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
Pesticides Common in California Estuary
Pesticides Found in Amphibians from Remote Areas in California
Mixtures of Pesticides Detected in Crab Embryos
Concentrations of organic and inorganic constituents in tapwater samples from California in 2020-21 (ver. 3.1, March 2024)
Current use pesticides in larval amphibian tissues, amphibian pathogen and wetland sediment screening data from three northeastern National Wildlife Refuges, 2013-2014
Metal concentrations in sediment and amphibian tissues from wetlands sampled across the United States
Pesticide concentrations in surface waters of the Sacramento Valley rice-growing regions, 2010
Estrogen equivalents of surface water and smallmouth bass estrogenic biomarker data in New Jersey, 2016-2017
Nutrients, estrogenicity, and fecal indicators in surface water collected from wetlands in the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, 2017-2018
Wild bee exposure to pesticides in conservation grasslands increases along an agricultural gradient: A tale of two sample types
Bottled water contaminant exposures and potential human effects
Estrogenic activity response to best management practice implementation in agricultural watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Tapwater exposures, effects potential, and residential risk management in Northern Plains Nations
Potential health effects of contaminant mixtures from point and nonpoint sources on fish and frogs in the New Jersey Pinelands
Power analysis for detecting the effects of best management practices on reducing nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA
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
Pesticides Common in California Estuary
Pesticides Found in Amphibians from Remote Areas in California
Mixtures of Pesticides Detected in Crab Embryos
Concentrations of organic and inorganic constituents in tapwater samples from California in 2020-21 (ver. 3.1, March 2024)
Current use pesticides in larval amphibian tissues, amphibian pathogen and wetland sediment screening data from three northeastern National Wildlife Refuges, 2013-2014
Metal concentrations in sediment and amphibian tissues from wetlands sampled across the United States
Pesticide concentrations in surface waters of the Sacramento Valley rice-growing regions, 2010
Estrogen equivalents of surface water and smallmouth bass estrogenic biomarker data in New Jersey, 2016-2017
Nutrients, estrogenicity, and fecal indicators in surface water collected from wetlands in the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, 2017-2018
Wild bee exposure to pesticides in conservation grasslands increases along an agricultural gradient: A tale of two sample types
Bottled water contaminant exposures and potential human effects
Estrogenic activity response to best management practice implementation in agricultural watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Tapwater exposures, effects potential, and residential risk management in Northern Plains Nations
Potential health effects of contaminant mixtures from point and nonpoint sources on fish and frogs in the New Jersey Pinelands
Power analysis for detecting the effects of best management practices on reducing nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA
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.