A5083614175- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Marine animal studies overview
University of Tasmania
2018-2024
University of the Highlands and Islands
2021
Environmental Research Institute
2021
Plastic pollution in the world's oceans is ubiquitous and increasing. The environment inundated with microplastics (< 1 mm), health effects of these less conspicuous pollutants poorly known. In addition, there now evidence that macroplastics can release form shedding or digestive fragmentation, meaning potential for macroplastic exposure to induce direct indirect pathology through microplastics. Therefore, an urgent need data from wild populations on relationship between macro- microplastic...
Plastic ingestion has been documented in a plethora of taxa. However, there is significant gap the detection nano- and ultrafine particles due to size limitations commonly used techniques. Using two Australian seabird species as case studies, flesh-footed shearwater (FFSH) Ardenna carneipes short-tailed (STSH) A. tenuirostris, we tested novel approach flow cytometry quantify ingested <70 μm fecal precursor (guano; colon cloacal contents) both species. This method provided first baseline data...
Seabirds are long-range transporters of nutrients and contaminants, linking marine feeding areas with terrestrial breeding roosting sites. By depositing nutrient-rich guano, which acts as a fertiliser, seabirds can substantially influence the environment in they reside. However, increasing pollution has resulted guano becoming similarly polluted. Here, we determined metal metalloid concentrations (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb) Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) soil, flora, primary...
Seabirds are long-range transporters of nutrients and contaminants, linking marine feeding areas with terrestrial breeding roosting sites. By depositing nutrient-rich guano, which acts as a fertiliser, seabirds can substantially influence the environment in they reside. However, increasing pollution has resulted guano becoming similarly polluted. Here, we determined metal metalloid concentrations (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb) Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) soil, flora, primary...