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• USGS Biology Contaminants Program 5-Year Plan

• Abandoned Mine Lands

• Agricultural Practices

• Aquatic Toxicology

• Asian Carp

• BEST-LRMN (Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Programs - Large River Monitoring Network)

• Biochemical Responses

• Bird Surveys

• Boulder River

• Colorado River

• Columbia River

• Ecotoxicology

• Environmental Chemistry

• Fire Chemicals

• Fisheries

• Fish Kills

• Freshwater Mussels

• Grand Teton National Park

• Invasive Species

• Macroinvertebrates

• Mercury Contamination in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Missouri River (also see Pub Briefs)

• Neosho Madtom Spawning Movies

• Ozarks

• Rio Grande

• Sediment Toxicology

• Selenium and Trace Elements

• SPMD (Semipermeable Membrane Device)

• Sturgeon

• Ultraviolet Radiation (UV-B) and Photoenhanced Toxicity

• Vegetation Dynamics and Mapping

• Wetlands

Abandoned Mine Lands  (Project Web: http://amli.usgs.gov/)

• Assessment of Metal Bioavailability in a Watershed Affected by Abandoned Mine Lands

• Assessment of the Biological Recovery of the Upper Cedar Creek, Boone County, Missouri, Following an Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation

• Bioavailability of Metals in Stream Food Webs and Hazards to Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Upper Animas River Watershed, Colorado

• Evaluation of Metal Toxicity in Streams Affected by Abandoned Mine Lands, Upper Animas River Watershed, Colorado

• Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado (Professional Paper 1651)

• Modeling Frequency of Occurrence of Toxic Concentrations of Zinc and Copper in the Upper Animas River

• Seasonal Variation of Metal Toxicity in Streams Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

Agricultural Practices

• An Examination of the Sensitivity of Bighead an Silver Carp to Antimycin A and Rotenone

• An Integrated Assessment of the Trophic Status of Fort Cobb Reservoir, Oklahoma (91311)

• Assessing Contaminant Sensitivity of American Shad, Atlantic Sturgeon, and Shortnose Sturgeon (91008)

• Assessment of Biological Conditions at Selected Stream Sites in Johnson County, Kansas, and Cass and Jackson Counties, Missouri, 2003 and 2004

• Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Integrative Samplers From Chesapeake Bay Tributaries (91309)

• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Rio Grande Basin  errata page 8 (1-12-05)

• Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Colorado River Basin

• Fish and Agricultural Chemicals: Safeguarding Your Pond (90610)

• Handbook of Acute Toxicity of Chemicals to Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates (90301)

• Impact of Permethrin on Zooplankton in High Latitude Experimental Ponds (90881)

• Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, During Spring of 2007 (USGS OFR 2008-1093)

• Manual of Acute Toxicity: Interpretation and Database of 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of Freshwater Animals  - Introduction (90506)

• Reconnaissance of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants in the Shenandoah and James River Basins, Virginia, During Spring 2007 (USGS OFR 2008-1231)

Aquatic Toxicology

• Acute Toxicity of Copper, Ammonia, and Chloride to Glochidia and Juveniles of Freshwater Mussels

• A National Pilot Study of Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems Along Multiple Gradients: Bioaccumulation in Fishes

• An Examination of the Sensitivity of Bighead an Silver Carp to Antimycin A and Rotenone

• Assessing Contaminant Sensitivity of American Shad, Atlantic Sturgeon, and Shortnose Sturgeon (91008)

• Assessment of Goshen Warm Springs as a Potential Hatchery Site for June suckers (Chasmistes liorus) Focusing on Selenium Bioaccumulation and Fish Growth Rates   Appendix

• Assessment of the Photoenhanced Toxicity of Diluent to the Tidewater Silverside (90964)

• Behavioral Avoidance/Attractance Response of Rainbow Trout to Fire-Retardant Chemicals (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Developing Standardized Guidance for Conducting Toxicity Tests With Glochidia of Freshwater Mussels (graphics)

• Effects of Geothermal Effluents on Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout in the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (91012)

• Effects of UVB Radiation on the Toxicity of Fire-Fighting Chemicals (for U.S. Forest Service--March 2000)

• Effects of Fire-Retardant Chemical Products to Fathead Minnows in Experimental Streams (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Environmental Implications of Fire-Retardant Chemicals (Summary Document for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Environmental Persistence of Long-Term Fire-Retardant Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Evaluation of Contaminant Exposure and the Potential Impacts on Aquatic Habitat Quality in the Anchorage Area of the Cook Inlet Basin

• Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage Fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow (91271) Appendix A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L

• Evaluation of Minimum Data Requirements for Acute Toxicity Value Extrapolation with Aquatic Organisms

• Fish and Agricultural Chemicals: Safeguarding Your Pond (90610)

• Handbook of Acute Toxicity of Chemicals to Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates (90301)

• Manual of Acute Toxicity: Interpretation and Database of 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of Freshwater Animals  - Introduction (90506)

• Mercury Content and Ultrastructure of Gills and Scales of Fish from Lakes in North and Northwestern Russia That Are Polluted by Atmospheric Deposition (90798)Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water, Sediment and Snow from Lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (91344)

• Mortality and Gill Damage from Beryllium in Acidic Water: A Comparison of Acute and Chronic Responses in Three Freshwater Fish Species (90879)

• Photoenhanced Toxicity of a Diluent to Mysidopsis bahia (90965)

• Photoenhanced Toxicity of a Diluent to the Frog, Rana sphenocephala (90967)

• Relative Toxicity of Waterborne Inorganic Contaminants to the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus) and Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) in a Water Quality Simulating that in the Rio Grande, New Mexico   (Appendix A)   (Appendix B)   (Appendix C)   (Appendix D)

• The Toxic Equivalents Approach for Fish and Wildlife (90969)

• Sublethal Effects of Photoenhanced Toxicity of Diluent to Ceriodaphnia dubia Reproduction (90966)

• Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for Humans and Wildlife (90970)

• Toxicity and Bioavailability of Metals in the Missouri River Adjacent to a Lead Refinery (USGS BSR2001-0004)

• Use of Surrogate Species in Assessing Contaminant Risk to Endangered and Threatened Fishes (90877)

• Using Water Quality Criteria and Surrogate Species to Protect Sensitive Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels and Other Aquatic Organisms (PowerPoint slideshow)

Asian Carp

• An Examination of the Sensitivity of Bighead an Silver Carp to Antimycin A and Rotenone

• Asian Carp (Streaming Video WTTW's "Chicago Tonight")

• Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Pisces, Cyprinidae) ― A Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment

• Carp Lemonade (Missouri Department of Conservation)

• Early Development of Four Cyprinids Native to the Yangtze River, China

• Jumping Silver Carp (video on silver carp filmed by Missouri Department of Conservation)

• Reproductive Condition and Occurrence of Intersex in Bighead Carp and Silver Carp in the Missouri River (pub brief)

• The Unusual Suspects (USGS Podcast)

BEST-LRMN (Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Programs-Large River Monitoring Network)

• SEARCH Bibliography from BEST Synthesis Documents (currently off-line)

• Development of an Approach for Integrating Components of the U.S. Geological Survey Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) and National Stream Quantity Accounting Network (NASQAN) Programs for Large U.S. Rivers (USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5083)

• Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Colorado River Basin

• Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Mobile, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Savannah, and Pee Dee River Basins (USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5176)

• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Columbia River Basin

• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Mississippi River Basin

• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Rio Grande Basin  errata page 8 (1-12-05)

• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Yukon River Basin

• Environmental Contaminants in Fish and Their Associated Risk to Piscivorous Wildlife in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology)

• Environmental Contaminants in Freshwater Fish and Their Risk to Piscivorous Wildlife Based on a National Monitoring Program

• Field Procedures for Assessing the Exposure of Fish to Environmental Contaminants

• Illustrated Field Guide for Assessing External and Internal Anomalies in Fish

• Monitoring Fish and Wildlife for Environmental Contaminants: The National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (90341)

• Selected Methods for Monitoring Chemical Contaminants and their Effects in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Synthesis Projects and Activities (Comprehensive Biomarker Reviews)

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Biochemical Responses

• Biochemical and Physiological Indicators of Contaminant Stress in Aquatic Organisms of Large River Systems (90880)

• Chemical Contamination of the Rybinsk Reservoir

• Modulators of Immune Responses: The Evolutionary Trail (90870)

Bird Surveys

• Breeding Bird Surveys and Ecotourism Potential at Laredo, Webb County, Texas (cover page) (tables) (figure) (Appendix A) (91009)

• Breeding Bird Surveys at the Galvan Ranch, Webb County, Texas (cover page) (tables) (figure) (Appendix A) (91119)

• Reproduction and Distribution of Bald Eagles in Voyageurs National Park, MN, 1973-1993 (90945)

• Surveys of Night Birds Along the Rio Grande in Webb County, Texas (cover page) (91112)

• Winter Ecology of the Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Southern Texas 1999-2004 (SIR 2007-5150)

Boulder River

• Aquatic Health and Exposure Pathways of Trace Elements (91375)

• Biomonitoring in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana: Metal Concentrations in Biofilm and Macroinvertebrates, and Relations with Macroinvertebrate Assemblage

• Evaluating the Success of Remediation in the Boulder River Watershed

• Synthesis of Water, Sediment, and Biological Data Using Hazard Quotients to Assess Ecosystem Health (91374)

Colorado River (also see BEST)

• A Site-Specific Assessment of the Risk of Ammonia to Endangered Colorado Pikeminnow and Razorback Sucker Populations in the Upper Colorado River Adjacent to the Atlas Mill Tailings Pile, Moab, Utah (Appendices [not ADA compliant])

• Chemical Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarker Responses in Fish from the Colorado River and Its Tributaries

• Chronic Toxicity of Un-ionized Ammonia to Early Life-Stages of Endangered Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) and Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Compared to the Surrogate Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

• Determination of a Safe Level of Ammonia that is Protective of Juvenile Colorado Pikeminnow in the Upper Colorado River, Utah

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Columbia River (also see BEST)

Ecotoxicology

• Aquatic Health and Exposure Pathways of Trace Elements (91375)

• Water Quality and Aquatic Toxicity Data During 2002 Spring Thaw Conditions in the Upper Animas River Watershed, Silverton, Colorado: US Geological Survey, Open File Report 02-488 (91232)

• Impact of Permethrin on Zooplankton in High Latitude Experimental Ponds (90881)

• Synthesis of Water, Sediment, and Biological Data Using Hazard Quotients to Assess Ecosystem Health (91374)

Environmental Chemistry

• Analysis of SPMD Samples from the April 2004 Deployment in Bluestone River, VA for PCBs as Bioavailable Organic Contaminants

• Analysis of SPMD Samples from the October/November 2004 Deployment in Lake Anna, VA for PCBs as Bioavailable Organic Contaminants

• Assessment of Elemental Concentrations in Streams of the New Lead Belt in Southeastern Missouri, 2002-05 (SIR 2007-5057)

• Assessment of Missouri River Habitat Quality Using SPMDs

• Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Integrative Samplers From Chesapeake Bay Tributaries (91309)

• Concentrations of Elements in Hellbender Blood and Fish Fillets from the Missouri Department of Conservation Monitoring Programs (OF 2007-1229)

• Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Selected Persistent Organochlorine Pesticides, and Polybrominated Flame Retardants in Fillets of Fishes from the 2006 Missouri Department of Conservation Monitoring Programs (USGS OFR 2008-1028)

• Determination of Total Mercury in Fillets of Sport Fishes Collected from Folsom and New Melones Reservoirs, California, 2004 (USGS OFR 2007-1077)

• Determination of Total Mercury in Whole-Body Fish and Fish Muscle Plugs Collected from the South Fork of the Humboldt River, Nevada, September 2005 (USGS OFR 2007-1059)

• Determination of Total Mercury in Fillets of Sport Fishes Collected from Folsom Reservoir, California, 2006 (USGS OFR 2007-1078)

• Development and Application of Techniques for Sampling Bioavailable Airborne Organic Contaminants

• Elements in Mud and Snow in the Vicinity of the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System Road, Red Dog Mine, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2005–06 (SIR 2008-5040)

• Estimation of Freely-Dissolved Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, 2,3,7,8-Substituted Congeners and Homologs of Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Water for Development of Total Maximum Daily Loadings for the Bluestone River Watershed, Virginia and West Virginia (USGS OFR 2007-1272)

• Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, During Spring of 2007 (USGS OFR 2008-1093)

• POCIS slide show (21 MG)

• Reconnaissance of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants in the Shenandoah and James River Basins, Virginia, During Spring 2007 (USGS OFR 2008-1231)

• Selenium Concentrations in Irrigation Drain Inflows to the Salton Sea, California, October 2006 and January 2007 (OF 2007-1113)

• SPMD Web

• Survey of Chemical Contaminants in the Hanalei River, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, 2001 (SIR 2007-5096)

• The CETAC ADX-500 Autodiluter system: A Study of Dilution Performance with the ELAN 6000 ICP-MS and ELAN Software (90956)

• The Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) to Concentrate Inducers of Fish Hepatic Mixed Function Oxygenase (MFO) (90906)

• Use of SPMD Technology for a Probabilistic Assessment of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Selected Reaches of Virginia Rivers

Fire Chemicals

• Environmental Implications of Fire-Retardant Chemicals (Summary Document for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Effects of UVB Radiation on the Toxicity of Fire-Fighting Chemicals (for U.S. Forest Service--March 2000)

• Effects of Fire-Retardant Chemical Products to Fathead Minnows in Experimental Streams (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Environmental Persistence of Long-Term Fire-Retardant Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

• Behavioral Avoidance/Attractance Response of Rainbow Trout to Fire-Retardant Chemicals (for U.S. Forest Service--June 2002)

Fisheries

• Aquatic Synthesis for Voyageurs National Park (USGS/BRD/ITR--2003-0001)

• Benthic Fish

• Races of Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake (90019)

Fish Kills

• Field Manual for the Investigation of Fish Kills (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--1990) 9MB file

Freshwater Mussels

• Acute Toxicity of Copper, Ammonia, and Chloride to Glochidia and Juveniles of Freshwater Mussels

• Assessing Contaminant Sensitivity of Federally Endangered and Threatened Freshwater Fish and Mussels

• Contaminant Sensitivity of Freshwater Mussels (CERC Pub Brief)

• Developing Standardized Guidance for Conducting Toxicity Tests With Glochidia of Freshwater Mussels (graphics)

• Using Water Quality Criteria and Surrogate Species to Protect Sensitive Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels and Other Aquatic Organisms (PowerPoint slideshow)

• Ingersoll CG, Kernaghan NJ, Gross TS, Bishop CD, Wang N, and Roberts A. 2007. Laboratory Toxicity Testing with Freshwater Mussels. In: van Hassel JH, Farris JL, eds, Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 2006a. Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Freshwater Mussels (ASTM E2455-06). ASTM Annual Book of Standards, Volume 11.06, ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA.

Grand Teton National Park

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water, Sediment and Snow from Lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (91344)

• Summary of Cutthroat Trout Population Data in the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (1984-2003)

Invasive Species

• An Examination of the Sensitivity of Bighead an Silver Carp to Antimycin A and Rotenone

• Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Pisces, Cyprinidae) ― A Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment

• Early Development of Four Cyprinids Native to the Yangtze River, China