Innovating tools for monitoring pollutants in aquatic environments

Emerging Pollutants: Their Analysis, Occurrence and Removal in Aquatic Environments

Novel Methods for Monitoring Chlorinated Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

HELTSLEY, REBECCA MARIE. Novel Methods for Monitoring Chlorinated Contaminants in Aquatic Environments. (Under the direction of Dr. Damian Shea) Chemical exposure assessment is a fundamental component of ecological risk assessment. Without proper tools to determine exposure, final decisions regarding risk must be estimated. In this study, novel methods for improving exposure assessment in aquat...

Metagenomic Frameworks for Monitoring Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Environments

BACKGROUND High-throughput genomic technologies offer new approaches for environmental health monitoring, including metagenomic surveillance of antibiotic resistance determinants (ARDs). Although natural environments serve as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred to pathogenic and human commensal bacteria, monitoring of these determinants has been infrequent and inc...

Monitoring of Aquatic Environments Using Passive Samplers

A review is given on the development of passive samplers for aquatic environments. Passive samplers that are simple and easy to use and with minimal consumption of organic solvents to desorb the analytes from the trapping media are focused. New developments in quality assurance procedures are highlighted.

Technical Report on Aquatic Effect-based Monitoring Tools