| 项目编号: | 1523990
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| 项目名称: | ContaSed2015: Support for U.S. Participants in an International Conference on Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Engineering of Contaminated Sediments, Switzerland |
| 作者: | Patrick Ferguson
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| 承担单位: | Duke University
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| 批准年: | 2014
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| 开始日期: | 2015-03-01
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| 结束日期: | 2016-02-29
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| 资助金额: | USD10000
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Engineering - Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
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| 英文关键词: | conference
; sediment
; engineering
; environmental chemistry
; switzerlandthis conference
; conference attendee
; u. s. participant
; international conference
; contaminated sediments
; environmental pollution
; u. s. researcher
; u. s. environmental policy
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| 英文摘要: | CBET 1523990
Ferguson
Title: ContaSed2015: Support for U.S. Participants in an International Conference on Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Engineering of Contaminated Sediments, Switzerland
This Conference aims at providing the most intellectually stimulating forum possible for top international experts as well as junior researchers from different scientific disciplines to discuss and present the most recent and topical results and novel approaches regarding the analysis, assessment and remediation of contaminated sediment. Recent sediments are major sinks for chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems and are extremely important in the fate of pollutants in the environment. The ecological relevance of sediment quality is widely acknowledged, but approached differently in various scientific fields. Sediments govern the biogeochemical cycle of pollutants and nutrients and play a key role for the bioavailability of hazardous pollutants and the resulting toxic effects. In addition, biodegradation of organic pollutants in aquatic sediments is of major relevance in risk assessment. As archives of contaminants, dated sediments represent historic records of trends in environmental pollution. The participation of U.S. researchers at the conference will be essential in order to ensure that the implications of contaminated sediments on U.S. environmental policy, health, and society are fully represented in this important forum.
The topics to be addressed at the 2015 Conference will include: a) sedimentary archives and historical trends; b) reconstruction of changing pollutant loads into aquatic ecosystems and identifying their drivers; c) transformation processes and degradation products of sediment contaminants; d) porewater partitioning of chemicals and bioavailability of hazardous substances and pathogens; e) role of sediment-water interface processes on biogeochemistry and pollutant dynamics; as well as, f) in-situ and ex-situ remediation techniques of contaminated sediments. The conference will cover studies about legacy and emerging organic micropollutants, heavy metals, virus and microbes, as well as engineered nanomaterials. Recent advances in environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology and engineering will be presented and discussed among participants from fundamental and applied scientific research, experts in risk assessment and regulators from public authorities. In particular, it is envisioned that the conference will include a discussion at the end wherein stakeholders (including international experts and conference attendees) will identify some "grand challenge" research questions for addressing contaminated sediments and their impacts on societies and economies both nationally and internationally. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/95060
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Patrick Ferguson. ContaSed2015: Support for U.S. Participants in an International Conference on Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Engineering of Contaminated Sediments, Switzerland. 2014-01-01.
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