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Melissa A. McKinney

Melissa A. McKinney

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
3982
World Ranking
9206
National Ranking
428

Overview

Melissa A. McKinney is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science with a particular focus on ecological and toxicological impacts. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work emphasizes several key topics, prominently featuring Marine animal studies overview, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

McKinney has contributed to multiple publications with a focus on Arctic environmental changes and chemical contaminant dynamics within ecosystems. Recent notable papers include:

  • "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)
  • "Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Biotic interactions" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are the largest contributor to polycyclic aromatic compound concentrations in traditional foods of the Bigstone Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada" (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • "Individual Prey Specialization Drives PCBs in Icelandic Killer Whales" (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)

Their research frequently appears in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Marine Ecology Progress Series, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing.

Collaborative work is an important aspect of McKinney's career, having worked with co-authors including Runé Dietz, Christian Sonne, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Steven H. Ferguson, and Robert J. Letcher, among others. These partnerships have contributed to multi-disciplinary approaches in environmental and ecological studies.

Best Publications

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated and chlorinated contaminants and their metabolites in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland.

    Robert J. Letcher;Wouter A. Gebbink;Christian Sonne;Erik W. Born

  • Global change effects on the long‐term feeding ecology and contaminant exposures of East Greenland polar bears

    Melissa A. McKinney;Melissa A. McKinney;Sara J. Iverson;Aaron T. Fisk;Christian Sonne

  • Sea ice-associated diet change increases the levels of chlorinated and brominated contaminants in polar bears.

    Melissa A. McKinney;Elizabeth Peacock;Robert J. Letcher

  • Biotransformation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) and rat mammalian model using an in vitro hepatic microsomal assay.

    Melissa A. McKinney;Sylvain De Guise;Daniel Martineau;Pierre Béland

  • Flame retardants and legacy contaminants in polar bears from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland and Svalbard, 2005-2008.

    Melissa A. McKinney;Robert J. Letcher;Jon Aars;Erik W. Born

  • The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs.

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  • Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions.

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  • Rapid Environmental Change Drives Increased Land Use by an Arctic Marine Predator

    Todd C. Atwood;Elizabeth L. Peacock;Melissa A. McKinney;Kate Lillie

  • State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic

    Heli Routti;Todd C. Atwood;Thea Bechshoft;Andrei Boltunov

  • A review of ecological impacts of global climate change on persistent organic pollutant and mercury pathways and exposures in arctic marine ecosystems

    Melissa McKinney;Sara Pedro;Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne

  • 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

  • Organohalogen contaminants and metabolites in beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) liver from two Canadian populations

    Melissa A. McKinney;Sylvain De Guise;Daniel Martineau;Pierre Béland

  • Three decades (1983–2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 1: Legacy organochlorine contaminants

    Rune Dietz;Frank F. Rigét;Christian Sonne;Erik W. Born

  • Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling of immune, reproductive and carcinogenic effects from contaminant exposure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) across the Arctic

    Rune Dietz;Kim Gustavson;Christian Sonne;Jean-Pierre Desforges

  • Trophic Transfer of Contaminants in a Changing Arctic Marine Food Web: Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada

    Melissa A. McKinney;Melissa A. McKinney;Bailey C. McMeans;Gregg T. Tomy;Bruno Rosenberg

  • The role of diet on long-term concentration and pattern trends of brominated and chlorinated contaminants in western Hudson Bay polar bears, 1991–2007

    Melissa A. McKinney;Ian Stirling;Nick J. Lunn;Elizabeth Peacock

  • Comparative hepatic microsomal biotransformation of selected PBDEs, including decabromodiphenyl ether, and decabromodiphenyl ethane flame retardants in Arctic marine-feeding mammals

    Melissa A. McKinney;Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Sylvain De Guise

  • Global versus local causes and health implications of high mercury concentrations in sharks from the east coast of South Africa.

    Melissa A. McKinney;Kylie Dean;Nigel E. Hussey;Geremy Cliff

  • Three decades (1983-2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 2: brominated flame retardants.

    Rune Dietz;Frank F. Rigét;Christian Sonne;Erik W. Born

  • Environmental and behavioral changes may influence the exposure of an Arctic apex predator to pathogens and contaminants

    Todd C. Atwood;Colleen Duncan;Kelly A. Patyk;Pauline Nol

  • Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and metabolites: Relation to circulating thyroid hormone and retinol in nestling bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

    Lillian S. Cesh;Kyle H. Elliott;Susan Quade;Melissa A. McKinney

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Todd C. Atwood
Todd C. Atwood United States Geological Survey
Erik W. Born
Erik W. Born University of Alberta
Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Steven H. Ferguson
Steven H. Ferguson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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