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Francois Gagne

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Gatineau

Canada

Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

DOWNLOADS

674

TOTAL CITATIONS

3

Scholarly Papers (25)

Sublethal Toxicity of Platinum Group of Elements to Hydra Vulgaris- a Toxicogenomic Approach

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jan 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 44 (1,170,161)

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Hydra vulgaris, sublethal toxicity, protein turnover/salvage, oxidative stress, DNA repair, regeneration

Sublethal Toxicity of Platinum Group of Elements to Hydra Vulgaris- a Toxicogenomic Approach

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Jan 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 43 (1,196,631)

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Hydra vulgaris, sublethal toxicity, protein turnover/salvage, autophagy, oxidative stress, oxidized DNA repair, regeneration

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Effects of Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic biota -A Review

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne and C. Blaise
Environment and Climate Change Canada and Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,
Downloads 55 (1,074,648)

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Pharmaceutical Products, Early Biological Effects, Drug Ecotoxicology, Emerging Substances

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Comparative Toxicity of Micro and Nanopolystyrene Particles to Mya Arenaria Clams

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Mar 2023
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Montreal, University of Montreal, Environment and Climate Change Canada and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 45 (1,121,190)

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polystyrene nanoparticles, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, circadian rhythms, melatonin, protein aggregation

A Nanogold Sensor Test for Tire Wear Chemicals Based on the Plasmon Ruler Approach

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Mar 2024
Francois Gagne, Roubeau-Dumont E. and André C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 26 (1,430,393)

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plasmon resonance, nano-gold sensor, tire wear substances, aquatic, bioaccumulation.

A Nanogold Sensor Test for Tire Wear Chemicals Based on the Plasmon Ruler Approach

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 May 2024
Francois Gagne, Eva Roubeau Dumont and Chantale André
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 11 (1,606,395)

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plasmon resonance, nano-gold sensor, tire wear substances, aquatic, bioaccumulation.

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Relathionships between Nanoplastic Contamination and Biochemical Properties of Biofilms in the Saint-Lawrence River

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Jul 2024
Eva Roubeau Dumont and Francois Gagne
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 35 (1,277,121)

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nanogold plasmonic, probes, nanoplastics, biofilms, biodegradation index, Oxidative stress

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The Influence of Rainfall Events on the Toxicity of Urban Wastewaters to Freshwater Mussels Elliptio Complanata

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Oct 2023
Chantale André, Joelle Auclair and Francois Gagne
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 34 (1,263,436)

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municipal effluents, rainfall overflows, freshwater mussels, vitellogenin, metallothioneins, conjugation activity, Genotoxicity

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Ecotoxicity of a Representative Urban Mixture of Rare Earth Elements to Rainbow Trout Juveniles

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jan 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 30 (1,332,057)

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Rare earth elements, urban mixtures, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, protein damage

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Plastic Contamination and Water Quality Assessment of Urban Wastewaters

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jun 2024
Francois Gagne, Shirley-Ann Smyth and Chantale André
Environment and Climate Change Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 29 (1,345,526)
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peroxidase, wastewaters, DNA protection, plastics, alternative methods

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The gruesome dance of contaminants and toxicity in organisms: the emerging science of chronoecotoxicology or wave ecotoxicology

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 26 (1,399,036)

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oscillators, circadian rhythms, non-linear responses, ecotoxicity

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An investigation of the toxicity of manganese and vanadium to the marine clam Mya arenaria

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 26 (1,385,945)
Citation 1

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manganese, vanadium, bivalves, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, serotonin, melatonin

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Towards the Standardization of Hydra Vulgaris Bioassay for Toxicity Assessments of Liquid Samples

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Nov 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 26 (1,385,945)

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Hydra vulgaris, reproducibility, environmental variables, effluents, leachates, alternative method

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The Wave Nature of Molecular Responses in Ecotoxicology

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 25 (1,411,822)

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Wave Theory, Toxic Responses, Biomarkers, Adverse Outcome Pathways

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Downloads 24 (1,411,822)

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air temperature, lethal time, dehydration rate, growth, metabolic activity, oxidative stress

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Influence of Cadmium and Time of Day on Nadh Oscillations in Quagga Mussels

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Francois Gagne, Houda Hanana and Chantale André
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 24 (1,411,822)

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mussels, mitochondria activity, NADH oxidation, oscillations, metallothioneins

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Aquatic Nanotoxicology: A Review

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne, Gagnon C. and C. Blaise
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division, and Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,
Downloads 21 (1,459,862)
Citation 1

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Particle Size and Shape, Leaching of Toxic Molecules, Surface Properties, Vectorization, Toxicity Tests, Biomarkers

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Toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles to rainbow trout juveniles

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 20 (1,459,862)

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Comparative Toxicity of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Dissolved Copper to Freshwater Mussels

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 19 (1,470,786)

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Nanoparticle, Copper Oxide, Bioaccumulation, Oxidative stress, Inflammation, Protein damage, Toxicity, Freshwater mussel

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Changes in Hemocyte and Biochemical Parameters in the Soft-Shell Clams Mya Arenaria from the St. Lawrence Estuary

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne, M Gelinas, M Starr and M Fournier
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada - Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods - INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Downloads 17 (1,491,251)

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Mya Arenaria, Toxic Phytoplankton, Oxidative Stress, Acetylcholinesterase, Energy Reserves

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Polystyrene nanoparticles induce anisotropic effects in subcellular fraction of the digestive system of freshwater mussels

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 17 (1,500,778)

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polystyrene nanoplastics, mussels, fluorescence polarization, liquid crystals, municipal effluents

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Change in the spatial organization of mussel mitochondria exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 16 (1,500,778)

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mitochondria, permeability transient pore, nicotine receptors, polystyrene nanoplastics

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The impacts of cadmium on circadian redox homeostasis in freshwater mussels

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 May 2025
Francois Gagne
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Downloads 14 (1,518,554)

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wave response, daily changes, metallothioneins, redox status, energy metabolism, freshwater mussels

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Size-Dependent Toxicity of CdTe Quantum Dot Aggregates in Trout and Human Hepatocytes

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne, C Andre, B Lachance, P Turcotte, C Gagnon and C. Emond
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Research Council of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and University of Montreal
Downloads 13 (1,526,714)

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Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots, Size Distribution, Size-Related Toxicity

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The Effects of Municipal Effluents on Oxidative Stress, Immunocompetence and DNA Integrity in Fathead Minnow Juveniles

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, INRS-Eau Terre Environnement, INRS-Eau Terre Environnement, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Public Works Department, 275 Rue du Parvis, and Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) - INRS–Institut Armand-Frappier Research Centre
Downloads 12 (1,541,665)

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Wastewater Treatments, Fathead Minnow Juveniles, DNA Damage, Phagocytosis, Oxidative Stress

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Municipal Effluent Exposures in Fathead Minnows During Partial Life Cycle: Endocrine Disruptive Effects and Impact on Reproduction

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, INRS-Eau Terre Environnement, Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,, INRS-Eau Terre Environnement, Québec Ministry of the Environment the Fight against Climate Change Wildlife and Parks and Public Works Department, 275 Rue du Parvis,
Downloads 12 (1,534,404)

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Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents, Pimephales Promelas, Endocrine Disruption, Reprotoxicity, Toxicogenomics

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Hepatic and Reproductive Toxicity of a Physically-Chemically Treated Municipal Effluent to Fathead Minnows

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Francois Gagne, Trépanier S, S. André and Gagnon C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,, Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division, and Aquatic contaminants Reasearch Division,
Downloads 10 (1,548,648)

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Fathead Minnows, Municipal Effluents, Vitellogenin, Mitochondrial Electron Transport Activity, Energy Reserves, Egg Production, Oxidative Stress