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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Unpaved road dust management, a successful practitioner’s handbook
This handbook provides broad programmatic aspects of unpaved road management. It is based on observations made during a national scan tour and provides useful and insightful excerpts of realworld examples and includes practical how-to instructions for determining what type of treatment may be needed for different situations. It ultimately strives to encourage road managers to think broadly about t
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David Jones, Angela Kociolek, Roger Surdahl, Peter Bolander, Bruce Drewes, Matthew Duran, Laura Fay, George Huntington, David James, Clark Milne, Mark Nahra, Andrew Scott, Bob Vitale, Bethany Williams
ECALS: Loading studies interim report July 2013
Since the initial detection of Asian carp moving up the Mississippi Basin, the potential for invasion of the Great Lakes by Silver Carp and Bighead Carp has been a major concern to stakeholders. To combat this problem, sampling for environmental DNA (eDNA) is used to monitor the waterways near Lake Michigan. This monitoring area includes the Chicago Area Waterways System (CAWS) and the Des Plaines
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Katy E. Klymus, Cathy A. Richter, Duane Chapman, Craig P. Paukert
Changes to oak woodland stand structure and ground flora composition caused by thinning and burning
Our objective was to quantify the cumulative effects of prescribed
burning and thinning on forest stocking and species composition at a woodland
restoration experiment site in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. Our study used four
treatments (burn, harvest, harvest and burn, control) on three slope position and aspect
combinations (south, north, ridge) replicated in three complete blocks. Harvest
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Carter O. Kinkead, John M. Kabrick, Michael C. Stambaugh, Keith W. Grabner
TanA: a fluorogenic probe for thiaminase activity
A fluorogenic thiamine analogue is presented as a fluorescent probe for thiaminase activity. The emission of the fluorophore is quenched by photoinduced electron transfer (PET) to the N-substituted pyridinium portion of the probe. Action of the enzyme releases the free pyridine group causing a substantial increase in fluorescence.
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Wanjun Zhu, James L. Zajicek, Donald E. Tillitt, Timothy E. Glass
Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: part I: distribution in relation to urbanization
Organic contaminants and trace elements were measured in bed sediments collected from streams in seven metropolitan study areas across the United States to assess concentrations in relation to urbanization. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, the pyrethroid insecticide bifenthrin, and several trace elements were significantly related to urbanizat
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Lisa H. Nowell, Patrick W. Moran, Robert J. Gilliom, Daniel L. Calhoun, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Nile E. Kemble, Kathryn Kuivila, Patrick J. Phillips
Effects of dietary exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 on thyroid condition, gonadal development and growth of zebrafish
Little is known about the effects of brominated flame retardants in teleosts and some of the information currently available is inconsistent. This study examined effects of dietary exposure to 2,2′,4,4′-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) on thyroid condition, body mass and size, and gonadal development of zebrafish. Pubertal, 49-day-old (posthatch) fish were fed diets without BDE-47 (control) or wi
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Leticia Torres, Carl E. Orazio, Paul H. Peterman, Reynaldo Patiño
Nest success and reproductive ecology of the Texas Botteri’s Sparrow (Peucaea botterii texana) in exotic and native grasses
Very little information is available for Peucaea botterii texana (Texas Botteri's Sparrow) and nothing is known about its nesting ecology, in part due to its cryptic behavior and nesting strategies. Our goal was to examine the nesting ecology of Texas Botteri's Sparrows and compare reproductive success between exotic and native grasslands. We searched for and monitored nests in 2004 and 2005 on th
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Katherine S. Miller, Erin M. McCarthy, Marc C. Woodin, Kim Withers
Environmental survey in the Tuul and Orkhon River basins of north-central Mongolia, 2010: Metals and other elements in streambed sediment and floodplain soil
Streambed sediment and subsurface floodplain soil were sampled for elemental analyses from 15 locations in river basins of north-central Mongolia during August 2010. Our primary objective was to conduct a reconnaissance-level assessment of potential inputs of toxicologically important metals and metalloids to Lake Baikal, Russia, that might originate from mining and urban activities within tributa
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William G. Brumbaugh, Donald E. Tillitt, Thomas W. May, Ch. Javzan, V. T. Komov
Mercury and selenium concentrations in biofilm, macroinvertebrates, and fish collected in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho, USA, and their potential effects on fish health
The Yankee Fork is a large tributary of the Salmon River located in central Idaho, USA, with an extensive history of placer and dredge-mining activities. Concentrations of selenium (Se) and mercury (Hg) in various aquatic trophic levels were measured in the Yankee Fork during 2001 and 2002. Various measurements of fish health were also performed. Sites included four on the mainstem of the Yankee F
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Darren T. Rhea, Aïda M. Farag, David D. Harper, Elizabeth McConnell, William G. Brumbaugh
Riverine habitat dynamics
The physical habitat template is a fundamental influence on riverine ecosystem structure and function. Habitat dynamics refers to the variation in habitat through space and time as the result of varying discharge and varying geomorphology. Habitat dynamics can be assessed at spatial scales ranging from the grain (the smallest resolution at which an organism relates to its environment) to the exten
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R. B. Jacobson
Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: part II—sediment toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca and the midge Chironomus dilutus
Relationships between sediment toxicity and sediment chemistry were evaluated for 98 samples collected from seven metropolitan study areas across the United States. Sediment-toxicity tests were conducted with the
amphipod Hyalella azteca (28 day exposures) and with the midge Chironomus dilutus (10 day exposures). Overall, 33 % of the samples were toxic to amphipods and 12 % of the samples were to
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Nile E. Kemble, Douglas K. Hardesty, Christopher G. Ingersoll, James L. Kunz, Paul K. Sibley, Daniel L. Calhoun, Robert J. Gilliom, Kathryn Kuivila, Lisa H. Nowell, Patrick W. Moran
Toxicity of sediments potentially contaminated by coal mining and natural gas extraction to unionid mussels and commonly tested benthic invertebrates
Sediment toxicity tests were conducted to assess potential effects of contaminants associated with coal mining or natural gas extraction activities in the upper Tennessee River basin and eastern Cumberland River basin in the United States. Test species included two unionid mussels (rainbow mussel, Villosa iris, and wavy-rayed lampmussel, Lampsilis fasciola, 28-d exposures), and the commonly tested
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Ning Wang, Christopher G. Ingersoll, James L. Kunz, William G. Brumbaugh, Cindy M. Kane, R. Brian Evans, Steven Alexander, Craig Walker, Steve Bakaletz