BSc (Hons), PhD
Research Fellow, Atmospheric Environment Research Centre
Contact Details for Dr Susan Bengtson Nash
Research Expertise
My scientific research goals focus on investigating the distribution and behaviour of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the South Polar Region, as well as elucidating their affects upon Antarctic species and ecosystems.
Research themes within our program include; System input and biogeochemical cycling of contaminants, marine mammal toxicology, toxicokinetic and fugacity modelling and chemical risk assessment.
Current Supervised PhD Projects
March, 2007-Present
Principal Advisor of the PhD project “Mobilised Organic Contaminant Burdens in Migrating Antarctic Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): Concentration Effects and Associated Toxicity Response;”(candidate: Ms. Courtney Waugh; FT), The University of Queensland
July, 2006-Present
Principal Advisor of the PhD project “Development and Evaluation of Krill (Euphausia superba) Based Assay Techniques for Assessing the Risks Posed by Persistent Organic Pollutants to an Antarctic Keystone Species” (candidate: Ms. Anita Poulsen; FT), The University of Queensland.
Selected Publications
- Poulsen, A.H., Kawaguchi, S., King, C., King, R.A., Bengtson Nash, S.M., (2012). Behavioural sensitivity of a key Antarctic species (Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba) to sublethal body residues of persistent organic pollutants, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 75:163-170
- Poulsen, A.H., Kawaguchi, S., Kukkonen, J.V.K., Leppanen, M., Bengtson Nash, S.M. (2012)Altered developmental timing in early life stages of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) exposed to p,p’-DDE. Science of the Total Environment. 409: 5268-5276
- Bengtson Nash, Susan (2011) "Persistent Organic Pollutants in Antarctica; Current and Future Research Priorities" Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13: 497-504.
- Poulsen, A.H., Kawaguchi, S., Kukkonen, J.V.K., Leppanen, M., Bengtson Nash, S.M., (2011). Aqueous uptake and sublethal toxicity of p,p'-DDE in non-feeding larval stages of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Environmental Pollution 160: 185-191
- Cropp, R.; Hawker, D., Bengtson Nash, S., Kerr, G., (2011) “A dynamic biophysical fugacity model of the movement of a persistent organic pollutant (POP) in Antarctic marine food webs.” Environmental Chemistry, 8:263-280
- Waugh, Courtney A. ; Huston, Wilhelmina M. ; Noad, Michael J. ; Bengtson Nash, Susan (2010) "Cytochrome P450 isozyme protein verified in the skin of southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): Implications for biochemical biomarker assessment"
- Bengtson Nash, Susan ; Rintoul, Stephen R. ; Kawaguchi, So ; Staniland, Iain ; Hoff, John van den ; Tierney, Megan ; Bossi, Rossana (2010) "Perfluorinated compounds in the Antarctic region: ocean circulation provides prolonged protection from distant sources"
- Bengtson Nash, S.M., Rintoul, S.R., Kawaguchi, S., Staniland, I., Van den Hoff, J., Tierney, M., Bossi, R., (2010) “ Perfluorinated Compounds in the Antarctic Region: Ocean Circulation Provides Prolonged Protection” Environmental Pollution (2010); 158: 1985-1991
