Examples of Publications
Scientific Papers
Larter, N.C., C.R. Macdonald, et al. 2016. Cadmium and other elements in tissues from four ungulate species from the Mackenzie Mountain region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 132:9-17.
Macdonald, C.R. 2014. A critical review of the effects of oil and gas activity on caribou. U.S. – Canada Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum. Yellowknife, NT, Canada.
C.R. Macdonald, B.T. Elkin and B.L. Tracy. 2007. Radiocesium in caribou and reindeer in northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland from 1958 to 2000. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 95:1-25.
Traditional Food Surveys
Macdonald, C.R. 2016. Contaminant survey of Sahtu and South Slave moose, Sahtu mountain caribou and barren-ground caribou - a plain language summary. Report submitted to Environment and Natural Resources, Yellowknife. 42 pp
Macdonald, C.R. 2015. Radionuclides and cadmium in caribou in Nunavut, Northern Saskatchewan and other northern jurisdictions, and human health risks related to consumption: a literature review. Submitted to the Nunavut Department of Health.
Risk Assessment
Macdonald. C.R. 2015. Radiological assessment of risk to human health and the environment at the Farim phosphate Project. Report submitted to lead consulting firm.
Macdonald, C.R. 2013. Draft screening ecological risk assessment for Stark Lake mine. Assessment submitted to lead consulting firm for inclusion with Remedial Action Plan (RAP).
Macdonald, C.R. 2013. Tier III risk assessment of human health and environmental protection in the URL holding pond discharge path. Project report submitted to ACSION Industries. 53 pp.
Program Review
Macdonald, C.R. 2014. Performance assessment of temporal trend monitoring data for the Northern Contaminants Program. Report submitted to the NCP, Ottawa, ON.
Macdonald, C.R. 2013. Strategic review of the environmental programs at the Colomac Mine site, NT 1999 – 2012. 71 pp.
Macdonald, C.R. 2012. Strategic review of priorities and emerging issues for the AMAP work plan 2013-2015. Report submitted to the Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program. Oslo, Norway. 81 pp.
Macdonald, C.R. 2014. Multi-element analysis of wildlife and wetland plants at Colomac mine, NWT. Report submitted to AECOM, Calgary for site monitoring report.
Mine Site Assessments
Macdonald, C.R. 2013. Metal and radionuclide concentrations in lake whitefish, lake trout and herring collected near Déline, NT in 2012. Report submitted to the Déline Renewable Resource Council. 36 pp.
Macdonald, C.R. 2010. Field sampling in support of environmental risk assessment at abandoned mines in the NWT. Federal Contaminated Sites Workshop. Montreal Québec. May 11, 2010.