| Academic degree: | |  | | Last name: | Muir | | First name: | Derek | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | Derek C. G. Muir, Ph.D., National Water Research Institute, Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Branch, E | | Department: | 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON L7R 6A4 CANADA | | Position: | | | Street, Number, POB: | | | Postal code, City: | | | State: | | | Country: | 867 LAKESHORE ROAD, BURLINGTON, ON L7R 6A4 CANADA | | Phone: | | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | derek.muir@cciw.ca | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Fellow Category:
Marine Conservation--Marine Contamination
Keywords:
marine pollution, environmental chemistry, persistent organic pollutants, marine ecosystem contamination, bioaccumulation, analytical chemistry, risk and exposure assessment, biodegradation ---
Brief Biography:
Derek Muir is well-known for his interdisciplinary work in the transport and uptake of organochlorines in Arctic ecosystems. He has studied this problem from a variety of perspectives, documenting contaminant burdens, examining temporal and spatial trends, and using the contaminants themselves as tracers of pollution sources and pathways. Derek heads a group of scientists working on the long range transport, fate and effects of persistent organic pollutants at the National Water Research Institute of Environment Canada. His work contributes significantly to the increased understanding of impacts of persistent chemicals on the marine environment. | | Areas of interest: | | | Articles: | 1 ESPR (2) 75-80 (1994), Bioconcentration of Superlipophilic Persistent Chemicals
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