ME14A:
Emerging Contaminants in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems II Posters


Session ID#: 27736

Session Description:
This session will showcase the increase in emerging and legacy contaminants and their effects on coastal and estuarine species, communities, and ecosystems, given the increase in consumer use of chemical compounds (e.g., pharmaceuticals, personal care products, plastics). Field and laboratory studies have elucidated the environmental concentrations of contaminants and their fate and transport to ecosystems located downstream from sources of human activity. Laboratory and mesocosm experiments are shedding light on biological and ecological effects of these contaminants individually and in combination with other environmental stressors in marine ecosystems. While the body of literature is substantial for freshwater ecosystems, we know far less about the impacts of these compounds on coastal and estuarine species, communities, and ecosystems. Further, how these compounds interact with other environmental stressors (i.e., changing temperatures, pH) as well as community interactions (i.e., predator and prey dynamics) are even less studied and prompt attention for additional research. Climate change and sea level rise are expected to nearshore communities and ecosystems. The presence of emerging or legacy contaminants may exacerbate other environmental stressors through interactive effects. Knowledge of whether these interactive effects will be additive, subtractive, or synergistic has yet to be documented.
Primary Chair:  Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States
Co-Chair:  Amy Ehrhart, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States
Moderators:  Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States and Amy Ehrhart, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States
Index Terms:

1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4251 Marine pollution [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings) [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Cross-Topics:
  • CT - Chemical Tracers, Organic Matter and Trace Elements
  • RS - Regional Studies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Role of Microbes in the Degradation and Removal of Microplastics from the Ocean’s Surface (314049)
Kassandra Dudek1, Bianca Nahir Cruz2, Susanne Neuer1 and Beth Polidoro3, (1)Arizona State University, School of Life Science, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, AZ, United States
Quantifying microplastic distribution in coastal waters of South Carolina (324881)
George Eric Boneillo1, Amy K Hogge2, Jessica T Myers2, Krystal Wise2 and Nicole M Moravitz2, (1)Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Conway, SC, United States, (2)Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, SC, United States
DETECTION OF PHTHALATES IN MUSCLE AND REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES OF BERING SEA SEABIRDS (316160)
Veronica Marie Padula, University of Alaska Fairbanks, CFOS Fisheries, Anchorage, AK, United States, Birgit Hagedorn, Sustainable Earth Research LLC, Anchorage, AK, United States and Douglas Causey, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
Impact of Anthropogenic Waste on a Deep Sea Microbial Community: A Metagenomic Approach (319291)
Veronika Kivenson, University of California Santa Barbara, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Blair G Paul, Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, Los Angeles, CA, United States; University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and David L Valentine, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
A review of empirical studies of heavy metal concentrations in water, sediments, and artisanal fisheries products from the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador (315182)
Gabriela Navarrete-Forero1, Lady Mailyn Morales-Baren2, Luis Dominguez-Granda3, Jose Fernando Pontón-Cevallos2 and José Rolando Marín-Jarrín4, (1)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (2)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (3)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Centro de Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (4)Estación Científica Charles Darwin, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
The effect of salinity and natural dissolved organic matter on copper-speciation in estuarine waters. Copper toxicity to blue mussel embryos (Mytilus galloprovincialis) (303371)
Rebecca Zitoun1, Susan Clearwater2, Sylvia Gertrud Sander1,3, Christel Hassler4, Karen Thompson2 and Anathea Albert2, (1)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (2)National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand, New Zealand, (3)Marine Environmental Studies Laboratory, IAEA Environment Laboratories, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco., Monaco, (4)Department F. -A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland., Geneva, Switzerland
Global Coastal Management and Adaptation to Nigerian Coastal System. (310541)
Olayemi Idowu Kassim VI, Lagos, Nigeria

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