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2024
Pollet, I. L., Artukhin, Y., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Hansen, E., Kuletz, K. J., Merkel, F. R., Sigurðsson, G. M., Strøm, H., Provencher, J. F., Mallory, M. L. 2024. Feasibility and knowledge gaps to modeling circumpolar seabird bycatch in the Arctic. Polar Biology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03272-7
Pollet, I. L., Gutowsky, S. E., Alisauskas, R. T., Harvey, W., Kellett, D. K., Lalla, K. M., Lefebvre, J., Russell-Mercier, J., Provencher, J. F., Silverman, E. D., Smith, P. A., Mallory, M. L. 2024. Trends in Arctic‑nesting loon (Gavia spp.) populations in North America, Polar Biology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03277-2
Pollet, I. L., Sululiit ACMC (Area Co-Management Committee), Kelly, B. G., Baak, J. E., Hanifen, K. E., Maddox, M. L., Provencher, J. F., Mallory, M. L. 2024. The relationship between plastic ingestion and trace element concentrations in Arctic seabirds. Marine Pollution Bulletin 203: 116509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116509
Calvert, A. M., Gutowsky, S. E., Fifield, D. A., Burgess, N. M., Bryant, R., Fraser, G. S., Gjerdrum, C., Hedd, A., Jones, P. L., Mauck, R. A., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Montevecchi, W. A., Pollet, I. L., Ronconi, R. A., Rock, J. C., Russell, J., Wilhelm, S. I., Wong, S. N. P., and Robertson, G. J. 2024. Inter-colony variation in predation, mercury burden and adult survival in a declining seabird. Science of the Total Environment. 911:168549
2023
Pollet, I. L., Baak, J. E., Feld, L., Grøsvik, B. E., Liboiron, M., Mallory, M. L., Provencher, J. F., and Strand, J. 2023. Monitoring litter on Arctic and sub-Arctic shorelines: Current status, and next steps for monitoring programs. Arctic Science 9: 807–824
Clark, B. L., Carneiro, A. P. B., Pearmain, E. J., Rouyer, M.-M., Clay, T. A., Cowger, W., et al. 2023. Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nature Communications 14: 3665
Pollet, I. L., Lenske, A. K., Ausems, A. N. M. A., Barbraud,C., Bedolla-Guzmán, Y., Bicknell, A. W. J., Bolton, M., Bond, A. L., Delord,K., Diamond, A. W., Fifield, D. A., Gjerdrum, C., Halpin, L. R., Hansen, E. S., Hedd, A., Hoeg, R., Major, H. L., Mauck, R. A., McClelland, G. T. W., McFarlane Tranquilla, L. A., Montevecchi, W. A., Parker, M., Pratte, I., Rail, J.-F., Robertson, G. J., Rock, J., Ronconi, R. A., Shutler, D., Stenhouse, I. J., Takahashi, A., Watanuki, Y., Welch, L. J., Wilhelm, S. I., Wong, S. N. P., Mallory, M. L. 2023. Experts’ opinions on threats to Leach’s Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) across their global range. Avian Conservation and Ecology 18(1): 11
Bond, A. L., Wilhelm, S. I., Pirie-Hay, D. W., Robertson, G. J., Pollet, I. L., Arany, J. L. 2023. Quantifying gull predation in a declining Leach’s storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) colony. Avian Conservation and Ecology 18(1):5.
Gyekis, J., Pollet, I. L. . 2023. Ring-Billed Gulls Kleptoparasitize Cicada Killer Wasps. Northeastern Naturalist 29 (4), N72-N73
2022
Pollet, I. L. , McFarlane Tranquilla L., Burgess, N. M., Diamond, A. W., Gjerdrum, C., Hedd, A., Hoeg, R., Jones, P. L., Mauck, R. A., Montevecchi, W. A., Pratte, I., Ronconi, R. A., Shutler, D., Wilhelm, S. I., Mallory, M. L. 2022. Factors influencing mercury levels in Leach’s storm-petrels at northwest Atlantic colonies. Science of the Total Environment 860: 160464
Mauck, R. A., Pratte, I., Hedd, A., Pollet, I. L. , Jones, P. L., Montevecchi, W. A., Ronconi, R. A., Gjerdrum, C., Adrianowyscz, S., McMahon, C., Aker, H., Taylor, L. U., McMahon, J., Dearborn, D. C., Robertson, G. J., McFarlane Tranquilla, L. A. 2022 Female and male Leach’s Storm Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) pursue different foraging strategies during the incubation period. Ibis 165: 161-178. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13112
Mallory, M.L., Robertson G. J., Shane Keegan, S., Pollet, I. L. , Harris, L. N., Jivan, T., and Provencher, J. F. 2022. Bycatch of loons assessed in coastal Arctic Char fisheries in the Canadian Arctic. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42: 1215-1225.
Ronconi, R.A., D.J. Lieske, L.A. McFarlane Tranquilla, S. Abbott, K.A. Allard, B. Allen, A.L. Black, F. Bolduc, G.K. Davoren, A.W. Diamond, D.A. Fifield, S. Garthe, C. Gjerdrum, A. Hedd, M.L. Mallory, R.A. Mauck, J. McKnight, W.A. Montevecchi, I. L. Pollet , I. Pratte, J-F. Rail, P.M. Regular, G.J. Robertson, J.C. Rock, L. Savoy, K. Shlepr, D. Shutler, S. Symons, P.D. Taylor, S.I. Wilhelm. 2022. Predicting seabird foraging habitat for conservation planning in Atlantic Canada: integrating telemetry and census data across thousands of colonies. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:816794 doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.816794.
Pollet, I. L., Provencher, J. F., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Neil M. Burgess, N.M., Mallory, M.L. 2022. Mercury levels in North Atlantic seabirds: A synthesis. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 181:113884
2021
Amano, T., Berdejo-Espinola, V., Christie, A. P., et al. 2021. Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology 19:e3001296.
Hoeg, R, Shutler, D., Pollet, I.L. 2021. Levels of predation at two Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous breeding colonies. Marine Ornithology 49: 119-125.
Pollet, I. L., Bond, A. L. 2021. Evaluation and recommendations for greater accessibility of colour figures in ornithology. Ibis 163: 292-295.
2020
Karwinkel, T., Pollet, I. L., Vardeh, S., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., Loshchagina, J., Kondratyev, A., Merkel, B., Bellebaum, J., Quillfeldt, P. 2020. Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea. BMC Ecology 20:31.
2019
Loshchagina, J., Vardeh, S., Glazov, P., Pollet, I. L., and Quillfeldt, P. 2019. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) ecology: insight from Russian literature. Part 2 – European part of the Russian breeding range. Polar Biology 42: 2277-2297.
Pollet, I. L., Bond,A. L., Hedd, A., Huntington,C. E. , Butler,R. G., and Mauck, R. 2019. Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.lcspet.02
Rodriguez, A., Arcos, J. M., Bretagnolle, V. et al. 2019. Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:94.
Pollet, I. L., and Shutler, D. 2019. Effects of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) on a Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) population. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131: 152-156
Pollet, I. L., Ronconi, R. A., Leonard, M. L. and Shutler, D. 2019. Migration routes and stopover areas of Leach’s Storm-Petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa. Marine Ornithology 47: 55-65 
2018
Pollet, I. L., and Shutler, D. 2018. Leach’s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa population trends on Bon Portage Island, Canada. Seabird 31: 75-83
Hedd, A., Pollet, I. L., Mauck, R. A., Burke, C. M., Mallory, M. L., McFarlane Tranquilla, L. A., Montevecchi, W. A., Robertson, G. J., Ronconi, R. A., Shutler, D., Wilhelm, S. I. and Burgess, N. M. 2018. Foraging areas, offshore habitat use, and colony overlap by incubating Leach’s storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the Northwest Atlantic. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0194389
Oppel, S, Bolton, M., Carneiro, A. P. B. et al. 2018. Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds. Marine Policy 98: 37-46.
Halpin, L. R., Pollet, I. L, Lee, C., organ, K. H., and Carter, H. R. 2016. Year-round movements of sympatric Fork-tailed Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma furcata) and Leach’s Storm-petrels (O. leucorhoa). Journal of Field Ornithology 89: 207-220.
2017
Pollet, I. L., Leonard, M. L., O’Driscoll, N. J., Burgess, N. M., and Shutler, D. 2017. Relationships between blood mercury levels, reproduction, and return rate in a small seabird. Ecotoxicology 26: 97-103.
2016
Ronconi, R. A., Stephens, J. R., Crysler, Z. J., Pollet, I. L., Fife, D. T., Horn, A. G., and Taylor, P. D. 2016. Distribution, abundance and trends of gulls and terns breeding on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Waterbirds 39: 44-56.
Dias, M. P., Romero, J., Granadeiro, J. P., Catry, T., Pollet, I. L., and Catry, P. 2016. Distribution and at-sea activity of a nocturnal seabird, the Buler’s petrel Bulweria bulwerii, during the incubation period. Deep-Sea Research Part I. 113: 49-56
2015
Fife, D, Pollet, I.L., Robertson, G., Mallory, M., and Shutler, D. 2015. Apparent survival of adults Leach’s Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) breeding on Bon Portage island, Nova Scotia. Avian Conservation and Ecology 10(2):1 http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ACE-00771-100201
2014
Pollet, I. L., Hedd A., Taylor P. D., Montevecchi W. A., and Shutler D.. 2014. Migratory movements and wintering areas of Leach’s Storm-Petrels tracked using geolocators. 2014. Journal of Field Ornithology 85: 321-328.
Pollet, I. L, R. A. Ronconi, I. D. Jonsen, M. L. Leonard, P. D. Taylor, and D. Shutler. 2014. Foraging movements of Leach’s storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa during incubation. Journal of Avian Biology 45: 305-314.
2013
Pollet, I. L., Lancaster, M. B., Lightfoot, H. L., Vaasjo, E. J., and Shutler, D. 2013. Fifty one degrees and 14 years of separation: a trans-Atlantic recapture of a banded Leach’s storm-petrel. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
2012
Pollet, I. L., Shutler, D.,and Chardine, J. and J. P. Ryder. 2012 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.crnell.edu/bna/species/033
Morrissey, C. A., Pollet, I. L., Ormerod, S. J., and Elliott, J. E. American dippers indicate contaminant biotransport by Pacific salmon in river ecosystems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012 46: 1153-1162.
2010
Mino C.I., Pollet I.L., Bishop C.A., and Russello M.A. Genetic mating system and population history of the endangered western Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) in British Columbia, Canada. Can J Zoolog. 2010 89: 881-891. 
And a few publications for my former life:
Leong KG, Niessen K, Kulic I, Raouf A, Eaves C, Pollet I, and Karsan A. 2007. Jagged1-mediated Notch activation induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through Slug-induced repression of E-cadherin. J Exp Med. 204(12): 2935-48.
Murphy S, Larrivee B, Pollet I, Craig KS, Williams DE, Huang XH, Abbott M, Wong F, Curtis C, Conrads TP, Veenstra T, Puri M, Hsiang Y, Roberge M, Andersen RJ, and Karsan A. 2006. Identification of sokotrasterol sulfate as a novel proangiogenic steroid. Circ Res. 99(3): 257-65.
Larrivee B, Pollet I, and Karsan A. 2005. Activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 in bone marrow leads to accumulation of myeloid cells: role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. J Immunol. 175(5): 3015-24.
Larrivee B, Niessen K, Pollet I, Corbel SY, Long M, Rossi FM, Olive PL, and Karsan A. 2005. Minimal contribution of marrow-derived endothelial precursors to tumor vasculature. J Immunol. 175(5): 2890-9.
Hood BL, Lucas DA, Kim G, Chan KC, Blonder J, Issaq HJ, Veenstra TD, Conrads TP, Pollet I, and Karsan A. 2005. Quantitative analysis of the low molecular weight serum proteome using 18O stable isotope labeling in a lung tumor xenograft mouse model. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 16(8): 1221-30.
Karsan A, Pollet I, Yu LR, Chan KC, Conrads TP, Lucas DA, Andersen R, and Veenstra T. 2005. Quantitative proteomic analysis of sokotrasterol sulfate-stimulated primary human endothelial cells. Mol Cell Proteomics. 4(2):191-204.
MacKenzie F, Duriez P, Larrivee B, Chang L, Pollet I, Wong F, Yip C, and Karsan A. 2004. Notch4-induced inhibition of endothelial sprouting requires the ankyrin repeats and involves signaling through RBP-Jkappa. Blood. 104(6): 1760-8.
Noseda M, McLean G, Niessen K, Chang L, Pollet I, Montpetit R, Shahidi R, Dorovini-Zis K, Li L, Beckstead B, Durand RE, Hoodless PA, and Karsan A. 2004. Notch activation results in phenotypic and functional changes consistent with endothelial-to-mesenchymal transformation. Circ Res. 94(7): 910-7.
Pollet I, Opina CJ, Zimmerman C, Leong KG, Wong F, and Karsan A. 2003. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide directly induces angiogenesis through TRAF6-mediated activation of NF-kappaB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Blood. 102(5): 1740-2.
Larrivee B, Lane DR, Pollet I, Olive PL, Humphries RK, and Karsan A. 2003. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 induces survival of hematopoietic progenitor cells. J Biol Chem. 278(24): 22006-13.