Session: OS-10C
Marine Contamination

Chair

A. O’Brien

Time

10:00 - 11:40 on Thursday, 9th of July 2015

Venue

Little Percy Baxter Lecture Theatre D2.194

10:00

Emerging contaminant concerns in Victorian bays and estuaries, and impacts assessment using biological monitoring

Kathryn Hassell (University of Melbourne)
10:20

The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) as an effective and accurate indicator of coastal trace metal pollution

Annett Finger (Institue for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University), Jennifer L. Lavers (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies), Peter Dann (Phillip Island Nature Parks), Dayanthi Nugegoda (RMIT University), Bruce Robertson (La Trobe University), Carol Scarpaci (Victoria University), John Orbell (Institue for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University)
10:40

Temperature as a significant determining factor of petroleum hydrocarbon toxicity in marine spills

Rhys Cartlidge (RMIT University), Cybele Heddle (Ehs-support), Dayanthi Nugegoda (RMIT University)
11:00

Hydrocarbon contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affects long- and short-term oyster recruitment and succession

Maria Vozzo (Macquarie University), Kenneth Brown (Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University), Laura Brown (Estuary Technical Group, Institute for Applied Ecology), Jenessa Kay (Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University), Bridget Rogers (Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University), Jerome La Peyre (Veterinary Sciences Unit, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center)