Publications:
Cassis D, P Lekhi, CM Pearce, N Ebell, K Orians, MT Maldonado (2011) The role of phytoplankton in the modulation of dissolved and oyster cadmium concentrations in Deep Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Sci Total Environ 409: 4415-4424
Cassis D (2011) The role of phytoplankton and environmental variables in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) aquaculture in British Columbia. PhD Thesis, University of British Columbia, 167 pp
Lekhi P, D Cassis, CM Pearce, N Ebell, MT Maldonado, KJ Orians (2008) Role of dissolved and particulate cadmium in the accumulation of cadmium in cultured oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Sci Total Environ 393: 309-325
Lekhi PA (2006) Cadmium in the coastal marine environment: pathways of cadmium to oysters and using cadmium: phosphorus ratio as an indicator of biogeochemical processes. MSc Thesis, University of British Columbia, 118 pp.
Factsheets:
Cadmium in Deepwater-Cultured Pacific Oysters
Contact(s): Chris Pearce (PearceC@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca)