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Roxanne Karimi

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D.2007

- Dartmouth College

Research Topics:

Environmental health, freshwater and marine pollutants, ecological stoichiometry, physiological ecology

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  • Bio/Research

    Bio/Research

    My research examines how ecological factors control the cycling of contaminants and nutrients in freshwater and marine systems and human exposure to these nutrients and contaminants through fish consumption. My research interests consist of three core areas: 1) bioaccumulation of mercury and other aquatic contaminants, 2) trace metal stoichiometry in aquatic organisms and 3) human exposure to mercury, fatty acids and persistent organic pollutants through seafood consumption.

    Currently, my work involves three main projects: 1) a large scale meta-analysis of a global database of mercury concentrations in commercial fish; 2) examining ecological drivers and temporal-spatial trends of mercury concentrations in Long Island fish; 3) investigating health effects of chronic, low-level mercury exposure in avid seafood consumers.

    For more information on my mercury research, please see the Current Research Projects at The Gelfond Fund for Mercury Research and Outreach

  • Publications

    Publications

    Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y., Folt, C.L. 2016. Comparing nearshore benthic and pelagic prey as mercury sources to lake fish: the importance of prey quality and mercury content. Science of the Total Environment, 565:211-221, Link.

    Karimi, R., Vacchi-Suzzi, C., Meliker, J.R. 2016. Mercury exposure and a shift toward oxidative stress in avid seafood consumers. Environmental Research, 146:100-107, Link.

    Gribble, M.O., Karimi, R., Feingold, B.J., Nyland, J.F., O’Hara, T.M., Gladyshev,M.I., Chen, C.Y. 2016.

    Mercury, Selenium and Fish Oils in Marine Food Webs and Implications for Human Health.Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Special Issue “Oceans and Human Health, 96(1):43-59, Link.

    Karimi, R. Fisher, N.S., Meliker, J.R. 2014. Mercury-nutrient signatures in seafood and in the blood of avid seafood consumers. Special Issue “Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling and Processes: Implications for human and ecosystem health”, Science of the Total Environment496:636-643, Link.

    Karimi, R., Frisk, M. and Fisher, N.S. 2013. Contrasting food web factor and body size relationships with Hg and Se concentrations in marine biota. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74695, Link.

    Karimi, R., Fitzgerald, T. and Fisher, N.S. 2012. A quantitative synthesis of mercury in commercial seafood and implications for exposure in the U.S. Environmental Health Perspectives 120(11): 1512-1519, Link.

    Gerber, L.R., Karimi, R., Fitzgerald, T. 2012. Sustaining fisheries for public health. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10(9): 487–493, Link.

    Karimi, R., Fisher, N.S. and Folt, C.L. 2010. Metal concentrations in aquatic animals: when growth dilution matters. American Naturalist 176: 699-709, Link.     

    Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y., Fisher, N.S., Pickhardt, P.C., Folt, C.L., 2007. Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:7477–7482, Link.

    Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L., 2006. Beyond macronutrients: element variability and multi-element stoichiometry in freshwater invertebrates. Ecology Letters 9:1273-1283, Link.

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