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Overview

Michel Fournier is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Small Animals, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Animal Testing and Alternatives, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Heat Shock Proteins Research.

Recent scholarly contributions by Michel Fournier include the following publications:

  • "In vitro assessment of the genotoxicity and immunotoxicity of treated and untreated municipal effluents and receiving waters in freshwater organisms," 2023, published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Molecular response of a sub-antarctic population of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis platensis) to a moderate thermal stress," 2021, published in Marine Environmental Research
  • "The Effects of Municipal Effluents on Oxidative Stress, Immunocompetence and DNA Integrity in Fathead Minnow Juveniles," 2025, published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Michel Fournier's research activity. Frequent co-authors include C. André, François Gagné, Ève A.M. Gilroy, Christine Kleinert, and Émilie Lacaze.

Their publications have appeared in select venues that include Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Marine Environmental Research, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Ecotoxicity of CdTe quantum dots to freshwater mussels: Impacts on immune system, oxidative stress and genotoxicity

    F Gagné;J Auclair;P Turcotte;M Fournier

  • Effects of agricultural pesticides on the immune system of Rana pipiens and on its resistance to parasitic infection

    Marie-Soleil Christin;Andrée D. Gendron;Pauline Brousseau;Lucie Ménard

  • Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands

    Audrey Smargiassi;Mark S Goldberg;Céline Plante;Michel Fournier

  • Neighborhood Social Inequalities in Road Traffic Injuries: The Influence of Traffic Volume and Road Design

    Patrick Morency;Lise Gauvin;Céline Plante;Michel Fournier

  • Effects of agricultural pesticides on the immune system of Xenopus laevis and Rana pipiens.

    M.S. Christin;L. Ménard;A.D. Gendron;S. Ruby

  • Response of the amphibian tadpole (Xenopus laevis) to atrazine during sexual differentiation of the testis

    Luz Tavera-Mendoza;Sylvia Ruby;Pauline Brousseau;Michel Fournier

  • Phagocytic activity of marine and freshwater bivalves: in vitro exposure of hemocytes to metals (Ag, Cd, Hg and Zn).

    S Sauvé;P Brousseau;J Pellerin;Y Morin

  • Flow cytometry as a tool to monitor the disturbance of phagocytosis in the clam Mya arenaria hemocytes following in vitro exposure to heavy metals.

    P Brousseau;J Pellerin;Y Morin;Y Morin;D Cyr

  • Phagocytosis as a Biomarker of Immunotoxicity in Wildlife Species Exposed to Environmental Xenobiotics1

    Michel Fournier;Michel Fournier;Daniel Cyr;Barry Blakley;Herman Boermans

  • Exposure of leopard frogs to a pesticide mixture affects life history characteristics of the lungworm Rhabdias ranae.

    A. D. Gendron;D. J. Marcogliese;S. Barbeau;M.-S. Christin

  • Effects of in vitro exposure of beluga whale leukocytes to selected organochlorines.

    De Guise S;Martineau D;Béland P;Fournier M

  • Effects of selected pharmaceutical products on phagocytic activity in Elliptio complanata mussels

    F. Gagné;C. Blaise;M. Fournier;P.D. Hansen

  • Spatiotemporal modeling of ozone levels in Quebec (Canada): a comparison of kriging, land-use regression (LUR), and combined Bayesian maximum entropy-LUR approaches.

    Ariane Adam-Poupart;Allan Brand;Michel Fournier;Michael Jerrett

  • Associations between ambient fine particulate levels and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

    Sasha Bernatsky;Michel Fournier;Christian A. Pineau;Ann E. Clarke

  • Increased apoptosis, changes in intracellular Ca2+, and functional alterations in lymphocytes and macrophages after in vitro exposure to static magnetic field

    Flipo D;Fournier M;Benquet C;Roux P

  • Consequences of xenoestrogen exposure on male reproductive function in spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius).

    Jayaprakash Aravindakshan;Valérie Paquet;Mary Gregory;Julie Dufresne

  • Impact Evaluation of a Public Bicycle Share Program on Cycling: A Case Example of BIXI in Montreal, Quebec

    Daniel Fuller;Lise Gauvin;Yan Kestens;Mark Daniel

  • Physiological effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

    H. Frouin;J. Pellerin;M. Fournier;E. Pelletier

  • Effects of short-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of different pharmaceutical mixtures on the immune response of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis.

    Marion Gust;Marlène Fortier;Jeanne Garric;Michel Fournier

  • Seasonal variations of immune parameters in diploid and triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)

    Matthieu B. Duchemin;Matthieu B. Duchemin;Michel Fournier;Michel Auffret

Frequent Co-Authors

François Gagné
François Gagné Environment and Climate Change Canada
Daniel G. Cyr
Daniel G. Cyr University of Quebec
Audrey Smargiassi
Audrey Smargiassi University of Montreal
David J. Marcogliese
David J. Marcogliese Environment and Climate Change Canada
Sébastien Sauvé
Sébastien Sauvé University of Montreal
Christian Blaise
Christian Blaise Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christian Gagnon
Christian Gagnon Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mike O. Hammill
Mike O. Hammill Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Lise Gauvin
Lise Gauvin University of Montreal
Mark Daniel
Mark Daniel University of Canberra

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