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Featured Publications from USGS Contaminant Biology Research

Recent Publications from USGS Contaminant Biology Program, January 2006 - January 2008 - download a bibliography of journal publications by USGS Contaminant Biology Program scientists, covering period from January 2006 to January 2008.

Comparative Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Malathion and Their Oxons to Amphibians - Publication Brief for Resource Managers from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, May 2007.

Goodbred, S.L., Smith, S.B., Greene, P.S., Rauschenberger, R.H., Bartish, T.M., 2007, Reproductive and Endocrine Biomarkers in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) from United States Waters: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 2006 - this report provides a national and regional benchmark and a basis for evaluating biomarkers of endocrine and reproductive function.

Hinck, J. E., Blazer, V. S., Denslow, N. D. Gross, T. S., Echols, K. R., Davis, A. P. , May, T. W., Orazio, C. E. , Coyle, J. J., Tillitt, D. E., 2006 Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigation Report 2006-5163

May, T. W.; Brumbaugh, W. G., 2007 Determination of Total Mercury in Fillets of Sport Fishes Collected from Folsom and New Melones Reservoirs, California, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file report 2007-1077 (CERC)

May, T. W.; Brumbaugh, W. G., 2007 Determination of Total Mercury in Fillets of Sport Fishes Collected from Folsom Reservoir, California, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file report 2006-1078 (CERC)

Monitors of Organic Chemicals in the Environment released by Springer, is a valuable science book, written by two CERC scientists (Jim Huckins and Jim Petty) and a collaborator from The Netherlands (Kees Booij). Twenty years ago, scientists at the Columbia Environmental Research Center began developing a diffusion membrane to aid in isolating contaminants from fish tissue, which ultimately led to the development of the semipermeable membrane device (SPMD), a passive sampler for organic contaminants that is now used worldwide. This new book is a guide for users and managers faced with contaminant issues, which includes study designs, field deployment, sample processing, bioassays of SPMD extracts and case studies. For more information about the book visit the publisher's site or contact David Alvarez at 573-441-2970 or dalvarez@usgs.gov

Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey 2004 Mercury Workshop - Mercury Research and Its Relation to Department of the Interior Resource Management

Slowey, A. J.; Rytuba, J. J.; Hothem, R. L.; May, J. T., 2007 Mercury at the Oat Hill Extension Mine and James Creek, Napa County, California: Tailings, Sediment, Water, and Biota, 2003-2004: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file report 2007-1132