Gerald Tetreault, PhD

Research Associate (Alumni)

Gerald is now with Environment Canada

Education

  • PhD: University of Waterloo, Aquatic Toxicology (2012): Thesis title: The Response of Wild Fish to Municipal Wastewater Effluent Exposures at Sites in Canada
  • MSc: University of Waterloo, Aquatic Toxicology (2003): Thesis title: Monitoring the aquatic environment in the Alberta Athabasca Oil Sands using reproductive endpoints in small fish species
  • BSc: University of Guelph; Honors Biology (1996)

Current research projects (funding source)

  • Development of an Aquatic Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework for the Grand River Watershed: Project Coordinator (Canadian Water Network)
  • Response of fish to remedial actions at selected Sewage Treatment Plants in the Grand River: Project Coordinator (Ontario Ministry of the Environment)
  • Understanding the recovery of ecosystems from pulp and paper mill effluents (National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC))
  • Reproductive Health Assessment of Wild Fish in the Athabasca Oil Sands (Environment Canada)
  • Development, validation and application of cell assays for anti-androgenic compounds: (United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Duluth)
  • Tracking Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Grand River (Trent University)

Gerald

Research Interests

  1. How do human activities affect normal reproductive development in fish?
  2. Can we differentiate these affects from natural variability?
  3. What is the thresold where altered reproductive state influence reproductive success?
  4. How does impaired fish health influence the perseverance of a fish population?
  5. Can we link population effects to alterations in the fish community structure?

Afflilations

  • North American Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) SETAC Laurentian Chapter
  • American Fisheries Society (and Ontario Chapter)
  • Grand River Conservation Authority Fisheries Management Plan Committee (Technical advisory sub-group).

In the past I have been a member of the Canadian Water Network Student and Young Professional Committee, and of the Aquatic Toxicology Workshop Board of Directors.

Gerald sampling in trailer