Dr. Tim Jardine

• PhD (Biology), University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada (2009)
• MSc (Biology), University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada (2003)
• BSc (Biology), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada (2000)

• ENVS 824 - River Science and Management
• ENVS 806 - Field Skills in Environment and Sustainability
• TOX 302 - Introduction to Aquatic Toxicology
• TOX 898 - Environmental Effects Assessment and Monitoring

• Understanding long-term changes in hydrology, ecology and community livelihoods in large river deltas – Saskatchewan River Delta (SK) and Slave River Delta (NWT)
• Assessing mercury concentrations in fishes of commercial and cultural importance
• Determining effects of hydropower dams and their natural analogues, beaver dams, on structure and function of river ecosystems
• Evaluating key drivers of biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic food webs
• Investigating hydrological and food-web connectivity between rivers and floodplains in Australia’s wet-dry tropics
• Creating new models for the ecological and biogeochemical implications of flood regimes in large rivers

Pettit, N.E., Naiman, R.J., Warfe, D.M., Jardine, T.D., Douglas, M.M., Bunn, S.E., and Davies, P.M.  2017.  Productivity and connectivity in tropical riverscapes of northern Australia: Ecological insights for management. Ecosystems, 20: 492-514.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0037-4

Walters, D.M., Jardine, T.D., Cade, B., Kidd, K.A., Muir, D.C.G., Leipzig-Scott, P.  2016.  Trophic magnification of organic chemicals - a global synthesis. Environmental Science and Technology, 50: 4650-4658.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00201

MacKinnon, B.D., Sagin, J., Baulch, H.M, Lindenschmidt, K.-E., and Jardine, T.D.  2016.  Influence of hydrological connectivity on winter limnology in floodplain lakes of the Saskatchewan River Delta, SK.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73: 140-152.  https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0210

Jardine, T.D., Woods, R., Marshall, J., Fawcett, J., Lobegeiger, J., Valdez, D., and Kainz, M.J.  2015.  Reconciling the role of organic matter pathways in aquatic food webs by measuring multiple tracers in individuals.  Ecology, 96: 3257-3269.  https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2153.1

Jardine, T.D., Bond, N.R., Burford, M.A., Kennard, M.J., Ward, D.P., Bayliss, P., Davies, P.M., Douglas, M.M., Hamilton, S.K., Melack, J.M., Naiman, R.J., Pettit, N.E., Pusey, B.J., Warfe, D.M., and Bunn, S.E.  2015.  Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes?  Ecology, 96: 684-692.  https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0991.1

Sagin, J., Sizo, A., Wheater, H., Jardine, T.D., and Lindenschmidt, K.-E.  2015.  A water coverage extraction approach to track inundation in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Canada.  International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36: 764-781.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2014.1001084

Lavoie, R.A., Jardine, T.D., Chumchal, M.M., Kidd, K.A., and Campbell, L.A.  2013.  Biomagnification of mercury in aquatic food webs: a worldwide meta-analysis.  Environmental Science and Technology, 47: 13385-13394.  https://doi.org/10.1021/es403103t

Jardine, T.D., Kidd, K.A., and Rasmussen, J.B.  2012.  Terrestrial organic matter in the diet of stream consumers: Implications for mercury exposure.  Ecological Applications, 22: 843-855.  https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0874.1 

Logan, J.M., Jardine, T.D., Miller, T.J., Bunn, S.E., Cunjak, R.A., and Lutcavage, M.E.  2008.  Lipid corrections in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses: comparison of chemical extraction and modeling methods.   Journal of Animal Ecology, 77: 838-846.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01394.x

Jardine, T.D., Kidd, K.A., and Fisk, A.T. 2006. Applications, considerations and sources of uncertainty when using stable isotope analysis in ecotoxicology.   Environmental Science and Technology, 40: 7501-7511.  https://doi.org/10.1021/es061263h