Publications
Since 1966, CERC scientists have published over 2000 peer reviewed articles and reports. Browse our publications below or search CERC's publications by author or title through the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Competitive interactions between age-0 bighead carp and paddlefish Competitive interactions between age-0 bighead carp and paddlefish
The effects of bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis on native planktivores in the USA is unknown. The objectives of this study were to experimentally test for competitive interactions between age-0 bighead carp and age-0 paddlefish Polyodon spathula. Differences among water chemistry variables, invertebrate densities, and relative growth of fish were assessed in mesocosms. Water...
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S.J. Schrank, C.S. Guy, J.F. Fairchild
Geomorphic, water quality and fish community patterns associated with the distribution of Notropis topeka in a Central Missouri Watershed Geomorphic, water quality and fish community patterns associated with the distribution of Notropis topeka in a Central Missouri Watershed
The Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) is a small native cyprinid species that has declined throughout its range in the Central Great Plains Region of the United States. Declines of the species have been associated with numerous factors including water quality, physical habitat alteration and predation. The N. topeka occurs in the Moniteau Creek Watershed of Cooper and Moniteau Counties of...
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M.A. Bayless, M.G. McManus, J.F. Fairchild
Physical stream habitat dynamics in Lower Bear Creek, northern Arkansas Physical stream habitat dynamics in Lower Bear Creek, northern Arkansas
We evaluated the roles of geomorphic and hydrologic dynamics in determining physical stream habitat in Bear Creek, a stream with a 239 km2 drainage basin in the Ozark Plateaus (Ozarks) in northern Arkansas. During a relatively wet 12-month monitoring period, the geomorphology of Bear Creek was altered by a series of floods, including at least four floods with peak discharges exceeding a...
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Joanna M. Reuter, Robert B. Jacobson, Caroline M. Elliott
Uptake and depuration of nonionic organic contaminants from sediment by the oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus Uptake and depuration of nonionic organic contaminants from sediment by the oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus
Uptake of sediment-associated contaminants by the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus was evaluated after 1, 3, 7, 14, 28, and 56 d of exposure to a field-collected sediment contaminated with DDT and its metabolites, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), or to a field-collected sediment contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)...
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Christopher G. Ingersoll, Eric L. Brunson, Ning Wang, James F. Dwyer, Gerald T. Ankley, David R. Mount, James Huckins, J. Petty, Peter F. Landrum
Comparisons of coarse and fine versions of two carbons for reducing the bioavailabilities of sediment-bound hydrophobic organic contaminants Comparisons of coarse and fine versions of two carbons for reducing the bioavailabilities of sediment-bound hydrophobic organic contaminants
Coarse (whole) and finely ground Ambersorb 1500 and coarse and fine coconut charcoal were compared as to their efficiencies in scavenging organic contaminants desorbed from sediment. Aqueous slurries of a test sediment spiked (1 ppm) with p,p???-DDE (DDE), 2,2???,5,5???-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB), naphthalene (NAP), or phenanthrene (PHEN), and containing 1% levels of the test carbons were...
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J.A. Lebo, J.N. Huckins, J. D. Petty, W.L. Cranor, K.T. Ho
Characterizing aquatic health using salmonid mortality, physiology, and biomass estimates in streams with elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana Characterizing aquatic health using salmonid mortality, physiology, and biomass estimates in streams with elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana
Abandoned tailings and mine adits are located throughout the Boulder River watershed in Montana. In this watershed, all species of fish are absent from some tributary reaches near mine sources; however, populations of brook trout Salvelinus fontitalis, rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, and cut-throat trout O. clarki are found further downstream. Multiple methods must be used to...
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Aida M. Farag, Don Skaar, David A. Nimick, Elizabeth MacConnell, Christer Hogstrand
Multiple stressor effects in relation to declining amphibian populations Multiple stressor effects in relation to declining amphibian populations
Original research discusses the protocols and approaches to studying the effects of multiple environmental stressors on amphibian populations and gives new perspectives on this complicated subject. This new publication integrates a variety of stressors that can act in concert and may ultimately cause a decline in amphibian populations. Sixteen peer-reviewed papers cover: Toxicity...
Amphibian decline: An integrated analysis of multiple stressor effects Amphibian decline: An integrated analysis of multiple stressor effects
Capturing the attention and imagination of the public and the scientific community alike, the mysterious decline in amphibian populations drew scientists and resource managers from ecotoxicology and chemistry, ecology and field biology, conservation biology, and natural resource policy to a SETAC–Johnson Foundation workshop. Facilitating environmental stewardship, increasing capacity of...
In ovo exposure to o,p -DDE affects sexual development but not sexual differentiation in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). In ovo exposure to o,p -DDE affects sexual development but not sexual differentiation in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Despite being banned in many countries, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) continue to be found in fish tissues at concentrations of concern. Like o,p -DDT, o,p -DDE is estrogenic and is believed to exert its effects through binding to the estrogen receptor. The limited toxicologic data...
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D. M. Papoulias, Sergio A. Villalobos, J. Meadows, Douglas B. Noltie, J. P. Giesy, D. E. Tillitt
Bisphenol A is released from used polycarbonate animal cages into water at room temperature Bisphenol A is released from used polycarbonate animal cages into water at room temperature
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a monomer with estrogenic activity that is used in the production of food packaging, dental sealants, polycarbonate plastic, and many other products. The monomer has previously been reported to hydrolyze and leach from these products under high heat and alkaline conditions, and the amount of leaching increases as a function of use. We examined whether new and used
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Kembra L. Howdeshell, Paul H. Peterman, Barbara M. Judy, Julia A. Taylor, Carl E. Orazio, Rachel L. Ruhlen, Frederick S. vom Saal, Wade V. Welshons
Approaches to developing sediment quality guidelines for PAHs: Chapter 17 Approaches to developing sediment quality guidelines for PAHs: Chapter 17
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David R. Mount, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Joy A. McGrath
A comparison of measures of riverbed form for evaluating distributions of benthic fishes A comparison of measures of riverbed form for evaluating distributions of benthic fishes
A method to quantitatively characterize the bed forms of a large river and a preliminary test of the relationship between bed-form characteristics and catch per unit area of benthic fishes is presented. We used analog paper recordings of bathymetric data from the Missouri River and fish data collected from 1996 to 1998 at both the segment (???101-102-km) and macrohabitat (???10-1-100-km)...
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Mark L. Wildhaber, Peter J. Lamberson, David L. Galat