Dr. Ning Wang is a Research Fish Biologist with the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
He obtained his bachelor degree in Fisheries from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and obtained his doctorate degree in Natural Sciences from University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany. He conducted his post-doctoral research on fish feeding and bioenergetics at University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Since 1998, he has led and conducted many research projects at the CERC, including development of standard methods for conducting early life-stage toxicity tests with freshwater mussels, assessment of the sensitivity of threatened and endangered fish and aquatic invertebrates to contaminants, evaluation of toxicity of surface waters and sediments contaminated by coal mining and natural oil and gas extraction to aquatic organisms, and evaluation of the toxicity of major ion salts and metals to fish and aquatic invertebrates in water exposures.
Professional Experience
Research Fish Biologist, USGS, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri (July 1998 – present)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (October 1994 – June 1998)
Research Scientist, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany (March 1994 – October 1994)
Research Scientist, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany (March 1994 – October 1994)
Instructor, Department of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China (February 1982 – September 1988)
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany 1994
B.S. in Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 1982
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Sensitivity of early life stages of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) to acute and chronic toxicity of lead, cadmium, and zinc in water
Toxicity of lead, cadmium, or zinc to early life stages of freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea; Neosho mucket, L. rafinesqueana) was evaluated in 48‐h exposures with mussel larvae (glochidia), in 96‐h exposures with newly transformed (5‐d‐old) and two‐ or six‐month‐old juvenile mussels, or in 28‐d exposures with two‐ or four‐month‐old mussels in reconstituted soft water. The 24‐h
An evaluation of the influence of substrate on the response of juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) in acute water exposures to ammonia
Acute 96-h ammonia toxicity to three-month-old juvenile mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea) was evaluated in four treatments (water-only, water-only with feeding, water and soil, and water and sand) using an exposure unit designed to maintain consistent pH and ammonia concentrations in overlying water and in pore water surrounding the substrates. Median effect concentrations (EC50s) for total ammonia
Evaluation of acute copper toxicity to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, lampsilis siliquoidea) in natural and reconstituted waters
The influence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and water composition on the toxicity of copper to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) were evaluated in natural and reconstituted waters. Acute 96‐h copper toxicity tests were conducted at four nominal DOC concentrations (0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/L as carbon [C]) in dilutions of natural waters and in American Society for Testi
Influence of pH on the acute toxicity of ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsills siliquoidea)
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of pH on the toxicity of ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels. Acute 96-h ammonia toxicity tests were conducted with 10-d-old juvenile mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) at five pH levels ranging from 6.5 to 9.0 in flow-through diluter systems at 20??C. Acute 48-h tests with amphipods (Hyalella azteca) and 96-h tests with o
Laboratory toxicity testing with freshwater mussels: Chapter 5
No abstract available.
Chronic toxicity of copper and ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The objectives of the present study were to develop methods for conducting chronic toxicity tests with juvenile mussels under flow-through conditions and to determine the chronic toxicity of copper and ammonia to juvenile mussels using these methods. In two feeding tests, two-month-old fatmucket (Lampsilis siliquoidea) and rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) were fed various live algae or nonviable alga
Intra- and interlaboratory variability in acute toxicity tests with glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The present study evaluated the performance and variability in acute toxicity tests with glochidia and newly transformed juvenile mussels using the standard methods outlined in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Multiple 48-h toxicity tests with glochidia and 96-h tests with juvenile mussels were conducted within a single laboratory and among five laboratories. All tests met the te
Histological alternation and vitellogenin induction in adult rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) after exposure to ethynylestradiol and nonylphenol
Adult rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) were exposed to 0, 1, 5, and 25 ng/l (nominal concentrations) of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) and 3, 10, and 30 μg/l (nominal concentrations) of 4-nonylphenol (NP) under flow-through conditions for a period of 28 d. Low mortality was observed at 5 and 25 ng/l EE2 and the growth of fish reduced significantly at 25 ng/l EE2 compared to controls. However, the gonad
An evaluation of freshwater mussel toxicity data in the derivation of water quality guidance and standards for copper
The state of Oklahoma has designated several areas as freshwater mussel sanctuaries in an attempt to provide freshwater mussel species a degree of protection and to facilitate their reproduction. We evaluated the protection afforded freshwater mussels by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) hardness-based 1996 ambient copper water quality criteria, the 2007 U.S. EPA water quality cr
Acute toxicity of copper, ammonia, and chlorine to glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The objective of the present study was to determine acute toxicity of copper, ammonia, or chlorine to larval (glochidia) and juvenile mussels using the recently published American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard guide for conducting laboratory toxicity tests with freshwater mussels. Toxicity tests were conducted with glochidia (24- to 48-h exposures) and juveniles (96-h exposures
Influence of sediment on the fate and toxicity of a polyethoxylated tallowamine surfactant system (MON 0818) in aquatic microcosms
The fate and toxicity of a polyethoxylated tallowamine (POEA) surfactant system, MON 0818, was evaluated in water–sediment microcosms during a 4-d laboratory study. A surfactant solution of 8 mg l−1 nominal concentration was added to each of nine 72-l aquaria with or without a 3-cm layer of one of two natural sediments (total organic carbon (TOC) 1.5% or 3.0%). Control well water was added to each
A field assessment of long-term laboratory sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca
Response of the amphipod Hyalella azteca exposed to contaminated sediments for 10 to 42 d in laboratory toxicity tests was compared to responses observed in controlled three-month invertebrate colonization exposures conducted in a pond. Sediments evaluated included a sediment spiked with dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) or dilutions of a field sediment collected from the Grand Calumet River (G
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Liang, Z., Yi, B., Yu, Z., and Wang, N., 2003, Spawning areas and early development of long spiky-head carp (Luciobrama macrocephalus) in the Yangtze River and Pearl River, China: Hydrobiologia, v. 490, no. 1, p. 169-179.
Hayward, R.S., and Wang, N., 2001, Failure to induce over-compensation of growth in maturing yellow perch: Journal of Fish Biology, v. 59, no. 1, p. 126-140.
Rabeni, C.F., and Wang, N., 2001, Bioassessment of streams using macroinvertebrates: Are the chironomidae necessary?: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 71, no. 2, p. 177-185.
Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 2000, Effects of social interaction on growth of juvenile hybrid sunfish held at two densities: North American Journal of Aquaculture, v. 62, no. 3, p. 161-167.
Hayward, R.S., Wang, N., and Noltie, D.B., 2000, Group holding impedes compensatory growth of hybrid sunfish: Aquaculture, v. 183, no. 3, p. 299-305.
Rabeni, C.F., Wang, N., and Sarver, R.J., 1999, Evaluating adequacy of the representative stream reach used in invertebrate monitoring programs: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, v. 18, no. 2, p. 284-291.
Wang, N., and Appenzeller, A., 1998, Abundance, depth distribution, diet composition and growth of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and burbot (Lota lota) larvae and juveniles in the pelagic zone of Lake Constance: Ecology of Freshwater Fish, v. 7, no. 4, p. 176-183.
Whitledge, G.W., Hayward, R.S., Noltie, D.B., and Wang, N., 1998, Testing bioenergetics models under feeding regimes that elicit compensatory growth: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 127, no. 5, p. 740-746.
Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 1998, Variation in food consumption, growth, and growth efficiency among juvenile hybrid sunfish held individually: Aquaculture, v. 167, no. 1, p. 43-52.
Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 1998, Effect of feeding frequency on food consumption, growth, size variation, and feeding pattern of age-0 hybrid sunfish: Aquaculture, v. 165, no. 3, p. 261-267.
Hayward, R.S., Noltie, D.B., and Wang, N., 1997, Use of compensatory growth to double hybrid sunfish growth rates: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 126, no. 2, p. 316-322.
Wang N, 1994. On the Ecology of Age-0 Perch (Perca Fluviatilis L.) in Lake Constance. Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz, Germany, 99 p.
Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1994, Effects of temperature and food density on egg development, larval survival and growth of perch (Perca fluviatilis L.): Aquaculture, v. 122, no. 4, p. 323-333.
Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1994, Distribution of perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) during their first year of life in Lake Constance: Hydrobiologia, v. 277, no. 3, p. 135-143.
Wang, N., 1994, Food and feeding of young perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in Lake Constance: SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010, v. 25, no. 4, p. 2148-2152.
Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1992, Effects of photoperiod, feeding regime and water temperature on the formation of daily growth increments in otoliths of larval pike (Esox lucius L.): Journal of Applied Ichthyology, v. 8, no. 1‐4, p. 246-250.
Wang, N., 1991, The study on the biology of bream, Parabramis pekinensis, in Lake Qingling: Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, v. 15, p. 127-135 (in Chinese).
Wang, N., Zhou, H. and Yi, B., 1988, The fish fauna and fisheries exploitation of Hubei Province: Freshwater Fisheries: vol. 6, p. 27-32 (in Chinese).
Yu, Z., Deng, Z., Xu, Y., Linag, Z., Cai, M., Chao, Y., Wang, N., Zeng, X., 1988, The present situation of the spawning grounds of the four Chinese domestic fishes in the Yangtze River after construction of the Gezhouba Hydroelectric Station, in: Yi, B., Yu, Z., and Liang, Z., eds., Gezhouba Water Control Project and Four Famous Fishes in The Yangtze River: Wuhan, Hubei Science and Technology Press, p. 47-68 (in Chinese).
Zhou J, Wang N, Zhang S, Yi B, Nie X, 1987. A study on the hydrobiology and fish yield in Lake Qingling with the respect to fisheries management: Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, vol. 18, p. 442-449 (in Chinese).
**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.
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Sensitivity of early life stages of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) to acute and chronic toxicity of lead, cadmium, and zinc in water
Toxicity of lead, cadmium, or zinc to early life stages of freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea; Neosho mucket, L. rafinesqueana) was evaluated in 48‐h exposures with mussel larvae (glochidia), in 96‐h exposures with newly transformed (5‐d‐old) and two‐ or six‐month‐old juvenile mussels, or in 28‐d exposures with two‐ or four‐month‐old mussels in reconstituted soft water. The 24‐hAn evaluation of the influence of substrate on the response of juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) in acute water exposures to ammonia
Acute 96-h ammonia toxicity to three-month-old juvenile mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea) was evaluated in four treatments (water-only, water-only with feeding, water and soil, and water and sand) using an exposure unit designed to maintain consistent pH and ammonia concentrations in overlying water and in pore water surrounding the substrates. Median effect concentrations (EC50s) for total ammoniaEvaluation of acute copper toxicity to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, lampsilis siliquoidea) in natural and reconstituted waters
The influence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and water composition on the toxicity of copper to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) were evaluated in natural and reconstituted waters. Acute 96‐h copper toxicity tests were conducted at four nominal DOC concentrations (0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/L as carbon [C]) in dilutions of natural waters and in American Society for TestiInfluence of pH on the acute toxicity of ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels (fatmucket, Lampsills siliquoidea)
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of pH on the toxicity of ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels. Acute 96-h ammonia toxicity tests were conducted with 10-d-old juvenile mussels (fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) at five pH levels ranging from 6.5 to 9.0 in flow-through diluter systems at 20??C. Acute 48-h tests with amphipods (Hyalella azteca) and 96-h tests with oLaboratory toxicity testing with freshwater mussels: Chapter 5
No abstract available.Chronic toxicity of copper and ammonia to juvenile freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The objectives of the present study were to develop methods for conducting chronic toxicity tests with juvenile mussels under flow-through conditions and to determine the chronic toxicity of copper and ammonia to juvenile mussels using these methods. In two feeding tests, two-month-old fatmucket (Lampsilis siliquoidea) and rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) were fed various live algae or nonviable algaIntra- and interlaboratory variability in acute toxicity tests with glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The present study evaluated the performance and variability in acute toxicity tests with glochidia and newly transformed juvenile mussels using the standard methods outlined in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Multiple 48-h toxicity tests with glochidia and 96-h tests with juvenile mussels were conducted within a single laboratory and among five laboratories. All tests met the teHistological alternation and vitellogenin induction in adult rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) after exposure to ethynylestradiol and nonylphenol
Adult rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) were exposed to 0, 1, 5, and 25 ng/l (nominal concentrations) of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) and 3, 10, and 30 μg/l (nominal concentrations) of 4-nonylphenol (NP) under flow-through conditions for a period of 28 d. Low mortality was observed at 5 and 25 ng/l EE2 and the growth of fish reduced significantly at 25 ng/l EE2 compared to controls. However, the gonadAn evaluation of freshwater mussel toxicity data in the derivation of water quality guidance and standards for copper
The state of Oklahoma has designated several areas as freshwater mussel sanctuaries in an attempt to provide freshwater mussel species a degree of protection and to facilitate their reproduction. We evaluated the protection afforded freshwater mussels by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) hardness-based 1996 ambient copper water quality criteria, the 2007 U.S. EPA water quality crAcute toxicity of copper, ammonia, and chlorine to glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)
The objective of the present study was to determine acute toxicity of copper, ammonia, or chlorine to larval (glochidia) and juvenile mussels using the recently published American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard guide for conducting laboratory toxicity tests with freshwater mussels. Toxicity tests were conducted with glochidia (24- to 48-h exposures) and juveniles (96-h exposuresInfluence of sediment on the fate and toxicity of a polyethoxylated tallowamine surfactant system (MON 0818) in aquatic microcosms
The fate and toxicity of a polyethoxylated tallowamine (POEA) surfactant system, MON 0818, was evaluated in water–sediment microcosms during a 4-d laboratory study. A surfactant solution of 8 mg l−1 nominal concentration was added to each of nine 72-l aquaria with or without a 3-cm layer of one of two natural sediments (total organic carbon (TOC) 1.5% or 3.0%). Control well water was added to eachA field assessment of long-term laboratory sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca
Response of the amphipod Hyalella azteca exposed to contaminated sediments for 10 to 42 d in laboratory toxicity tests was compared to responses observed in controlled three-month invertebrate colonization exposures conducted in a pond. Sediments evaluated included a sediment spiked with dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) or dilutions of a field sediment collected from the Grand Calumet River (GNon-USGS Publications**
Liang, Z., Yi, B., Yu, Z., and Wang, N., 2003, Spawning areas and early development of long spiky-head carp (Luciobrama macrocephalus) in the Yangtze River and Pearl River, China: Hydrobiologia, v. 490, no. 1, p. 169-179.Hayward, R.S., and Wang, N., 2001, Failure to induce over-compensation of growth in maturing yellow perch: Journal of Fish Biology, v. 59, no. 1, p. 126-140.Rabeni, C.F., and Wang, N., 2001, Bioassessment of streams using macroinvertebrates: Are the chironomidae necessary?: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 71, no. 2, p. 177-185.Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 2000, Effects of social interaction on growth of juvenile hybrid sunfish held at two densities: North American Journal of Aquaculture, v. 62, no. 3, p. 161-167.Hayward, R.S., Wang, N., and Noltie, D.B., 2000, Group holding impedes compensatory growth of hybrid sunfish: Aquaculture, v. 183, no. 3, p. 299-305.Rabeni, C.F., Wang, N., and Sarver, R.J., 1999, Evaluating adequacy of the representative stream reach used in invertebrate monitoring programs: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, v. 18, no. 2, p. 284-291.Wang, N., and Appenzeller, A., 1998, Abundance, depth distribution, diet composition and growth of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and burbot (Lota lota) larvae and juveniles in the pelagic zone of Lake Constance: Ecology of Freshwater Fish, v. 7, no. 4, p. 176-183.Whitledge, G.W., Hayward, R.S., Noltie, D.B., and Wang, N., 1998, Testing bioenergetics models under feeding regimes that elicit compensatory growth: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 127, no. 5, p. 740-746.Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 1998, Variation in food consumption, growth, and growth efficiency among juvenile hybrid sunfish held individually: Aquaculture, v. 167, no. 1, p. 43-52.Wang, N., Hayward, R.S., and Noltie, D.B., 1998, Effect of feeding frequency on food consumption, growth, size variation, and feeding pattern of age-0 hybrid sunfish: Aquaculture, v. 165, no. 3, p. 261-267.Hayward, R.S., Noltie, D.B., and Wang, N., 1997, Use of compensatory growth to double hybrid sunfish growth rates: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 126, no. 2, p. 316-322.Wang N, 1994. On the Ecology of Age-0 Perch (Perca Fluviatilis L.) in Lake Constance. Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz, Germany, 99 p.Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1994, Effects of temperature and food density on egg development, larval survival and growth of perch (Perca fluviatilis L.): Aquaculture, v. 122, no. 4, p. 323-333.Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1994, Distribution of perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) during their first year of life in Lake Constance: Hydrobiologia, v. 277, no. 3, p. 135-143.Wang, N., 1994, Food and feeding of young perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in Lake Constance: SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010, v. 25, no. 4, p. 2148-2152.Wang, N., and Eckmann, R., 1992, Effects of photoperiod, feeding regime and water temperature on the formation of daily growth increments in otoliths of larval pike (Esox lucius L.): Journal of Applied Ichthyology, v. 8, no. 1‐4, p. 246-250.Wang, N., 1991, The study on the biology of bream, Parabramis pekinensis, in Lake Qingling: Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, v. 15, p. 127-135 (in Chinese).Wang, N., Zhou, H. and Yi, B., 1988, The fish fauna and fisheries exploitation of Hubei Province: Freshwater Fisheries: vol. 6, p. 27-32 (in Chinese).Yu, Z., Deng, Z., Xu, Y., Linag, Z., Cai, M., Chao, Y., Wang, N., Zeng, X., 1988, The present situation of the spawning grounds of the four Chinese domestic fishes in the Yangtze River after construction of the Gezhouba Hydroelectric Station, in: Yi, B., Yu, Z., and Liang, Z., eds., Gezhouba Water Control Project and Four Famous Fishes in The Yangtze River: Wuhan, Hubei Science and Technology Press, p. 47-68 (in Chinese).Zhou J, Wang N, Zhang S, Yi B, Nie X, 1987. A study on the hydrobiology and fish yield in Lake Qingling with the respect to fisheries management: Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, vol. 18, p. 442-449 (in Chinese).**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.