. Burgess
Neil M. Burgess Environment and Climate Change Canada
Richard F. Shore
Richard F. Shore Lancaster University

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