Melanie Lea Hedgespeth
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-3114
environmental monitoring, environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, aquatic ecology, pharmaceutical, PPCP, antidepressant, wastewater, behavior, fish, nontarget analysis, suspect screening, PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Works (10)
2022 journal article
A sprinkling of gold dust: Pine pollen as a carbon source in Baltic Sea coastal food webs
Limnology and Oceanography, 11.
doi.org (publisher)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 16, 2021
2021 journal article
Suspect-screening analysis of a coastal watershed before and after Hurricane Florence using high-resolution mass spectrometry
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 782.
author keywords: HRMS; Wastewater; Water reuse; Forest; Emerging contaminant; Suspect screening
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 10, 2021
2019 journal article
Expanding phytoremediation to the realms of known and unknown organic chemicals of concern
International Journal of Phytoremediation, 21(14), 1385–1396.
author keywords: HRMS; organic contaminant; nontarget; phytoremediation; exposome; pollutome
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 3, 2019
2019 journal article
Suspect screening and prioritization of chemicals of concern (COCs) in a forest-water reuse system watershed
Science of The Total Environment, 694, 133378.
author keywords: HRMS; Suspect screening; Wastewater; Forest; Exposome
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 30, 2019
2018 journal article
Behaviour of freshwater snails (Radix balthica) exposed to the pharmaceutical sertraline under simulated predation risk
Ecotoxicology.
author keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Behavioural toxicology; Freshwater toxicology; Snail; Predation; Boldness
Source: ORCID
Added: January 27, 2021
2018 journal article
Comparison of emerging contaminants in receiving waters downstream of a conventional wastewater treatment plant and a forest-water reuse system
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(13), 12451–12463.
author keywords: Wastewater; Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs); Forest-water reuse; Nontargeted analysis; Surface water; Water reuse
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Assessing Potential Vulnerability and Response of Fish to Simulated Avian Predation after Exposure to Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals
Toxics.
author keywords: sertraline; fluoxetine; propranolol; SSRI; beta-blocker; fish; bird; behavior; predation
Source: ORCID
Added: June 17, 2019
2014 journal article
Ecological implications of altered fish foraging after exposure to an antidepressant pharmaceutical
Aquatic Toxicology, 151, 84–87.
author keywords: Pharmaceutical; Sertraline; Fish; Functional response; Foraging ecology
Source: ORCID
Added: June 17, 2019
2012 journal article
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in treated wastewater discharges into Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Science of the Total Environment, 437, 1–9.
author keywords: Pharmaceutical; Hormone; EPA Method 1694; Influent; Effluent; Estuary
Source: ORCID
Added: June 17, 2019
2011 journal article
Analysis of selected natural and synthetic hormones by LC-MS-MS using the US EPA method 1694
Analytical Methods, 3(5), 1079–1086.
Source: ORCID
Added: June 17, 2019
Employment
2019 - present
US Environmental Protection Agency Narragansett, RI, US
Biologist
Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division
2016 - 2019
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Forestry and Environmental Resources
2015 - 2016
Lunds Universitet Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten Lund, SE
Assistant Instructor
Dept. of Biology
Education
2010 - 2015
Lunds Universitet Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten Lund, SE
PhD in Biology
Dept. of Biology
2008 - 2010
College of Charleston Charleston, SC, US
MSc in Marine Biology
