Jane Kirk
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Aquatic Contaminant Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Dr. Jane Kirk's main areas of research expertise include understanding the biogeochemical cycling of elements and contaminants in the environment. Recently, she has been examining the deposition, transformation, and bioaccumulation of mercury and metals in aquatic ecosystems undergoing change.
- Atmopsheric deposition of contaminants in the Alberta Oil Sands region.
- Impact of multiple stressors, such as climate change and eutrophication, on mercury cycling in freshwater ecosystems of Canada, including the high and sub Arctic.
- Deposition and bioaccumulation of mercury downwind of major Canadian point sources.