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ATW 2009 Session topic list

The list of possible session topics below reflects the conference theme "From spring to sea: a world of connection", linking freshwater sources of contamination to estuaries and marine aquatic life forms. Sessions would represent a balance between issues and studies from inland freshwater to coastal marine waters. Notice that specific sessions that have already been proposed are shown in italics.

Aquatic Toxicity

  • General aquatic toxicology (e.g. mixtures, tolerance, critical life stages)
    • Algae and cyanobacteria
    • Amphibians and reptiles in ecotoxicology
    • Aquatic nano-chemistry and toxicology
    • Toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to critical life stages
    • Wildlife toxicology
  • Extrapolation from laboratory to the field
  • Legalities of toxicology

Environmental contamination

  • Emerging contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals and personal care products; perfluorinated compounds; endocrine disruptors)
    • Flame retardants in the Canadian environment (PBDEs)
  • Legacy contaminants: continuing presence, effects and new findings (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls)
    • Pesticides: presence in surface and ground waters, effects and new trends
  • Indirect (foodweb-mediated) effects of contaminants
  • Environmental risk assessment
    • Ecotoxicological risk assessment - case studies and future directions

Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation

  • Waterborne and diet-borne metals (e.g., Biotic Ligand Model; tissue residue approach)
    • Improving water quality guidelines for metals: dietary exposure and bioavailability
  • Waterborne and diet-borne organic contaminants: advances in bioaccumulation assessment

Emerging issues

  • Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics in aquatic ecotoxicology
    • Aquatic Toxicogenomics
  • Oil sands research
    • Assessing the effectiveness of landscape reclamation following oil sands development and production
  • Global change and impacts on contaminant toxicity
  • Hypoxia

Aquatic Ecosystem Health: Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation

  • Estuary and fjord ecosystems
    • Contamination in the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • Biomarkers
  • Organism or population level indicators: invertebrates, fish, aquatic mammals and other sentinel species
    • Community level indicators: taxonomic or functional approaches for water and sediment quality assessment
    • Use of bivalves as sentinel species
  • Municipal waste water: risk assessment, from freshwater to marine ecosystems
    • Ecotoxicological impacts of municipal effluents on the St-Lawrence River
  • Remediation of degraded aquatic environments
    • Restoration of eutrophic lakes
  • Environmental effects monitoring: metal mining and pulp and paper
    • EEM – metals
  • Environmental standards: from contaminant-specific criteria to biodiversity

Please contact Peter Campbell, 36th ATW Platform Program Chair, by telephone (418-654-2538) or email (peter.campbell@ete.inrs.ca) for more information.

 

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