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    Visualizing Science, 2016

    HUMAN ACTIVITIES IMPACT AQUATIC ORGANISMS

    Human activities are threatening aquatic organisms by polluting the waters. Pesticides, metals, antibiotics and other chemicals enter the surface waters everyday and accumulate in the sea, leaving negative impacts of biota. Aquatic toxicology is the study of toxic effects of chemicals on aquatic organisms. Changes in the physiological, genetic and behavioral makeup of an organism, may be consequences of contaminants in the water.

    My art piece shows how the human population, represented by the hand, is negatively affecting aquatic species, which is represented by the face. The face is made out of an eggshell symbolizing a fish embryo and aquatic life.

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    16” x 20”

    COLOURED PENCIL ON PAPER

    ABHILASHA VERMANI, Artist

    Psycholog, Neuroscience & Behaviour, Undergraduate

    JOANNA WILSON, Ph.D., Researcher

    Department of Biology