Toxicology Centre Photo Contest 2015
"Shown is MSc student Lawrence D'Silva posing with a sediment
core collected from Buffalo Pound Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
during early springtime. The reservoir provides drinking water to
the major cities of Regina and Moose Jaw, yet is prone to summer
algal blooms, which create drinking water treatment issues.
Lawrence's research aims to understand the natural environmental
mechanisms within the reservoir that are primarily responsible for
increased nutrient loads, which stimulate the algal blooms. He
expects his research to prevent further algal bloom development
through better reservoir management, thereby leading to cleaner
drinking water".
Larry D’Silva
Sara Hanson electro-fishing for Fathead
Minnows in Wascana Creek, SK,
downstream of the City of Regina's
wastewater treatment plant to assess
potential endocrine disrupting effects of
the effluents on Fathead Minnow
populations.
Sara Hanson
I am studying how stopover site contamination affects pre-migratory
fuelling in shorebirds. To do this, I am trapping Sanderling (Calidris
alba) at Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan, a relatively uncontaminated
stopover site, and at Corpus Christi, Texas, a stopover site
contaminated by urban and industrial pollution, and I am comparing
the body condition and fuelling status of Sanderling at each location.
This picture shows a Sanderling that we trapped along the beach in
Corpus Christi. The green flag and metal band on the birds’ legs allow
us, and anyone who spots the bird after it is released, to identify it.
Kristin Bianchini
Thank you