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Research Interests:
Remediation of Eutrophic Prairie Lakes
Fate and Effects of Brominated Flame Retardants in Aquatic Ecosystems
Factors Controlling Mercury Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Fish
Publications
Orihel, D., M. Paterson, R. Bodaly, P. Blanchfield, C. Gilmour, H. Hintelmann. Temporal changes in the distribution, methylation, and bioaccumulation of newly deposited mercury. Environmental Pollution, in press.
Orihel, D., M. Paterson, P. Blanchfield, R. Bodaly, H. Hintelmann. Experimental evidence of a linear relationship between inorganic mercury loading and methylmercury accumulation by aquatic biota. Environmental Science and Technology 41, 4952-4958.
Orihel, D., M. Paterson, C. Gilmour, R. Bodaly, P. Blanchfield, H. Hintelmann, R. Harris, J. Rudd. 2006. Effect of loading rate on the fate of mercury in littoral mesocosms. Environmental Science and Technology 40, 5592-6000.
Poulain, A., D. Orihel, M. Amyot, M. Paterson, H. Hintelmann, G. Southworth. 2006. Relationship between inorganic mercury loading to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion. Chemosphere 65, 2199-2207.
Blanchfield, P., L. Flavelle, T. Hodge, D. Orihel. 2005. The response of lake trout to manual tracking. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134, 346-355.
Education
Masters of Natural Resource Management,
University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Science, Honours (Ecology)
University of British Columbia
Employment
(2005-07) Aquatic Biologist,
Freshwater Institute/Experimental Lakes Area
(2000-01) Fisheries Technician
Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
Contact information:
Phone: (780) 492-1287
Email: orihel@ualberta.ca
Office: Z-818
Last Modified:2008-03-17 |