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Effects of wastewater contaminants on Daphnia and minnows

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In 2019, graduate students working with Dr. Alicia Pérez-Fuentetaja are studying the effectiveness of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP) to remove pharmaceuticals from wastewater. Ben Szczygiel working with Dapnia magna (Photo: Bruce Fox).

A person crouched and looking at a large beaker with seed-sized particles floating in it.

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Daphnia magna used in the trials. Daphnia will be examined to see if from AOP-treatments remove detrimental pharmaceuticals from wastewater treatment plant effluent (Photo: Bruce Fox).

Small round zooplankton with an eyespot and two arm-like antennae float in water.

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Graduate student Amy Cavanaugh setting up a tank to work with Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas). Minnows will be examined to see if from AOP-treatments remove detrimental pharmaceuticals from wastewater treatment plant effluent (Photo: Bruce Fox).

A person looks at an aquarium tank with plastic shelters inside it while they hold another plastic shelter in their hand.

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Amy and Ben working with minnows and Daphnia at the Field Station (Photo: Bruce Fox).

Two people in a lab looking at aquariums with small fish in them on a shelf.

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Amy and Ben working with minnows in the fish lab at the Field Station (Photo: Bruce Fox).

Two people stand next to a large round tank looking at a fish in a small fish net.

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Ben tending an algae culture to feed the Daphnia.

A person stands before an aquarium on a counter, opening a container of fish food. The aquarium is very green with algae and there is a goldfish in it.

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