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[PAST EVENT] Plastic and priority pollutants in aquatic habitats: a chemical cockTALE
September 11, 2015
3pm - 3:30pm
Location
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Watermen's Lobby1375 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062Map this location
Presenter: Chelsea M. Rochman
David H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California Davis
Reception at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Watermen's Hall
Seminar from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in McHugh Auditorium
Title
"Plastic and priority pollutants in aquatic habitats: a chemical cockTALE"
Abstract: Discarded plastics are a global environmental problem across several habitats. In aquatic habitats, plastic pollution is reported globally in lakes and marine coastal and pelagic habitats from the surface waters to the benthos. This material is associated with a cocktail of contaminants, including those that are ingredients of plastics (i.e. BPA, PBDEs, phthalates, lead) and those that sorb to the material from ambient seawater (e.g., DDT, PCBs, PAHs, copper). It is now understood that several marine organisms across multiple trophic levels ingest plastic debris in nature. As such, there is concern regarding how this material may pose a threat to marine life both physically and chemically, as it may be another medium for exposure to priority pollutants. Using recent insights from field and laboratory experiments, this presentation will include information regarding the sources, fate and impacts of plastic debris and associated priority pollutants in aquatic habitats.
Background: Chelsea Rochman is a trained Ecologist with emphases in Marine Ecology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry. She is interested in the side-effects of industrialization on the environment and its inhabitants. Her broader research interests regard the ecological effects of anthropogenic contaminants on wildlife and human resources (e.g. water, seafood). More specifically, her current focus is the implications of the infiltration of plastic debris into aquatic habitats. Rochman is currently funded by NOAA's Marine Debris Program and also as a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Biology. At present, she resides in the Aquatic Health Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
David H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California Davis
Reception at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of Watermen's Hall
Seminar from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in McHugh Auditorium
Title
"Plastic and priority pollutants in aquatic habitats: a chemical cockTALE"
Abstract: Discarded plastics are a global environmental problem across several habitats. In aquatic habitats, plastic pollution is reported globally in lakes and marine coastal and pelagic habitats from the surface waters to the benthos. This material is associated with a cocktail of contaminants, including those that are ingredients of plastics (i.e. BPA, PBDEs, phthalates, lead) and those that sorb to the material from ambient seawater (e.g., DDT, PCBs, PAHs, copper). It is now understood that several marine organisms across multiple trophic levels ingest plastic debris in nature. As such, there is concern regarding how this material may pose a threat to marine life both physically and chemically, as it may be another medium for exposure to priority pollutants. Using recent insights from field and laboratory experiments, this presentation will include information regarding the sources, fate and impacts of plastic debris and associated priority pollutants in aquatic habitats.
Background: Chelsea Rochman is a trained Ecologist with emphases in Marine Ecology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry. She is interested in the side-effects of industrialization on the environment and its inhabitants. Her broader research interests regard the ecological effects of anthropogenic contaminants on wildlife and human resources (e.g. water, seafood). More specifically, her current focus is the implications of the infiltration of plastic debris into aquatic habitats. Rochman is currently funded by NOAA's Marine Debris Program and also as a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Biology. At present, she resides in the Aquatic Health Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Contact
[[seitz, Rochelle Seitz]] at 804-684-7698