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Kelly R. Munkittrick

Kelly R. Munkittrick

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
10115
World Ranking
3881
National Ranking
162

Overview

Kelly R. Munkittrick is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ecology, global and planetary change, and pollution.

Their work encompasses several key topics, among which fish ecology and management studies feature prominently. They have also focused on isotope analysis in ecology, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, marine and fisheries research, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, as well as mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kelly R. Munkittrick include Mark R. Servos, Maricor J. Arlos, Mark E. McMaster, R. Allen Curry, and Tim J. Arciszewski.

Kelly R. Munkittrick has published in a range of scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in Frontiers in Endocrinology, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Environmental Management, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers by Kelly R. Munkittrick include:

  • Methylmercury biomagnification in coastal aquatic food webs from western Patagonia and western Antarctic Peninsula, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Endocrine Disruptor Impacts on Fish From Chile: The Influence of Wastewaters, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Essential components and pathways for developing Indigenous community-based monitoring: Examples from the Canadian oil sands region, 2021, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Large dam renewals and removals-Part 1: Building a science framework to support a decision-making process, 2020, River Research and Applications
  • Combining chemical, bioanalytical and predictive tools to assess persistence, seasonality, and sporadic releases of organic micropollutants within the urban water cycle, 2023, Water Research

Best Publications

  • Impact of Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent on Population Characteristics, Liver MFO Activity, and Serum Steroid Levels of a Lake Superior White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Population

    K. R. Munkittrick;C. B. Portt;G. J. Van Der Kraak;I. R. Smith

  • Exposure to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent disrupts the pituitary-gonadal axis of white sucker at multiple sites

    G.J. Van Der Kraak;K.R. Munkittrick;M.E. McMaster;C.B. Portt

  • Changes in hepatic mixed-function oxygenase (MFO) activity, plasma steroid levels and age at maturity of a white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) population exposed to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent

    M.E. McMaster;G.J. Van Der Kraak;C.B. Portt;K.R. Munkittrick

  • Survey of receiving-water environmental impacts associated with discharges from pulp mills: 2. Gonad size, liver size, hepatic erod activity and plasma sex steroid levels in white sucker

    Kelly R. Munkittrick;Mark R. Servos;Glen J. Van Der Kraak;Mark E. McMaster

  • Pollution and parasitism in aquatic animals: a meta-analysis of effect size.

    Christopher A. Blanar;Kelly R. Munkittrick;Jeff Houlahan;Deborah L. MacLatchy

  • Changes in Maturity, Plasma Sex Steroid Levels, Hepatic Mixed-Function Oxygenase Activity, and the Presence of External Lesions in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Exposed to Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent

    K. R. Munkittrick;M. E. McMaster;C. B. Portt;G. J. Van Der Kraak

  • Using stable isotope analysis with telemetry or mark-recapture data to identify fish movement and foraging

    R.A. Cunjak;Jean-Marc Roussel;M.A. Gray;J.P. Dietrich

  • The relative sensitivity of microtox®, daphnid, rainbow trout, and fathead minnow acute lethality tests

    K. R. Munkittrick;E. A. Power;G. A. Sergy

  • An overview of recent studies on the potential of pulp‐mill effluents to alter reproductive parameters in fish

    K.R. Munkittrick;M. E. McMaster;L.H. McCarthy;M. R. Servos

  • Seasonal changes in the quality of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) semen: Effect of a delay in stripping on spermatocrit, motility, volume and seminal plasma constituents

    K.R. Munkittrick;R.D. Moccia

  • Relationship between Concentrations of Copper and Zinc in Water, Sediment, Benthic Invertebrates, and Tissues of White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) at Metal-Contaminated Sites

    P. A. Miller;K. R. Munkittrick;D. G. Dixon

  • Intersex in teleost fish: Are we distinguishing endocrine disruption from natural phenomena?

    Paulina A. Bahamonde;Kelly R. Munkittrick;Christopher J. Martyniuk

  • Milt characteristics, reproductive performance, and larval survival and development of white sucker exposed to bleached kraft mill effluent.

    M.E. McMaster;C.B. Portt;K.R. Munkittrick;D.G. Dixon

  • A holistic approach to ecosystem health assessment using fish population characteristics

    Kelly R. Munkittrick;D. George Dixon

  • Elevated ovarian follicular apoptosis and heat shock protein-70 expression in white sucker exposed to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent.

    D. M. Janz;M. E. Mcmaster;K. R. Munkittrick;G. Van Der Kraak

  • Prioritizing contaminants of emerging concern for ecological screening assessments.

    Jerome M. Diamond;Henry A. Latimer;Kelly R. Munkittrick;Kent W. Thornton

  • A review of potential methods of determining critical effect size for designing environmental monitoring programs.

    Kelly R. Munkittrick;Collin J. Arens;Richard B. Lowell;Greg P. Kaminski

  • PROTOCOL FOR MEASURING IN VITRO STEROID PRODUCTION BY FISH GONADAL TISSUE

    M. E. McMaster;K. R. Munkittrick;J. J. Jardine;R. D. Robinson

  • The effects of organotin on female gastropods

    Cassander P. Titley-O'Neal;Kelly R. Munkittrick;Bruce A. MacDonald

  • An Epidemiological Evaluation of the Biochemical Basis for Steroid Hormonal Depressions in Fish Exposed to Industrial Wastes

    Mark E. McMaster;Glen J. Van Der Kraak;Kelly R. Munkittrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. McMaster
Mark E. McMaster Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark R. Servos
Mark R. Servos University of Waterloo
Karen A. Kidd
Karen A. Kidd McMaster University
Ricardo Barra
Ricardo Barra University of Concepción
Joseph M. Culp
Joseph M. Culp Wilfrid Laurier University
D. George Dixon
D. George Dixon University of Waterloo
Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Neil M. Burgess
Neil M. Burgess Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gerald T. Ankley
Gerald T. Ankley Environmental Protection Agency

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