Michael Bertram
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Email: michael.bertram@slu.se
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Selected publications
The below papers are also accessible via my lab website publications list: www.michaelbertram.com/publications
41. Thoré, E.S.J., Muylaert, K., Bertram, M.G., Brodin, T. 2023. Microalgae. Curr. Biol. 33, R85–R97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.032
40. Bose, A.P.H., McCallum, E.S., Avramović, M., Bertram, M.G., Blom, E.-L., Cerveny, D., Grønlund, S.N., Leander, J., Lundberg, P., Martin, J.M., Michelangeli, M., Persson, L., Brodin, T. 2022. Pharmaceutical pollution disrupts the behaviour and predator–prey interactions of two widespread aquatic insects. iScience 25, 105672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105672
39. Gomes, D.G.E., Pottier, P., Crystal-Ornelas, R., Hudgins, E., Foroughirad, V., Sánchez-Reyes, L.L., Turba, R., Martinez, P.A., Moreau, D., Bertram, M.G., Smout, C.A., Gaynor, K.M. 2022. Why don’t we share data and code? Perceived barriers and benefits to public archiving practices. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 289, 20221113. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1113
38. Bertram, M.G., Gore, A.C., Tyler, C.R., Brodin, T., 2022. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Curr. Biol. 32, R727–R730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.063
37. Michelangeli, M., Martin, J.M., Pinter-Wollman, N., Ioannou, C.C., McCallum, E.S., Bertram, M.G., Brodin, T., 2022. Predicting the impacts of chemical pollutants on animal groups. Trends Ecol. Evol. 37, 789–802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.05.009
36. Hellström, G., Lennox, R.J., Bertram, M.G., Brodin, T., 2022. Acoustic telemetry. Curr. Biol. 32, R863–R865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.032
35. Bertram, M.G., Martin, J.M., McCallum, E.S., Alton, L.A., Brand, J.A., Brooks, B.W., Cerveny, D., Fick, J., Ford, A.T., Hellström, G., Michelangeli, M., Nakagawa, S., Polverino, G., Saaristo, M., Sih, A., Tan, H., Tyler, C.R., Wong, B.B.M., Brodin, T., 2022. Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution. Biol. Rev. 97, 1346–1364. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12844
34. Nathan, R., Monk, C., Arlinghaus, R., Adam, T., Alós, J., Assaf, M., Baktoft, H., Beardsworth, C.E., Bertram, M.G., Bijleveld, A., Brodin, T., Brooks, J., Campos-Candela, A., Cooke, S.J., Gjelland, K.J., Gupte, P.R., Harel, R., Hellström, G., Jeltsch, F., Killen, S., Klefoth, T., Langrock, R., Lennox, R.J., Lourie, E., Madden, J.R., Orchan, Y., Pauwels, I., Riha, M., Roeleke, M., Schlägel, U., Shohami, D., Singer, J., Toledo, S., Vilk, O., Westrelin, S., Whiteside, M., Jarić, I., 2022. Big-data approaches lead to an increased understanding of the ecology of animal movement. Science 375, eabg1780. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg1780
33. Martin, J.M., Orford, J.T., Melo, G.C., Tan, H., Mason, R.T., Ozeki, S., Bertram, M.G., Wong, B.B.M., Alton, L.A., 2022. Exposure to an androgenic agricultural pollutant does not alter metabolic rate, behaviour, or morphology of tadpoles. Environ. Pollut. 299, 118870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118870
32. Bertram, M.G., Martin, J.M., Wong, B.B.M., Brodin, T., 2022. Micropollutants. Curr. Biol. 32, R17–R19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.038
31. Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Blanchfield, P., Brand, J.A., Brodin, T., Brooks, B.W., Cerveny, D., Lagisz, M., Ligocki, I.Y., Michelangeli, M., Nakagawa, S., Orford, J.T., Sundin, J., Tan, H., Wong, B.B.M., McCallum, E.S., 2021. Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour: a systematic map protocol. Environ. Evid. 10, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-021-00241-z
30. Mason, R.T.*, Martin, J.M.*, Tan, H., Brand, J.A., Bertram, M.G., Tingley, R., Todd-Weckmann, A., Wong, B.B.M., 2021. Context is key: social environment mediates the impacts of a psychoactive pollutant on shoaling behavior in fish. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55, 13024−13032. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04084
29. Cullen-McEwen, L.A., van der Wolde, J., Haruhara, K., Tribolet, L., Dowling, J.P., Bertram, M.G., de Matteo, R., Haas, F., Czogalla, J., Okabayashi, Y., Armitage, J.A., Black, M.J., Hoy, W.E., Puelles, V.G., Bertram, J.F., 2021. Podocyte endowment and the impact of adult body size on kidney health. Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 321, F322–F334. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00029.2021
28. Raatikainen, K.J., Purhonen, J., Pohjanmies, T., Peura, M., Nieminen, E., Mustajärvi, L., Helle, I., Shennan-Farpón, Y., Ahti, P.A., Basile, M., Bernardo, N., Bertram, M.G., Bouarakia, O., Brias-Guinart, A., Fijen, T., Froidevaux, J.S.P., Hemmingmoore, H., Hocevar, S., Kendall, L., Lampinen, J., Marjakangas, E., Martin, J.M., Oomen, R.A., Segre, H., Sidemo-Holm, W., Silva, A.P., Thorbjørnsen, S.H., Torrents-Ticó, M., Zhang, D., Ziemacki, J., 2021. Pathways towards a sustainable future envisioned by early-career conservation researchers. Conserv. Sci. Pract. 3, e493. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.493
27. Cerveny, D., Fick, J., Klaminder, J., McCallum, E.S., Bertram, M.G., Castillo, N., Brodin, T., 2021. Water temperature affects the biotransformation and accumulation of a psychoactive pharmaceutical and its biologically active metabolite in aquatic organisms. Environ. Int. 155, 106705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106705
26. Bertram, M.G.*, Tan, H.*, Martin, J.M., Ecker, T.E., Hannington, S.L., Saaristo, M., O’Bryan, M.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2021. The endocrine disruptor 17β-trenbolone alters the relationship between pre- and post-copulatory sexual traits in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). Sci. Total Environ. 790, 148028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148028 * Co-first authors.
25. Cerveny, D., Fick, J., Klaminder, J., Bertram, M.G., Brodin, T., 2021. Exposure via biotransformation: Oxazepam reaches predicted pharmacological effect levels in European perch after exposure to temazepam. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 217, 112246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112246
24. Ford, A.T., Ågerstrand, M., Brooks, B.W., Allen, J., Bertram, M.G., Brodin, T., Dang, Z., Duquesne, S., Sahm, R., Hoffmann, F., Hollert, H., Jacob, S., Klüver, N., Lazorchak, J., Ledesma, M., Melvin, S.D., Mohr, S., Padilla, S., Pyle, G., Scholz, S., Saaristo, M., Smit, E., Steevens, J.A., van den Berg, S., Kloas, W., Wong, B.B.M., Ziegler, M., Maack, G., 2021. The role of behavioral ecotoxicology in environmental protection. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55, 5620–5628. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06493
23. Polverino, G., Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Soman, V.R., Tan, H., Brand, J.A., Mason, R.T., Wong, B.B.M., 2021. Psychoactive pollution suppresses individual differences in fish behaviour. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 288, 20202294. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2294
22. Martin, J.M., Nagarajan-Radha, V., Tan, H., Bertram, M.G., Brand, J.A., Saaristo, M., Dowling, D.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Antidepressant exposure causes a nonmonotonic reduction in anxiety-related behaviour in female mosquitofish. J. Hazard. Mater. Lett. 1, 100004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2020.100004
21. Wiles, S.C., Bertram, M.G., Martin, J.M., Tan, H., Lehtonen, T.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Long-term pharmaceutical contamination and temperature stress disrupt fish behaviour. Environ. Sci. Technol. 54, 8072−8082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01625
20. Aulsebrook, L.C., Bertram, M.G., Martin, J.M., Aulsebrook, A.E., Brodin, T., Evans, J.P., Hall, M.D., O’Bryan, M.K., Pask, A.J., Tyler, C.R., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Reproduction in a polluted world: implications for wildlife. Reproduction 160, R13–R23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-20-0154
19. Tan, H., Polverino, G., Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Wiles, S.C., Palacios, M.M., Bywater, C.L., White, C.R., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Chronic exposure to a pervasive pharmaceutical pollutant erodes among-individual phenotypic variation in a fish. Environ. Pollut. 263, 114450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114450
18. Michelangeli, M., Cote, J., Chapple, D.G., Sih, A., Brodin, T., Fogarty, S., Bertram, M.G., Eades, J., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Sex-dependent personality in two invasive species of mosquitofish. Biol. Invasions. 22, 1353–1364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02187-3
17. Martin, J.M., Saaristo, M., Tan, H., Bertram, M.G., Nagarajan-Radha, V., Dowling, D.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. Field-realistic antidepressant exposure disrupts group foraging dynamics in mosquitofish. Biol. Lett. 15, 20190615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0615
16. Bertram, M.G., Tomkins, P., Saaristo, M., Martin, J.M., Michelangeli, M., Tomkins, R.B., Wong, B.B.M., 2020. Disruption of male mating strategies in a chemically compromised environment. Sci. Total Environ. 703, 134991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134991
15. Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Saaristo, M., Fursdon, J.B., Hannington, S.L., Brooks, B.W., Burket, S.R., Mole, R.A., Deal, N.D.S., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. Antidepressants in surface waters: fluoxetine influences mosquitofish anxiety-related behavior at environmentally relevant levels. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53, 6035–6043. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00944
14. Bertram, M.G., 2019. Impacts of pharmaceutical pollution on fitness-related traits and behaviours in fish (Doctoral dissertation). Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. https://doi.org/10.26180/5c692dc04c70f
13. Bertram, M.G., Martin, J.M., Saaristo, M., Ecker, T.E., Michelangeli, M., Deal, N.D.S., Lim, S.L., O’Bryan, M.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. Context-specific behavioural changes induced by exposure to an androgenic endocrine disruptor. Sci. Total Environ. 664, 177–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.382
12. Michelangeli, M., Chapple, D.G., Goulet, C.T., Bertram, M.G., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. Behavioral syndromes vary among geographically distinct populations in a reptile. Behav. Ecol. 30, 393–401. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary178
11. Saaristo, M., Lagesson, A., Bertram, M.G., Fick, J., Klaminder, J., Johnstone, C.P., Wong, B.B.M., Brodin, T., 2019. Behavioural effects of psychoactive pharmaceutical exposure on European perch (Perca fluviatilis) in a multi-stressor environment. Sci. Total Environ. 655, 1311–1320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.228
10. Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Saaristo, M., Ecker, T.E., Hannington, S.L., Tanner, J.L., Michelangeli, M., O’Bryan, M.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. Impact of the widespread pharmaceutical pollutant fluoxetine on behaviour and sperm traits in a freshwater fish. Sci. Total Environ. 650, 1771–1778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.294
9. Bertram, M.G., Saaristo, M., Ecker, T.E., Baumgartner, J.B., Wong, B.B.M., 2018. An androgenic endocrine disruptor alters male mating behavior in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Behav. Ecol. 29, 1255–1263. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary121
8. Bertram, M.G., Saaristo, M., Martin, J.M., Ecker, T.E., Michelangeli, M., Johnstone, C.P., Wong, B.B.M., 2018. Field-realistic exposure to the androgenic endocrine disruptor 17β-trenbolone alters ecologically important behaviours in female fish across multiple contexts. Environ. Pollut. 243, 900–911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.044
7. Fursdon, J.B., Martin, J.M., Bertram, M.G., Lehtonen, T.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2019. The pharmaceutical pollutant fluoxetine alters reproductive behaviour in a fish independent of predation risk. Sci. Total Environ. 650, 642–652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.046
6. Saaristo, M., Brodin, T., Balshine, S., Bertram, M.G., Brooks, B.W., Ehlman, S.M., McCallum, E.S., Sih, A., Sundin, J., Wong, B.B.M., Arnold, K.E., 2018. Direct and indirect effects of chemical contaminants on the behaviour, ecology and evolution of wildlife. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 285, 20181297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1297
5. Bertram, M.G., Ecker, T.E., Wong, B.B.M., O’Bryan, M.K., Baumgartner, J.B., Martin, J.M., Saaristo, M., 2018. The antidepressant fluoxetine alters mechanisms of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). Environ. Pollut. 238, 238–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.006
4. Tomkins, P., Saaristo, M., Bertram, M.G., Michelangeli, M., Tomkins, R.B., Wong, B.B.M., 2018. An endocrine-disrupting agricultural contaminant impacts sequential female mate choice in fish. Environ. Pollut. 237, 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.046
3. Tomkins, P., Saaristo, M., Bertram, M.G., Tomkins, R.B., Allinson, M., Wong, B.B.M., 2017. The agricultural contaminant 17β-trenbolone disrupts male-male competition in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Chemosphere 187, 286–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.125
2. Martin, J.M., Saaristo, M., Bertram, M.G., Lewis, P.J., Coggan, T.L., Clarke, B.O., Wong, B.B.M., 2017. The psychoactive pollutant fluoxetine compromises antipredator behaviour in fish. Environ. Pollut. 222, 592–599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.010
1. Bertram, M.G., Saaristo, M., Baumgartner, J.B., Johnstone, C.P., Allinson, M., Allinson, G., Wong, B.B.M., 2015. Sex in troubled waters: widespread agricultural contaminant disrupts reproductive behaviour in fish. Horm. Behav. 70, 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.03.002