{"id":8058,"date":"2020-05-18T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:23:07","slug":"umes-student-defends-masters-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/umes-student-defends-masters-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES Student Defends Master&#8217;s Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/uploadedImages\/_WEBSITES\/SANS\/Content\/UMES_SANS_Monthly_Digest_-_12_2019\/Olivia%20Skeen%203.JPG\" alt=\"Olivia Skeen\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" title=\"Olivia Skeen\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olivia Skeen, a graduate student in the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program at UMES, defended her master\u2019s thesis November 11 titled, \u201cAn Examination of Metal Contaminant Concentrations in Organs of&nbsp;<em>Mustelus canis<\/em>&nbsp;(Smooth Dogfish)&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Squalus acanthias<\/em>&nbsp;(Spiny Dogfish) from the Delaware Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Skeen, smooth and spiny dogfish were collected from the Delaware Bay to assess if the dogfish were accumulating metals in their stomach, small intestine, liver, or&nbsp;muscle. The study assumed that metals were entering the dogfish through their diet. \u201cArsenic suggested accumulation in the muscle and liver of both species of dogfish and&nbsp;cadmium suggested accumulation in the liver of both species of dogfish,\u201d Skeen said.&nbsp; \u201cThe information found in this study began to suggest how specific metals are mobilized in dogfish; however, further investigation is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Eric May, chaired the advisory committee, comprised of Dr. Deborah Sauder, chair, Department of Natural Sciences, and Dr. Ali Ishaque, associate professor, Department of Natural Science. &nbsp;\u201cThis research will have management implications as the Delaware Fish and Wildlife Division is interested in contaminants present in fish in the Delaware Bay,\u201d said May.&nbsp; \u201cThe work Ms. Skeen has completed is important for understanding how resident fish are being affected by environmental contamination and if there are risks from human consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skeen is a native of Salisbury who received her bachelor\u2019s in environmental science with a concentration in marine science from UMES in 2016.&nbsp; She was a member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program all four years of her undergraduate experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/uploadedImages\/_WEBSITES\/SANS\/Content\/UMES_SANS_Monthly_Digest_-_12_2019\/Olivia%20Skeen%204.JPG\" alt=\"Olivia Skeen 2\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" title=\"Olivia Skeen 2\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Skeen, a graduate student in the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program at UMES, defended her master\u2019s thesis November 11 titled, \u201cAn Examination of Metal Contaminant Concentrations in Organs of&nbsp;Mustelus canis&nbsp;(Smooth Dogfish)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Squalus acanthias&nbsp;(Spiny Dogfish) from the Delaware Bay.\u201d According to Skeen, smooth and spiny dogfish were collected from the Delaware Bay to assess if the&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/umes-student-defends-masters-thesis\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES Student Defends Master&#8217;s Thesis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sans-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8058"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}