Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
4200 New Haven Road
Columbia, Missouri 65201-8709
Phone: 573-875-5399
Fax: 573-876-1896
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/
CERC scientists conduct work in all research components of the USGS Contaminant Biology Program (CPB) - chemistry, toxicology, contaminated habitats, and integration of ecological stressors. Below are presented samples of CERC research by each of the CPB research components.
Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry: Passive Samplers
- Columbia Environmental Research Center's Integrative Passive Sampling
- SPMD semipermeable membrane device
Development and Application of Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) as Environmental Dosimeters for Contaminants in Water, Air, Sediment and Soil
- POCIS polar organic chemical integrative sampler
Download POCIS info sheet (PDF)
- PIMS passive integrative mercury sampler (PIMS info sheet)
- SLMD stabilized liquid membrane device (SLMD info sheet)
- Development and Application of Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) as Environmental Dosimeters for Contaminants in Water, Air, Sediment and Soil
Contaminant Effects
Toxicology: Biomarkers, Tools and Methods
Development and Testing of Biomarkers: Suitability for Use in the Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program
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Immunochemical Methods for the Determination of Environmental Contaminants and Their Biochemical Responses in Fish
Toxicology: Aquatic Toxicology
Toxicology: Endocrine Disruption
Contaminated Habitats: Mercury
Contaminated Habitats: Hazardous Waste Sites
- Assessment of the Aquatic Toxicity of Leachates from an Abandoned Uranium Tailings Pile Adjacent to the Upper Colorado River
Contaminated Habitats: Agricultural Areas, Rangelands, and Forests
- Photoenhanced Toxicity of Forest and Range Management Chemicals to Amphibians
- Toxicity of Forest Fire Retardant and Foam Suppressant Chemicals to Aquatic Plant and Animal Communities
- Toxicity of Simulated Agricultural Irrigation Drainwater to Colorado Squawfish, Bonytail Chub, and Razorback
- Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Major Wildlife Species of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Integration of Ecological Stressors
- Contaminant Trends in Fisheries of the Nation's Major Lakes and Streams: National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (NCBP)
- Development of Microscale Toxicity Tests and Risk Assessment Strategies for Resource Contaminant Problems
- Potential for Chromium to Adversely Affect Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawystcha) Under Exposure Conditions Simulating the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Washington, USA
- BEST Database Query Tool - fish health and contaminant concentrations in fish from the Mississippi River, Columbia River, Yukon River, Colorado River and Rio Grande
- Ecotoxicological Investigations of Effects of Contaminants on Native Wildlife Species
- Immunochemical Methods for the Determination of Environmental Contaminants and Their Biochemical Responses in Fish
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 National Assessment of Impaired Water Bodies and Corrective Management Decisions for the National Wildlife Refuges System and the National Fish Hatchery System
- Reproductive Condition and Intersex Occurrence of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp in the Missouri River. Download the Publication Brief from Columbia Environmental Research Center. (237 KB, PDF) (CERC)
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Featured Publications
 Intersex Occurrence in Smallmouth Bass from the Potomac River Watershed: The May 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, publication of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, contains a pair of USGS manuscripts relating research findings on endocrine disruption in smallmouth bass from the upper Potomac River watershed.
Lead authors Dr. David Alvarez, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, and Dr. Luke Iwanowicz, National Fish Health Research Laboratory, Kearneysville, WV, and their co-authors, detail the reproductive health of the bass and the seasonal occurrence of persistent and emerging organic contaminants. Further sampling is also being conducted in the mainstream upper Potomac River and the tidal area downriver of Washington, D.C. Partners in these studies include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service. (David Alvarez, Columbia, MO 573-441-2970)
 Iwanowicz, L.R., Blazer, V.S., Guy, C.P., Pinkney, A.E., Mullican, J.E. and Alvarez, D.A. 2009, Reproductive health of bass in the Potomac, USA, drainage: Part 1. Exploring the effects of proximity to wastewater treatment and plant discharge. Reproductive health of bass in the Potomac, USA, drainage: Part 1. Exploring the effects of proximity to wastewater treatment and plant discharge. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28(5): 1072-1083.
Alvarez, D.A., Cranor, W.L., Perkins, S.D., Schroeder, V.L., Iwanowicz, L.R., Clark, R.C., Guy, C.P., Pinkney, A.E., Blazer, V.S. and Mullican, J.E. 2009, Reproductive health of bass in the Potomac, USA, drainage: Part 2. Seasonal occurrence of persistent and emerging organic contaminants (91609)
Reproductive health of bass in the Potomac, USA, drainage: Part 2. Seasonal occurrence of persistent and emerging organic contaminants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28(5): 1084-1095.
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