Glenn H. Parker, Ph.D.

 Dr. G.H. Parker
  • Email: gparker@laurentian.ca

  • Phone: (705) 675-1151 ext.2288

  • Address:

    Biology Department
    Laurentian University
    935 Ramsey Lake Road
    Sudbury, Ontario
    P3E 2C6
    Canada

Research Interests:

Wildlife parasitology; biomonitoring and toxicological effects of industrial metals.

 

Select Publications:

Whissell, P.D., B.P. Mulligan, M.D. Hunter, H.P. Wu, G.H. Parker and M.A. Persinger. 2008. Developmental effects of 7 Hz square wave magnetic fields and nitric oxide modulation on organ systems. The Open Toxicology Journal 2: 7-12.

Elsasser, S.C. and G.H. Parker. 2008.  Morphometric criteria for distinguishing species and age-cohorts of ermine (Mustela erminea) and long-tailed weasel (M. frenata).  Acata Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54: 75-88.

Parker, Glenn H., and Chris G. Blomme. 2007. Fish-line entanglement of nesting Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura. Canadian Field-Naturalist 121(4):436-437.

St-Pierre, L.S., G.H. Parker, G.A. Bubenik, and M.A. Persinger. 2007. Enhanced mortality of rat pups following inductions of epileptic seizures after perinatal exposures to 5 nT, 7 Hz magnetic fields.  Life Sciences 81: 1496-1500.

Santi, S.A., G.H. Parker, N.P. Schaffner, L. Capodagli, and M.A. Persinger. 2006. Prevalence, intensity and geographic distribution of sinus worm (Skrjabingylus nasicola) infection in mink (Mustela vison) of Central Ontario.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1011-1018.

Dupont, M.J., G. Parker, and M.A. Persinger. 2005. Reduced litter sizes following 48-h of prenatal exposure to 5nT to 10nT, 0.5 Hz magnetic fields: implications for sudden infant deaths. International Journal of Neuroscience 115: 713-715.

Nguyen, L.P., J. Hamr, and G. H. Parker. 2004. Nest site characteristics of eastern wild turkeys in Central Ontario. Northeastern Naturalist 11: 255-260.

Nguyen, L. P., J. Hamr, and G. H. Parker. 2004. Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, behavior in Central Ontario during winter. Canadian Field Naturalist 118: 251-255.

Parker, G.H. 2004. Tissue metal levels in muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) collected near the Sudbury (Ontario) ore-smelters; prospects for biomonitoring marsh pollution. Environmental Pollution 129: 23-30.

Dupont. M.J., McKay, B.E., Parker, G., and M.A. Persinger. 2004. Geophysical variables and behaviour: XCIX. Reductions in numbers of neurons within the parasolitary nucleus in rats exposed perinatally to a magnetic pattern designed to imitate geomagnetic continuous pulsations: implications for sudden infant death. Perceptual and Motor Skills 98: 958-966.

Nguyen, L.P., Hamr, J., and G.H. Parker. 2003. Survival and reproduction of wild turkey hens in central Ontario. Wilson Bulletin 115: 131-139.

Dewit, T.J., Clulow, F.V., Davé, N.K., Mirka, M.A., Parker, G.H., and N. Peterson-Schaffner. 2002. Ra-226 in the bone of the mammalian secondary consumers mink (Mustela vison) and otter (Lutra canadensis) taken near U workings at Elliot Lake, Canada and from reference areas, with calculation of diet-items to tissue transfer parameters. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 68: 1-7.

Parker, G.H., and J. Hamr. 2001. Metal levels in body tissues, forage and fecal pellets of elk (Cervus elaphus) living near the ore smelters at Sudbury, Ontario. Environmental Pollution 113: 347-355.

Hillis, T.L., and G.H. Parker. 1993. Age and proximity to local ore-smelters as determinants of tissue metal levels in beaver (Castor canadensis) of the Sudbury (Ontario) area. Environmental Pollution 80: 67-72.

 

Book Chapters

Capodagli, L. and G.H. Parker.  2007.  Accumulation and tissue distribution of toxic metals with accompanying effects on body condition measures in mink (Mustela vison) and muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) living near mining/smelting operations.  In:  Environmental Research at the Leading Edge, ed. R.B. Gore. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, U.S.A. pp. 75-112.

 

Recent Graduate Thesis Supervision:

Peterson, N. (current) Giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale) infection in Ontario mink; prevalence and assessment of impact on conditional indices and reproductive fitness of the host.

Capodagli, L. (2002) Accumulation and tissue distribution of toxic metals in wild mink (Mustela vison) and muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) living near mining/smelting operations and in mink following infection by the giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale).

Santi, S. (2001) Studies on the geographic distribution, prevalence, intensity and bone pathology of sinus worm (Skrajabingylus spp.) infections in mustelid species.


 
 
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