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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 22/06/2026
Biotic Ligand Models (BLM), used to generate local water quality criteria for metals have received little traction in the global south. We generated a BLM to predict acute copper toxicity in the tropical zebrafish, the most studied fish worldwide. doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 10/03/2026
What causes kidney stones in farmed salmon? UBC + UiB introduce an in vitro model showing how sudden CO₂ drops after metabolic compensation can trigger mineral precipitation, helping explain nephrocalcinosis in aquaculture. Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.aq...
Figure 3 from the paper, captures the main story well.
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 23/01/2026
Kilgour et al. study found road salt concentrations in streams as high as 11x BC’s acute guideline for chloride in freshwater during winter. These road salt contaminations coincide with spawning for local salmonids, risking developing embryos & their incubation link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 16/09/2025
Each winter, road salt is used as a de-icer and washes into freshwater streams. Research from the Road Salt Project ( www.theroadsaltproject.com ) has shown that the levels of road salt found in streams can harm developing rainbow trout. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 07/05/2025
New chapter by Ora E. Johannsson & Aleicia Holland on how anthropogenic activities modify the source, character and role of dissolved organic carbon in the black-water river, the Rio Negro, Amazonia. Link: doi.org/10.1007/978-... in "The Future of Amazonian Aquatic Biota".
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 07/04/2025
This air-breathing fish can take up CO2 via the gills and exhale it via the “lung”. New publication by Chris Wood, Bernd Pelster & Adalberto Luis Val. doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 03/03/2025
Please join us in welcoming UBC-Zoology’s newest Assistant Professor: Asher Leeks! @asherleeks.bsky.social Today is Asher’s first day as an Assistant Professor of Evolution in the Department of Zoology and the @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca Welcome Asher! 🙌🏽 asherleeks.com
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UBCZoology @zoology.ubc.ca · 24/01/2025
One way street: metals enter via carapace, leave via gills in crabs. Paper by Anne Crémazy, Lygia S. Nogueira and Chris Wood Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
graphical abstract of metal elimination pathway in crab carapace
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