PFAS in Wildlife

Highlighted Studies in Progress

Project: Longitudinal assessment of PFAS in the American alligator in Florida

Lead Student: Keyla Correia and Dylan Lucaksa

Status: In progress

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Project: Tracking PFAS in Burmese pythons: A new sentinel species in south Florida

Lead Student: Lauren Blackman

Status: In progress

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Project: Echinoderms: a new indicator for tracking PFAS in coastal waters

Lead Student: Dr. Bowden

Status: In progress

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Project: Associations of PFAS and three different species of sea turtles along the Atlantic coast

Lead Student: TBD

Status: In progress

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Project: Crowdsourcing surface water collection for the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) along the Mississippi coastline

Lead Student: Qaim Mehdi (PhD)

Status: In progress

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Project: Tracking the movement of PFAS within benthic environments: Investigating the burden of stingrays

Lead Student: Qaim Mehdi and Ines Chambrat (PhD)

Status: In progress

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Project: Monitoring the impact of hibernation on PFAS concentrations in the American black bear

Lead: TBD

Status: In progress

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Highlighted Studies Completed

Project: Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in plasma of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Lead Student: Kaylie Anne Costa and Emily Griffin (PhD)

Publication click here

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Project: Aquatic Vegetation, an Understudied Depot for PFAS

Lead Student: Emily Griffin (PhD)

Publication click here

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Project: Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the plasma of South African crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Lead Student: Ian Christie

Publication click here

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Project: Ticks as novel sentinels to monitor environmental levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Lead Student: Juan J Aristizabal-Henao and Hannah J Brown

Status: In progress

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