I am a former graduate student of the Koop lab in the Centre for Biomedical Research at University of Victoria. My project focussed on the development and application of physiological and molecular biomarkers of environmental contaminant-associated toxicity in harbour seals.
Currently, I am working as a Toxicologist for Hemmera, a Western Canadian environmental consulting company. Hemmera carries out human health and ecological risk assessments in contaminated sites as well as remote areas. As a collaborative research project between Hemmera and the Koop lab, I am also doing some laboratory work for an investigation of the impacts of oil spills on fish health.
Interests
Wildlife toxicology
Biomarkers & bioindicators
Education
PhD, University of Victoria, Canada (2006)
BSc/MSc, Wageningen University, the Netherlands (2001)
Publications
Mos L, Tabuchi M, Dangerfield N, Koop BK, and PS Ross (2007) Vitamin A concentrations and retinoic acid receptor (RAR alpha) expression as biomarkers of PCB-associated health effects in free-ranging harbour seals. Aquatic Toxicology, in press.
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Mos L, Morsey B, Jeffries SJ, Yunker MB, Raverty S, De Guise S, and PS Ross (2006) Chemical and biological pollution contribute to the immunological profiles of free-ranging harbour seals. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 25(12): 3110-3117.
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Mos L, Jack J, Cullon D, Montour L, Alleyne C, and PS Ross (2004) Importance of marine foods to a near-urban First Nation community in coastal British Columbia, Canada: towards a risk-benefit assessment. Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health A 67(8-10): 791-808.
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Mos L, Ross PS, McIntosh D, and S Raverty (2003) Canine distemper virus in British Columbia river otters as an emergent risk for coastal pinnipeds. Veterinary Record 152(8): 237-238.
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Hamers T, Van den Brink PJ, Mos L, Van der Linden SC, Legler J, Koeman JH, and AJ Murk (2003) Estrogenic and esterase inhibiting potency of rainwater in relation to pesticide concentrations, sampling season and location. Environmental Pollution 123: 47-65.
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Mos L and PS Ross (2002) Vitamin A physiology in the precocious harbour seal (Phoca vitulina): A tissue biopsy-based biomarker approach. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(9): 1-9.
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Mos L (2001) Domoic acid: a fascinating marine toxin. Environmental Toxicology & Pharrmacology 9(3): 79-85.
