Ocean Protect Podcast
Cocaine salmon with Marcus Michelangeli
Published: 24 May 2026 at 20:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
Marcus Michelangeli is a lecturer at Griffith University, leading the Wildlife Behaviour & Ecotoxicology research group, focusing on how wildlife adapt to rapid environmental change, particularly in response to emerging threats from synthetic and psychoactive chemical contaminants. In this chat, we discuss recent research by Marcus and collaborators on the impact of cocaine on salmon behaviour.
Useful links:
- Marcus on Linkedin (here)
- The Conversation article, Coked to the gills? Cocaine‑laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far in (here)
- Journal paper, Cocaine pollution alters the movement and space use of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a large natural lake (here)
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