Elsa Dejoie

My research focuses on reconstructing the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystems using natural archives. Under the supervision of Dr. Igor Lehnherr, I investigate historical mercury (Hg) dynamics following wildfire disturbance using tree rings as environmental archives. I also study the long-term legacy of smelter emissions by reconstructing technological critical elements (TCEs) contamination in lake sediment records from the Rouyn-Noranda region associated with the Horne smelter.

 

 

Dejoie, E., Thomas, M., Fenton, N. J., DesRochers, A., Martineau, C., Gennaretti, F. (2026). Interactive effects of lead (Pb) contamination and soil acidification on the structure and composition of fungal and bacterial communities. Applied Soil Ecology, 225, 107245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2026.107245

 

Dejoie, E., Lemay, M.-A., Fenton, N.J., DesRochers, A., Marion, J., Savard, M.M., Porter, T.J., Proulx, D., Gennaretti, F. (2025) Spatiotemporal assessment of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) contamination in urban tree rings near an industrial smelter: high intraspecific variability but limited spatial differentiation., Atmospheric Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2025.102582.

 

Richard C.M.C., Dejoie E., Wiegand C., Gouesbet G., Colinet H., Balzani P., Siaussat D., Renault D. (2024) Plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems: Current knowledge on impacts of micro and nano fragments on invertebrates. Journal of Hazardous Materials 477: 135299, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135299.

 

 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elsa-Dejoie?ev=hdr_xprf

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