{"id":216,"date":"2020-12-02T18:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:19:36","slug":"clarks-marsh-pfas-field-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/clarks-marsh-pfas-field-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarks Marsh PFAS Field Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"section has-padding-top-small has-padding-bottom-small  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clarks Marsh PFAS Field Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Forever chemicals\u2019 in wetlands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to directly examining the effects of PFAS on amphibians, we also conducted field-based research examining PFAS distribution and movement in an aquatic food web (see figure) impacted by PFAS: Clark\u2019s Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI. This work, funded by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, expanded on our initial surveys of PFAS in Michigan wetlands in collaboration with Michigan\u2019s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and Purdue\u2019s Center for the Environment. Our goals were to 1) develop conceptual ecosystem model describing food web structure and PFAS exposure routes, 2) quantify the bioaccumulation of 24 unique PFAS in aquatic and semi-aquatic plant and animal species, and 3) determine bioaccumulation and biomagnification factors for each PFAS. The results of our work will greatly improve our understanding of the impact of PFAS on aquatic food webs and sources of PFAS flux to terrestrial ecosystems. These data are essential for effective ecological risk assessments, guiding future research initiatives, and the land managers in need of empirical data to make management decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2.png\" alt=\"Clarks Marsh Michigan Research Schematic\" class=\"wp-image-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2.png 750w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2-430x323.png 430w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ClarksChart2-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/hoverman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}