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Overview

Neil M. Burgess is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research centers on Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Sociology and Political Science.

The primary topics of their work cover Marine Animal Studies Overview, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Environmental Conservation and Management.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Neil M. Burgess include:

  • Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • Mitigating the Impacts of Development Corridors on Biodiversity: A Global Review, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Factors influencing mercury levels in Leach's storm-petrels at northwest Atlantic colonies, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mercury levels in North Atlantic seabirds: A synthesis, 2022, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Inter-colony variation in predation, mercury burden and adult survival in a declining seabird, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Neil M. Burgess frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Conservation Biology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent coauthors in their research efforts include Ingrid L. Pollet, Diego Juffe-Bignoli, Christine Tam, Jessica Thorn, and Joseph W. Bull, demonstrating collaborative work with multiple experts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Patterns and interpretation of mercury exposure in freshwater avian communities in northeastern north America.

    David C. Evers;Neil M. Burgess;Louise Champoux;Bart Hoskins

  • Geographic trend in mercury measured in common loon feathers and blood

    David C Evers;Joseph D. Kaplan;Michael W Meyer;Peter S. Reaman

  • Methylmercury exposure associated with reduced productivity in common loons

    Neil M. Burgess;Michael W. Meyer

  • An assessment of the toxicological significance of anthropogenic contaminants in Canadian arctic wildlife.

    Aaron T. Fisk;Cynthia A. de Wit;Mark Wayland;Zou Zou Kuzyk

  • Mercury in Freshwater Fish of Northeast North America – A Geographic Perspective Based on Fish Tissue Monitoring Databases

    Neil C Kamman;Neil M Burgess;Charles T Driscoll;Howard A Simonin

  • Toxicity of dietary methylmercury to fish: derivation of ecologically meaningful threshold concentrations.

    David C. Depew;Niladri Basu;Neil M. Burgess;Linda M. Campbell

  • 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

  • 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

  • Marine Foraging Birds As Bioindicators of Mercury in the Gulf of Maine

    M. Wing Goodale;David C. Evers;Steven E. Mierzykowski;Alexander L. Bond;Alexander L. Bond

  • Mercury and other Contaminants in Common Loons Breeding in Atlantic Canada

    Neil M. Burgess;David C. Evers;Joseph D. Kaplan

  • Mercury biomagnification in the food webs of acidic lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

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  • Mercury trends in herring gull (Larus argentatus) eggs from Atlantic Canada, 1972-2008: Temporal change or dietary shift?

    Neil M. Burgess;Alexander L. Bond;Craig E. Hebert;Ewa Neugebauer

  • Perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and sulfonates and precursors in relation to dietary source tracers in the eggs of four species of gulls (Larids) from breeding sites spanning Atlantic to Pacific Canada.

    Wouter A. Gebbink;Robert J. Letcher;Neil M. Burgess;Louise Champoux

  • Reproduction of cavity-nesting birds in pesticide-sprayed apple orchards in southern Ontario, Canada, 1988–1994

    Christine A. Bishop;Brian Collins;Pierre Mineau;Neil M. Burgess

  • European starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris ) suggest that landfills are an important source of bioaccumulative flame retardants to Canadian terrestrial ecosystems

    Da Chen;Pamela Martin;Neil M. Burgess;Louise Champoux

  • INTERACTIVE MORTALITY FACTORS IN COMMON LOONS FROM MARITIME CANADA

    Pierre-Yves Daoust;Gary Conboy;Scott McBurney;Neil Burgess

  • PCBs in sediments and the coastal food web near a local contaminant source in Saglek Bay, Labrador.

    Z.A. Kuzyk;J.P. Stow;N.M. Burgess;S.M. Solomon

  • Lead and stable lead isotope ratios in soil, earthworms, and bones of American woodcock (Scolopax minor) from eastern Canada.

    Anton M. Scheuhammer;Della E. Bond;Neil M. Burgess;Jean Rodrigue

  • Derivation of screening benchmarks for dietary methylmercury exposure for the common loon (Gavia immer): Rationale for use in ecological risk assessment

    David C. Depew;Niladri Basu;Neil M. Burgess;Linda M. Campbell

  • Biological effects of marine PCB contamination on black guillemot nestlings at Saglek, Labrador: liver biomarkers.

    Zou Zou A. Kuzyk;Neil M. Burgess;Jason P. Stow;Glen A. Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Elliott
John E. Elliott Environment and Climate Change Canada
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Linda M. Campbell
Linda M. Campbell Saint Mary's University
David C. Evers
David C. Evers University of Minnesota
Karen A. Kidd
Karen A. Kidd McMaster University
Craig E. Hebert
Craig E. Hebert Carleton University
Anton M. Scheuhammer
Anton M. Scheuhammer Carleton University
Kelly R. Munkittrick
Kelly R. Munkittrick University of New Brunswick
Chad R. Hammerschmidt
Chad R. Hammerschmidt Wright State University
Celia Y. Chen
Celia Y. Chen Dartmouth College

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