Dr. Nelson Belzile
Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Laurentian
University, Canada
Full Professor
Email: nbelzile@laurentian.ca
Qualifications
1986 Ph.D.,
University of Quebec, Oceanography
1981 M.Sc.,
University of Quebec, Oceanography
1979 B.Sc., University of Quebec, Chemistry
Publications(selected)
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Pizarro, J., Castillo, X., Jara, S., Ortiz, C., Navarro, P., Cid, H., Rioseco,
H., Barros, D. & Belzile, N. (2015) Adsorption of
Cu2+ on coal fly ash modified with functionalized mesoporous silica.
Fuel, 156, 96-102.
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Belzile, N. (2014) Minerals,
metals, toxicity and substitutes. In: Resources,
Empire and Labour: Globalization Crises and Alternatives, D. Leadbeater (Ed.), Fernwood Publ.
124-134.
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Deng, T.-L., Wu, Y., Yu, X.,
Guo, Y., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2014) Seasonal variations of arsenic at the sediment-water
interface of Poyang Lake, China. Applied Geochemistry,47, 170-176.
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Truong, H.Y.T., Chen, Y.-W., Saleh, M., Nezhati, S., George, G.N.,
Pickering, I.J. & Belzile, N. (2014) Proteomics of Desulfovibrio
desulfuricans and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate mercury methylation in presence of selenium. Metallomics, 6,
465-475.
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Filella, M., Belzile, N. & Chen, Y.-W. (2011-2013) Human exposure
to antimony. I-IV. Contents in human blood.
Critical Reviews in
Environmental Science and Technology,43, 2071-2105.
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Brady, C.,
Petrie, S.A., Schummer, M.L., Badzinski, S.S.,
Belzile. N. & Chen,
Y.-W. (2013) Effects
of dietary selenium on the health and survival of captive wintering lesser
scaup. Environmental Pollution, 175, 8-15.
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Martin, A.J.,
Simpson, S., Fawcett, S., Wiramanaden,
C.I.E., Pickering, I.J., Belzile, N. & Chen, Y.-W., London, J.,
Wallschläger, D. (2011) Biochemical
mechanisms of selenium exchange between water and sediments in two contrasting
lentic environments. Environmental
Science and Technology, 45, 2605-2612.
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Yang, D.Y., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile,
N. (2011) Evidences of non-reactive mercury
selenium compounds generated from cultures of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Science
of the Total Environment, 409, 1697-1703.
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Chen, Y.-W.
& Belzile, N. (2010) High performance liquid
chromatography coupled to atomic fluorescence spectrometry for the speciation
of the hydride and chemical
vapour-forming elements As, Se, Sb and Hg: A critical review. Analytica
Chimica Acta, 671, 9-26.
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Zhao, Q.X.,
Chen, Y.-W., Belzile, N. &
Wang, M. (2010) Low
volume microwave digestion and direct determination of selenium in biological
samples by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 665-123-128.
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Yang, D.Y., Ye, X., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile, N. (2010) Inverse relationships between selenium
and mercury in tissues of young walleye (Stizosedion
vitreum) from Canadian boreal lakes. Science
of the Total Environment, 408, 1676-1683.
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Schummer, M.L.,
Badzinski, S.S., Petrie, S.A., Chen, Y.-W. & Belzile. N. (2010)
Selenium accumulation in sea ducks wintering at Lake
Ontario. Archives of
Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 58, 854-862.
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Filella, M.,
Philippo, S., Belzile, N., Chen,
Y.-W. & Quentel, F. (2009) Natural attenuation processes
applying to antimony: A study on the abandoned antimony mine in Goesdorf,
Luxembourg. Science of the Total Environment, 407, 6205-6216.
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Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Yang, D.Y., Truong, Y.T.H. & Zhao, Q.X. (2009) Selenium
bioaccumulation in freshwater organisms and antagonistic effect against mercury
assimilation. Environmental
Bioindicators, 4, 203-221.
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Yang, D.Y., Chen, Y.-W. , Gunn, J.M. & Belzile, N. (2008) Selenium and mercury in organisms: interactions and
mechanisms. Environmental Reviews, 16,
71-92.
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Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Wu, G.J. & Appanna, V. (2006) Detoxification
of selenite and mercury by reduction and mutual protection in the assimilation
of both elements by Pseudomonas
fluorescens. Science of the
Total Environment, 367, 704-714.
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Chen, Y.-W., Li, Y., Cai, M.-F. & Belzile, N. (2006) Preventing oxidation of iron sulphide
minerals by polyethylene polyamines. Minerals
Engineering, 19, 19-27.
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Belzile, N., Chen, Y.-W., Li, Y. & Cai, M.F. (2004) A review on pyrrhotite oxidation. Journal of Geochemical Exploration,
84, 65-76.
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Chen, Y.-W., Belzile, N.
& Gunn, J.M. (2001) Antagonistic effect of selenium on mercury assimilation
by fish populations near Sudbury metal smelters? Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 1814-1818.
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Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, J., Ma, M. & Belzile, N. (1999) Monitoring priority pollutants in the Yanghe
river by dichlomethane extraction and
semipermeable membrane device (SPMD). Chemosphere, 39, 113-131.
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Belzile, N., Joly, H.A. & Li, H. (1997) Characterization of humic
substances extracted from Canadian lake sediments. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 75, 14-27.
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Tessier, A., Fortin, D., Belzile,
N., De Vitre, R.R. & Leppard, G.G. (1996) Metal sorption to diagenetic Fe and Mn
oxyhydroxides and associated organic matter: narrowing the gap between field
and laboratory measurements. Geochimimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
60, 387-404.
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Belzile, N., De Vitre, R.R. & Tessier,
A. (1989) In situ
collection of diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides from natural
sediments. Nature, 340, 376‑377.
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Belzile, N. (1988) The
fate of arsenic in sediments of the Laurentian Trough. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52, 2293‑2304.
Personal Website:
http://laurentian.ca/faculty/nbelzile