Biography
Professor
BSc, PhD (Waterloo)
Dr. Michael van den Heuvel studies the effects of agriculture and chemical use on freshwater and coastal environments. His focus is the endocrine responses, immunotoxicology, and population health of fish. He is working to develop methods and solutions to best monitor environmental problems and better protect rivers in Prince Edward Island.
Recent Publications
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Fishway Effectiveness and Upstream Residency of Three Fish Species at Four Fishways in Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Northeastern Naturalist, 2020
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Assessing reproductive effects on fish populations
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020
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Effects of habitat and pulp and paper mill contamination on a population of brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
- Water Quality Research Journal, 2020
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Migration patterns of Atlantic halibut captured in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence as assessed with pop-up satellite archival and Floy tags
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2020
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Identification of native and non-native grass shrimps Palaemon spp. (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) by citizen science monitoring programs in Atlantic Canada
- Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2019
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- Environmental toxicology including endocrine responses of fishes to pollutants
- Fish immunotoxicology
- Fish population health