Gord Paterson

Contact

gpaterso@mtu.edu
906-487-1120
GLRC 205

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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Legacy and emerging pollutants
Ecotoxicology
Great Lakes fisheries
Multiple stressors
Fisheries bioenergetics

Research Interests

Using pollutants as ecological tracers
Overwintering bioaccumulation and bioamplification
Energy dynamics in Great Lakes food-webs
Energetic costs of multiple stressors

Recent Publications

Saavedra NE., Rush SA., Olin JA., and Paterson G. (2023) Combined tracers reveal the multi-dimensionality of resource partitioning among sympatric forage fish. Freshwater Biology, 68:288-300.
Diedrich CJ., Gerig BS., and Paterson G. (2022) Spatial comparison of persistent organic pollutants in the Boardman River following impoundment removal and channel restoration. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 109:977-983.
Paterson G., De Luca B., Bentzen E., Lasenby DC., Lean DRS., and Hickie BE. (2022). Lacustrine characteristics predict lipid contents of mysid shrimp (Mysis diluviana) populations. Limnologica 92: e125942.
Roose H., Paterson G., Frisk MG., Cerrato RM., Nitschke P., and Olin JA. (2021). Regional variation in mercury bioaccumulation among NW Atlantic Golden (Lopholatilus chamaleonticeps) and Blueline (Caulolatilus microps) tilefish. Environmental Pollution 284: 117177
Paterson G., DiPierdomenico LL., and Haffner GD. (2020). Basin specific pollutant profiles define Lake Huron forage fishes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39: 1712-1723.
Hebert CE., Weseloh DVC., Arts MT., de Solla SR., Moore DJ., Paterson G., and Pekarik C. (2020). Trends in herring gull egg quality over four decades reflect ecosystem state. Journal of Great Lakes Research 46:538-548.
Metcalfe, CD., Helm P., Paterson G., Kaltenecker G., Murray C., M. Nowierski, M., and Sultana T. (2019). Pesticides related to land use in watersheds of the Great Lakes basin. Science of the Total Environment 648: 681-692.
Li J., Haffner GD., Paterson G., Walters DM., Burtnyk MD., and Drouillard KG. (2018). Importance of growth on mercury and polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation in fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37: 1655-1667.
McPhedran K., Grgicak-Mannion A., Paterson G., Briggs T., Ciborowski J., Haffner G.D., and Drouillard, K.G. (2017). Assessment of hazard metrics for predicting field benthic invertebrate toxicity in the Detroit River, Ontario, Canada. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Monitoring 13: 410-422.
Pitt JA., Drouillard KG., and Paterson G. (2017). Polychlorinated biphenyl bioaccumulation patterns among lower Lake Erie trophic level consumers reflect species ecologies. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 98: 65-70.