Research Studies

CERC conducts environmental research projects that are integrated between multiple science disciplines. Scientific teams are selected across the disciplines to staff the projects, often choosing members from several of the CERC science branches. The research projects described encompass all of the major science areas of expertise at CERC.

Research Studies

A National Assessment of Impaired Water Bodies and Corrective Management Decisions for the National Wildlife Refuges System and the National Fish Hatchery System
An Assessment of the Occurrence, Fate, and Effects of Cyanotoxins in the Upper Klamath Lake, OR: Are Endangered Lost River Sucker Populations at Risk?
An Integrated Assessment of the Water Quality and Eutrophication of Fort Cobb Reservoir, OK
Analytical Approach to Evaluating Effects of Pollutant Concentrations on Threatened and Endangered Species
Anthropogenic Organic Contaminants on Coral Reefs - Global Atmospheric Deposition or Local Sources?
Aquatic Biota Assessment: Document the Present Health of Aquatic Biota in the New Exploration Area, and Evaluate the Effects of Lead-Zinc Mining in the Viburnum Trend on the Ecological Health of Streams Draining the Viburnum Trend
Assessing Amphibian Exposure to Brominated Contaminants
Assessing the Sensitivity of Endangered Freshwater Mussels to Coal Mining Effluents to Enhance Recovery Efforts in Biodiversity Hotspots of the Tennessee and Cumberland River Drainages
Assessment of Selenium and Atrazine Exposure and Effects to Wildlife at the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, Scottsbluff, Nebraska,
Assessment of Side-Channel Chute Dynamics, Lower Missouri River
BEST Program Support
Bioassessment of Multiple Environmental Stressors Influencing Aquatic Species and their Habitats
Characterization and Development of Repellant and Attractant Pheromones to Control Invasive Bighead and Silver Carp
Classification and Mapping of Natural and Semi-Natural Vegetation Communities at Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Community Characteristics of Benthic Invertebrates
Complex Chemical Contaminant Mixtures: Development of Methods for Accurate Identification and Quantification of Components
Contaminant Assessment of Distinct Population Segment Atlantic Salmon Rivers in Maine
Contaminant Assessment of Distinct Population Segment Atlantic Salmon Rivers in Maine
Department of the Interior-NRDAR Links and Updates
Determine the Sensitivity of Ozark Mussels to Zinc, Lead, and Cadmium in Water and Sediment
Developing Water Quality Standards for Recovery of Imperiled Freshwater Mussels (Family Unionidae)
Development and Validation of a Potentially Non-lethal Sampling Strategy for Environmental Contaminants of Concern in the NPS Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Development of a Bioassay to Quantify Vitellogenin in the Endangered Razorback Sucker followed by Annual Cycle Characterization of Vitellogenin and Steroid Hormones as a Measure of Reproductive Health
Development of a Bioassay to Quantify Vitellogenin in the Endangered Razorback Sucker followed by Annual Cycle Characterization of Vitellogenin and Steroid Hormones as a Measure of Reproductive Health
Development of an Abiotic Habitat Potential Index
Development of Behavioral and Population Level Indices of Environmental Stress
Development of Behavioral and Population Level Indices of Environmental Stress
Development of Methods to Determine the Reproductive Status of Pallid Sturgeon in the Missouri River
Ecological Impacts of Non-Native Asian Carp in the Lower Missouri River Ecosystem
Ecological Risk Assessment of Wildland Fire Chemical Retardants and Suppressants
Ecotoxicological Studies of the Health of Cold-water Fish Populations in the Western United States
Effects of Antimycin A, Garlon, Roundup, Arsenal, Copper, Cadmium and Selenium on the Threatened Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chiricahuensis)
Effects of Emerging Agricultural Practices on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Fish Populations
Effects of Fire Retardant and Fire Suppressant Chemicals on Fish and Amphibians, Including Potential Effects Induced by Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation
Effects of Zinc Contamination on Plant Germination, Growth and Survival
Embryonic, Developmental, and Early Life Stage Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants in Fish
Emerging Contaminants: Chemical Sampling and Measurement Approaches
Environmental Effects of Dust Suppressant Chemicals on Roadside Plant and Animal Communities
Environmental Health in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region
Evaluating the Bioavailability of Contaminants Associated with Sediment
Evaluation of Contaminant Risks to the Endangered Tumbling Creek Cavesnail
Evaluation of the Effects of Dietary Selenium on the Desert Pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
Exposure of Wildlife to Metals at NRDA and Other Contaminated Sites
Factors Affecting the Reproductive Status, Movements, and Habitat Use of Pallid Sturgeon and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River
Framework for Assessment of Risks to Fish and Wildlife Associated with Potential Use of Biosolids, Wastewater, and Stormwater on Units of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS)
Geomorphic Classification of the Lower Platte River for Least Tern and Piping Plover Management
Grassland Birds of US Navy Lands in Southern Texas
Identification of Lethal Chlorine and Ozone Threshold Concentrations for Use in Preventing the Release of Commonly-Cultured Freshwater Organisms
Individual Based, Spatially-Explicit Modeling of Fish Populations
Influence of Modified Discharge and Water Temperature Regimes from Fort Peck Dam on Pallid Sturgeon and Other Native Fishes
Integrative Sampling Devices as Environmental Dosimeters for Contaminants in Water, Air, Sediment, and Soil
Intersex in Largemouth Bass Induced by Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: A Time Course of Histopathology and Molecular Events along the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonad (HPG) Axis
Investigation of Contaminant Effects of Frog Development at Kenai NWR, Alaska
Investigation of Unidentified Purple Color in Eggs of Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) from Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
Lake Mead Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants Investigation: Passive Sampling of Estrogenics, Method Development, Contaminants Analyses
Mapping Vegetation Communities in Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Mark Twain National Forest: Investigation of Elemental Bioaccumulation in Springs, Streams, and Rivers of the Due to Mining Impacts
Mercury Dynamics in Missouri Ozark Streams
Missouri Department of Conservation Fish Contaminants Monitoring Program 2005-2008: PCBs, Pesticides, Toxic Elements and Brominated Flame Retardants
Missouri River Benthic Fish
Mokapu: Diphacinone Residues in Sea Water, Invertebrates, Vertebrates and Bait Pellet Formulations Following February 2008 Eradication of Polynesian Rats (Rattus exulans) from Mokapu Island, Hawaii
New Mexico Fish Health Monitoring and Assessment in the Middle Rio Grande
NRDAR Document Center
Ozark Mining: Impacts of Mining-Derived Metals on Functional Processes of Ecosystems of the Ozark Plateau Ecoregion
Ozark Stream Geomorphology
Palmyra Atoll: WWII Naval Air Station Contaminant Impacts on Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems within the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge
Paper Birch Decline in the Niobrara Valley: Interactions of Weather, Microclimate, and Genetics
Performance Improvements for Environmental Chemistry Research Program Assessment Rating Tool
Pesticide Fishing: Assessing Fish and Sediment Contamination in Burma Myanmar
Plant and Animal Community Interactions in Coastal Wetlands of the Northwest Gulf of Mexico
Plant Community Classification and Vegetation and Fuels Mapping
POCIS technology for the monitoring of herbicides in National Forests
Population Trends in Relation to Hydrologic Condition of the Neosho Madtom
Potential Biological Invasions Associated with Interbasin Water Transfers
Protectiveness of Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels
Protectiveness of Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Endangered Species Act Listed Gastropod Molluscs
Restoration Science News
Review of BEST Methods Suite
Rigs to Reef: Comparison of Levels and Profiles of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites in Bile of Fishes from Off-Shore Oil Platforms and Natural Reefs along the California Coast
Risk Assessment of Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Lake Mead
River Corridor Habitat Dynamics
Russia: Scientific Exchange with the Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences
Science in Support of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
Sediment Toxicity Testing Associated with Implementation of the Spring River/Tar Creek Watershed Management Framework, Phase I
Sediment Toxicity: Development, Validation, and Application of Methods for Assessing the Toxicity of Contaminants in Water or Sediment
Shenandoah River 2008: Reconnaissance of Organic Contaminants Using Passive Samplers
Shenandoah River: Investigation of Fish Kills and Intersex Phenomenon in the North Fork of the Shenandoah River
Thiaminase in the lower food-web: spatial and temporal trends, and potential impacts on growth and survival of juvenile fish.
Toxicity Assessment of Fire Chemicals Under Consideration for Approval by the U.S. Forest Service
Toxicity of Chlorine to Endangered Kootenai River White Sturgeon
Toxicity of Total Dissolved Solids to Appalachian Aquatic Invertebrates
Toxicity Testing of Kootenai River White Sturgeon and Bull Trout to Three Herbicides Used in the Treatment of Eurasian Milfoil
Trinidad: Application of Ecological Risk Assessment Approach to Evaluate the Impacts of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Coastal Nearshore Environment of Trinidad

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