Christina Petalas
@C_Petalas
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PhD candidate @McGillU | #seabird ecologist interested in #plasticpollution & #contaminants | #ecotoxicology | #conservation | #wildlife | #WomenInSTEM
Montreal, Qc
Joined January 2021
New paper alert! 🚨 Check out our paper on how #seabird #mercury burdens vary with foraging tactics #teamauk #Pollution We found that foraging closer to shore increased levels... Out now in @STOTEN_journal 🐣 @lavoie_raphael @ArcticEcology @RoseM_Lacombe
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RT @SofiaHiggs: Had a great time at #CEW2024 where I presented my poster on #plastic in herring gulls pellets collected during the 2023 bre…
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New paper alert! 🚨🚨🐦 Check out our meta-analysis on the impact of #drones on #birds just out in @ESAFrontiers, where we make important recommendations for future #drone work!
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Had a great time attending #CEW2024 where I presented my first chapter of my PhD on #plastic additives in gulls and co-chaired the #wildlifeecotox session ! Thanks for all who came! #plasticpollution #seabirds #teamgull
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Check out our review here on seabird niche partitioning with a bunch of useful recommendations for future niche studies 🐦 #seabird
In the LATEST ISSUE REVIEW PAPER: A review of niche segregation across sympatric breeding seabird assemblages @C_Petalas, @francisvolh, @lavoie_raphael, @ArcticEcology | #ornithology
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RT @SteelySeabirder: Morning, a Razorbill with its chick on the Isle of May. It’s at this young age the chick will jump off the cliff and f…
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Starting up pellet analysis for #plastics in gulls breeding near urbanized and remote areas in the gulf of st-Lawrence 😱🐣, trying to test non-invasive techniques to monitor plastic exposure #seabirds #plasticpollution
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RT @lavoie_raphael: Just presented @C_Petalas’ work on Movement and foraging ecology affect mercury exposure in breeding Razorbills at the…
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Have you seen anything cuter than #razorbill chicks? Doing productivity of these little guys 🥚 🐣 #teamauk #seabird
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Monitoring #puffin movement by installing short-term GPS loggers breeding in the Mingan archipelago today! Amazing team @lavoie_raphael @RoseM_Lacombe @ Anaïs Kerric #seabirds 😋❤️
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Collecting gull pellets today, to assess diet and #plastic exposure risk in more remote gull colonies, hoping to compare these with pellets collected in gulls breeding near urbanized cities, disappointing to see so much plastic… #teamgull #plasticpollition
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Recapturing GLS on common murres today, safe to say I got a little 💩 on me #teamauk @SeatrackScience
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@alewden Hi Agnes, we did no surgical implantations, this is a non toxic paint that lasts a week (orange and blue, not red) on gps tagged individuals. Thanks for the concern though!
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One day left!!! Submit your abstract for #CEW2024 @ecotoxcan 😋 🧪
📢 Don't miss out! Present your ecotoxicology talk at #CEW2024 @ecotoxcan ! Join our session on "Advancing Wildlife Ecotoxicology through Traditional and Emerging Approaches" chaired by @tachahogan, Jessica Head, and myself! Submit here: FOUR DAYS LEFT!😱
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📢 Don't miss out! Present your ecotoxicology talk at #CEW2024 @ecotoxcan ! Join our session on "Advancing Wildlife Ecotoxicology through Traditional and Emerging Approaches" chaired by @tachahogan, Jessica Head, and myself! Submit here: FOUR DAYS LEFT!😱
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