Dr. Nicholas S. Fisher, Distinguished Professor and Director, Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research (CIDER)

 

Metals can serve as nutrients for marine organisms (e.g. iron) or they can be toxic (e.g. mercury) or they can be both (e.g. copper). The extent to which  a metal can cause an effect on an organism depends on the extent to which it is taken up and retained by the organism, either through its diet or from the surrounding water. This seminar will consider patterns of metal uptake and toxicity which different classes of metals display in marine ecosystems and will also discuss how organisms influence the fate of metals that enter the ocean.

 

The lecture will be followed by a reception.