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Paul K. Sibley

Paul K. Sibley

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
10268
World Ranking
5188
National Ranking
218

Overview

Paul K. Sibley is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research primarily occupies the field of environmental science, with a focus on several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, ecology, pollution, and oceanography.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for Paul K. Sibley include:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Their work involves collaboration with several co-authors, notably:

  • Ryan S. Prosser
  • René S. Shahmohamadloo
  • Xavier Ortiz Almirall
  • Satyendra P. Bhavsar
  • Moira M. Ijzerman

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul K. Sibley include:

  • "Cyanotoxins within and Outside of Microcystis aeruginosa Cause Adverse Effects in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "The sustainable agriculture imperative: A perspective on the need for an agrosystem approach to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030", 2021, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • "Fish tissue accumulation and proteomic response to microcystins is species-dependent", 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Lake Erie fish safe to eat yet afflicted by algal hepatotoxins", 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Shotgun proteomics analysis reveals sub-lethal effects in Daphnia magna exposed to cell-bound microcystins produced by Microcystis aeruginosa", 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics

Best Publications

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Murray A. Rudd;Bryan W. Brooks;Daniel J. Caldwell

  • Sources, pathways, and relative risks of contaminants in surface water and groundwater: a perspective prepared for the Walkerton inquiry.

    Len Ritter;Keith Solomon;Paul Sibley;Ken Hall

  • Effects of 25 pharmaceutical compounds to Lemna gibba using a seven-day static-renewal test.

    Richard A. Brain;David J. Johnson;Sean M. Richards;Hans Sanderson

  • Human health risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in plant tissue due to biosolids and manure amendments, and wastewater irrigation.

    R.S. Prosser;P.K. Sibley

  • 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

  • An exposure assessment for selected pharmaceuticals within a watershed in Southern Ontario.

    Linda Lissemore;Chunyan Hao;Paul Yang;Paul K. Sibley

  • Effects of ten antibiotics on seed germination and root elongation in three plant species.

    Derek G. Hillis;James Fletcher;Keith R. Solomon;Paul K. Sibley

  • Microcosm evaluation of the effects of an eight pharmaceutical mixture to the aquatic macrophytes Lemna gibba and Myriophyllum sibiricum.

    Richard A. Brain;David J. Johnson;Sean M. Richards;Mark L. Hanson

  • Toxicity of human pharmaceuticals and personal care products to benthic invertebrates

    Ève B. Dussault;Vimal K. Balakrishnan;Ed Sverko;Keith R. Solomon

  • Laboratory Evaluation of the Toxicity of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) on Selenastrum capricornutum, Chlorella vulgaris, Lemna gibba, Daphnia magna, and Daphnia pulicaria

    T. M. Boudreau;P. K. Sibley;S. A. Mabury;D. G. C. Muir

  • Effects of pharmaceutical mixtures in aquatic microcosms.

    Sean M. Richards;Christian J. Wilson;David J. Johnson;Dawn M. Castle

  • Acute toxicity of 6 neonicotinoid insecticides to freshwater invertebrates

    Melanie Raby;Monica Nowierski;Dmitri Perlov;Xiaoming Zhao

  • The significance of growth in Chironomus tentans sediment toxicity tests: Relationship to reproduction and demographic endpoints

    Paul K. Sibley;Duane A. Benoit;Gerald T. Ankley

  • Fluorotelomer acids are more toxic than perfluorinated acids.

    Michelle M MacDonald Phillips;Mary Joyce A Dinglasan-Panlilio;Scott A Mabury;Keith R Solomon

  • General guidelines for using the sediment quality triad

    Peter M. Chapman;Brian Anderson;Scott Carr;Virginia Engle

  • Transgenerational shifts in reproduction hormesis in green peach aphid exposed to low concentrations of imidacloprid.

    Murali-Mohan Ayyanath;Murali-Mohan Ayyanath;G. Christopher Cutler;Cynthia D. Scott-Dupree;Paul K. Sibley

  • Short-term exposures of fish to perfluorooctane sulfonate: Acute effects on fatty acyl-CoA oxidase activity, oxidative stress, and circulating sex steroids

    Ken D. Oakes;Paul K. Sibley;Jon W. Martin;Dan D. Maclean

  • Chironomus tentans life-cycle test: Design and evaluation for use in assessing toxicity of contaminated sediments

    Duane A. Benoit;Paul K. Sibley;Jamie L. Juenemann;Gerald T. Ankley

  • New concepts in ecological risk assessment: where do we go from here?

    Keith R Solomon;Paul Sibley

  • The fate and persistence of trifluoroacetic and chloroacetic acids in pond waters

    David A Ellis;Mark L Hanson;Paul K Sibley;Tazeen Shahid

  • Ecological Impacts of Toxic Chemicals

    Francisco Sánchez-Bayo;Paul J. van den Brink;Reinier M. Mann;María Jesús Belzunce

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
David P. Kreutzweiser
David P. Kreutzweiser Natural Resources Canada
Scott A. Mabury
Scott A. Mabury University of Toronto
Karen A. Kidd
Karen A. Kidd McMaster University
Gerald T. Ankley
Gerald T. Ankley Environmental Protection Agency
Andrew M. Gordon
Andrew M. Gordon University of Guelph
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Scott D. Dyer
Scott D. Dyer LeTourneau University
Satyendra P. Bhavsar
Satyendra P. Bhavsar University of Toronto
Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University

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