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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Use of power analysis to develop detectable significance criteria for sea urchin toxicity tests Use of power analysis to develop detectable significance criteria for sea urchin toxicity tests
When sufficient data are available, the statistical power of a test can be determined using power analysis procedures. The term “detectable significance” has been coined to refer to this criterion based on power analysis and past performance of a test. This power analysis procedure has been performed with sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) fertilization and embryological development data...
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R.S. Carr, J.M. Biedenbach
Sodium cyanide hazards to fish and other wildlife from gold mining operations Sodium cyanide hazards to fish and other wildlife from gold mining operations
Highly toxic sodium cyanide (NaCN) is used increasingly by the international mining community to extract gold and other precious metals through milling of high grade ores and heap leaching of low grade ores. Of the 98 million kg cyanide (CN) consumed in North America in 1989, about 80% was used in gold mining (Knudson 1990). In Canada, more than 90% of the mined gold is extracted from...
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R. Eisler, D. R. Clark, Stanley N. Wiemeyer, Charles J. Henny
Photoenhanced toxicity of a weathered oil on Ceriodaphnia dubia reproduction Photoenhanced toxicity of a weathered oil on Ceriodaphnia dubia reproduction
Traditionally, the toxic effects of petroleum have been investigated by conducting studies in the absence of ultraviolet radiation (UV). Photomediated toxicity is often not considered, and the toxic effects of an oil spill can be grossly underestimated. The toxicity of a weathered oil collected from a monitoring well at an abandoned oil field toCeriodaphnia dubia was examined in the...
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R.D. Calfee, E. E. Little, L. Cleveland, M.G. Barron
A lead isotope distribution study in swine tissue using ICP-MS A lead isotope distribution study in swine tissue using ICP-MS
In the United States lead is an ubiquitous environmental pollutant that is a serious human health hazard, especially for women of childbearing age, developing fetuses, and young children. Information concerning the uptake and distribution of lead to maternal and fetal tissues during pregnancy is poorly documented. A study was designed using domestic swine and lead isotope enrichment...
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Thomas W. May, Ray H. Wiedmeyer, L. D. Brown, S. W. Casteel
Both contaminants and habitat limit Neosho madtom (Noturus Placidus) numbers in the Spring River, a midwestern warmwater stream effected by runoff from historic zinc and lead mining Both contaminants and habitat limit Neosho madtom (Noturus Placidus) numbers in the Spring River, a midwestern warmwater stream effected by runoff from historic zinc and lead mining
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Mark L. Wildhaber, Ann L. Allert, Christopher J. Schmitt
Overview of a workshop on screening methods for detecting potential (anti-) estrogenic/androgenic chemicals in wildlife Overview of a workshop on screening methods for detecting potential (anti-) estrogenic/androgenic chemicals in wildlife
The U.S. Congress has passed legislation requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to develop, validate, and implement screening tests for identifying potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals within 3 years. To aid in the identification of methods suitable for this purpose, the U.S. EPA, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and the World Wildlife Fund sponsored...
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Gerald T. Ankley, Ellen Mihaich, Ralph G. Stahl, Donald E. Tillitt, Theo Colborn, Suzzanne McMaster, Ron Miller, John Bantle, Pamela Campbell, Nancy Denslow, Richard L. Dickerson, Leroy C. Folmar, Michael Fry, John P. Giesy, L. Earl Gray, Patrick Guiney, Thomas Hutchinson, Sean W. Kennedy, Vincent Kramer, Gerald A. LeBlanc, Monte Mayes, Alison Nimrod, Reynaldo Patino, Richard Peterson, Richard Purdy, Robert Ringer, Peter C. Thomas, Les Touart, Glen Van Der Kraak, Tim Zacharewski
Use of a subsurface plankton layer to benefit a cage-culture fishery in Lake Phewa, Nepal Use of a subsurface plankton layer to benefit a cage-culture fishery in Lake Phewa, Nepal
The Nepalese government and some 225 families in the private sector are engaged in an expanding aquaculture program in lakes Phewa, Begnas and Rupa in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal (Swar & Pradhan 1992). Bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) and silver carp (Hypopthalmichthys molitrix) are propagated in hatchery ponds and are raised to market size in mesh enclosures (having sides, tops and...
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Melinda F. Davis, Tek B. Gurung, Bikash Shrestha, Susan B. Jones, Glenn D. Wylie, Bruce D. Perkins, John R. Jones
Environmental toxicology and risk assessment: Seventh volume Environmental toxicology and risk assessment: Seventh volume
This publication, Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Seventh Volume, contains papers presented at the Seventh Symposium on Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Ultraviolet Radiation and the Environment, held 7-9 April, 1997 in St. Louis, MO. The symposium, the 24th in a series on environmental toxicology, was sponsored by Committee E-47. Edward E. Little, of the U.S. Geological...
A table of polyatomic interferences in ICP-MS A table of polyatomic interferences in ICP-MS
Spectroscopic interferences are probably the largest class of interferences in ICP-MS and are caused by atomic or molecular ions that have the same mass-to-charge as analytes of interest. Current ICP-MS instrumental software corrects for all known atomic “isobaric” interferences, or those caused by overlapping isotopes of different elements, but does not correct for most polyatomic...
Authors
Thomas W. May, Ray H. Wiedmeyer
Comparative sensitivity of five species of macrophytes and six species of algae to atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor Comparative sensitivity of five species of macrophytes and six species of algae to atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor
This study determined the relative sensitivity of five species of aquatic macrophytes and six species of algae to four commonly used herbicides (atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor). Toxicity tests consisted of 96-h (duckweed and algae) or 14-d (submerged macrophytes) static exposures. The triazine herbicides (atrazine and metribuzin) were significantly more toxic to aquatic...
Authors
James F. Fairchild, Shane Ruessler, A. Ron Carlson
Assessing sediment toxicity from navigational pools of the Upper Mississippi River using a 28-day Hyalella azteca test Assessing sediment toxicity from navigational pools of the Upper Mississippi River using a 28-day Hyalella azteca test
To assess the extent of sediment contamination in the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) system after the flood of 1993, sediment samples were collected from 24 of the 26 navigational pools in the river and from one site in the Saint Croix River in the summer of 1994. Whole-sediment tests were conducted with the amphipod Hyalella azteca for 28 days measuring the effects on survival, growth...
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N.E. Kemble, E.L. Brunson, T.J. Canfield, F.J. Dwyer, C.G. Ingersoll
Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife
An expert meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in Stockholm on 15-18 June 1997. The objective of this meeting was to derive consensus toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dioxinlike polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for both human, fish, and wildlife risk assessment. Based on existing...
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M. Van den Berg, L. Birnbaum, A. T. C. Bosveld, B. Brunstrom, P. Cook, M. Feeley, J. P. Giesy, A. Hanberg, R. Hasegawa, S. W. Kennedy, T. Kubiak, J. C. Larsen, F. X. R. Van Leeuwen, A. K. D. Liem, C. Nolt, R. E. Peterson, L. Poellinger, S. Safe, D. Schrenk, Donald E. Tillitt, M. Tysklind, M. Younes, F. Waern, T. Zacharewski