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Daniel Martineau, "Wildlife forensic science", in AccessScience. Last modified: February 3, 2004.

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See the forum on this article either online (up to date) or in pdf format (October 2002).  See also the article on this site in html ou pdf format.

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Mikaélian I, J. Boisclair, J.P. Dubey, S. Kennedy, D. Martineau. 2000. Toxoplasmosis in Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St Lawrence Estuary: Two Case Reports and a Serological Survey. J. Comp. Pathol. 122(1):73-76. 

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Évaluation de l'efficacité d'une couche de recouvrement par modélisation numérique : application au cas du Fjord du Saguenay. Dueri, Sibylle. Université Laval, Faculté de sciences et de génie. Département de géologie et génie géologique. Thèse de doctorat interuniversitaire en sciences de la Terre. Directeur : Therrien, rené. Codirecteur : Locat, Jacques (2003-06). 

Summary of the work carried out over almost 20 years on the causes explaining the decline of the St Lawrence beluga population at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal.

Chapter in a book

  • Toxicology of Marine Mammals (New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment) by J.G. Vos, G.D. Bossart, M. Fournier and Th.J. O'Shea (Editors). Taylor & Francis, London and New York (2003), 643 pp. GBP 95.-, ISBN 0-415-23914-1

Articles

  • D Martineau. I Mikaelian, JM Lapointe, P Labelle, R Higgins. Pathology of cetaceans. A case study: beluga from the St Lawrence Estuary. 333-380. 
  • JM Gauthier, H Dubeau, E Rassart. Evaluation of genotoxic effects of environmental contaminants in cells of marine mammals, with particular emphasis on beluga whales 404-428.
  • S Deguise, KB Beckmen, SD Holladay. Contaminants and marine mammal immunotoxicology and pathology. 38-54.
  • P Brousseau, S Deguise, I Voccia, S Ruby, M Fournier. Immune status of St Lawrence estuary beluga whales. 381-403. 

 

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