ME13A:
Emerging Contaminants in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems I


Session ID#: 37329

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:

Where, what, and why: emerging contaminants in the coastal ocean (309788)
Elise F Granek1, Joseph Peters2, Jaclyn Teixeira3, Kathleen Conn4, Elena Nilsen5, Lori Pillsbury6, Steve Rumrill7, Angela Strecker8 and Bill Fish8, (1)Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States, (2)UC Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)Environmental Services, OR, United States, (4)USGS, WA, United States, (5)USGS, OR, United States, (6)ODEQ, OR, United States, (7)ODFW, OR, United States, (8)Portland State University, OR, United States
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Measured in Water and Suspended Solids in the Columbia River Estuary (313942)
Elena Brennan Nilsen1, Jennifer L Morace1 and Tawnya D Peterson2, (1)US Geological Survey, Portland, OR, United States, (2)Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
Sulfluramid Use as a Source of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkylsubstances (PFASs) to the Brazilian Coast (323419)
Juliana Leonel1, Rodrigo Azevedo Nascimento2, Ekhine Bizkarguenag3, Deborah B. O. Nunoo3 and Jonathan P. Benskin3, (1)Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Coordenadoria Especial de Oceanografia, Florianópolis, Brazil, (2)Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, (3)Stockholm University, Sweden
Impacts of Microplastic on Reproductive Development in Pacific mole crabs on the Oregon coast (308061)
Dorothy Ann Horn, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States and Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States

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