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Presentations from the Hudson River NRDA at the November 2011 SETAC meeting

Date Posted: December 21, 2011

Injury determination work on birds, mink, and fish supported by the Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees was presented by the Trustees’ Principal Investigators at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting, November 13-17, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. The posters and platforms presented were:

Birds:

• Effects of an Environmentally Relevant PCB Mixture on Embryonic Heart Development in Gallus domesticus (Domestic Chicken)
• PCB concentrations in tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) eggs collected from the Upper Hudson River varies within a season and between years
• Differential Expression of Liver Regulatory Genes with Embryonic PCB Exposure

Mink:

• Dietary Exposure of Mink (Mustela vison) to Fish from the Upper Hudson River, New York, USA: Effects on Reproduction, Offspring Growth and Mortality
• Dietary Exposure of Mink (Mustela vison) to Fish from the Upper Hudson River, New York, USA: Organ Mass and Pathology

Fish:

• Vulnerabilities of Atlantic Sturgeon and Shortnose Sturgeon to PCB 126 and TCDD Induced Early Life-Stage Toxicities

Funding or other support for these projects was provided by the Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees as part of the ongoing Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Please note that the conclusions and opinions presented in these presentations are those of the authors, they do not represent the official position of any of the funding agencies, the Hudson River Trustees or the United States.

Contacts:

Kathryn Jahn (607) 753-9334