Researcher profile
Zeke Spooner
Ph.D. Student · UC Davis
Microplastics / ecotoxicology
Water
Agricultural Runoff
Research focus
Transport / Pathways; Ecological Exposure
Directory record
- Institution type
- UC
- Department or center
- Environmental Toxicology / Coastal & Marine Sciences
- Geography / service area
- Davis / Sacramento Valley
- Watershed / region
- Sacramento Valley / statewide
- Research topics
- Microplastics and leachate bioaccumulation; benthic fate; marine pollutants
- Support roles
- Research Partner
- SB 54 / technical assistance
- High
- Current status
- Current / Publicly listed
- Evidence
- Active monitoring; Pilot / field trial
- Verification confidence
- Medium
- Verified / accessed
- 2026-09-11
Linked projects and studies
2 verified linksMonitoring program
2024–Current
Monitoring underway; public dataset not confirmed
Long-term community-based microplastic monitoring at Bodega Marine Reserve
UC Davis / Bodega Marine Laboratory
Bodega Marine Reserve, Bodega Bay, California
Review evidenceDissertation / field research
2024–Current
Research in progress
Microplastic and leachate bioaccumulation in California rockfish
UC Davis / Bodega Marine Laboratory
California coast; research based at Bodega Marine Laboratory
Review evidence