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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Removal of organic contaminant toxicity from sediments - Early work toward development of a toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) method
Work was performed to determine the feasibility of selectively detoxifying organic contaminants in sediments. The results of this research will be used to aid in the development of a scheme for whole-sediment toxicity identification evaluations (TIEs). The context in which the method will be used inherently restricts the treatments to which the sediments can be subjected: Sediments cannot be signi
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J.A. Lebo, J.N. Huckins, J. D. Petty, K.T. Ho
Gravel sediment routing from widespread, low-intensity landscape disturbance, Current River basin, Missouri
During the last 160 years, land-use changes in the Ozarks have had the potential to cause widespread, low-intensity delivery of excess amounts of gravel-sized sediment to stream channels. Previous studies have indicated that this excess gravel bedload is moving in wave-like forms through Ozarks drainage basins. The longitudinal, areal distribution of gravel bars along 160 km of the Current River,
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Robert B. Jacobson, K.B. Gran
Dietary effects of metals-contaminated invertebrates from the Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, on cutthroat trout
Benthic macroinvertebrates with elevated concentrations of metals were collected from the Coeur d'Alene (CDA) River, Idaho, pasteurized, and fed to cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki in the laboratory from start of feeding until 90 d posthatch. Invertebrates were collected from two sites known to contain elevated concentrations of metals: near Pinehurst in the South Fork of the CDA River and at C
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A.M. Farag, D. F. Woodward, W. Brumbaugh, J.N. Goldstein, Elizabeth MacConnell, Christer Hogstrand, F.T. Barrows
The toxic equivalents approach for fish and wildlife
No abstract available.
Authors
Donald E. Tillitt
Water-sediment controversy in setting environmental standards for selenium
A substantial amount of laboratory and field research on selenium effects to biota has been accomplished since the national water quality criterion was published for selenium in 1987. Many articles have documented adverse effects on biota at concentrations below the current chronic criterion of 5 μg/L. This commentary will present information to support a national water quality criterion for selen
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Steven J. Hamilton, A. Dennis Lemly
Tolerance of an albino fish to ultraviolet-B radiation
We exposed albino and pigmented medakaOryzias latipes to simulated solar ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation to determine if albino medaka were less tolerant of UVB radiation than medaka pigmented with melanin. There was no difference in the number of albino and pigmented medaka that died during the exposure period. Spectrophotometric analyses of the outer dorsal skin layers from albino and pigmented me
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David L. Fabacher, Edward E. Little, Gary K. Ostrander
Movements of adult chinook salmon during spawning migration in a metals-contaminated system, Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
Spawning migration of adult male chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha was monitored by radio telemetry to determine their response to the presence of metals contamination in the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho. The North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River is relatively free of metals contamination and was used as a control. In all, 45 chinook salmon were transported from their natal s
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J.N. Goldstein, D. F. Woodward, A.M. Farag
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 presence of UV
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R.D. Calfee, E. E. Little, L. Cleveland, M.G. Barron
Behavioral avoidance: Possible mechanism for explaining abundanc and distribution of trout species in a metal-impacted river
Behavioral avoidance of metal mixtures by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was determined in the laboratory under water quality conditions that simulated the upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA. A metal mixture with a fixed ratio of observed ambient metal concentrations (12 μg/L Cu:1.1 μg/L Cd:3.2 μg/L Pb:50 μg/L Zn) was used to determine avoidance in a countercurrent avoidance chamber. Rainbo
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James A. Hansen, Daniel F. Woodward, Edward E. Little, Aaron J. DeLonay, Harold L. Bergman
Potential effects of interspecific competition on Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) populations
Previous research on the distribution of Neosho madtoms, which are Federally-listed as threatened, indicated a positive relationship between density of Neosho madtoms and cumulative density of other riffle-dwelling benthic fishes. This suggested that interspecific competition was not limiting Neosho madtom populations. We provide further evidence that interspecific competition is not limiting Neos
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M. L. Wildhaber, A.L. Allert, C. J. Schmitt
Tolerance of freshwater test organisms to formulated sediments for use as control materials in whole-sediment toxicity tests
A method is described for preparing formulated sediments for use intoxicity testing. Ingredients used to prepare formulated sediments included commercially available silt, clay, sand, humic acid, dolomite, and α-cellulose (as a source of organic carbon). α-Cellulose was selected as the source of organic carbon because it is commercially available, consistent from batch to batch, and low in contami
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N.E. Kemble, F.J. Dwyer, C.G. Ingersoll, T.D. Dawson, T. J. Norberg-King
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
No abstract available.
Authors
Mark L. Wildhaber, Ann L. Allert, Christopher J. Schmitt