Bilde av Bourgeon, Sophie
Bilde av Bourgeon, Sophie
Professor - Arctic marine ecotoxicology Department of Arctic and Marine Biology sophie.bourgeon@uit.no +4777646033 You can find me here

Sophie Bourgeon



  • Elisabeth Hansen, Jan Ove Bustnes, Dorte Herzke, Georg Bangjord, Manuel Ballesteros, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen et al.:
    Feathers as integrated archives of environmental stress: Direct and indirect effects of metal exposure and dietary ecology on physiological stress in a terrestrial raptor
    Science of the Total Environment 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Stine Charlotte Benjaminsen, Nina Dehnhard, Dorte Herzke, Arild Johnsen, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Sophie Bourgeon et al.:
    The challenges of opportunistic sampling when comparing prevalence of plastics in diving seabirds: A multi-species example from Norway
    Marine Pollution Bulletin 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • France Collard, Felix Tulatz, Mikael Harju, Dorte Herzke, Sophie Bourgeon, Geir Wing Gabrielsen :
    Can plastic related chemicals be indicators of plastic ingestion in an Arctic seabird?
    Chemosphere 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elisabeth Hansen, Jiachen Sun, Björn Helander, Jan Ove Bustnes, Igor Eulaers, Veerle Leontina B Jaspers et al.:
    A retrospective investigation of feather corticosterone in a highly contaminated white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) population
    Environmental Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Felix Tulatz, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Sophie Bourgeon, Dorte Herzke, Rupert Krapp, Magdalene Langset et al.:
    Implications of Regurgitative Feeding on Plastic Loads in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A Study from Svalbard
    Environmental Science and Technology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Lisa Elena Kettemer, Theresia Ramm, Fredrik Björn Broms, Martin Biuw, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Sophie Bourgeon et al.:
    Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration
    Royal Society Open Science 2023 ARKIV / DATA / DOI
  • Quentin Devalloir, Clementine Fritsch, Georg Bangjord, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Sophie Bourgeon, Igor Eulaers et al.:
    Long-term monitoring of exposure to toxic and essential metals and metalloids in the tawny owl (Strix aluco): Temporal trends and influence of spatial patterns
    Science of the Total Environment 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elisabeth Hansen, Tove Skotnes, Jan Ove Bustnes, Björn Helander, Igor Eulaers, Jiachen Sun et al.:
    Telomere length in relation to persistent organic pollutant exposure in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Sweden sampled in 1995-2013
    Environmental Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Stine Charlotte Benjaminsen, Sophie Bourgeon, Dorte Herzke, Amalie Ask, France Collard, Geir Wing Gabrielsen :
    First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
    Science of the Total Environment 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jan Ove Bustnes, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Dorte Herzke, Georg Bangjord, Sophie Bourgeon, Clémentine Fritsch et al.:
    Temporal Trends of Organochlorine and Perfluorinated Contaminants in a Terrestrial Raptor in Northern Europe Over 34 years (1986–2019)
    Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jan Ove Bustnes, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Dorte Herzke, Georg Bangjord, Sophie Bourgeon, Clémentine Fritsch et al.:
    Ecosystem specific accumulation of organohalogenated compounds: A comparison between adjacent freshwater and terrestrial avian predators
    Environmental Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jan Ove Bustnes, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Dorte Herzke, Georg Bangjord, Eric Bollinger, Sophie Bourgeon et al.:
    The impact of climate sensitive factors on the exposure to organohalogenated contaminants in an aquatic bird exploiting both marine and freshwater habitats
    Science of the Total Environment 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elisabeth Hansen, Nikolaus Huber, Jan Ove Bustnes, Dorte Herzke, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Igor Eulaers et al.:
    A novel use of the leukocyte coping capacity assay to assess the immunomodulatory effects of organohalogenated contaminants in avian wildlife
    Environment International 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anna Lippold, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Jan Ludvig Lyche et al.:
    Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Barents Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to changes in feeding habits and body condition
    Environmental Science and Technology 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Heli Routti, Beatrice Diot, Cristina Panti, Nur Duale, Maria Cristina Fossi, Mikael Harju et al.:
    Contaminants in Atlantic walruses Part 2: Relationships with endocrine and immune systems
    Environmental Pollution (1987) 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Eliza Helen Kelsey Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Ævar Petersen, Hallvard Strøm, Tor Harry Bjørn et al.:
    The effect of long-range transport, trophic position and diet specialization on legacy contaminant occurrence in great skuas, Stercorarius skua, breeding across the Northeast Atlantic
    Environmental Pollution (1987) 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sabrina Tartu, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Sophie Bourgeon, Benjamin Merkel et al.:
    Choose your poison – Space-use strategy influences pollutant exposure in Barents Sea polar bears
    Environmental Science and Technology 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sabrina Tartu, Roger Lille-Langøy, Trond Røvik Størseth, Sophie Bourgeon, Anders Brunsvik, Jon Aars et al.:
    Multiple-stressor effects in an apex predator: combined influence of pollutants and sea ice decline on lipid metabolism in polar bears
    Scientific Reports 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sveinn Are Hanssen, Christian Sonne, Jan Ove Bustnes, Lisbeth Schnug, Sophie Bourgeon, Manuel Ballesteros et al.:
    Anti-parasite treatment and blood biochemistry in raptor nestlings
    Canadian Journal of Zoology 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sophie Bourgeon, Astrid Kolind Riemer, Sabrina Tartu, Jon Aars, Anuschka Polder, Bjørn Munro Jenssen et al.:
    Potentiation of ecological factors on the disruption of thyroid hormones by organo-halogenated contaminants in female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Barents Sea
    Environmental Research 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sabrina Tartu, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Karen Lone, Bjørn Munro Jenssen et al.:
    Diet and metabolic state are the main factors determining concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in female polar bears from Svalbard
    Environmental Pollution (1987) 2017 ARKIV / DATA / DOI
  • Sabrina Tartu, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Gregory W. Thiemann et al.:
    Sea ice-associated decline in body condition leads to increased concentrations of lipophilic pollutants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway
    Science of the Total Environment 2017 DOI
  • Silja Sletten, Sophie Bourgeon, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Dorte Herzke, Francois Criscuolo, Sylvie Massemin et al.:
    Organohalogenated contaminants in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings: An assessment of relationships to immunoglobulin levels, telomeres and oxidative stress
    Science of the Total Environment 2016 DOI
  • Sabrina Tartu, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Dorothee Ehrich, Gregory W. Thiemann et al.:
    Geographical area and life history traits influence diet in an Arctic marine predator
    PLOS ONE 2016 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Tony D. Williams, Sophie Bourgeon, Allison Cornell, Laramie Ferguson, Mark Fowler, Raime Blair Fronstin et al.:
    Mid-winter temperatures, not spring temperatures, predict breeding phenology in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris
    Royal Society Open Science 2015 DOI
  • Jan Ove Bustnes, Sophie Bourgeon, Eliza H.K. Leat, Ellen Magnusdóttir, Hallvard Strøm, Sveinn Are Hanssen et al.:
    Multiple stressors in a top predator seabird: Potential ecological consequences of environmental contaminants, population health and breeding conditions
    PLOS ONE 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Pierre Legagneux, Lisha L Berzins, Mark R Forbes, Naomi jane Harms, Holly L. Hennin, Sophie Bourgeon et al.:
    No selection on immunological markers in response to a highly virulent pathogen in an Arctic breeding bird
    Evolutionary Applications 2014 DOI
  • Oliver P. Love, Christine Madliger, Sophie Bourgeon, Christine A. D. Semeniuk, Tony D. Williams :
    Evidence for baseline glucocorticoids as mediators of reproductive investment in a wild bird
    General and Comparative Endocrinology 2014 DOI
  • Sophie Bourgeon, Eliza H. K. Leat, Ellen Magnusdottir, Robert W. Furness, Hallvard Strøm, Aevar Petersen et al.:
    Feather corticosterone levels on wintering grounds have no carry-over effects on breeding among three populations of great skuas (Stercorarius skua)
    PLOS ONE 2014 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ellen Magnusdottir, Eliza H. K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Jón E. Jónsson, Richard A. Phillips, Hallvard Strøm et al.:
    Activity patterns of wintering Great Skuas Stercorarius skua
    Bird Study 2014 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sveinn Are Hanssen, Jan Ove Bustnes, Lisbeth Schnug, Sophie Bourgeon, Trond Vidar Johnsen, Manuel Ballesteros et al.:
    Antiparasite treatments reduce humoral immunity and impact oxidative status in raptor nestlings
    Ecology and Evolution 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • Eliza H. K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Ellen Magnusdottir, Geir W. Gabrielsen, W James Grecian, Sveinn Are Hanssen et al.:
    Influence of wintering area on persistent organic pollutants in a breeding migratory seabird
    Marine Ecology Progress Series 2013 DOI
  • Sophie Bourgeon, Eliza H. K. Leat, Robert W. Furness, Katrine Borgå, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Jan Ove Bustnes :
    Dietary versus maternal sources of organochlorines in top predator seabird chicks: an experimental approach
    Environmental Science and Technology 2013 DOI
  • Eliza H. K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Jude I. Eze, Derek C.G. Muir, Mary Williamson, Jan Ove Bustnes et al.:
    Perfluoroalkyl substances in eggs and plasma of an avian top predator, great skua (Stercorarius skua), in the north atlantic
    Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2013 SAMMENDRAG / DOI
  • Christian Sonne, Frank F. Rigét, Eliza H. K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Katrine Borgå, Hallvard Strøm et al.:
    Organohalogen contaminants and Blood plasma clinical–chemical parameters in three colonies of North Atlantic Great skua (Stercorarius skua)
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2013 SAMMENDRAG / DOI
  • Ellen Magnusdottir, Eliza H. K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Hallvard Strøm, Aevar Petersen, Richard A. Phillips et al.:
    Wintering areas of Great Skuas Stercorarius skua breeding in Scotland, Iceland and Norway
    Bird Study 2012 DOI
  • Elisabeth Hansen, Jan Ove Bustnes, Igor Eulaers, Dorte Herzke, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Georg Bangjord et al.:
    Feathers as Temporal Archives of Ecological Stress and Metal Exposure in a Terrestrial Raptor: A Long- Term Study on Breeding Tawny Owls
    2023
  • Fanny Hägg, Claudia Halsband, Dorte Herzke, Vladimir Nikiforov, Andrew Michael Booth, Sophie Bourgeon :
    Ingestion of car tyre rubber by lumpfish increases exposure to toxins
    Fram Forum 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Stine Charlotte Benjaminsen, Sophie Bourgeon, Dorte Herzke, France Collard, Amalie Ask, Geir W. Gabrielsen :
    Frequency of occurrence of plastic in six seabird species presenting different feeding ecology sampled in Norway and Svalbard
    2022
  • Fanny Hägg, Dorte Herzke, Vladimir Nikiforov, Mari Jystad Egeness, Andy Booth, Lisbet Sørensen et al.:
    Ingestion of Crumb Rubber and Uptake of Associated Contaminants in the Marine Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
    2022
  • Fanny Hägg, Dorte Herzke, Vladimir Nikiforov, Mari Egeness Creese, Andrew Booth, Lisbet Sørensen et al.:
    Ingestion of Crumb Rubber and Uptake of Associated Contaminants in the Marine Lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus)
    2022
  • Elisabeth Hansen, Jan Ove Bustnes, Dorte Herzke, Björn Helander, François Criscuolo, N Huber et al.:
    Investigating relationships between exposure to organohalogenated contaminants and biomarkers of health in a marine top predator - exploring the toolbox
    2022
  • France Collard, Felix Tulatz, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Dorte Herzke, Rupert Krapp, Magdalene Langset et al.:
    Plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis from Kongsfjorden
    2021
  • Claudia Halsband, Alexandra Kate Abrahams, Sophie Bourgeon, Dorte Herzke :
    Trick or treat? Ingestion of biofouled plastic fibres by sea urchins
    Fram Forum 2021
  • Alexandra Kate Abrahams, Sophie Bourgeon, Lisbet Sørensen, Dorte Herzke, Andy Booth, Claudia Halsband-Lenk :
    Uptake, distribution and excretion of microplastic fibres in green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: an experimental exposure
    2020
  • Heli Routti, Sophie Bourgeon, B. Diot, Nur Duale, A. T. Fisk, M. Fossi et al.:
    Sucking clams or hunting seals - consequences to walrus health
    2018
  • Anna Lippold, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Vidar Torget et al.:
    Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to climate-associated changes in feeding habits.
    2018
  • Sabrina Tartu, Sophie Bourgeon, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anuschka Polder, Gregory W. Thiemann et al.:
    Corrigendum to "Sea ice-associated decline in body condition leads to increased concentrations of lipophilic pollutants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway"
    Science of the Total Environment 2017 DOI
  • Børge Moe, Jouke Prop, Jon Aars, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Claus Bech et al.:
    Isbjørnens effekt på fugl i et arktisk klima i endring. Sluttrapport for Svalbards miljøvernfond
  • Børge Moe, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen, Frank Ole Hanssen, Sophie Bourgeon, Olga Pavlova et al.:
    Effekter av predatorkontroll og klima på bestandsforhold hos ærfugl på Svalbard. Sluttrapport for Svalbards Miljøvernfond
    2012 DATA / ARKIV

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    Research interests

    My research focuses on the ecotoxicology, ecological physiology and endocrinology of free-living avian and mammal species. I am particularly interested in the physiological and biological effects of contaminants (persistent organic pollutants, mercury, microplastics) in Arctic species exposed to multiple stressors.

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    Teaching

    Master courses

    BIO-3009 (10 ECTS) - Arctic Marine pollution (course responsible since 2015)

    BIO-3020 (10 ECTS) - Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (course co-pilot since 2019)

    BIO-3506 (10 ECTS) - Top predators in polar marine ecosystems: Biology, Role and Management implications (course co-pilot since 2022)

    Bachelor courses

    BIO-2014 (10 ECTS) - Praksis i næringslivet for biologistudenter (course co-pilot since 2017)


    Member of research group



    CV

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    • Since August 2015

    Associate professor in marine ecotoxicology

    The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Tromsø, Norway.

    UNIPED-100 Pedagogisk Basiskompetanse, Result, UiT 2017/2018

    UNIPED-600 Kurs i forskningsveiledning, Result, UiT 2020/2021

    •  January 2013 to July 2015

    Post-doctoral research associate funded by the Research Council of Norway. 

    Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway.     

    • June 2008 to December 2012

    Post-doctoral research associate funded by the Research Council of Norway. 

    Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway.

    • October 2006 to May 2008

    Post-doctoral fellowship from the French ministry for foreign affairs (Lavoisier grant). 

    Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, Burnaby, Canada

    • September 2005 to September 2006                                                              

    Temporary lecturer in Animal Biology.

    University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.                                           

     EDUCATION     

    • October 2002 to June 2006

    PhD in physiology, organism and population biology.

    University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.

    IPHC, Department of Ecology, Physiology and Ethology, CNRS, Strasbourg, France.

    • September 2001 to September 2002

    Master degree in ecophysiology, energetics and behaviour.

    University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.