publications

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Gobas FAPC, Lee YS, Stelmachuk S, Fremlin KM, Redman AD. 2023. Methods for Assessing the Bioaccumulation of Hydrocarbons and Related Substances in Terrestrial Organisms: A Critical Review. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

Fremlin Kate M., John E. Elliott, Robert J. Letcher, Tom Harner and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2023. Developing methods for assessing trophic magnification of perfluoroalkyl substances within an urban terrestrial avian food-web. Environ. Sci. Technol. Submitted.

Cantu M.A. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2023. Bioaccumulation of Octamethyltrisiloxane (L3), Decamethyltetrasiloxane (L4), and Dodecamethylpentasiloxane (L5) in Fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Accepted subject to revisions.

Christy Morrissey (CM); Katrine Borgå (KB); Markus Brinkmann (MB); Igor Eulaers (IE); Kate Fremlin (KF); Clémentine Fritsch (CF); Frank Gobas (FG); Dwayne R.J. Moore (DM); Nico van den Brink (NB); Ted Wickwire (TW); William Adams. 2023. Advancing exposure assessment approaches to improve wildlife risk assessment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

Alexander M. Cancelli and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2022. Development and testing of a mechanistic model for wetland treatment of neutral and polar organic contaminants in oil sands process-affected water: Application to the Kearl Treatment Wetland in Alberta, Canada. Ecological Engineering. Submitted

Oh Jenny, Chubashini Shunthirasingham, Ying Duan Lei, Faqiang Zhan, Yuening Li, Abigaëlle Dalpé Castilloux, Amina Ben Chaaben, Zhe Lu, Kelsey Lee, Frank Gobas, Sabine Eckhardt, Nick Alexandrou, Hayley Hung, Frank Wania. 2023. The atmospheric fate of 1,2-Dibromo-1 4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane (TBECH): Spatial patterns, seasonal variability, and deposition to Canadian coastal regions.

Sun J., B.G. Kelly, F.A.P.C. Gobas and E. Sunderland. 2022. A food web bioaccumulation model for the accumulation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fish: How important is renal elimination? Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts 24, 1152-1164.

Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2022. Treatment of naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected waters with a surface flow treatment wetland: mass removal, half-life, and toxicity-reduction. Environ Res 213: 113755, Oct;213: 113755. pp.9.

Lee, Yung-Shan, Talia R. Cole, Manpreet S. Jhutty, Mark A. Cantu, Beatrice Chee, Stephanie C. Stelmaschuk, Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2021. Bioaccumulation Screening of Neutral Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Air-Breathing Organisms Using In Vitro Rat Liver S9 Biotransformation Assays. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 41(10): 2565–2579.

Conder J., J. Zodrow, J. Arblaster, B. Kelly, F. Gobas, J. Suski, E. Osborn, M. Frenchmeyer, C. Divine, A. Leeson. 2021. Strategic Resources for Assessing PFAS Ecological Risks at AFFF Sites. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 17(4): 746–752.

Fremlin, K.M., J.E. Elliott, P.A. Martin, K.G. T. Harner, A. Saini, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2021. Fugacity-Based Trophic Magnification Factors Characterize Bioaccumulation of Cyclic Methyl Siloxanes within an Urban Terrestrial Avian Food Web: Importance of Organism Body Temperature and Composition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55(20):13932-13941.

Ghosh, U., M. Bokare, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2021. Deconvoluting thermodynamics from biology in the aquatic food web model. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 40(8): 2145–2155.

Cantu M.A. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2021. Bioaccumulation of Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) in Fish. Chemosphere 281(2):130948.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Y.S Lee, J. Arnot. 2021. Lipid Normalizing the Biomagnification Factor. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 40(4): 1204-1211.

Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020. Treatment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oil Sands Process Affected Water with a Surface Flow Treatment Wetland. Environments. 7, 64-80.

Saunders L.J., P.N. Fitzsimmons, J.W. Nichols, Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2020a. In Vitro-In Vivo Extrapolation Of Hepatic And Gastrointestinal Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Chemicals In Rainbow Trout. Aquatic Toxicology 228: 105629.

Saunders L.J., G. Diaz-Blanco, Y.S. Lee, S.V. Otton, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2020b. Hepatic Clearance Binding Terms Of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals In Rainbow Trout: Application Of A Streamlined Sorbent-Phase Dosing Method. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 7(9), 672-676.  

Fremlin, K.M., J.E. Elliott, D.J. Green, K.G. Drouillard, T. Harner, A. Ng, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2019. Trophic Magnification of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants in an Urban Terrestrial Food-Web. Science of the Total Environment. 714: 136746, ISSN 0048-9697.

Saunders, L., A. Hoffman, J. Nichols, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2019. Dietary Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Hydrophobic Organic Sunscreen Agents in Rainbow Trout. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 39(3): 509-730.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee, J.C. Lo, T.F. Parkerton, D. Lettinski. 2019. A Toxicokinetic Framework and Analysis Tool for Interpreting OECD 305 Dietary Bioaccumulation Tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 39(1): 171-188.

Gobas F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee. 2019. Growth Correcting the BCF and BMF in Bioaccumulation Assessments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 38: 2065–2072.

Cancelli, A.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas, W. Qian, B.C. Kelly. 2019. Development And Evaluation Of A Mechanistic Model To Assess The Fate and Removal Efficiency Of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants In Horizontal Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands. Water Research 151: 183-192.

Saunders L.J., S. Fontanay, J.W. Nichols, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2019. Concentration-Dependence Of In Vitro Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Organic Sunscreen Agents In Rainbow Trout S9 Fractions: Implications For Bioaccumulation Assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 38(3): 548-560.

Gobas F.A.P.C., Y.S. Lee, L.J. Saunders, M.M. Moore, J.J. Trowell, C.J. Kennedy. 2019. Response to Comment on: “Estimating the Bioconcentration Factors of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals from Biotransformation Rates Using Rainbow Trout Hepatocytes”. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 76(1): 154–156.

Gobas F.A.P.C., H. Lai, D. Mackay, L.E. Padilla, A. Goetz, S.H. Jackson. 2018. AGRO-2014: A Time Dependent Model For Assessing The Fate And Food-Web Bioaccumulation Of Organic Pesticides In Farm Ponds: Model Testing And Performance Analysis. Science of the Total Environment 639: 1324–1333.

Gobas F.A.P.C., P. Mayer, T.F. Parkerton, R.M. Burgess, D. van de Meent, T. Gouin. 2018. A Chemical Activity Approach to Exposure and Risk Assessment of Chemicals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 37(5): 1235-1251.

Trowell J.J, F.A.P.C. Gobas, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy. 2018. Estimating the bioconcentration factors of hydrophobic organic compounds from biotransformation rates using rainbow trout hepatocytes. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 75(2):295-305.

Lee Y.S., J.C. Lo, S.V. Otton, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2017. In-vitro-to-in-vivo extrapolation of biotransformation rates for assessing bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in mammals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 36, 1934–1946.

Gobas F.A.P.C., S.V. Otton, L.F. Tupper-Ring, M.A. Crawford, K.E. Clark, M.G. Ikonomou. 2017. Chemical activity-based environmental risk analysis of the plasticizer di-ethylhexyl phthalate and its main metabolite mono-ethylhexyl phthalate. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 36(6): 1483–1492.

Lo J.C., D.J. Letinski, T.F. Parkerton, D.A. Campbell and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2016. In Vivo Biotransformation Rates of Organic Chemicals in Fish: Relationship with Bioconcentration and Biomagnification Factors. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50 (24), pp 13299–13308.

Gobas F.A.P.C. and J.C. Lo. 2016. Deriving Bioconcentration Factors And Somatic Biotransformation Rates From Dietary Bioaccumulation And Depuration Tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 35: 2968–2976.

Kim J., F.A.P.C. Gobas, J.A. Arnot, D.E. Powell, R.M. Seston, K.B. Woodburn. 2016. Evaluating the roles of biotransformation, spatial concentration differences, organism home range, and field sampling design on trophic magnification factors. Science of the Total Environment. 551–552, 438–451.

Gobas F.A.P.C., L. Burkhard, W. Doucette, K. Sappington, E. Verbruggen, B. Hope, M. Bonnell, J. Arnot, J. Tarazona. 2015. Review of Existing Terrestrial Bioaccumulation Models and Terrestrial Bioaccumulation Modeling Needs for Organic Chemicals. Review of existing terrestrial bioaccumulation models and terrestrial bioaccumulation modeling needs for organic chemicals. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 12 (1), 123–134. Article first published online : 28 SEP 2015,

Alava J.J., P.S. Ross and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2016. Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Resident Killer Whales from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean as a Tool for the Derivation of PBDE-Sediment Quality Guidelines. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70:155–168.

Alava, J.J., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2016. Modeling 137Cs bioaccumulation in the salmon–resident killer whale food web of the Northeastern Pacific following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. Science of the Total Environment 544: 56-67.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., D.E. Powell, K.B. Woodburn, T. Springer, D.B. Huggett. 2015. Bioaccumulation of Decamethylpentacyclosiloxane (D5) in Aquatic and Non-Aquatic Biota: A Review. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(12), 2703–2714.

Lo, J.C., G.N. Allard, S.V. Otton, D.A. Campbell, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Concentration Dependence Of Biotransformation In Fish Liver S9: Optimizing Substrate Concentrations To Estimate Hepatic Clearance For Bioaccumulation Assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(12), 2782–2790.

Fairbrother A.E., Burton A., Klaine S.J., Powell D.E., Staples C.A., Mihiach E., Woodburn K.B., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Characterization of ecological risks from environmental releases of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Environ Toxicol Chem. 34(12), 2715–2722.

Lo J.C., D.A. Campbell, C.J. Kennedy, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Somatic And Gastro-Intestinal In-Vivo Biotransformation Rates Of Hydrophobic Chemicals In Fish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(10), 2282–2294.

Gobas F.A.P.C., S. Xu, G. Kozerski, D.E. Powell, K.B. Woodburn, D. Mackay, A.E.  Fairbrother. 2015. Fugacity and Activity Analysis of the Bioaccumulation and Environmental Risks of Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(12), 2723–2731.

Arblaster, J., M.G. Ikonomou, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Towards Ecosystem Based Sediment Quality Guidelines for PCB. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 11: 689-700.

Donald Mackay, Frank Gobas, Keith Solomon, Matthew Macleod, Michael McLachlan, David E. Powell, and Shihe Xu. 2015. Comment on “Unexpected Occurrence of Volatile Dimethylsiloxanes in Antarctic Soils, Vegetation, Phytoplankton, and Krill”. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49(12), Pp. 7507–7509.

Alava J.J., M.R.R. McDougall, M.J. Borbor-Córdova, K.P. Calle, M. Riofrio, N. Calle, M.S. Ikonomou and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2015. Perfluorinated Chemicals Assessment in Sediments, Lichens and Seabirds from the Antarctic Peninsula: Environmental Assessment and Management Perspectives. In "Emerging Pollutants in the Environment - Current and Further Implications", ISBN 978-953-51-4232-4. Pp. 51-73.

Lee Y.S., D.H.Y. Lee, M. Delafoulhouze, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2014. In Vitro Biotransformation Rates In Fish Liver S9: Effect Of Dosing Techniques. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2014, 33, 1885–1893.

Ghosh U., S.K. Driscoll, R. Burgess, F.A.P.C. Gobas, K. Maruya, C. Jonker, W. Gala, Y. Choi, C. Beegan, S. Apitz, M. Mortimer, D. Reible. 2014. Passive Sampling Methods for Contaminated Sediments: Practical Guidance for Selection, Calibration and Implementation. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 10(2), 210–223.

Tierney, K.B., F.A.P.C. Gobas, C.J. Kennedy, M. Gledhill, M. Sekela. 2014. Chapter 1: Organic contaminants in fish. In Fish Physiology (K.B. Tierney, A.P. Farrell, C. J. Brauner eds.) Pp. 1 – 41.

Mackay, D. J.A Arnot, F.A.P.C. Gobas and D.E. Powell. 2013. Mathematical Relationships between Metrics of Chemical Bioaccumulation in Fish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 32(7), 1459–1466.

Benskin, J.P., M.G. Ikonomou, F.A.P.C. Gobas, T.H. Begley, M.B. Woudneh, J.R. Cosgrove. 2013. Biodegradation of N-ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido ethanol (EtFOSE) and EtFOSE-phosphate (SAmPAP) diester in marine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 43, 1381-1389.

Mirsadeghi S.E., M.P. Zakaria, C.K. Yap, F.A.P.C. Gobas^. Evaluation of the potential of the blood cockle (Anadara granosa L.) for assessment of environmental matrices of mudflats: bioaccumulation and biomarkers. 2013. Science of the Total Environment 454-455, Pp. 584-597.

Alava J.J., P.S. Ross, C. Lachmuth, J.K.B. Ford, B.E. Hickie and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2012. Habitat-based PCB Environmental Quality Criteria for the Protection of Endangered Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46(22), Pp 12655–12663.

Alava J.J. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2012. Assessing Biomagnification and Trophic Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Food Chain of the Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki): Conservation and Management Implications. In “New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals” (A. Romero and E.O. Keith eds.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0844-3, InTech.

Kickham P., V.S. Otton, M. M. Moore, M.G. Ikonomou and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2012. Relationship between biodegradation and sorption of phthalate esters and their metabolites in natural sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 31(8), 1730–1737.

Benskin J.P., M.G. Ikonomou, F.A.P.C. Gobas, M.B. Woudneh, and J.R. Cosgrove. 2012. Observation of a Novel PFOS-Precursor, the Perfluorooctane Sulfonamido Ethanol-Based Phosphate (SAmPAP) Diester, in Marine Sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46(12), 6505–6514.

Lee Y.S, S.V. Otton, D.A. Campbell, M.M. Moore, C.J. Kennedy, and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2012. Measuring In Vitro Biotransformation Rates of Super Hydrophobic Chemicals in Rat Liver S9 Fractions Using Thin-Film Sorbent-Phase Dosing. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46(1), 410–418.

Alava, J.J.; D. Lambourn, P.Olesiuk, M. Lance, S.J. Jeffries, F.A.P.C. Gobas and P.S. Ross. 2012. PBDEs and PCBs in migrating Steller sea lions (Eumatopias jubatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Chemosphere, 88(2012) 855–864.

Ikonomou M.G., J.D. Blair, B.C. Kelly and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2012. An Interlaboratory Comparison Study for the Determination of Di-Alkyl Phthalate Esters in Environmental and Biological Samples. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 31(9) 1948–1956.

Alava, J.J., S. Salazar, M. Cruz, G. Jimenez-Uzcátegui, , S. Villegas-Amtmann, D. Pae´z-Rosas P. Howorth, D.P. Costa, P.S. Ross, M.G. Ikonomou , F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2011. DDT Strikes Back: Galapagos Sea Lions Face Increasing Health Risks. AMBIO (2011) 40:425–430.

Conder, J.M., F.A.P.C. Gobas, K. Borgå, D.C.G. Muir, and D. Powell. 2012. Use of trophic magnification factors and related measures to characterize bioaccumulation potential of chemicals. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 8: 85-97.

Borgå, K., Kidd, K.A., Berglund, O., Conder, J.M., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Kucklick, J.R., Kay, D., Malm, O. Powell, D.E., Muir, D.C.G. 2012. Trophic Magnification Factors: Considerations of Ecology, Ecosystems, and Study design. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 8(1): 64-84.

Alava, J.J., P.S. Ross, M.G. Ikonomou , M. Cruz, G. Jimenez-Uzcátegui, D.P. Costa, S. Villegas-Amtmann, P. Howorth, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2011. DDT in endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). Marine Pollution Bulletin 62: 660-671.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and J.A. Arnot. 2010. San Francisco Bay PCB Food Web Bioaccumulation Model. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29: 1385-1395.

Sunderland, E.M. J. Dalziel, A. Heyes , B.A. Branfireun , D.P. Krabbenhoft, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2010. Response of a Macrotidal Estuary to Changes in Anthropogenic Mercury Loading between 1850 and 2000. ” Environ. Sci. Technol. 44: 1698-1704.

Barry C. Kelly, Michael G. Ikonomou, Joel D. Blair, Blair Surridge, Dale Hoover, Richard Grace, and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2009. Response to Comments on “Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in an Arctic marine food web: Trophic magnification and wildlife exposure” Environ. Sci. Technol. 43(15), 6110–6111.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., W. de Wolf, E. Verbruggen, K. Plotzke, L. Burkhard. 2009. Revisiting Bioaccumulation Criteria for POPs and PBT Assessments. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 5(4), 624-637.

Kelly, B.C., M.G. Ikonomou , J. D. Blair, B. Surridge, D. Hoover, L. Haviland, R. Grace, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2009 Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in an Arctic Marine Food Web: Trophic Magnification and Wildlife Exposure. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43(11), 4037–4043.

Blair J.D., M.G. Ikonomou, M.L. McConnell, B.C. Kelly and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2009. Ultra-Trace Determination of Phthalate Ester Metabolites in Seawater, Sediments, and Biota from an Urbanized Marine Inlet by LC/ESI-MS/MS. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43(16), 6262–6268.

Boethling, R.S., R. Chenier, C.E. Cowan-Ellsberry, W. de Wolf, P. Dohmen, S.J. Eisenreich, B. Escher, F.A.P.C. Gobas, K.C. Jones, G.M. Klecka, D. Mackay, M. McLachlan, D.C.G. Muir, J. Nichols, M. Scheringer, J.R. Snape, K.R. Solomon, D.L. Swackhamer, J.V. Tarazona, D. van Wijk, A.V. Weisbrod, K.B. Woodburn (in alphabetical order). 2009. Science Based Guidance and Framework for the Evaluation and Identification of PBTs and POPs (G.M. Klecka and D.C.G. Muir eds.) SETAC Press. 32 pp.

Alava, J.J., P.S. Ross, M.G. Ikonomou, D. Costa, S. Salazar, and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2009. Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28(11), 2271–2282.

Klecka, G.M., D.C.G Muir, P. Dohmen, S.J. Eisenreich, F.A.P.C. Gobas, K.C Jones, D. Mackay, J. V. Tarazona and D. van Wijk. 2009. Introduction to Special Series: Science-Based Guidance and Framework for the Evaluation and Identification of PBTs and POPs. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 5(4), 535-538.

Meloche, L.M., S.V. Otton, M.G. Ikonomou, A.M.H. DeBruyn and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2009. Assessing sediment quality using thin-film solid phase extraction. Environ. Chem. Toxicol. 28: 247-253.

Kelly, B.C., M.G. Ikonomou, J.D. Blair and Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2008. Behaviour of Hydroxylated and Methoxylated PBDEs in a Canadian Arctic Food-Web. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42: 7069-7077.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2008. Food-Web Bioaccumulation Models. In Encyclopedia of Ecology, Volume 2:  Environmental Toxicology (Jorgensen, S.E. and Fath B.D. (editor-in-Chief.) Elsevier, Oxford. Pp. 1643-1652.

Kelly, B.C., Michael G. Ikonomou, Joel D. Blair, Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2008. Bioaccumulation behaviour of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a Canadian Arctic marine food web. Science of the Total Environment 401, 60-72.

Otton, S.V., S. Sura, J. Blair, M.G. Ikonomou, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2008. Biodegradation of Mono-Alkyl Phthalate Esters in Natural Sediments. Chemosphere 71: 2011-2016.

Golding, C.J., Gobas, F.A.P.C.; Birch, G.F. 2008. A Fugacity Approach for Assessing the Bioaccumulation of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds from Estuarine Sediment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(5): 1047-1054.

Vasiluk L., L.J. Pinto, W.S. Tsang, F.A.P.C. Gobas, C. E. Eickhoff and M.M. Moore. 2008. “The uptake and metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene from a sample food substrate in an in vitro model of digestion.” Food and Chemical Toxicology. 46(2): 610-618.

Kelly, B.C., M.G. Ikonomou, J.D. Blair, A.E. Morin and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2007. Food Web Specific Biomagnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Science 307: 236-239.

Armitage, J.M. and F.A.P.C Gobas, 2007. A Terrestrial Bioaccumulation Model for POPs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(11), 4019-4025.

DeBruyn, A.M.H. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2007. The Sorptive Capacity of Animal Protein.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26(9): 1803-1808.

Vasiluk, L, L.J. Pinto, Z.A. Walji, W.S. Tsang, F.A. P. C. Gobas , C. Eickhoff and M.M. Moore. 2007. Benzo[a]pyrene bioavailability from pristine soil and contaminated sediment assessed using two in vitro models. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26: 387-393.

Golding, C.J.; Gobas, F.A.P.C.; Birch, G.F. (2007) Characterisation of PAH bioavailability in estuarine sediments using Thin Film Extraction. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(5): 829-836.

Cheng, W.W.L. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2007. Assessment of Human Health Risks of Consumption of Cadmium Contaminated Cultured Oysters. Human. Ecol. Risk Assess. 13: 370-382.

Arnot, J.A. and F.A. P. C. Gobas. 2006. A review of bioconcentration factor (BCF) and bioaccumulation factor (BAF) assessments for organic chemicals in aquatic organisms. Environmental Reviews 14: 257-297.

Macintosh, C. E.,  J. A. Maldonado, M. G. Ikonomou and F. A. P. C. Gobas. 2006. Sorption of Phthalate Esters and PCBs in a Marine Ecosystem. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006; 40(11); 3481-3488.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., M.M. Moore, J.L.M. Hermens and Jon A. Arnot. 2006. Bioaccumulation Reality Check. SETAC Globe 7(4), 40-41.

Sunderland, E. M.H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, B.A. Branfireun, A. Heyes. 2006. Environmental Controls on the Speciation and Distribution of Mercury in Coastal Sediments. Marine Chemistry 102: 111-123.

Minhas, J.K.,L. Vasiluk, L.J. Pinto, F.A.P.C. Gobas and M.M. Moore. 2006, Mobilization of chrysene from soil in a model digestive system. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25(7): 1729-1737.

deBruyn, A.M.H. and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2006. A Bioenergetic Biomagnification Model for the Animal Kingdom. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 1581-1587.

Kelly, B.C., M.G. Ikonomou and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2005. Biomagnification Potential of Polybrominated Diphenylethers in a Canadian Arctic Marine Food Web. Organohalogen Compounds. Pp. 1240-1242.

Kelly, B.C., M.G. Ikonomou and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2005. Biomagnification Potential of Polybrominated Diphenylethers in a Canadian Arctic Marine Food Web. Proceedings of the Dioxin 2005 Conference, Toronto, Ontario. Pp. 1243-1246.

Kelly, B.C., M.S. McLachlan and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2004. Intestinal Absorption and Biomagnification of Organic Contaminants in Fish, Wildlife and Humans. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23, 2324-2336.

Harner, T., Mahiba Shoeib, Melissa Kozma, Frank A. P. C. Gobas, Shao Meng Li. 2005. Hexachlorocyclohexanes  and endosulfans in urban, rural and high altitude samples in the Fraser Valley, B. C.: Evidence for trans-Pacific transport. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(3): 724-731.

DeBruyn, A.M.H. and F.A.P.C. Gobas, M.G. Ikonomou. 2004. Magnification and Toxicity of PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs in Upriver Migrating Pacific Salmon. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 6217-6224.

DeBruyn, A.M.H. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2004. Modelling the Diagenetic Fate of POPs in Organically Enriched Sediments. Ecol. Modelling, 179, 405-416.

Macintosh, C. E.,  J. Maldonado, J. Hongwu, N. Hoover, A. Chong,  M. G. Ikonomou and F. A. P. C. Gobas . 2004. Distribution of Phthalate Esters in a Marine Aquatic Food-Web. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38(7): 2011 - 2020.

Arnot, J.A. and F.A. P. C. Gobas. 2004. A Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Ecosystems. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23, 2343-2355.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and D.C.G. Muir. 2004. A World Model, a Model World. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23, 2279-2280.

Sunderland, E.M. B.A. Branfireun, A.K. Bayer, A. Heyes, R. E. Cranston,  M. B. Parsons and  F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2004.  Speciation and Bioavailability of Mercury in Well-Mixed Estuarine Sediments. Marine Chemistry 90, 91-105.

Kelly, B.C. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2003. An Arctic Terrestrial Food-Chain Bioaccumulation Model for Persistent Organic Pollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 2966-2974.

Arnot, J.A., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2003. A generic QSAR for Assessing the Bioaccumulation Potential of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Food-webs. QSAR Comb. Sci. 22: 337-345.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., B.C. Kelly, J.A. Arnot. 2003. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships for Predicting the Bioaccumulation of POPs in Terrestrial Food-Webs. QSAR Comb. Sci. 22: 346-351.

Lin, Z, M. G. Ikonomou, C.E. Mackintosh, J. Hongwu and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2003. Determination of Phthalate Ester Congeners and Mixtures in Sediments and Biota of an Urbanized Coastal Marine Inlet. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003; 37(10): 2100–2108.

Eickhoff, C.V., S.X. He, F.A.P.C. Gobas and F.C.P. Law. (2003). Determination Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Dungeness Crabs (Cancer magister) Near An Aluminium Smelter In Kitimat Arm, BC. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22: 50-58.

Eickhoff, C.V., F.A.P.C. Gobas and F.C.P. Law. (2003). Screening Pyrene Metabolites in the Haemolymph of Dungeness Crabs (Cancer magister) Using Synchronous Fluorescence Spectrometry: Method Development And Application. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22: 59-66.

Wiseman, C.L.S. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2002. Balancing Risks in the Management of Contaminated Aboriginal Fisheries. Int. J. Environ. Health. Res. 12(4), 331-342.

Harner, T., N. Farrar,  M. Shoeib,  K. Jones and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2003. Characterisation of Polymer-Coated Glass (POGs) as Passive Air Samplers for Persistent Organic Pollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 2486-2493.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and L.G. MacLean. 2003. Sediment-water distribution of organic contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: the role of organic carbon mineralization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37(4): 735-741.

Gobas, Frank A.P.C., Cheryl E. Mackintosh, Glenys Webster, Michael Ikonomou, Thomas F. Parkerton, Kenneth Robillard. 2003.  Bioaccumulation of Phthalate Esters in Aquatic Food-Webs. Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 3. Phthalates (O. Hutzinger ed.) Pp. 201-225.

Li, P.C.H., E. J. Swanson, F.A.P.C.Gobas. 2002. Diazinon and its Degradation Products in Agricultural Water Courses in British Columbia, Canada. Bulletin of Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 69:59-65.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2001. Response to “A proposal for hazard identification of organic chemicals based on inherent toxicity”. SETAC Globe 2(6), 29-30.

Gobas, F.A.P.C.,  R. Purdy, G.Granville, C. Cowan-Ellsbery, J. Gannon, M. Lewis, A. Socha, P. M. Chapman. 2001. A proposal for hazard identification of organic chemicals based on inherent toxicity. SETAC Globe (4), 33-34.

Wilcockson, John, B. and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2001. Thin Film Solid-Phase Extraction to Measure Fugacities of Poorly-Volatile Organic Chemicals in Biological Samples. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35: 1425-1431.

Kelly, B.C. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2001. Bioaccumulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lichen-Caribou-Wolf Food-Chains of Canada’s Central and Western Arctic. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35(2): 325-334.

Qiao, P., F.A.P.C. Gobas and A.P. Farrell. 2000. Relative Contributions of Aqueous and Dietary Uptake of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals to the Body Burden in Juvenile Trout. Arch. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 39: 369-377.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2001. Assessing Bioaccumulation Factors of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Food-Chains, In: Persistent Organic Pollutants: Environmental Behaviour and Pathways of Human Exposure, ed S. Harrad, Pubd. Kluwer Academic, Pp. 145-165.

Walker, S.L. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1999. An Investigation of the Application of Canadian Water Quality Guidelines. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18: 1323-1328.

Russell, R.W., F.A.P.C. Gobas, and G.D. Haffner. 1999. Maternal Transfer and In-Ovo Exposure of Organochlorines in Oviparous Organisms: A Model and Field Verification. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33: 416-420.

Gobas, F.A.P.C.,J.W.B. Wilcockson, R.W. Russell and G.D. Haffner. 1999. Mechanism of Biomagnification in Fish under Laboratory and Field Conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33: 133-141.

Carey, J., P. Cook, J. Giesy, P. Hodson, D. Muir, J. Owens, K. Solomon, U. Ahlborg, D. Allen, K. Ballschmiter, T. Bidleman, R. Boethling, J. Clarck, J. DePinto, G. Dickson, R. Erickson, H. Fielder, M. Fournier, M. Gilbertson, F. Gobas, T. Green, A. Grimvall, P. Howard, B. Jansson, P. Jones, R. Kimerle, D. Mackay, F. Mayer, L. McCarty, K. Munkittrick, R. Norstrom, M. Olsson, R. Parrish, R. Peterson, C. Rappe, R. Reitz, M. Salkinoja-Salonen, W. Schmidt, D. Sijm, J. Stein, K. Stromborg, T. Shinsuke, T. ten Hulscher, P. Thomas, D. Tillit, M. Van den Berg, G. Vn der Kraak, G. Veith, E. Voldner, P. Watanabe, R. Wentsel, M. Zeeman. 1998. In “Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of the chlorinated Organic Chemicals” (Carey, J., P. Cook, J. Giesy, P. Hodson, D. Muir, J. Owens, K. Solomon eds.). SETAC Special Publication. 397 p.

Kleinow, K., J. Baker, J. Nichols, F.A.P.C. Gobas, T. Parkerton, D. Muir, G. Monteverdi and P. Mastrodone. 1999. Chemical Exposure, Uptake and Disposition: Implications for Reproduction and Development in Select Oviparous Vertebrates. In “Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Contaminants in Oviparous Vertebrates” Eds. Richard T. Di Giulio and Donald E. Tillitt, 462 pp. SETAC Special Publication. 135-256.

Russell R.W., F.A.P.C. Gobas and G.D. Haffner. 1999. The Role of Chemical and Ecological Factors in Trophic Transfer of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Food Webs. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18: 1250-1258.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and H.A. Morrison. 1999. Bioconcentration & Bioaccumulation in the Aquatic Environment. In “Handbook of Property Estimation methods for chemicals: Environmental and Health Sciences” (Boethling R. and Mackay, D. eds.), CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-456-1, Pp. 139-232.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.P. Pasternak. K. Lien and R.K. Duncan. 1998. Development & Field-Validation of a multi-media exposure assessment model for waste load allocation in aquatic ecosystems: application to TCDD and TCDF in the Fraser River Watershed. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32: 2442-2449.

Morrison, H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, R. Lazar, D.M. Whittle and G.D. Haffner. 1998. Projected Changes to the trophodynamics of PCBs in the Western Lake Erie Ecosystem Attributed to the presence of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Environ. Sci. Technol. 32: 3862-3867.

Morrison, H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, R. Lazar, D.M. Whittle and G.D. Haffner. 1997. Development and Verification of a Benthic/Pelgaic Food-Web Bioaccumulation Model for Western Lake Erie. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31: 3267-3273.

Lawrence, G.L. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1997. Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Interspecies Extrapolation in Dioxin Risk Assessment. Chemosphere 35: 427-452.

Morrison, H.A., F.A.P.C. Gobas, R. Lazar, D.M. Whittle and G.D. Haffner. 1996. Development and Verification of a Bioaccumulation Model of Organic Contaminants in Benthic Invertebrates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30, 3377-3384.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and M.N. Z'Graggen. 1995. Time Response of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem to Virtual Elimination of PCBs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29(8): 2038-2046.

X. Zhang and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1995. A Thermodynamic Analysis of the Relationships between Molecular Size, Hydrophobicity, Aqueous Solubility and Octanol-Water Partitioning of  Organic Chemicals. Chemosphere. 31: 3501-3521.

Mackay, D., M. Diamond, S. Sang, P. Vlahos, F.A.P.C. Gobas and D. Dolan. 1994. A Simple Rate Constant Model of Chemical Dynamics in a Lake Ecosystem. J. Great Lakes Research. 20: 625-642.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and X. Zhang. 1994. Interactions of Organic Chemicals with Organic Matter in the Aquatic Environment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. Special Publication on "Bioavailability: Physical, Chemical and Biological Interactions (J.L. Hamelink, Peter F. Landrum, Harold L. Bergman and W.H. Benson eds.) Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI, Pp. 83-91.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., X. Zhang and R.J. Wells. 1993. Gastro-intestinal Magnification: The Mechanism of Biomagnification and Food-chain Accumulation of Organic Chemicals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27: 2855-2863.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1993. A Model for Predicting the Bioaccumulation of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Food-Webs: Application to Lake Ontario. Ecol. Modelling. 69: 1-17.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.R. McCorquodale and G.D. Haffner. 1993. Intestinal Absorption and Biomagnification of Organochlorines. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12: 567-576.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and X. Zhang. 1992. Measuring Bioconcentration Factors and Rate Constants of Chemicals in Aquatic Organisms under Conditions of Variable Water Concentrations and Short Exposure Time. Chemosphere 25, 1961-1972.

Lazar, R., R.C. Edwards, C.D. Metcalfe, T. Metcalfe, F.A.P.C. Gobas and G.D. Haffner. 1992. A Simple Novel Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Coplanar (Non-Ortho substituted) Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Environmental Samples. Chemosphere 25, 493-504.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1992. Modelling the Accumulation and Toxic Impacts of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic food-Chains. In "Chemical Dynamics in Fresh Water Ecosystems" (Gobas, F.A.P.C. and J.A. McCorquodale eds.), Lewis Publishers, Chelsea MI, Pp. 129-153.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1991. A Thermodynamic Analysis of Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships for Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals. Science of the Total Environment 109-110, 89-104.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., E.J. McNeil, L. Lovett-Doust and G.D. Haffner. 1991. Bioconcentration of Chlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Aquatic Macrophytes (Myriophyllum spicatum). Environ. Sci. Technol. 25, 924-929.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and R.W. Russell. 1991. Bioavailability of Organochlorines in Fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 100C, 17-20.

Sproule, J.W., Shiu, W.Y., Mackay, D., Schroeder, W.H., Russell, R.W. and Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1991. In-Situ Measurement of the Truly Dissolved Concentration of Hydrophobic Chemicals in Natural Waters. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10(1), 9-20.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., L. Lovett-Doust and G.D. Haffner. 1991. A Comparative Study of the Bioconcentration and Toxicity of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Aquatic Macrophytes and Fish. (in Gorsuch, J.W., W.R. Lower, M.A. Lewis and Wang-Wuchena (eds.) Plants for toxicity assessment: Vol II, ASTM, Philadelphia, Pensylvania (USA) 1991 pp. 178-193. Also published as: Am. Soc. Test. Mat. ASTM STP 1115: 174-183.

Clark, K.E., F.A.P.C. Gobas and D. Mackay. 1990. Model of Organic Chemical Uptake and Clearance by Fish from Food and Water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 24(8), 1203-1213.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and M.S. Schrap. 1990. Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Dibenzo‑p‑dioxins and Octachlorodibenzofuran in  the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Chemosphere 20, 495-512.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., D.C. Bedard, J.J.H. Ciborowski and G.D. Haffner. 1989. Bioaccumulation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons by the Mayfly Hexagenia limbata in Lake St. Clair. J. Great Lakes Res. 15, 581-588.

Russell, R.W. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1989. Calibration of the Fresh Water Mussel Elliptio Complanata for Quantitative Biomonitoring of Hexachlorobenzene and Octachlorostyrene. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 576-582.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Clark, K.E., Shiu, W.Y. and Mackay, D. 1989. Bioconcentration of Polybrominated Benzenes and Biphenyls and Related Superhydrophobic Chemicals in Fish : Role of Bioavailability and Faecal Elimination. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 8, 231-247.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Muir, D.C.G. and Mackay, D. 1989. Dynamics of Dietary Bioaccumulation and Faecal Elimination of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Fish. Chemosphere 17, 943-962.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Lahitette, J.M., Garafalo, G., Shiu, W.Y.and Mackay, D. 1988. A Novel Method for Measuring Membrane‑Water Partition Coefficients of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals: Comparison with 1-Octanol-Water Partitioning. J. Pharm. Sci. 77, 265-272.

Opperhuizen, A., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Van der Steen, J.M.D. and  Hutzinger, O. 1988. Aqueous Solubility of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Related to Molecular Structure. Environ. Sci. Technol. 22, 638-646.

Shiu, W.Y., Doucette, W., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Andren, A. and Mackay, D. 1988. Physical Chemical Properties of Chlorinated Dibenzo‑p‑dioxins. Environ. Sci. Technol. 22, 651-658.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and Mackay, D. 1987. Dynamics of Hydrophobic Organic Chemical Bioconcentration in Fish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 6, 495‑504.

Opperhuizen, A., Van der Naald, W.G.H., Gobas, F.A.P.C. and  Hutzinger, O. 1987. Environmental Fate of Mixtures as a Background for Human Exposure. Scope 30, 611‑623.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Shiu, W.Y. and Mackay, D. 1987. Factors determining Partitioning of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Organisms. In "QSAR in Environmental Toxicology II", Kaiser, K.L.E.(ed.), D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht: Pp. 107‑123.

Astle, J.W., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Shiu, W.Y. and Mackay, D. 1987. Lake Sediments as Historical Records of Atmospheric Contamination by Organics: A Mathematical Model. A.C.S. Series 216 on "The Chemistry of Aquatic Pollutants": Pp. 57‑77.

Shiu, W.Y., Gobas, F.A.P.C. and Mackay, D. 1987. Physical Chemical Properties of Chlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons. In "QSAR in Environmental Toxicology II" , Kaiser, K.L.E. (ed.), D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht : Pp. 347‑362.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Opperhuizen, A. and Hutzinger, O. 1986. Bioconcentration of Hydrophobic Chemicals in Fish : Relationship with Membrane Permeation Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 5, 637‑646.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Shiu, W.Y., Mackay, D. and Opperhuizen, A. 1986.Bioaccumulation of PCDDs and OCDF in Fish after Aqueous and Dietary Exposure. Chemosphere 15, 1985‑1986.

Opperhuizen, A., Wagenaar, W.J., Van der Wielen, F.W.M., Van  den Berg, M., Olie, K. and Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1986. Uptake and Elimination of PCDD/PCDF Congeners by Fish after Aqueous and Dietary Exposure. Chemosphere 15, 2049‑2054.

Opperhuizen, A., Van der Velde, E.W., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Liem, D.A.K., Van der Steen, J.M.D., and Hutzinger, O. 1985. Relationship between Bioconcentration in Fish and Steric Factors of Hydrophobic Chemicals. Chemosphere 14, 1871‑1896.

Van Maanen, J.M.S., De Ruiter, C., De Vries, J., Kootstra, P.R., Gobas, F.A.P.C. and Pinedo, H.M.S. 1985. The Role of Metabolic Activation by Cytochrome P‑450 in Covalent Binding of VP16‑213 to Rat Liver and Hela Cell Microsomal Proteins. Eur. J. Cancer Clin. Oncol. 21, 1099‑1106.

Opperhuizen, A., Gobas, F.A.P.C. and Hutzinger, O. 1984. Unmetabolized Compounds: Their Properties and Implications. In "Foreign Compound Metabolism" , Caldwell, J. and Paulson, G.D. (eds.), Taylor and Francis, London (1984), 109‑117.

Van Maanen, J.M.S., De Ruiter, C., Gobas, F.A.P.C., De Vries, J. and Pinedo, H.M.S. 1983. Mechanism of Anti‑tumor Action: Role of Bioactivation in Covalent Binding of VP16.213 to Red Liver and Hela cell Microsomal Proteins. Proc. Amer. Cancer Res. 24, 319.  

BOOKS

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and J.A. McCorquodale (eds). 1992. Chemical Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems. ISBN 0-87371-511-X, Lewis Publishers, Chelsea MI.

PATENTS

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and  J.B. Wilcockson. 2000. Thin Film Solid-Phase Extraction to Measure Fugacities of Poorly Volatile Organic Chemicals. US Provisional Patent #60/240089, Filed: Oct 16, 2000.

GOVERNMENT & TECHNICAL REPORTS

Jon Arnot, Barbara Birk, Doris Hirmann, Vincent Bonnomet, Pippa Curtis-Jackson, Frank Gobas, Kai-Uwe Goss, Maike Habekost, Tim Hofer, Sylvia Jacobi, Heike Laue, Alberto Martin Aparicio, Sophia Krause, Michel Laurentie, Caren Rauert, Gabriele Treu, Aaron Redman, Leslie Saunders, Morné van der Mescht, Eric Verbruggen, Frank Wania, Paul Whalley. 2022. Bioaccumulation assessment of air-breathing mammals: a discussion paper. European Chemical Agency.

Frank A.P.C. Gobas, Barry C. Kelly, Joseph J. Kim. 2020. A Framework for Assessing Bioaccumulation and Exposure Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Threatened and Endangered Species at Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)-Impacted Sites. SERDP Project ER18-1502.

Pearce R., F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2018. Evaluation Of Trends In PCB Concentration And Food-Web Transfer Of PCBs To Resident Killer Whales. Report to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Pp. 60

Morra J and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2018. Recovering British Columbia’s Resident Killer Whales by Tackling Pollution. Report to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Pp. 56

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J. Guy and P.S. Ross. 2017. Health risk-based evaluation of emerging pollutants in Killer whales (Orcinus orca): priority setting in support of recovery. Report to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Pp. 27

Frank Gobas, Philipp Mayer, Annika Jahnke, Tim Bowmer, Jennifer Appel, Tala Henry, Dries Knapen,  Lynn McCarty, Tom Parkerton, Stine Nørgaard Schmidt, Foppe Smedes, Jay Tunkel, Dik van den Meent. 2016. Full utilization of the chemical activity concept for non-polar organic chemicals (Log K_ow ≥ 2). ECETOC Workshop Report No. 29, © Copyright – ECETOC AISBL, European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals. Pp. 23-32.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., L.F. Tupper-Ring and S.V. Otton. 2016. Application of the activity approach. 2016. ECETOC Workshop Report No. 29, © Copyright – ECETOC AISBL, European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals. Pp. 14-16.

John Nichols, Frank Gobas, Matthew MacLeod, Katrine Borgå, Pim Leonards, Ester Papa, Heike Laue and Jon Arnot. 2015. Recent Scientific Developments in Bioaccumulation Research Workshop Report. CEFIC-LRI. Pp. 13.

Kim J., D.E. Powell, R.M. Seston, K.B. Woodburn, F.A.P.C. Gobas, D. Mackay. 2014. A Spatial Aquatic Food-Web Bioaccumulation Model Estimates Trophic Magnification Factors of D5 and Other Chemicals subject to Biotransformation, Concentration Gradients and Species Migration. Report to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). November 28, 2014.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2011. External Evaluation of the Fisheries program of the University of Malaysia at Terengganu: Report and Recommendations. University of Malaysia, Terrengannu, Pp.20.

S.M. Haefner, S.Z. Cohen and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2013. Bioaccumulation Risk Potential of PCNB impurities. Report to the USEPA. Pp. 171.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., D.B. Huggett and T. Springer. 2011. Review of Environment Canada’s Bioaccumulation Assessment of decamethyl-cyclopentasiloxane (D5). Report to the Board of Review of Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 68.

Alava J.J., M.G. Ikonomou, M. Riofrío Briceño, F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2011. Estudio de contaminantes orgánicos persistentes (COPs) en la Antártica: contaminantes perfluoroalquilos perfluoroalkyl contaminants, PFCs. report for Ministerio de Defensa Nacional & Instituto Antartico Ecuatoriano, Guayaquil, Pp. 20.

Tim K. Takaro, Miriam Diamond, Frank Gobas,Victoria Otton and Huan Shu. 2010.

Critical Review of Phthalates in Canadian Indoor Environments. Report for Health Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 128.

Jennifer Arblaster and Frank A.P.C. Gobas. 2010. Application of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factors to Develop Remediation Targets for PCB, PCDD and PCDF contamination in Victoria harbour. Report for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, Pp. 97.

Frank A.P.C. Gobas and Jennifer Arblaster. 2010. Development of criteria for several pollutants in sediments that are protective of fish health. Report for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, Pp. 94.

Lachmuth, C.L., Alava, J.J., Hickie, B.E., Johannessen, S.C., Macdonald, R.W., Ford, J.K.B., Ellis, G.M., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Ross, P.S. 2010. Ocean Disposal in Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Critical Habitat: Science in Support of Risk Management. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2010/nnn. iv + 165 p.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2010. Sediment Exposure Approach. Report for Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 38.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2007. Development and Review of a Generic Water- Sediment Modelling Framework for Organic Chemicals. Report for Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 69.

Arnot, J.A. and , F.A.P.C.Gobas. 2006.  Bioaccumulation Assessment for Organic Chemicals, Report for Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 31.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.A. Arnot. 2005.  San Francisco Bay PCB Food-Web Bioaccumulation Model. Regional Monitoring Program. San Francisco Bay, Pp. 163.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.A. Arnot. 2003.  Categorization of organic substances on the Domestic Substances List for Bioaccumulation Potential, Report to Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 110.

Weston, W., Blust, R., D. Calamari, P.Dalgaard, A. DePaola, J.M. Fremy,  B. Jansson, C. Karman, T. Vermeire, D. Wosniok, R. Cormier, P. Hernandez and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2002. Environmental Exposure Models for Application in Seafood Risk Analysis. Report to IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP GESAMP XXXII/8. Pp. 45.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and  J.B. Wilcockson. 2002. San Francisco Bay PCB Food-Web Model. Remedial Management Plan Technical Report. San Francisco Estuary Management Institute, Pp. 46.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and M.G Ikonomou. 2001. Bioaccumulation of Phthalate Esters in an Aquatic Food-web. Toxic Substances Research Initiative. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 24.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2001 The Application of Bioaccumulation Models for the Categorization and Screening of Chemical Substances on the DSL. Report to Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 83.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2000. Identification of Bioconcentration and Bioaccumulation Factors for DSL Substances. Report to Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp. 87.

Li, P.C.H. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2000. Study of the presence of the pesticide, diazinon, in selected water courses in the Big Bend region of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Report for the City of Burnaby. Pp. 18

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Z. Lin, J. Hongwu, Chong, A. and M.G. Ikonomou. 2000. Analysis of selected phthalate esters in laboratory exposed fish samples. Report to the Chemical Manufacturers Association. Pp. 13

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.P. Pasternak. K. Lien and R.K. Duncan. 1998. Development & Field-Validation of a multi-media exposure assessment model for waste load allocation in the Fraser River: Application to pulp and paper mill discharges of TCDD and TCDF in the Fraser river. Fraser River Action Plan Summary Report, Environment Canada 1998.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., Davidson, S., Powers, B., Hall, K. 1996. Modelling the Fate of Contaminant Discharges in Burrard Inlet. Environment Canada 1996.

Davidson, S., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Powers. 1996. Saanich Inlet Synthesis Report: Assessing the Assimilative Capacity of Saanich Inlet. British Columbia Ministry of the Environment. 1996.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1995. Modelling the Environmental Fate and Food-chain Bioaccumulation of Pulp Mill Effluent Contaminants in the Fraser-Thompson River System. British Columbia Ministry of the Environment. 1995.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1994. Chemical Property Characterization and Chemical Exposure & Hazard Ranking of Chemicals in Pulp & Paper Mill Effluents. British Columbia Ministry of the Environment. 1994. Pp. 50

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1994. Modeling the Fate of Organochlorine Compounds in the Fraser-Thompson River System II: Uncertainty Analysis British Columbia Ministry of the Environment 1994.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1992. Modeling the Fate of Organochlorine Compounds in the Fraser-Thompson River System British Columbia Ministry of the Environment 1992.

Mackay, D., M. Diamond, F.A.P.C. Gobas and D. Dolan. 1992. Virtual Elimination of Toxic and Persistent Chemicals from the Great Lakes: The Role of Mass Balance Models. International Joint Commission 1992.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1990. Selected Persistent Toxic Substances in Human Breast Milk in the Great Lakes Basin. International Joint Commission 1990. Pp. 1-120.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and J.A. McCorquodale. 1989. Biota Based Effluent Limitations for Chemical Discharges to the St. Clair River. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, November 1989.

Haffner, G.D., F.A.P.C. Gobas and P.D.N. Hebert. 1989. The Use of Aquatic Vegetation and Invertebrates to Monitor Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in the Lake Huron-Lake Erie Corridor. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, June 1989.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and D. Mackay. 1989. Biosorption, Bioaccumulation and Food-Chain Transfer of Organic Chemicals. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, January 1989.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and D. Mackay. 1988. Factors determining the Uptake and Food‑Chain Transfer of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Fish. Proceedings of the Workshop on Aquatic Food Chain Modelling (1988), Published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, ISBN 0-7729-3951-9 Toronto, Pp. 53-81.

Gobas Frank A.P.C., S. Victoria Otton, Laura F. Tupper-Ring and Meara A. Crawford. 2016. Application of the Activity Approach. In “Defining the role of chemical activity in environmental risk assessment within the context of mode of action: Practical guidance and advice. Workshop Report No. 29, Brussels, 2016. 201X, ECETOC.

Report of the thirty-third session of GESAMP. GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 74. 2004. IMO, FAO, UNESCO, IOC, WMO, WHO , IAEA, UN and UNEP, ISSN 1020-4873, ISBN 92-5-105026-0. Pp. 30.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2002. “Reaction to Environmental Risk Limits for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Netherlands: Derivation with Probabilistic Food Chain Modeling” In “Health Council of the Netherlands. Recommended exposure limits for polychlorinated biphenyls in soils and sediments, for the protection of ecosystems. The assessment of a derivation method devised by the National Institute of Public Health. ISBN 90-5549-460-7. Pp. 70-72.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., J.P. Pasternak. 1993. The Application of a Computer Simulation Model for the Management and Regulation of Dioxin and Dibenzofuran Emissions by Pulp Mills in the Fraser Thompson River Basin: Regulation Based on Best Available Science. In "The Aquatic Resource Research Project: Towards Environmental Risk Assessment and Management" of the Fraser River Basin. Pp. 99-120.

Haffner, G.D. and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 1991. Food Web Dynamics and Contaminant Exposure in Aquatic Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Technology Transfer Conference 1991. (1991), Toronto, Published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, ISSN 0825-4591, Pp. 139-149.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., E.J. McNeil, J. Bellaire, R.W. Russell, J.A. McCorquodale and G.D. Haffner. 1989. Organic Contaminants in Food Webs: Mechanisms, Models and Management. Proceedings of the Technology Transfer Conference 1989. Toronto, Published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, ISSN 0825-4591, Toronto, 257-267.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1989. A Model for Exposure and Toxicological Impact Assessment of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Spills in the Aquatic Environment. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Minister of Supplies and Services Canada, ISBN 0-662-56722-6, Pp. 279-296.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1988. Toxicokinetics of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Organisms. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop (1988), Montreal, Environment Canada, Pp. 149-160.

Gobas, F.A.P.C., R.W. Russell and G.D. Haffner. 1988. Biomonitoring : Chemical Dependent Quantitative Relationships for the Body Burdens of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Biomonitors. Proceedings of the Technology Transfer Conference 1988. Toronto, Published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, ISSN 0840-8440, Toronto, Pp. 87-109.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. and Mackay, D. 1985. Progress toward understanding the Phenomena of Hydrocarbon Bioaccumulation. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar (1985), Edmonton, Published by Environment Canada, Ottawa, Pp 91-103.

Gobas, F.A.P.C. 1995. Environmental Chemistry at the Second SETAC World Congress. SETAC News 15(3): 1-3.