Alice Horton
Scientist
Ecotoxicology
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Institute of Freshwater Ecology)
United Kingdom
Biography
In Nov-Dec 2016 Alice Horton worked at the University of Leiden (Netherlands) to run bioassays looking at how the presence of the microplastics can affect the toxicity of different pesticides to the water flea Daphnia magna. In Aug-Sept 2015 Alice Horton travelled to Brazil where she developed a collaboration with the Universidade Federal do Parana in Curitiba. Here she worked to design and run bioassays to assess the impacts of microplastics and PBDEs to chironomids (freshwater midge larvae) and pond snails, to determine microplastics’ effect on the bioavailability of these organic chemicals. This work has since been presented at international conferences in Europe and the USA.
Research Interest
Alice Horton main research interest is microplastics (plastic particles <5mm in size), investigating their presence and effects in freshwater environments.
Publications
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Horton Alice A.; Lahive Elma; Svendsen Claus; Williams Richard J.; Read Daniel S.; Spurgeon David J.; , 2015, Presence and abundance of microplastics in the Thames River Basin, UK . In: SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, 3-7 May 2015
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Horton Alice A.; Palacio-Cortes Angela M.; Lahive Elma; Newbold Lindsay; Pereira M. Gloria; Disner Rodrigo G.; Navarro-Silva Mario A.; Grassi Marco Tadeu; Spurgeon David J.; , 2016, Ingestion of microplastics by the chironomid Chironomus sancticaroli and effects on the microbiome in the presence of PBDEs. In: SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting, Nantes, France, 22-26 May 2016
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Horton Alice A.; Walton Alexander; Spurgeon David J.; Lahive Elma; Svendsen Claus; , 2017, Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. Science of the Total Environment
