With a theme focused on reflecting on the past and charting the future, CEW 2024 took place in Kitchener-Waterloo.
As a statement from the event reads, this edition is “celebrating a momentous milestone for our field. As we reflect on five decades of ecotoxicology research, from its humble beginnings as the Aquatic Toxicity Workshop (ATW), we honour the visionaries who paved the way and shaped our understanding of our multidisciplinary field and look forward to welcoming those that will define the future.”
On October 8, our Environmental Scientist Heather Veilleux delivered a presentation on optimizing eDNA protocols for a fish biodiversity assessment in a cold freshwater habitat and Elizabeth Haack spoke on assessing soil microbiota adaptations to brine disturbance using prokaryotic and eukaryotic eDNA sequencing.
On October 9, Kristin Bianchini delivered two talks. The first showed the value of using community science data to investigate drivers of productivity declines in Common Loons. The second highlighted climate impacts on cadmium concentrations in marine bird species from the Canadian Arctic.
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