Kelly Smalling
I am interested in the exposure and effects of contaminants including current-use pesticides and other endocrine active compounds on fish and wildlife with a focus on amphibian populations.
I am an environmental organic chemist who has been working with the USGS since 2004. My current research focuses on the occurrence, fate and effects of emerging contaminants including current-use pesticides in the environment. I am the lead for the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative's Contaminants Project, the project coordinator of the "EDC effects on fish and wildlife in the Cheseapeake Bay Watershed" project through the Contaminants Biology Program, and a member of the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program's Pesticide Fate Research Team.
Education and Certifications
BS in Chemistry from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1999
MSPH in Environmental Health Science from the University of South Carolina in 2003
Science and Products
Methods used to characterize the chemical composition and biological activity of environmental waters throughout the United States, 2012-14
Chronic toxicity of azoxystrobin to freshwater amphipods, midges, cladocerans, and mussels in water-only exposures
Potential interactions among disease, pesticides, water quality and adjacent land cover in amphibian habitats in the United States
Regional variability in bed-sediment concentrations of wastewater compounds, hormones and PAHs for portions of coastal New York and New Jersey impacted by hurricane Sandy
An assessment of mercury in estuarine sediment and tissue in Southern New Jersey using public domain data
Regional assessment of persistent organic pollutants in resident mussels from New Jersey and New York estuaries following Hurricane Sandy
Young of the year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) as a bioindicator of estuarine health: Establishing a new baseline for persistent organic pollutants after Hurricane Sandy for selected estuaries in New Jersey and New York
Exposure of native bees foraging in an agricultural landscape to current-use pesticides
Effects of 2 fungicide formulations on microbial and macroinvertebrate leaf decomposition under laboratory conditions
Restored agricultural wetlands in Central Iowa: habitat quality and amphibian response
Chemical and ancillary data associated with bed sediment, young of year Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) tissue, and mussel (Mytilus edulis and Geukensia demissa) tissue collected after Hurricane Sandy in bays and estuaries of New
Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Methods used to characterize the chemical composition and biological activity of environmental waters throughout the United States, 2012-14
Chronic toxicity of azoxystrobin to freshwater amphipods, midges, cladocerans, and mussels in water-only exposures
Potential interactions among disease, pesticides, water quality and adjacent land cover in amphibian habitats in the United States
Regional variability in bed-sediment concentrations of wastewater compounds, hormones and PAHs for portions of coastal New York and New Jersey impacted by hurricane Sandy
An assessment of mercury in estuarine sediment and tissue in Southern New Jersey using public domain data
Regional assessment of persistent organic pollutants in resident mussels from New Jersey and New York estuaries following Hurricane Sandy
Young of the year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) as a bioindicator of estuarine health: Establishing a new baseline for persistent organic pollutants after Hurricane Sandy for selected estuaries in New Jersey and New York
Exposure of native bees foraging in an agricultural landscape to current-use pesticides
Effects of 2 fungicide formulations on microbial and macroinvertebrate leaf decomposition under laboratory conditions
Restored agricultural wetlands in Central Iowa: habitat quality and amphibian response
Chemical and ancillary data associated with bed sediment, young of year Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) tissue, and mussel (Mytilus edulis and Geukensia demissa) tissue collected after Hurricane Sandy in bays and estuaries of New
Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.