Publications

Godfrey G, LaPlaca SB, Heintz MM. 2022. Developing young watershed citizen scientists through professional partnerships in the classroom. Am Biol Teacher 84(4):202–206, doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.4.202

LaPlaca SB, Rice CD, van den Hurk P. 2022. Chronic toxicity of tire crumb rubber particles to mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in episodic exposures. Under review. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4070229

Fitch S, Klaren WD, LaPlaca, S, Payne L, Wikoff D. Comparison of public and private literature databases for toxicological investigations. Poster presented at Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2022.

LaPlaca SB, van den Hurk P. 2022. Accumulation of microplastic and microrubber particles in stormwater pond fish and invertebrates. bioRxiv, 2022.2003.2003.482888. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.03.482888

LaPlaca SB, van den Hurk P. Toxicity of a pulsed chronic exposure to crumb rubber particles in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Platform presentation at 42nd annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, North America Chapter, Portland, OR, November 2021.

Fantone J, Charlot A, Kinard L, Moran K, LaPlaca S. Comparison of microplastics from suburban and rural areas of South Carolina. Poster presentation at Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium, Clemson, SC, March 2021.

LaPlaca SB, van den Hurk P. 2020. Toxicological effects of micronized tire crumb rubber on mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) and fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Ecotoxicology 29(5):524–534, doi:10.1007/s10646-020-02210-7

LaPlaca SB. Identification and toxicity of compounds associated with tire wear particles in fathead minnow and mummichog. Platform presentation at Pollutant Response in Marine Organism (PRIMO) symposium, Charleston, SC, May 2019.

LaPlaca SB. Toxicological effects of tire wear particles on mummichogs and fathead minnows. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, North America Chapter, Sacramento, CA, November 2018.

LaPlaca SB, Scott GI. Assessing potential endocrine disruption in largemouth bass from a PCB-contaminated reservoir in South Carolina. Poster presentation at the 37th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, North America Chapter, Orlando, FL, November 2016.

LaPlaca SB. Evaluation of intersex condition, vitellogenin, and endocrine disruption in largemouth bass from Lake Hartwell, SC. Platform presentation at the Carolina Area Biologist Association Workshop, Hot Springs, NC, April 2016.

LaPlaca SB, Tufford DL. Assessing the spatial and temporal aspects of buffer capacity in Lake Wateree, SC. Poster presentation at the South Carolina Water Resources Conference, Columbia, SC, October 2014