Heather A. Morrison, Ph.D.
Recherche et / ou projets en cours
Contribution au mandat d'Environnement Canada qui consiste à protéger les Canadiens et leur environnement contre les effets de la pollution et des déchets
Activités professionnelles / intérêts
Établissement de liens solides entre la communauté scientifique et celle de l’élaboration des politiques afin de favoriser la prestation d’avis scientifiques pertinents soutenant la prise de décision
Prix et études
Médaille du Jubilé de Diamont de la Reine Elizabeth II
Doctorat en écotoxicologie (spécialisation en modélisation mathématique et en évaluation des risques), Université de Windsor, 1996
Baccalauréat en sciences biologie (avec mention), Université Queen's, 1992
Principales publications
Dastoor, A., A. Ryzhkov, D. Durnford, I. Lehnherr, A. Steffen, H. Morrison. 2015. Atmospheric mercury in the Canadian Arctic. Part II: Insight from modelling. Sci. Total Environ. 509-510:16-27.
Morrison, H., J. Chetelat, E. Kruemmel, J. Stow. 2014. Introduction. Ch. 1. In: The Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report Phase 3 on Mercury. Eds. J. Chetelat and B. Braune. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Northern Contaminants Program.
Steffen, A., A. Cole, A. Dastoor, M. Antoniadis, P. Ariya, H. Morrison. 2014. Atmospheric Mercury. Ch. 3. In: The Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report Phase 3 on Mercury. Eds. J. Chetelat and B. Braune. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Northern Contaminants Program.
Wiener, J.G., D.C. Evers, D.A. Gay, H.A. Morrison, K.A. Williams. 2012. Mercury contamination in the Laurentian Great Lakes region: Introduction and overview. Environ. Pollution. 161:243-251.
Morrison, H.A. 2011. The Canadian Clean Air Regulatory Agenda Mercury Science Program. Ecotoxicology. 20:1512-1519.
Evers, D.C., J.G. Wiener, N. Basu, R.A. Bodaly, H.A. Morrison, K.A. Williams. 2011. Mercury in the Great Lakes region: bioaccumulation, spatiotemporal patterns, ecological risks, and policy. Ecotoxicology. 20:1487-1499.
Canadian Acid Deposition Science Assessment (2004). Published as: Environment Canada. 2005. Canadian Acid Deposition Science Assessment (2004).
Canada-U.S. Air Quality Committee (Subcommittee 2: Scientific Cooperation) for Canada-United States Transboundary Particulate Matter Science Assessment, 2004.
Meteorological Service of Canada. 2002. Atmospheric Science of PM in Canada: Update in Support of the Canada-wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone (Time period: 1997-2002). Available from Canadian Councilof Ministers of the Environment.
Morrison, H.A. 2001. Diagnostique: Federal Water Policy and Ontario Region. Environmental Policy and Assessment, Environment Canada-Ontario Region. 112 pp.
Hebert, C.E. and H.A. Morrison. 2003. Consumption of fish and other prey items by Lake Erie waterbirds. J. Great Lakes Res. 29:213-227.
Morrison, H.A., G.D. Haffner and D.M. Whittle. 2002. A comparison of the transport and fate of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in three Great Lakes food webs. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 21:683-692.
Morrison, H.A., C.K. Minns and J.F. Koonce. 2001. A methodology for identifying and classifying Aquatic Biodiversity Investment Areas: Application in the Great Lakes basin. Aquat. Ecosys. Health and Manag. 4:1-12.
Morrison, H.A., D.M. Whittle and G.D. Haffner. 2000. The relative importance of species invasions and sediment disturbance in regulating chemical dynamics in western Lake Erie. Ecological Modelling 125:279-294. [doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00189-].
Morrison, H. A., D.M. Whittle, C.D. Metcalfe and A.J. Niimi. 1999. Application of a food web bioaccumulation model for the prediction of PCB, dioxin and furan congener concentrations in Lake Ontario aquatic biota. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56:1389-1400.
Morrison, H., R. Lazar, D.M. Whittle, G.D. Haffner and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1998. Projected changes to the trophodynamics of PCBs in the western Lake Erie ecosystem attributed to the presence of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Environ. Sci. Technol. 32:24: 3862-3867.
Morrison, H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, R. Lazar, D.M. Whittle and G.D. Haffner. 1997. Development and verification of a benthic/pelagic food web bioaccumulation model for PCB congeners in western Lake Erie. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31:3267-3273.
Morrison, H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, R. Lazar and G.D. Haffner. 1996. Development and verification of a bioaccumulation model for organic contaminants in benthic invertebrates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30:3377-3384.
Morrison, H.A., T. Yankovich, R. Lazar and G.D. Haffner. 1995. Calibration and use of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to estimate bioavailable organic chemical concentrations in water. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52:2574-2582.