Rodrigo Almeda, DTU Aqua holder foredrag om "Effects of chemically dispersed crude oil on marine zooplankton" i Kaffeklubben på DTU Aqua. Gæster er velkomne.
Resumé
Crude oil (petroleum) pollution in marine environments is a growing environmental problem due toincreasing petroleum industry activities in the sea. Among the biological components of marine ecosystems, zooplankton are particularly susceptible to marine crude oil spills. However, little is still known about the interactions between zooplankton and dispersed crude oil despite the important roles of planktonic organisms in marine ecosystems. In this presentation I will show some of the main results on crude oil zooplankton interactions from my postdoc research at the University of Texas.
Specifically I will talk about the following topics:
- lethal and sublethal effects of chemical dispersants and dispersed crude oil to marine zooplankton
- influence of UV radiation on the toxicity of crude oil to zooplankton
- bioaccumulation of PAHs in copepods and gelatinous zooplankton
- role of crude oil ingestion by zooplankton in the fate of crude oil spills in the sea.
Om Kaffeklubben
DTU Aquas såkaldte Kaffeklub arrangerer foredrag om akvatisk forskning som en del af den faglige videndeling på instituttet.
Foredragene holdes både af DTU Aquas egne forskere og forskere fra andre danske eller udenlandske forskningsinstitutioner. Tilhørerne er hovedsageligt ansatte i DTU Aqua, men andre interesserede er også velkomne til at deltage. Tilmelding er ikke nødvendig.
Foredragene er på engelsk og varer 1 time, inklusive spørgsmål og diskussion. De afholdes i uformelle rammer på DTU Aqua i Charlottenlund.