Leah Bendell

Publications 2018-2024

Books

1. Bendell, L.I. 2024. Ecotoxicology; a cased study approach. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hardcover, ‎ 400 pages ISBN-10: 1394197446
Pre-orders available at: https://www.amazon.ca/Books-Leah-Bendell/s?rh=n%3A916520%2Cp_27%3ALeah%2BBendell

Research papers

2. Zeinab Zoveidadianpour, Juan José Alava, Mark C. Drever, Goetz Schuerholz, Caitlin Pierzchalskie, Tristan Douglas, Bill Heath, Bernhard Juurlink, & Leah Bendell.  2024 Microplastic distribution and Composition in mudflat sediments and Varnish clams (Nuttallia obscurata) from two human-impacted estuaries of British Columbia, Canada: an assessment of potential anthropogenic sources. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117367

3. Bendell, Leah I.; Rankin, Sabina; Delany, Kat; Stenner, Katelyn; Silveri, Amanda; Zhou, Wen (2024). Reducing the Uncertainty of Microplastic Identification and the Preferred Use of the Varnish clam (Nuttallia obscurata) as Compared to Other Bivalves as a Biomonitor of Plastic Pollution. 2024. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00732

4. Renkers, S.L., Bendell, L.I., 2024. Investigating the ecological and toxicological significance of Cyanox®53 recovered from intertidal sediments and varnish clam. Frontiers in Environmental Science 12.  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1439573

5. Kazmiruk, Tamara and Alava, Juan José and Palsson, Eirikur and Bendell, Leah, Sorption of Trace Metals by Macro- and Microplastics within Intertidal Sediments: Insights from a Long-Term Field Study within Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. 2024. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4805433 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4805433

6. Juan José Alava, Annika Jahnke, Melanie Bergmann, Gabriela V. Aguirre-Martínez, Leah Bendell, Paola Calle, Gustavo A. Domínguez, Elaine M. Faustman, Jill Falman, Tamara N. Kazmiruk, Natasha Klasios, Maria T. Maldonado, Karly McMullen, Marcia Moreno-Báez, Gunilla Öberg, Yoshitaka Ota, Dana Price, Won Joon Shim, Ana Tirapé, Jessica M. Vandenberg, Zeinab Zoveidadianpour, and Judith Weis A Call to Include Plastics in the Global Environment in the Class of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) PollutantsEnvironmental Science & Technology 2023 57 (22), 8185-8188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02476

7. Doyle, B. and L.I. Bendell 2022. Use of shell hash to mitigate the acidification of intertidal sediments. Ecosphere. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4003

8. Maximiliano Cledon, Louis A Tremblay, Charles Griffiths , Mariem Fadhlaoui , Olivier Champeau , Marina Albentosa, Victoria Besada , Victor H. Fernandez, Christopher W. McKindsey, Leah Bendell, Bin Zhang, Zaul Garcia-Esquivel, Satinder K Brar, Pratik Kumar, Olivier Laroche, Patrice Couture. 2021. Trace metal residues in marine mussels: a global survey(ETCJ-Jul-21-00513) https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ abs/10.1002/etc.5228. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

9. Juan José Alava Tamara Kazmiruk,* Tristan Douglas, Goetz Schuerholz, Bill Heath, Scott A. Flemming, Leah Bendell, and Mark C. Drever. 2021. Occurrence and size distribution of microplastics in mudflat sediments of the Cowichan/Koksilah Estuary, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/ S0025326X21010675. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173

10. Moore, R.C., Noel, M., Etemadifar, A., Loseto, L., Posacka, A. , Bendell, L., Ross, P.S. 2021. Microplastics in Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Prey: An Exploratory Assessment of Trophic Transfer in the Beaufort Sea. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.scitotenv.2021.150201.

11. Fernandes, S., Farzaneh, S and L.I. Bendell. 2020 Abundance and distribution of beach litter with acutely toxic metal concentrations.  Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111479

12. Roberts, E. M., S. D. Stroshein, and L. I. Bendell. 2020. Change in sediment features and the macroinvertebrate community within an estuarine ecosystem two years post-restoration. Ecosphere 11(7):e03206. 10.1002/ecs2.3206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3206

13. Roberts, E. M., S. D. Stroshein, and L.I. Bendell. 2020. Restoration of an Estuary. Bull Ecol Soc Am 00(00):e01774. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1774

14. Bendell, L.I., E. LeCadre, W. Zhou. 2020. Use of bivalves for monitoring microplastic pollution within intertidal sediments.  PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232879. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232879

15. Moore R.C. , Loseto L., Noel M., Etemadifar A., Brewster J.D., Macphee S., …, Bendell, L. Ross, P.S. 2019. Microplastics in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Eastern Beaufort Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110723

16. Bendell, L.I., McKeachie, S. 2019. The demand for luxury protein is polluting the ocean with plastics. The Conversation.  https://theconversation.com/the-demand-for-luxury-shellfish-is-polluting-the-ocean-with-plastic-118668

The Narwhale https://thenarwhal.ca/the-demand-for-luxury-shellfish-is-polluting-the-ocean-with-plastic/

17. Bendell, L.I., Helm, P., Lagarde, F., Mallory, M., Maes, T., Duflos, G., Brunet, C and Lacroix, C. 2019.  Summary of the Scientific Workship-G7, Paris, October 14^th-15^th. Implementing monitoring of plastic and microplastic pollution.

18. Stewarding the Sound; The challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems. 2019. L.I. Bendell, P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood editors. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, New York.

19. Bendell, L.I. P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood.  2019. Introduction; The challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems. In Stewarding the Sound; The challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems.  L.I. Bendell, P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood editors. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, New York.

20. Bendell, L. I. 2019. Baynes Sound, An Ecologically and Biologically Sensitive Area. In Stewarding the Sound; The challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems.  L.I. Bendell, P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood editors. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, New York.

21. Bendell, L.I. P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood. 2019. Solutions to the challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems. In Stewarding the Sound; The challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems. L.I. Bendell, P. Gallaugher, S. McKeachie and L. Wood editors. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, New York.

22. Bendell, L. I. 2019. Canaries of the sea; Are oysters our canaries of the sea? PSEMP Toxics Work Group. 2018 Salish Sea Toxics Monitoring Review: A Selection of Research. C.A. James, J. Lanksbury, D. Lester, S. O’Neill, T. Roberts, C. Sullivan, J. West, eds. Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program. Tacoma, WA.

23. Munier, B. and Bendell, L. I.  2018. Macro and micro plastics sorb and desorb metals and act as a point source of trace metals to coastal ecosystems PLOS ONE Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Article Number: e0191759

24. Kazmiruk, T. N.; Kazmiruk, V. D.; Bendell, L.I. 2018 Abundance and distribution of microplastics within surface sediments of a key shellfish growing region of Canada PLOS ONE Volume: 13 Issue: 5 Article Number: e0196005

25. Bendell, L.I. 2020. Commentary on Kazmiruk et al. 2018. Corrections to commentary here: replyII.pdf

Submissions for 2025.

26. Zeinab Zoveidadian Pour1, Pamela Brunswick2, Oxana Blajkevitch2, Taylor Filewood2, Dayue Shang2, Robert W. Elner3, Juan José Alava4, Tristan J. Douglas5, Goetz Schuerholz6, Leah Bendell1, and Mark C. Drever3 2024. Fatty acid profiles and microplastic pollution in intertidal biofilm on surface sediments at the Cowichan-Koksilah Estuary, Canada. Estuaries and Coasts. Submitted.

 27. Tamara N. Kazmiruk1, Juan José Alava2,3, Eirikur Palsson4, Leah I. Bendell. 2024.  The influence of temperature on the sorption of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) by macro- and microplastics within intertidal sediments: Insights from a long-term laboratory-based study. Science of the Total Environment. Submitted.