Publications
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Mauritsson, K.; Desforges, JP.W.; Harding, K.C. Maternal Transfer and Long-Term Population Effects of PCBs in Baltic Grey Seals Using a New Toxicokinetic–Toxicodynamic Population Model. Arch. Environ. Contam Toxicol. 2022, 2022.02.01.478642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-022-00962-3.
Desforges, JP.W.; Kohlbach, D.; Carlyle, C.G.; Christine, M.; Loseto, L.; Rosenberg, B.; Yurkowski, D.; Ferguson, S. Multi-dietary tracer approach reveals little overlap in foraging ecology between seasonally sympatric ringed and harp seals in the high Arctic. Front. Mar Sci. 2022. 9, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.969327.
Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J.; Aars, J.; Andersen, M.; Boltunov, A.; Born, E. W.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Das, K.; Dastnai, S.; Derocher, A. E.; Desforges, J.-P.; et al. A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 829, 154445.
Desforges, J.-P.; Outridge, P.; Hobson, K. A.; Heide-Jørgensen, M. P.; Dietz, R. Anthropogenic and Climatic Drivers of Long-Term Changes of Mercury and Feeding Ecology in Arctic Beluga ( Delphinapterus leucas ) Populations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (1), 271–281.
Desforges, J.-P..; Legrand, E.; Boulager, E.; Liu, P.; Xia, J.; Butler, H.; Chandramouli, B.; Ewald, J.; Basu, N.; Hecker, M.; et al. Using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics to Understand Species Differences in Sensitivity to Chlorpyrifos in Japanese Quail and Double‐Crested Cormorant Embryos. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2021, 40 (11), 3019–3033.
Chimienti, M.; Beest, F. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Desforges, J.-P.; Hansen, L. H.; Stelvig, M.; Schmidt, N. M. Quantifying behavior and life‐history events of an Arctic ungulate from year‐long continuous accelerometer data. Ecosphere 2021, 12 (6), e03565.
Remili, A.; Letcher, R. J.; Samarra, F. I. P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Víkingsson, G.; Blair, D.; McKinney, M. A. Individual Prey Specialization Drives PCBs in Icelandic Killer Whales. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (8), 4923–4931.
Desforges, J.-P.; Mikkelsen, B.; Dam, M.; Rigét, F.; Sveegaard, S.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Basu, N. Mercury and neurochemical biomarkers in multiple brain regions of five Arctic marine mammals. Neurotoxicology 2021, 84 (February), 136–145.
Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Rigét, F. F.; Aubail, A.; Garde, E.; Ambus, P.; Drimmie, R.; Heide-Jørgensen, M. P.; Sonne, C. Analysis of narwhal tusks reveals lifelong feeding ecology and mercury exposure. Curr. Biol. 2021, 31 (9), 2012-2019.e2.
Schmidt, N. M.; van Beest, F. M.; Dupuch, A.; Hansen, L. H.; Desforges, J.-P.; Morris, D. W. Long-term patterns in winter habitat selection, breeding and predation in a density-fluctuating, high Arctic lemming population. Oecologia 2021, 195 (4), 927–935.
Desforges, J.-P.; Marques, G. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Hansen, L. H.; Pedersen, S. H.; Schmidt, N. M.; Beest, F. M. Environment and physiology shape Arctic ungulate population dynamics. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2021, 27 (9), 1755–1771.
Desforges, J.-P.; Beest, F. M.; Marques, G. M.; Pedersen, S. H.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Schmidt, N. M. Quantifying energetic and fitness consequences of seasonal heterothermy in an Arctic ungulate. Ecol. Evol. 2021, 11 (1), 338–351.
van Beest, F. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Huffeldt, N. P.; Pedersen, S. H.; Schmidt, N. M. Environmental conditions alter behavioural organization and rhythmicity of a large Arctic ruminant across the annual cycle. R. Soc. Open Sci. 2020, 7 (10), 201614.
Silva, W. T. A. F.; Harding, K. C.; Marques, G. M.; Bäcklin, B. M.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Kauhala, K.; Desforges, J.-P. Life cycle bioenergetics of the gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea: Population response to environmental stress. Environ. Int. 2020, 145 (September), 106145.
Bourque, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Levin, M.; Atwood, T. C.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Jensen, T. H.; Curry, E.; McKinney, M. A. Climate-associated drivers of plasma cytokines and contaminant concentrations in Beaufort Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 745, 140978.
Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Beumer, L. T.; Nabe-Nielsen, J.; van Beest, F. M.; Schmidt, N. M. Energetics as common currency for integrating high resolution activity patterns into dynamic energy budget-individual based models. Ecol. Modell. 2020, 434 (August), 109250.
Siebert, U.; Blanchet, M.; Teilmann, J.; Anderson Hansen, K.; Kristensen, J.; Bunskoek, P.; Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Desportes, G. Haematology and clinical blood chemistry in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the inner Danish waters. Environ. Int. 2020, 143 (June), 105937.
Beumer, L. T.; Pohle, J.; Schmidt, N. M.; Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Hansen, L. H.; Langrock, R.; Pedersen, S. H.; Stelvig, M.; van Beest, F. M. An application of upscaled optimal foraging theory using hidden Markov modelling: year-round behavioural variation in a large arctic herbivore. Mov. Ecol. 2020, 8 (1), 25.
Sonne, C.; Siebert, U.; Gonnsen, K.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Persson, S.; Roos, A.; Bäcklin, B.; Kauhala, K.; Tange, M.; et al. Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals : A review. Environ. Int. 2020, 139 (April), 105725.
Levin, M.; Jasperse, L.; Desforges, J.-P.; O’Hara, T.; Rea, L.; Castellini, J. M.; Maniscalco, J. M.; Fadely, B.; Keogh, M. Methyl mercury (MeHg) in vitro exposure alters mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine expression in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 725, 138308.
Sonne, C.; Lakemeyer, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Persson, S.; Stokholm, I.; Galatius, A.; Gross, S.; Gonnsen, K.; Lehnert, K.; et al. A review of pathogens in selected Baltic Sea indicator species. Environ. Int. 2020, 137 (February), 105565.
Sonne, C.; Letcher, R. J.; Jenssen, B. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Gustavson, K.; Bossi, R.; Styrishave, B.; Sinding, M.-H. S.; et al. Sled dogs as sentinel species for monitoring arctic ecosystem health; 2019.
Hansson, S. V; Desforges, J.-P.; van Beest, F. M.; Bach, L.; Halden, N. M.; Sonne, C.; Mosbech, A.; Søndergaard, J. Bioaccumulation of mining derived metals in blood, liver, muscle and otoliths of two Arctic predatory fish species (Gadus ogac and Myoxocephalus scorpius). Environ. Res. 2020, 183 (November 2019), 109194.
Schmidt, N. M.; Grøndahl, C.; Evans, A. L.; Desforges, J.-P.; Blake, J.; Hansen, L. H.; Beumer, L. T.; Mosbacher, J. B.; Stelvig, M.; Greunz, E. M.; et al. On the interplay between hypothermia and reproduction in a high arctic ungulate. Sci. Rep. 2020, 10 (1), 1514.
Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Sonne, C.; Wilson, S.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Basu, N.; Barst, B. D.; Bustnes, J. O.; et al. Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 696, 133792.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Response to L. Witting: PCBs still a major risk for global killer whale populations. Mar. Mammal Sci. 2019, 35 (3), 1201–1206.
Sonne, C.; Vorkamp, K.; Galatius, A.; Kyhn, L.; Teilmann, J.; Bossi, R.; Søndergaard, J.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; Siebert, U.; et al. Human exposure to PFOS and mercury through meat from baltic harbour seals (Phoca vitulina). Environ. Res. 2019, 175, 376–383.
Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Hansson, S. V.; Søndergaard, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Alstrup, A. K. O. Japans commercial whaling is a threat to public health. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 680, 10–12.
Desforges, J.-P.; Marques, G. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Blake, J.; Rowell, J. E.; Adamczewski, J.; Schmidt, N. M.; van Beest, F. M. Quantification of the full lifecycle bioenergetics of a large mammal in the high Arctic. Ecol. Modell. 2019, 401 (December 2018), 27–39.
Spörndly-Nees, E.; Holm, L.; van Beest, F. M.; Fakhrzadeh, A.; Ekstedt, E.; Letcher, R.; Magnusson, U.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C. Age and seasonal variation in testis and baculum morphology in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants. Environ. Res. 2019, 173 (December 2018), 246–254.
Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Letcher, R. J.; Jepson, P. D. Killer whales call for further protection. Environ. Int. 2019, 126 (December 2018), 443–444.
Kaarsholm, H. M.; Verland, N.; Nørregaard, R. D.; Bach, L.; Søndergaard, J.; Rigét, F. F.; Dietz, R.; Hansen, M.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; et al. Histology of Sculpin spp. in East Greenland. II. Histopathology and trace element concentrations. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 2018, 100 (8–10), 769–784.
Routti, H.; Atwood, T. C.; Bechshoft, T.; Boltunov, A.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Gabrielsen, G. W.; Jenssen, B. M.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 664, 1063–1083.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6409), 1373–1376.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6409), 1373–1376.
Sonne, C.; Jepson, P. D.; Desforges, J.-P.; Alstrup, A. K. O.; Olsen, M. T.; Eulaers, I.; Hansen, M.; Letcher, R. J.; McKinney, M. A.; Dietz, R. Pollution threatens toothed whales. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6408), 1208.1-1208.
O’Hara, P. D.; Avery-Gomm, S.; Wood, J.; Bowes, V.; Wilson, L.; Morgan, K. H.; Boyd, W. S.; Hipfner, J. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Bertram, D. F.; et al. Seasonal variability in vulnerability for Cassin’s auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) exposed to microplastic pollution in the Canadian Pacific region. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 649, 50–60.
Loseto, L. L.; Pleskach, K.; Hoover, C.; Tomy, G. T.; Desforges, J.-P.; Halldorson, T.; Ross, P. S. Cortisol levels in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas): Setting a benchmark for Marine Protected Area monitoring. Arct. Sci. 2018, 4, 358–372.
Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Gustavson, K.; Rigét, F. F.; Born, E. W.; Letcher, R. J.; Sonne, C. Immunologic, reproductive, and carcinogenic risk assessment from POP exposure in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1983–2013. Environ. Int. 2018, 118 (February), 169–178.
Desforges, J.-P.; Bandoro, C.; Shehata, L.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Puryear, W. B.; Runstadler, J. A. Environmental contaminant mixtures modulate in vitro influenza infection. Sci. Total Environ. 2018, 634, 20–28.
Sonne, C.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Rajala, E. L.; Agerholm, J. S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Gustavson, K.; Jenssen, B. M.; Koch, A.; et al. Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Polar Biol. 2018, 41 (9), 1671–1680.
Sonne, C.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Rajala, E. L.; Agerholm, J. S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Jenssen, B. M.; Koch, A.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; et al. Seroprevalence for Brucella spp. in Baltic ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) and East Greenland harp ( Pagophilus groenlandicus ) and hooded ( Cystophora cristata ) seals. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 2018, 198, 14–18.
Desforges, J.-P.; Jasperse, L.; Jensen, T. H.; Grøndahl, C.; Bertelsen, M. F.; Guise, S. De; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Levin, M. Immune function in arctic mammals: Natural killer (NK) cell-like activity in polar bear, muskox and reindeer. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 2018, 195 (November 2017), 72–75.
Sonne, C.; Letcher, R. J.; Jenssen, B. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Gustavson, K.; Styrishave, B.; Dietz, R. A veterinary perspective on One Health in the Arctic. Acta Vet. Scand. 2017, 59 (1), 84.
French, T. D.; Houben, A. J.; Desforges, J.-P..; Kimpe, L. E.; Kokelj, S. V.; Poulain, A. J.; Smol, J. P.; Wang, X.; Blais, J. M. Dissolved Organic Carbon Thresholds Affect Mercury Bioaccumulation in Arctic Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (6), 3162–3168.
Desforges, J.-P.; Levin, M.; Jasperse, L.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Letcher, R. J.; Acquarone, M.; Nordøy, E.; Folkow, L. P.; Hammer Jensen, T.; et al. Effects of Polar Bear and Killer Whale Derived Contaminant Cocktails on Marine Mammal Immunity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51 (19), 11431–11439.
Morales-Caselles, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dangerfield, N.; Ross, P. S. A Risk-Based Characterization of Sediment Contamination by Legacy and Emergent Contaminants of Concern in Coastal British Columbia, Canada. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2017, 73 (2), 270–284.
Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R. Using energy budgets to combine ecology and toxicology in a mammalian sentinel species. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7 (1), 46267.
Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Periard, L.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J. A rapid analytical method to quantify complex organohalogen contaminant mixtures in large samples of high lipid mammalian tissues. Chemosphere 2017, 176, 243–248.
Levin, M.; Gebhard, E.; Jasperse, L.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Bossi, R.; De Guise, S. Immunomodulatory effects of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and perfluoroalkyl acids in East Greenland ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Environ. Res. 2016, 151, 244–250.
Sonne, C.; Gustavson, K.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; Letcher, R. J.; Rigét, F. F.; Styrishave, B.; Dietz, R. Risk evaluation of the Arctic environmental POP exposure based on critical body residue and critical daily dose using captive Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) as surrogate species. Environ. Int. 2016, 88, 221–227.
Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Levin, M.; Siebert, U.; De Guise, S.; Dietz, R. Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals. Environ. Int. 2016, 86, 126–139.
Pavlova, V.; Grimm, V.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Vorkamp, K.; Rigét, F. F.; Letcher, R. J.; Gustavson, K.; Desforges, J.-P.; Nabe-Nielsen, J. Modeling Population-Level Consequences of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in East Greenland Polar Bears. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2016, 70 (1), 143–154.
Desforges, J.-P.; Galbraith, M.; Ross, P. S. Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2015, 69 (3), 320–330.
Dietz, R.; Gustavson, K.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Rigét, F. F.; Pavlova, V.; McKinney, M. a.; Letcher, R. J. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling of immune, reproductive and carcinogenic effects from contaminant exposure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) across the Arctic. Environ. Res. 2015, 140, 45–55.
Desforges, J.-P. W.; Dangerfield, N.; Shaw, P. D.; Ross, P. S. Heightened Biological Uptake of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Relative to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Near-Source Revealed by Sediment and Plankton Profiles along a Coastal Transect in British Columbia. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (12), 6981–6988.
Desforges, J.-P.; Galbraith, M.; Dangerfield, N.; Ross, P. S. Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2014, 79, 94–99.
Desforges, J.-P..; Ross, P. S.; Dangerfield, N.; Palace, V. P.; Whiticar, M.; Loseto, L. L. Vitamin A and E profiles as biomarkers of PCB exposure in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the western Canadian Arctic. Aquat. Toxicol. 2013, 142-143C, 317–328.
Desforges, J.-P.; Ross, P. S.; Loseto, L. L. Metabolic transformation shapes PCB and PBDE patterns in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2013, 32 (5), 1132–1142.
Desforges, J.-P.; Ross, P. S.; Loseto, L. L. Transplacental transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in arctic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012, 31 (2), 296–300.
Desforges, J.-P.; Peachey, B. D. L.; Sanderson, P. M.; White, P. a; Blais, J. M. Plasma vitellogenin in male teleost fish from 43 rivers worldwide is correlated with upstream human population size. Environ. Pollut. 2010, 158 (10), 3279–3284.
Desforges, JP.W.; Kohlbach, D.; Carlyle, C.G.; Christine, M.; Loseto, L.; Rosenberg, B.; Yurkowski, D.; Ferguson, S. Multi-dietary tracer approach reveals little overlap in foraging ecology between seasonally sympatric ringed and harp seals in the high Arctic. Front. Mar Sci. 2022. 9, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.969327.
Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J.; Aars, J.; Andersen, M.; Boltunov, A.; Born, E. W.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Das, K.; Dastnai, S.; Derocher, A. E.; Desforges, J.-P.; et al. A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 829, 154445.
Desforges, J.-P.; Outridge, P.; Hobson, K. A.; Heide-Jørgensen, M. P.; Dietz, R. Anthropogenic and Climatic Drivers of Long-Term Changes of Mercury and Feeding Ecology in Arctic Beluga ( Delphinapterus leucas ) Populations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (1), 271–281.
Desforges, J.-P..; Legrand, E.; Boulager, E.; Liu, P.; Xia, J.; Butler, H.; Chandramouli, B.; Ewald, J.; Basu, N.; Hecker, M.; et al. Using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics to Understand Species Differences in Sensitivity to Chlorpyrifos in Japanese Quail and Double‐Crested Cormorant Embryos. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2021, 40 (11), 3019–3033.
Chimienti, M.; Beest, F. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Desforges, J.-P.; Hansen, L. H.; Stelvig, M.; Schmidt, N. M. Quantifying behavior and life‐history events of an Arctic ungulate from year‐long continuous accelerometer data. Ecosphere 2021, 12 (6), e03565.
Remili, A.; Letcher, R. J.; Samarra, F. I. P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Víkingsson, G.; Blair, D.; McKinney, M. A. Individual Prey Specialization Drives PCBs in Icelandic Killer Whales. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (8), 4923–4931.
Desforges, J.-P.; Mikkelsen, B.; Dam, M.; Rigét, F.; Sveegaard, S.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Basu, N. Mercury and neurochemical biomarkers in multiple brain regions of five Arctic marine mammals. Neurotoxicology 2021, 84 (February), 136–145.
Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Rigét, F. F.; Aubail, A.; Garde, E.; Ambus, P.; Drimmie, R.; Heide-Jørgensen, M. P.; Sonne, C. Analysis of narwhal tusks reveals lifelong feeding ecology and mercury exposure. Curr. Biol. 2021, 31 (9), 2012-2019.e2.
Schmidt, N. M.; van Beest, F. M.; Dupuch, A.; Hansen, L. H.; Desforges, J.-P.; Morris, D. W. Long-term patterns in winter habitat selection, breeding and predation in a density-fluctuating, high Arctic lemming population. Oecologia 2021, 195 (4), 927–935.
Desforges, J.-P.; Marques, G. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Hansen, L. H.; Pedersen, S. H.; Schmidt, N. M.; Beest, F. M. Environment and physiology shape Arctic ungulate population dynamics. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2021, 27 (9), 1755–1771.
Desforges, J.-P.; Beest, F. M.; Marques, G. M.; Pedersen, S. H.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Schmidt, N. M. Quantifying energetic and fitness consequences of seasonal heterothermy in an Arctic ungulate. Ecol. Evol. 2021, 11 (1), 338–351.
van Beest, F. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Huffeldt, N. P.; Pedersen, S. H.; Schmidt, N. M. Environmental conditions alter behavioural organization and rhythmicity of a large Arctic ruminant across the annual cycle. R. Soc. Open Sci. 2020, 7 (10), 201614.
Silva, W. T. A. F.; Harding, K. C.; Marques, G. M.; Bäcklin, B. M.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Kauhala, K.; Desforges, J.-P. Life cycle bioenergetics of the gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea: Population response to environmental stress. Environ. Int. 2020, 145 (September), 106145.
Bourque, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Levin, M.; Atwood, T. C.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Jensen, T. H.; Curry, E.; McKinney, M. A. Climate-associated drivers of plasma cytokines and contaminant concentrations in Beaufort Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 745, 140978.
Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Beumer, L. T.; Nabe-Nielsen, J.; van Beest, F. M.; Schmidt, N. M. Energetics as common currency for integrating high resolution activity patterns into dynamic energy budget-individual based models. Ecol. Modell. 2020, 434 (August), 109250.
Siebert, U.; Blanchet, M.; Teilmann, J.; Anderson Hansen, K.; Kristensen, J.; Bunskoek, P.; Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Desportes, G. Haematology and clinical blood chemistry in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the inner Danish waters. Environ. Int. 2020, 143 (June), 105937.
Beumer, L. T.; Pohle, J.; Schmidt, N. M.; Chimienti, M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Hansen, L. H.; Langrock, R.; Pedersen, S. H.; Stelvig, M.; van Beest, F. M. An application of upscaled optimal foraging theory using hidden Markov modelling: year-round behavioural variation in a large arctic herbivore. Mov. Ecol. 2020, 8 (1), 25.
Sonne, C.; Siebert, U.; Gonnsen, K.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Persson, S.; Roos, A.; Bäcklin, B.; Kauhala, K.; Tange, M.; et al. Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals : A review. Environ. Int. 2020, 139 (April), 105725.
Levin, M.; Jasperse, L.; Desforges, J.-P.; O’Hara, T.; Rea, L.; Castellini, J. M.; Maniscalco, J. M.; Fadely, B.; Keogh, M. Methyl mercury (MeHg) in vitro exposure alters mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine expression in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 725, 138308.
Sonne, C.; Lakemeyer, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Persson, S.; Stokholm, I.; Galatius, A.; Gross, S.; Gonnsen, K.; Lehnert, K.; et al. A review of pathogens in selected Baltic Sea indicator species. Environ. Int. 2020, 137 (February), 105565.
Sonne, C.; Letcher, R. J.; Jenssen, B. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Gustavson, K.; Bossi, R.; Styrishave, B.; Sinding, M.-H. S.; et al. Sled dogs as sentinel species for monitoring arctic ecosystem health; 2019.
Hansson, S. V; Desforges, J.-P.; van Beest, F. M.; Bach, L.; Halden, N. M.; Sonne, C.; Mosbech, A.; Søndergaard, J. Bioaccumulation of mining derived metals in blood, liver, muscle and otoliths of two Arctic predatory fish species (Gadus ogac and Myoxocephalus scorpius). Environ. Res. 2020, 183 (November 2019), 109194.
Schmidt, N. M.; Grøndahl, C.; Evans, A. L.; Desforges, J.-P.; Blake, J.; Hansen, L. H.; Beumer, L. T.; Mosbacher, J. B.; Stelvig, M.; Greunz, E. M.; et al. On the interplay between hypothermia and reproduction in a high arctic ungulate. Sci. Rep. 2020, 10 (1), 1514.
Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Sonne, C.; Wilson, S.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Basu, N.; Barst, B. D.; Bustnes, J. O.; et al. Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 696, 133792.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Response to L. Witting: PCBs still a major risk for global killer whale populations. Mar. Mammal Sci. 2019, 35 (3), 1201–1206.
Sonne, C.; Vorkamp, K.; Galatius, A.; Kyhn, L.; Teilmann, J.; Bossi, R.; Søndergaard, J.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; Siebert, U.; et al. Human exposure to PFOS and mercury through meat from baltic harbour seals (Phoca vitulina). Environ. Res. 2019, 175, 376–383.
Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Hansson, S. V.; Søndergaard, J.; Desforges, J.-P.; Alstrup, A. K. O. Japans commercial whaling is a threat to public health. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 680, 10–12.
Desforges, J.-P.; Marques, G. M.; Beumer, L. T.; Chimienti, M.; Blake, J.; Rowell, J. E.; Adamczewski, J.; Schmidt, N. M.; van Beest, F. M. Quantification of the full lifecycle bioenergetics of a large mammal in the high Arctic. Ecol. Modell. 2019, 401 (December 2018), 27–39.
Spörndly-Nees, E.; Holm, L.; van Beest, F. M.; Fakhrzadeh, A.; Ekstedt, E.; Letcher, R.; Magnusson, U.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C. Age and seasonal variation in testis and baculum morphology in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants. Environ. Res. 2019, 173 (December 2018), 246–254.
Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Letcher, R. J.; Jepson, P. D. Killer whales call for further protection. Environ. Int. 2019, 126 (December 2018), 443–444.
Kaarsholm, H. M.; Verland, N.; Nørregaard, R. D.; Bach, L.; Søndergaard, J.; Rigét, F. F.; Dietz, R.; Hansen, M.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; et al. Histology of Sculpin spp. in East Greenland. II. Histopathology and trace element concentrations. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 2018, 100 (8–10), 769–784.
Routti, H.; Atwood, T. C.; Bechshoft, T.; Boltunov, A.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Gabrielsen, G. W.; Jenssen, B. M.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 664, 1063–1083.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6409), 1373–1376.
Desforges, J.-P.; Hall, A.; McConnell, B.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; Barber, J. L.; Brownlow, A.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Jepson, P. D.; Letcher, R. J.; et al. Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6409), 1373–1376.
Sonne, C.; Jepson, P. D.; Desforges, J.-P.; Alstrup, A. K. O.; Olsen, M. T.; Eulaers, I.; Hansen, M.; Letcher, R. J.; McKinney, M. A.; Dietz, R. Pollution threatens toothed whales. Science (80-. ). 2018, 361 (6408), 1208.1-1208.
O’Hara, P. D.; Avery-Gomm, S.; Wood, J.; Bowes, V.; Wilson, L.; Morgan, K. H.; Boyd, W. S.; Hipfner, J. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Bertram, D. F.; et al. Seasonal variability in vulnerability for Cassin’s auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) exposed to microplastic pollution in the Canadian Pacific region. Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 649, 50–60.
Loseto, L. L.; Pleskach, K.; Hoover, C.; Tomy, G. T.; Desforges, J.-P.; Halldorson, T.; Ross, P. S. Cortisol levels in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas): Setting a benchmark for Marine Protected Area monitoring. Arct. Sci. 2018, 4, 358–372.
Dietz, R.; Desforges, J.-P.; Gustavson, K.; Rigét, F. F.; Born, E. W.; Letcher, R. J.; Sonne, C. Immunologic, reproductive, and carcinogenic risk assessment from POP exposure in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1983–2013. Environ. Int. 2018, 118 (February), 169–178.
Desforges, J.-P.; Bandoro, C.; Shehata, L.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Puryear, W. B.; Runstadler, J. A. Environmental contaminant mixtures modulate in vitro influenza infection. Sci. Total Environ. 2018, 634, 20–28.
Sonne, C.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Rajala, E. L.; Agerholm, J. S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Gustavson, K.; Jenssen, B. M.; Koch, A.; et al. Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Polar Biol. 2018, 41 (9), 1671–1680.
Sonne, C.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Rajala, E. L.; Agerholm, J. S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, E.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Jenssen, B. M.; Koch, A.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; et al. Seroprevalence for Brucella spp. in Baltic ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) and East Greenland harp ( Pagophilus groenlandicus ) and hooded ( Cystophora cristata ) seals. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 2018, 198, 14–18.
Desforges, J.-P.; Jasperse, L.; Jensen, T. H.; Grøndahl, C.; Bertelsen, M. F.; Guise, S. De; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Levin, M. Immune function in arctic mammals: Natural killer (NK) cell-like activity in polar bear, muskox and reindeer. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 2018, 195 (November 2017), 72–75.
Sonne, C.; Letcher, R. J.; Jenssen, B. M.; Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Andersen-Ranberg, E.; Gustavson, K.; Styrishave, B.; Dietz, R. A veterinary perspective on One Health in the Arctic. Acta Vet. Scand. 2017, 59 (1), 84.
French, T. D.; Houben, A. J.; Desforges, J.-P..; Kimpe, L. E.; Kokelj, S. V.; Poulain, A. J.; Smol, J. P.; Wang, X.; Blais, J. M. Dissolved Organic Carbon Thresholds Affect Mercury Bioaccumulation in Arctic Lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (6), 3162–3168.
Desforges, J.-P.; Levin, M.; Jasperse, L.; De Guise, S.; Eulaers, I.; Letcher, R. J.; Acquarone, M.; Nordøy, E.; Folkow, L. P.; Hammer Jensen, T.; et al. Effects of Polar Bear and Killer Whale Derived Contaminant Cocktails on Marine Mammal Immunity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51 (19), 11431–11439.
Morales-Caselles, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dangerfield, N.; Ross, P. S. A Risk-Based Characterization of Sediment Contamination by Legacy and Emergent Contaminants of Concern in Coastal British Columbia, Canada. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2017, 73 (2), 270–284.
Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R. Using energy budgets to combine ecology and toxicology in a mammalian sentinel species. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7 (1), 46267.
Desforges, J.-P.; Eulaers, I.; Periard, L.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R.; Letcher, R. J. A rapid analytical method to quantify complex organohalogen contaminant mixtures in large samples of high lipid mammalian tissues. Chemosphere 2017, 176, 243–248.
Levin, M.; Gebhard, E.; Jasperse, L.; Desforges, J.-P.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Bossi, R.; De Guise, S. Immunomodulatory effects of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and perfluoroalkyl acids in East Greenland ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Environ. Res. 2016, 151, 244–250.
Sonne, C.; Gustavson, K.; Eulaers, I.; Desforges, J.-P.; Letcher, R. J.; Rigét, F. F.; Styrishave, B.; Dietz, R. Risk evaluation of the Arctic environmental POP exposure based on critical body residue and critical daily dose using captive Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) as surrogate species. Environ. Int. 2016, 88, 221–227.
Desforges, J.-P.; Sonne, C.; Levin, M.; Siebert, U.; De Guise, S.; Dietz, R. Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals. Environ. Int. 2016, 86, 126–139.
Pavlova, V.; Grimm, V.; Dietz, R.; Sonne, C.; Vorkamp, K.; Rigét, F. F.; Letcher, R. J.; Gustavson, K.; Desforges, J.-P.; Nabe-Nielsen, J. Modeling Population-Level Consequences of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in East Greenland Polar Bears. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2016, 70 (1), 143–154.
Desforges, J.-P.; Galbraith, M.; Ross, P. S. Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2015, 69 (3), 320–330.
Dietz, R.; Gustavson, K.; Sonne, C.; Desforges, J.-P.; Rigét, F. F.; Pavlova, V.; McKinney, M. a.; Letcher, R. J. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling of immune, reproductive and carcinogenic effects from contaminant exposure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) across the Arctic. Environ. Res. 2015, 140, 45–55.
Desforges, J.-P. W.; Dangerfield, N.; Shaw, P. D.; Ross, P. S. Heightened Biological Uptake of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Relative to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Near-Source Revealed by Sediment and Plankton Profiles along a Coastal Transect in British Columbia. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (12), 6981–6988.
Desforges, J.-P.; Galbraith, M.; Dangerfield, N.; Ross, P. S. Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2014, 79, 94–99.
Desforges, J.-P..; Ross, P. S.; Dangerfield, N.; Palace, V. P.; Whiticar, M.; Loseto, L. L. Vitamin A and E profiles as biomarkers of PCB exposure in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the western Canadian Arctic. Aquat. Toxicol. 2013, 142-143C, 317–328.
Desforges, J.-P.; Ross, P. S.; Loseto, L. L. Metabolic transformation shapes PCB and PBDE patterns in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2013, 32 (5), 1132–1142.
Desforges, J.-P.; Ross, P. S.; Loseto, L. L. Transplacental transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in arctic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012, 31 (2), 296–300.
Desforges, J.-P.; Peachey, B. D. L.; Sanderson, P. M.; White, P. a; Blais, J. M. Plasma vitellogenin in male teleost fish from 43 rivers worldwide is correlated with upstream human population size. Environ. Pollut. 2010, 158 (10), 3279–3284.
