Meeting program

SMITHERS VISCIENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
AT THE 37TH SETAC NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING
The Evaluation of Multiple Milkweed Species:
Feasibility of Use in Standard Plant Toxicity
Test Designs and Sensitivity to
a Common Herbicide
Equilibration Time of Spiked Sediments for Use in Whole Sediment
Toxicity Testing: A Post Hoc Assessment
The Unforeseen
Challenges of Pollinator
Toxicity Test Matrices
An Examination of Soil Microbial Biomass and the
Impact of Seasonal Variation
Visit Smithers Viscient in Booth 700/701
www.SmithersViscient.com
Authors: S. Long; J. Staveley; B. Polakoff; 
R. Coler; J. Hoberg; M. Patnaude; K. Rathjen
Author: Michael Bradley
Authors: Nathaniel Marchessault, 
Christian Picard, Ashlee Kirkwood
Authors:  Karinna Campbell and Sean McLaughlin

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TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER
GENERAL OPENING HOURS
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Registration
Registration
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Silent Auction (last day)
Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Poster Viewing and SETAC Store
Exhibit Hall
9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Exhibitions
Exhibit Hall
DAILY SCHEDULE
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
Poster Setup
Exhibit Hall
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
3
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 Annual Senior Resource Group Meet and Greet Breakfast
St. John’s 31
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
Morning Platform Sessions
See session listing
9:15 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Exhibit Hall
10:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Morning Platform Sessions cont’d
See session listing
11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Women in SETAC Luncheon: Patricia Schroeder (ticket required)
Conway
11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
Afternoon Platform Sessions
See session listing
2:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
Afternoon Platform Sessions cont’d
See session listing
4:30 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: John Moran
Ballroom AC
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Poster Social
Exhibit Hall
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
SETAC Journals Reception
St. John’s 24/25
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Tuesday Night Social (ticket required)
Kings Orlando
The Silent Auction ends tonight at 6 p.m. during the Poster Social in the Exhibit Hall. Make sure 
you have the final bid! All money raised benefits student members and student activities.

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SETAC
TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER
BUSINESS MEETINGS
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
South Central Regional Chapter
St. John’s 30
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
North America Membership Committee
St. John’s 32/33
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
Laurentian Regional Chapter
St. John’s 26/27
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
North America Exhibitor Meeting
Conway
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Publications Advisory Committee
St. John’s 26/27
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Chemistry Advisory Group
St. John’s 32/33
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
North America LCA Advisory Group
St. John’s 30
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
North Atlantic Regional Chapter
St. John’s 26/27
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
ET&C Editorial Luncheon
Sebastian I 3/4
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Pacific Northwest Regional Chapter
St. John’s 28
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Ecosystem Services Advisory Group
St. John’s 26/27 
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Chesapeake Potomic Regional Chapter
St. John’s 28
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
SETAC Finance Meeting
St. John’s 32/33
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Horizon Scanning Project Marketing and Outreach Committee
St. John’s 30
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
North America Finance Meeting
St. John’s 32/33
2:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
NorCal Regional Chapter
St. John’s 26/27
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
North America Endowment Fund
St. John’s 32/33
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
North America Student Advisory Council (NASAC)
St. John’s 26/27 
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
API Biomonitoring Task Force
St. John’s 30
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
ASTM E50.47 a.m. – Ecotox Standards Development
St. John’s 28
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
World Council Business Meeting
St. John’s 32/33
5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
North America Board Business Meeting
St. John’s 32/33
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Carolina Regional Chapter
St. John’s 26/27
6:45 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Endocrine Disrupter Testing and Risk Assessment Advisory Group
St. John’s 31
TUESDAY 
NIGHT
 SOCIAL 
Kings Orlando | 8:00–11:00 p.m.
Leave the laptops, presentations and cell phones and have some fun! A flurry of exciting games  
beckon to have a good time at this retro-inspired bowling alley. 
 
Desserts and two drink tickets are included. Transportation from Rosen Shingle Creek will  
be provided.
$65 MEMBER/NONMEMBER 
• $55 STUDENTS

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DAILY KEYNOTE SPEAKER
4:30 p.m.–5:15 p.m. | Panzacola F3, F4, G2
OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE
A program with John Moran, Co-director, Springs Eternal Project
As our waters go, so goes 
Florida.
Although vital to the eco-
logical and economic health 
of Florida, our waters are 
imperiled—by pollution, 
neglect and the groundwater 
demands of a thirsty state. 
Join us for a frank and 
engaging discussion with nature photographer John Moran, whose 
career as an artist and journalist spans more than 30 years. 
Moran’s evolving programs focus on Florida’s iconic springs as 
a case study for exploring the larger topic of water, democracy 
and Florida’s future. Combining superb photography with stirring 
commentary, Moran argues there can be no long-term wellbeing 
in Florida unless we embrace a new way of thinking about water – 
mindful that tomorrow’s Florida is being shaped by the choices we 
make today.
Seeking to show and tell the truth more fully as he sees it, Moran 
partnered with artist and art historian Dr. Lesley Gamble in 2012 
to create the Springs Eternal Project.
Their collaboration fills museum walls, educates decision makers 
and develops creative outreach inspiring people to value, conserve 
and restore our precious waters.
Learn more at JohnMoranPhoto.com.
WOMEN IN SETAC LUNCHEON
11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Conway | Ticket required
Work–Life Balance: A Work in Progress
Patricia Schroeder
Former US Representative, Colorado
The Honorable Pat Schroeder, the 
groundbreaking congresswoman 
from Colorado who championed 
many legislative initiatives during 
her 24-year career in the US 
House of Representatives, will 
draw upon her personal and pro-
fessional experiences to address 
the challenging topic of work–life 
balance.
Though political rivals and some male colleagues at first dismissed 
her as “little Patsy,” she became the forceful doyenne of American 
liberals on issues ranging from arms control to women’s repro-
ductive rights during her congressional career. Congresswoman 
Schroeder’s biting wit and political barbs helped to make her 
a household name and blazed a trail for a new generation of 
women onto Capitol Hill. One of only 14 women in the House of 
Representatives, she likened the atmosphere there to that of “an 
over–aged frat house.” When asked by one of her male colleagues 
how she could be a mother of two small children and a member 
of congress at the same time, she replied, “I have a brain and a 
uterus, and I use them both.”
Schroeder specialized in the area of women’s rights and legisla-
tive reforms affecting the family. In many respects, she made 
these issues the blueprint for her work: women’s health care, child 
rearing, expansion of social security benefits and gender equity 
in the workplace. Schroeder helped pass the 1978 Pregnancy 
Discrimination Act and created and chaired the Select Committee 
on Children, Youth and Families. Additionally, she was instrumen-
tal in passing the Family and Medical Leave Act and the National 
Institutes of Health Revitalization Act. Schroeder also worked to 
improve benefits, health care and living conditions for military per-
sonnel, crafting the 1985 Military Family Act. Toward the end of her 
career, she convinced the Armed Services Committee to recom-
mend that women be allowed to fly combat missions.
After a brief teaching stint at Princeton University’s Woodrow 
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Schroeder was 
appointed president and CEO of the Association of American 
Publishers in June 1997. 
Schroeder retired in 2009 to Florida, where she serves on vari-
ous boards and is involved in civic activities. She wrote two books 
“Champion of the Great American Family” and “24 years of 
Housework… and the Place Is Still a Mess.”

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8:00–8:15
8:20–8:35
8:40–8:55
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Frequent Fliers: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Birds | Katherine Horak, Steven Bursian, Brian Dorr, Susan Shriner
191
 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NRDA Avian 
Toxicity Studies - Introduction | P. Tuttle
192
 Overview of Avian Toxicity Studies for 
the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource 
Damage Assessment | S. Bursian
193
 Evaluation of blood parameters as a 
measure of physiological injury to oiled 
birds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill | 
J. Fallon
194
 Effects of Sub-Acute External Exposure to 
Deepwater Horizon Oil in the Double-crested 
Cormorant | B. Dorr
A2
Arctic Spill Science – Fate, Effects and Response | Mathijs Smit
199
 Modeling Oil Transport and Fate in the 
Beaufort Sea - Evaluation of Implications of 
Response Alternatives | D. French-McCay
200
 Biodegradation of Oil and Corexit 9500A 
by Arctic Marine Microorganisms | K. McFarlin
201
 Biodegradation of crude oil and impact 
on seawater and sea-ice arctic microbial 
populations following oil spill treatments in 
the Arctic | C. Boccadoro
202
 Comparison of the Relative Sensitivity of 
Arctic Species to Oil and Dispersed Oil using 
Total Petroleum and PAH Measures of Toxicity 
| A. Bejarano
A3
Recent Advances and Trends in Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances Research – Part 1 | Kavitha Dasu, Marc Mills, Linda Lee
207
 Scratching the Surface of PFASs: An 
attempt at closing the mass balance using 
four techniques in select Papers & Textiles | 
A. Robel
208
 Current Extraction Methods Significantly 
Underestimate Mass of Zwitterionic and 
Cationic Polyfluoroalkyl Precursors in Soil and 
Sediment | K. Barzen-Hanson
209
 Qualitative and quantitative analysis of 
fluorosurfactants in soil impacted by aqueous 
film-forming foam after the Lac-Mégantic 
train derailment | S. Mejia
210
 Newly-identified polyfluoroalkyl 
surfactants in the freshwater fish C. com-
mersonii following AFFF deployment at the 
Lac-Mégantic railway accident | G. Munoz
A4
Environmental Chemistry Perspectives from Around the Globe | Elin Ulrich, William Foreman
215
 Why TBT contamination still matters in 
South America | G. Fillmann
216
 Trace Metal Pollution of Suburban 
Roadside Surface Soil by Road Dust | M. Fiala
217
 Platinum Group Elements in 
Bioaccessible Fractions of Street Dust from 
Toronto, Canada | C. Wiseman
218
 Biogeochemical processes occurring in 
forested mountain catchments deduced from 
chemical and sulfur isotopic composition of 
drainage water | A. Gonzalez
F1
Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing for Ecotoxicity Assessments – Part 1 | Teresa Norberg-King, Scott Belanger, Amy Beasley, Adam Lillicrap
223
 Quantifying the Benefits of Using 
Read-Across and In Silico Techniques to Fulfill 
Hazard Data Requirements for Chemical 
Categories | K. Stanton
224
 Balancing the effectiveness and 
practicality of alternative test endpoints for 
the fathead minnow fish embryo toxicity test 
| K. Roush
225
 Alternative Testing Platforms for 
Screening Ecological Hazards | C. Lehman
226
 Possibilities for Using Fish Embryo Tests 
in Place of Fish Acute Toxicity - Threshold 
Approach Strategies for Ecotoxicity Hazard 
Determination | S. Belanger
F2
Modeling and Monitoring of Environmental Pesticides Exposure: Regulatory Context and Improvements from Science | Arnaud Boivin, Russell Jones
231
 Plant Uptake - From Scientific 
Description to Regulatory Implementation 
| R. Sur
232
 Modelling the Fate of Pesticides in 
European and French Cropping Systems: 
Integration of Complex Cropping Practices in 
the Regulatory Risk Assessment | L. Mamy
233
 Assessment of available monitoring data 
and modeled EEC values for an herbicide 
(linuron) in the US and Canada |  
G. Hoogeweg
234
 Insecticides in sediment cores from a 
rural and a suburban area in South China: 
A reflection of shift in application patterns 
| J. You
F3 F4 G2
Everglades and Wetlands Science Part 2: Cellular, Genetic and Toxicological Outcomes of a Changing Habitat | Frances Nilsen, Stacey Lance, Scott Weir
239
 Infectious disease linked to climate and 
genetic variation in amphibian populations 
of the southeastern United States | A. Savage
240
 Genetic and epigenetic variation in 
Spartina alterniflora following the Deepwater 
Horizon oil spill | M. Robertson
241
 Using an in vitro organ culture system to 
assess the estrogenic effects of CWAF expo-
sure on sex determination in the American 
alligator | C. Williams
242
 Assessing Estrogenic Activity of the 
Dispersant Corexit 9500 in Two Aquatic 
Reptiles, the American Alligator and 
Diamondback Terrapin | N. McNabb
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A SETAC Pellston Workshop® on Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment Approaches for Endocrine-Active Substances Data | Chairs --->
245
 SETAC Pellston WorkshopTM: 
Environmental hazard and risk assessment 
approaches for endocrine-active chemicals 
(EHRA) | A. Leopold
246
 Challenges in Assigning Endocrine 
Specific Modes of Action:  Recommendations 
for Researchers and Regulators | E. Mihaich
247
 Uncertainties in biological responses 
that influence hazard or risk approaches to 
the regulation of endocrine active substances 
| J. Parrott
248
 Improving environmental assessment of 
endocrine active substances | K. Coady
H1 H2
Multi-ion Toxicity: Mechanisms and Effects | Paul Paquin, Charles Delos, Kevin Brix, Rasa Bubnyte
252
 Thoughts on applying existing toxico-
logical understanding to risk assessment for 
major ions in fresh waters | D. Mount
253
 Can major ion uptake kinetics and 
interactions inform mechanisms of multi-ion 
toxicity in aquatic insects? | S. Scheibener
254
 The Mechanistic Toxicity of Multi-Ion 
Exposures in Pimephales promelas (Fathead 
Minnow) | K. Johnson
255
 Acute and Chronic Ceriodaphnia Toxicity 
As a Result of Ion Imbalance and Magnesium 
Based Hardness | M. Bowersox
H3 H4
Computational Toxicology: Integrating -Omics and Chemistry to Identify Chemicals of Environmental Concern | Alvine Mehinto, Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt
260
 Integrating chemical monitoring data 
with high-content and high-throughput effects 
data to prioritize contaminants and hazards in 
chemical mixtures | A. Schroeder
261
 A Bayesian network model for predicting 
aquatic toxicity mode of action using two 
dimensional theoretical molecular descrip-
tors | J. Carriger
262
 Computational model for Nrf2-ARE 
activation in Human HepG2 cells based on 
whole-molecule chemical properties and 
mechanistic domains | F. Melnikov
263
 Integrating multiple levels of informa-
tion to support Danube risk assessment in 
SOLUTIONS | P. Antczak
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Fate and Effects of Metals: Mechanisms of Toxicity | Jim McGeer, Claude Fortin
268
 Role of biologically mediated boundary 
reactions in the bioavailability of cadmium to 
freshwater phytoplankton | F. Liu
269
 Toxicity of metal-contaminated sediments 
from the Upper Columbia River, Washington, 
to early-life-stage White Sturgeon (Acipenser 
transmontanus) | H. Puglis
270
 Subcellular metal partitioning in white 
suckers exposed to metal-mining effluents: a 
relevant tool to improve risk assessment for 
aquatic organisms | N. Urien
271
 Copper toxicity to Florida apple snail 
(Pomacea paludosa) and development of a 
Biotic Ligand Model with P. paludosa |  
T. Hoang
I3 I4
Use of Freshwater Mollusk Toxicity Data for Improved Conservation of Water and Sediment Quality | Ning Wang, Scott Hall, Patricia Gillis
276
 The influence of glochidial source; 
including gravid mussel collection site and 
year on the sensitivity of glochidia to a refer-
ence toxicant (NaCl) | P. Gillis
277
 Effects of nitrate and an estrogen singly 
and in combination on freshwater mussel 
metamorphosis | A. Moore
278
 Does freshwater mussel propagation 
method influence juvenile chemical sensitiv-
ity? | A. Popp
279
 Sensitivity of the early-life stages of 
freshwater mollusks to neonicotinoid and 
butenolide insecticides | R. Prosser
Spotlight Session
Aquatic Toxicology  
and Ecology
Environmental or  
Analytical Chemistry
Integrated Environmental  
Assessment and Management
Tuesday Morning Platform Presentations

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Frequent Fliers: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Birds | Katherine Horak, Steven Bursian, Brian Dorr, Susan Shriner
A1
195
 Using a bioenergetics model to predict 
increased thermoregulatory costs from oil 
exposure in Double-crested Cormorants |  
P. Mathewson
196
 Cardiovascular effects of Oral and 
Dermal Oil Toxicity Testing in Double-Crested 
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) | K. Harr
197
 The effects of crude oil contamination of 
feathers on takeoff and endurance flight in 
a shorebird, the Western Sandpiper (Calidris 
mauri) | I. Maggini
198
 Oil and the Long Distance Migrant: 
Flight Patterns, Behavior, and Body Mass is 
Altered Following Exposure to Oil from the 
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | C. Perez
Arctic Spill Science – Fate, Effects and Response | Mathijs Smit
A2
203
 Transcriptomics identifies novel adverse 
outcome pathways from crude oil exposure 
in haddock early life history stages | E. Sorhus
204
 An ecosystem-based modeling system 
for the prediction of potential impacts of 
petroleum and fisheries activities in the 
marine environment | J. Carroll
205
 Estimated Impacts of Hypothetical Oil 
Spills in the Alaska Beaufort Sea on the Arctic 
Cod Boreogadus saida | B. Gallaway
206
 Net Environmental Benefits Analysis 
Supporting Oil Spill Response in the Arctic | 
W. Gardiner
Recent Advances and Trends in Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances Research – Part 1 | Kavitha Dasu, Marc Mills, Linda Lee
A3
211
 Transport of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl 
Substances in Groundwater, Cape Cod, MA 
| A. Weber
212
 Perfluoroalkyl acid concentrations in his-
torical drinking water samples collected from 
the Greater Cincinnati Region | S. Nakayama
213
 Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances associated with aqueous film 
forming foams in Canadian surface waters | 
L. D’Agostino
214
 Transport potential of per- and poly-
fluoroalkyl surfactants in the presence of soil 
organic matter | Y. Zhi
Environmental Chemistry Perspectives from Around the Globe | Elin Ulrich, William Foreman
A4
219
 Colloidal-facilitated transport of nitrogen 
as a function of land-use in a major river 
basin discharging to the Great Barrier Reef 
lagoon | J. Judy
220
 Occurrence of brominated and organo-
phosphorus flame retardants in indoor dust 
in a Brazilian city | J. Cristale
221
 Evaluating Primary Contaminant 
Pathways to Combined Sewer Systems 
Discharging to the Lower Duwamish Waterway 
Superfund Site, Seattle, WA | C. Greyell
222
 Pharmaceuticals, plasticisers, perfluo-
rinated compounds and illicit drugs in the 
aquatic environment: What is their fate? |  
J. Wilkinson
Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing for Ecotoxicity Assessments – Part 1 | Teresa Norberg-King, Scott Belanger, Amy Beasley, Adam Lillicrap
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 Mode of Action (MOA) Assignment 
Classifications for Ecotoxicology:  Evaluation 
of Available Methods |