Select presentations from the 2019 annual meeting are available for download.
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Presentations: Monday May 6th
Toxicity Testing for California’s Waterways
Facilitated by Chris Stransky, SoCal SETAC President
State Water Board toxicity provisions
Karen L. Mogus, California Water Resources Control Board
Challenges with aquatic toxicity testing: problem resolution in regulatory settings
Stephen L. Clark, Pacific EcoRisk
Site-specific water quality objectives: applications of water-effect ratios
Ashley N. Parks and Steven M. Bay, Southern California Coastal Water Research Program
An environmentally relevant approach for stormwater toxicity testing compliance monitoring
Molly Colvin, Gunther Rosen and Nick Hayman, NIWC Pacific; Chris Stransky, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions; Katie Kowal, SDSU Research Foundation
Rolf Schottle and Chris Stransky, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions; Kimberly. O’Connell, University of California San Diego
Strategies for increasing success rates of toxicity identification evaluation studies (TIEs)
Peter Arth, Enthalpy Analytica
General Session #1
Facilitated by Wendy Hovel, SoCal SETAC Board Member
Overabundance of microRNA 133b induces oil-like cardiotoxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos
Justin B. Greer, S. Dasgupta, D.C. Volz, and D. Schlenk, University of California, Riverside
Nicolette Andrzejczyk*, J.B. Greer and D. Schlenk; University of California, Riverside, CA; E.M. Mager, University of North Texas, Denton; J.D. Stieglitz, D.D. Benetti and M. Grosell, University of Miami
*graduate student presenter; 2018 Student Research Grant Awardee
Evaluating the impact of wastewater effluent discharge into the Santa Ana River
Gary T. Harraka*, Jason Magnuson and Daniel Schlenk, University of California, Riverside; Bowen Du, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
*graduate student presenter
The sea anemone Anthropleura sola: A potential indicator of coastal waters health
Kelly E. Govenar*, Maddison J. Laeber and Dimitri D. Deheyn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
*graduate student presenter
Detection, characterization, and classification of bacteria using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with machine learning approaches
Robert George, Patrick Sims, Maurice Ayache and Kara Sorensen, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC); Pamela Mosier-Boss, GEC Annandale; Anna O'braztsova, SDSU Research Foundation
General Session #2
Facilitated by Nick Hayman, SoCal SETAC Board Member
Urban recreational fisheries: Implications for public health in metro-Phoenix
Daniel A. Lucas* and Beth A. Polidoro, Arizona State University
*undergraduate student presenter
Patterns of mercury cycling in the profundal zone of Hodges Reservoir, California
Marc Beutel and Byran Fuhrmann, University of California, Merced; Sarah Brower, City of San Diego
Are microplastic measurements comparable and do they reflect reality?
Win C. Cowger*, James J. Guilinger and Andrew B. Gray, University of California, Riverside
*graduate student presenter
Microfibers pollution: Global monitoring initiative
Dimitri D. Deheyn, Jessica Sandoval and Sarah-Jeanne Royer; Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Presentations: Tuesday May 7th
Screening for Emerging Contaminants
Facilitated by Keith Maruya, SoCal SETAC Past President
Novel screening methods to assess environmental contaminants in aquatic environments
Alvine C. Mehinto, Keith A. Maruya and Stephen B. Weisberg, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project; Nancy D. Denslow, University of Florida
Multi- and transgenerational effects of environmental stressors: responses in a euryhaline model and implications for risk assessment
S. Brander, and B. DeCourten, K. Major and W. White, Oregon State University; J. Forbes, H. Roark and N. Burns, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; J. Li, and R. Connon, University of California, Davis; Alvine Mehinto, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Non-targeted analysis in environmental contaminant monitoring
Eunha Hoh, San Diego State University
General Session #3
Facilitated by Scott Coffin, State Water Board
Update from SETAC North America
Leah M. Thornton Hampton, Graduate Student Representative, SETAC N/A Board of Directors
Leveraging zebrafish to identify chemicals disrupting early development
Sara M. Vliet*, Subham Dasgupta, Trina C. Ho, and David C. Volz, University of California, Riverside
*graduate student presenter
M.E. Stack*, N.G. Dodder, J. Johnson and E. Hoh, San Diego State University; C.W. Tubbs, I. Vilchis and R. Felton, Institute for Conservation Research – San Diego Zoo; J.M. Cossaboon, University of California, Davis
*graduate student presenter
Detection of microcystins in water samples from Los Angeles area waterbodies
Bowen Du, Lindsay Darjany, Wenjian Lao, Ellie Wenger, Dario Diehl and Keith Maruya, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project; Jun Zhu; California Water Resources Control Board, Los Angeles Region