Session 1.3B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Wildlife exposure and impacts

Embryotoxicity of diluted bitumen applied to eggshells of wild double-crested cormorants and domestic chickens

Mason D. King, Simon Fraser University

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Session 1.3B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Wildlife exposure and impacts

Seasonal trends in Cu, Ag and Cd content in Strait of Georgia zooplankton

Bertha Iselle Flores Ruiz, University of British Columbia

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9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Track: Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics, Toxicology & Stormwater – Posters

Effect of diluted bitumen on the survival, physiology, and behavior of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and relevance to birds of the Salish Sea

Elizabeth Ruberg, Simon Fraser University

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9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Track: Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics, Toxicology & Stormwater – Posters

Embryonic exposure to persistent organic pollutants and mercury in marine birds and investigations into associated hepatic gene expression alterations

Mason King, Simon Fraser University

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Track: Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics, Toxicology & Stormwater – Posters

Investigating the Presence and Trophic Transfer of Microplastics in Ex- and In-Situ North American Otters Through Scat and Diet Analysis

Jennifer Brocklin Van, Oregon State University

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9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Track: Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics, Toxicology & Stormwater – Posters

Microplastics Analysis and Quantification of Benthic Sediments of the Salish Sea

Margaret Baer, University of Washington Tacoma

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9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Track: Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics, Toxicology & Stormwater – Posters

Using seasonality and particle tracking to trace Intermediate Water in the Strait of Georgia

Samuel Stevens, University of British Columbia

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9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Session 1.1B: The Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of the Salish Sea Ecosystem

Low concentrations and short durations of road runoff are lethal to coho salmon

Jenifer McIntyre, Washington State University

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1.1B: The Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of the Salish Sea Ecosystem

Results from biennial mussel watch monitoring in Sinclair and Dyes Inlets, Puget Sound, Washington from 2010 to 2018

Robert Johnston, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Pacific Northwest Chapter

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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1.1B: The Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of the Salish Sea Ecosystem

Sublethal effects of the sea lice pesticides ivermectin and SLICE® on starry flounder behaviour and physiology when exposed to contaminated sediments

Daniel King, Simon Fraser University

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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1.1B: The Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of the Salish Sea Ecosystem

The puzzle of declining benthic invertebrate communities – could high organic matter deposition have a role?

Sandra Weakland, Washington State Department of Ecology

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1.1B: The Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of the Salish Sea Ecosystem

Utilizing High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Improved Characterization of CECs Occurrence and Impacts in Puget Sound watershed.

C. Andrew James, UW Tacoma

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1.2B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Sources, Movement, and Fate

Charactering priority pollutants in juvenile chinook salmon in the Fraser River Estuary Watershed

Tanya M. Brown, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Session 1.2B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Sources, Movement, and Fate

Identifying Local Sources of Pollutants that affect Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Salish Sea

Frank Gobas, Simon Fraser University

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Session 1.2B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Sources, Movement, and Fate

Sources, sinks, dispersion and cycling of dissolved polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) discharged in the Strait of Georgia

Yuanji Sun, Dept of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia

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12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Session 1.2B: Contaminants in the Salish Sea: Sources, Movement, and Fate

Water Quality in Urban Creeks During Storm Events

Ed Kolodziej, University of Washington (Tacoma/Seattle)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM