Microbiology Scientists

Atkinson, Carter T.
Parasitologist

	Changes in Prevalence of Avian Malaria on the Alaka`i Plateau, Kaua`i: an Early Signal for Global Warming?
	West Nile virus and Hawaiian Avifauna

• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawai‘i: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems (PDF, 695 KB)
• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases: Pathogens Subproject
• Ecology and Diagnosis of Introduced Avian Malaria in Hawaiian Forest Birds
• Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria (PDF, 280 KB)
• Palila restoration and Mycoplasma infections
• Seasonal prevalence and transmission of avian pox and malaria in Hawaiian forest birds

	Bacterial Oxidation of Methyl Bromide in Soils
	Removal of Methyl Bromide from Contained Fumigations

• Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby (Patent No. 6,916,446)
• USGS Patents Bioreactors that Treat Nitrate and Methyl Bromide Contamination

• Molecular sexing of Hawaiian honeycreepers
• Palila restoration and Mycoplasma infections

Baron, Jill S.
Research Ecologist

• Multiphase flow, transport, reaction and biodegradation

Belnap, Jayne
Research Ecologist

• Biological Soil Crusts: Webs of Life in the Desert (PDF, 304 KB)
• Cryptobiotic Soils: Holding the Place in Place

Blazer, Vicki S.
Fishery Biologist

• Effect of Benthic Invertebrate Populations, Riparian Zone and Associated Water Quality on Infection Rates of Tubifex tubifex with Myxobolus cerebralis
• Effect of Riparian Zone and Associated Stream Substrata on Tubifex tubifex: Density and Infection Rate with Myxobolus cerebralis
• Evaluation of selected histologic and immunologic biomarkers in fish collected for the BEST pilot program in the Mississippi drainage
• Genetics of Resistant Strains of Salmonids to Myxbolus cerebralis
• Histologic assessment of ultraviolet-B radiation effects on boreal toads, other amphibians and selected fish species
• Immune, reproductive and histologic Biomarker evaluation in fish collected for the Columbia and Rio Grande River basin BEST Program, 1997
• Influences of environmental factors, point source pollution and pathogen distribution on fish health issues in the Chesapeake Bay: 1) Menhaden lesions
• Whirling disease research

Blehert, David S.
Diagnostic Microbiologist

Wild Bird Avian Cholera

• Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?
• Geomyces destructans sp. nov. associated with bat white-nose syndrome (PDF, 721 KB)
• Investigating White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (PDF, 716 KB)

Blum, Jodi Switzer
Physical Scientist

• Anaerobic Growth of Bacterial Strain Ses3 with Selenate as the Electron Acceptor

Bodkin, James L.
Research Wildlife Biologist

Expression of Genes (as Novel Biomarkers) in Sea Otter Populations as Indicators of Exposure to Organic Pollutants, Metals, Parasites, Bacterial Infection, Viral Infection, and Thermal Stress

• Sea Otter Studies at the Alaska Science Center
• Sea Otter Studies at the Western Ecological Research Center

Bradley, Paul M.
Research Hydrologist

• Chloroethene Biodegradation Potential, ADOT/PF Peger Road Maintenance Facility, Fairbanks, Alaska
• Detergents in Streams May Just Disappear: The Story of 4-n-nonylphenol Biodegradation in Stream Sediments
• Dichloroethene and Vinyl Chloride Degradation Potential in Wetland Sediments at Twin Lakes and Pen Branch, Savannah River National Laboratory, South Carolina
• History and Ecology of Chloroethene Biodegradation-A Review

Bunnell, Joseph E.
Biologist

Impacts of Energy Resources on Human Health and Environmental Quality

• Preliminary Geochemical, Microbiological, and Epidemiological Investigations into Possible Linkages between Lignite Aquifers, Pathogenic Microbes, and Kidney Disease in Northwestern Louisiana

Bushon, Rebecca N.
Hydrologist, Laboratory Manager

• Preliminary Geochemical, Microbiological, and Epidemiological Investigations into Possible Linkages between Lignite Aquifers, Pathogenic Microbes, and Kidney Disease in Northwestern Louisiana
• Protozoan pathogens: in National Field Manual for the collection of water-quality data—Biological indicators, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A7, section 7.3
• Environmental factors and chemical and microbiological water-quality constituents related to the presence of enteric viruses in ground water from small public water supplies in southeastern Michigan
• Microbiological Water Quality in Relation to Water-Contact Recreation, Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, 2000 and 2002
• Ohio Water Science Center Projects

Byappanahali, Muruleedhara N.
Research Microbiologist

	Impact of Algae on Beach Water Quality
	Escherichia coli: Influence of Nonpoint Sources to Beach Contamination
	Using Microbial Source Tracking to Determine Sources of Beach Water Contamination
	Sand as a Potential Source of Bacteria and Pathogens to Swimming Water

• Algal (Cladophora) Mats Harbor High Concentrations of Indicator Bacteria and Pathogens (212 KB, PDF)
• Environmental occurrence of the enterococcal surface protein (esp) gene is an unreliable indicator of human fecal contamination
• Population Structure of Cladophora-borne Escherichia coli in Nearshore Water of Lake Michigan
• Population Structure, Persistence, and Seasonality of Autochthonous Escherichia coli in Temperate, Coastal Forest Soil from a Great Lakes Watershed
• Seasonal Persistence and Population Characteristics of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in Deep Backshore Sand of Two Freshwater Beaches
• Type E Clostridium botulinum May Grow In Great Lakes Algal Mats (208 KB, PDF)

Chapelle, Francis H.

• Groundwater Microbiology and Geochemistry
• Chloroethene Biodegradation Potential, ADOT/PF Peger Road Maintenance Facility, Fairbanks, Alaska

• Systematic and Phylogenetic Relationships of Birds, Based on Biomolecular and Morphological Approaches

Cipriano, Rocco C.
Microbiologist

• Modeling Microbial Diversity Of Infection To Affect FDA Revision Of Licensed Antibiotics From “Control Of Mortality” To “Control Of Pathogen”
• Molecular based detection of fish pathogens relevant to the endangered suckers of Upper Klamath Lake and the development of a surrogate laboratory model for disease challenge studies

	Brucellosis Increasing in Elk in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
	Predicting Disease Spread among Greater Yellowstone Elk using DNA Markers for Elk and their Parasites

• Using Viral Genetics and Spatial Epidemiological Models to Predict Disease Invasion in Mule Deer
• Viral Tracking of Wildlife Corridors across the Rocky Mountains (PDF, 374 KB)

• White-Nose Syndrome Threatens the Survival of Hibernating Bats in North America

De Cola, F. Lee

DeCrappeo, Nicole M.
Ecologist

Investigating the Nature of a Putative Virus Isolated from the Introduced Species, the Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), Present in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Diseases of Coral and Coral Reef Fishes

Duris, Joseph W.
Microbiologist

• Chemical and Microbiological Water Quality of Subsurface Agricultural Drains during a Field Trial of Liquid Dairy Manure Effluent Application Rate and Varying Tillage Practices, Upper Tiffin Watershed, Southeastern Michigan

Elliott, Diane G.
Research Microbiologist

Emmenegger, Eveline J.
Research Microbiologist

Fogarty, Lisa Reynolds
Hydrologist

Foster, Andrea L.

Arsenic Removal at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund site (Nevada City, CA)

• Development of a Technique for the Rapid Screening of Microbial Diversity in Environmental Samples

Francy, Donna S.
Hydrologist, Microbiology/Water-Quality Specialist

• Factors affecting Escherichia coli concentrations at Lake Erie public bathing beaches (ppt slides)
• Models for Predicting Recreational Water Quality at Lake Erie Beaches
• Procedures for Developing Models To Predict Exceedances of Recreational Water-Quality Standards at Coastal Beaches
• Spatial, Multivariable Approach for Identifying Proximate Sources of Escherichia coli to Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio
• Use of Spatial Sampling and Microbial Source-Tracking Tools for Understanding Fecal Contamination at Two Lake Erie Beaches

Graham, Jennifer L.

Real-Time Estimation of Taste-and-Odor Occurrences in Cheney Reservoir, Kansas

• 7.5 Cyanobacteria in Lakes and Reservoirs: Toxin and Taste-and -Odor Sampling Guidelines
• Co-occurrence of Toxins and Taste-and-Odor Compounds in Cyanobacterial Blooms from the Midwestern United States (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Cyanobacterial  (Blue-Green Algal) Blooms: Tastes, Odors, and Toxins
• Harmful Algal Blooms
• Guidelines for design and sampling for cyanobacterial toxin and taste-and-odor studies in lakes and reservoirs
• Slimy Summer Swimming: Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Rivers and Streams

Green, Christopher T.

Griffin, Dale W.
Public Health Microbiologist

• African Dust Carries Microbes Across the Ocean: Are They Affecting Human and Ecosystem Health?
• Coral Mortality and African Dust
• The Effects of Globally Transported African and Asian Dust on Coral Reef and Human Health--an Online mini-documentary movie

Haack, Sheridan Kidd
Hydrologist/Microbiologist

• Beach Monitoring and Forecasting Technologies
• Chemical and Microbiological Water Quality of Subsurface Agricultural Drains during a Field Trial of Liquid Dairy Manure Effluent Application Rate and Varying Tillage Practices, Upper Tiffin Watershed, Southeastern Michigan
• Sources of Bacteria on Chicago Beaches

Predicting Avian Immunity: Resilience in the Face of Emerging Zoonoses and Climate Change

• Behavioral and Ecological Approach to the Evolution of Immunity and Disease Resistance
• Hahn Publications and Reports

Hall, Jeffrey S.
Research Virologist

Hansen, John D.
Research Immunologist

Hansen, Wallace R.
Research Virologist, Emeritus

Harris, Steve H.

Harvey, Ronald W.
Research Hydrologist

• Bacteria - Contaminant Interactions
• Interaction of Bacteria with Environmental Contaminants and Solid Surfaces in the Aquatic Environment

Heisey, Dennis M.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Researcher

Helterbrand, Wm. Steve
Cartographer

• Geographic Research: Emerging Technologies

Hershberger, Paul K.
Research Fishery Biologist

Rapid Molecular Techniques for Avian Influenza Detection in Wild Birds

• Satellite Tracking Migratory Birds: Determining Migratory Connectivity and Routes for Distinct Populations

Hoeft, Shelley E.
Hydrologist

Hofmeister, Erik
Veterinary Medical Officer

Holloway, JoAnn M.
Research Geologist

	Biogeochemistry and Microbial Community Structures in Louisiana Coastal Marshes
	Geochemical Landscapes Pilot Study (2004)
	Spatial and Seasonal Variations in Mercury Methylation and Microbial Community Structure in a Historic Mercury Mining Area, Yolo County, California

• Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles of Macronutrients and Trace Metals in Soil

Ip, Hon S.
Diagnostic Virologist

	Exploration of the Host Response to Iridovirus Exposure: Identification and Temporal Expression of Immunoregulatory Genes in Scaphirhynchus spp.
	Investigating the Nature of a Putative Virus Isolated from the Introduced Species, the Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), Present in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Development of In Vitro Assays Utilizing Relevant Teleost Cell Lines to Assess Bioactivity in Environmental Water Samples (USGS Genetics and Genomics)

Jenkins, Jill A.
Microbiologist

Johnson, Christopher J.
Post-Doctoral Researcher

Jones, Elizabeth J.
Emeritus

Biogenic Methane Generation from Coal and Other Geopolymers

• Biogenic Methane Generation from Coal and Other Geopolymers

Kellogg, Christina A.
Research Microbiologist

	Microbiology of Deep Sea Corals
	Using Microarray Technology to Study Mechanisms of Coral Disease

• Applying New Methods to Diagnose Coral Diseases
• Coral Microbial Ecology
• Microbial Ecology of Deep-Sea Corals
• Microbial Ecology of Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons
• Phage Therapy for Florida Corals?

Kephart, Christopher M.
Student (Hydrology), Specialized Lab Analyst

Kotra, Rama K.

• Geochemical Processes in Organic-Rich Sediments of South Florida-Mercury and Metals

	Mercury Cycling and Transformations across Louisiana Estuarine and Wetland Gradients
	Mercury Cycling in Stream Ecosystems

• Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) Project
• Synthesis by the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades

Kurath, Gael
Microbiologist

Emerging Virus Threat to Fish in Western Washington

• Detection of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (PDF; 322 KB)
• Fish Virus Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Fish Virus Database
• Molecular Epidemiology of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in the Great Lakes Region (PDF, 699 KB)

DNA Libraries Open the Books on Trematode Parasites

• Study Shows Parasites Outweigh Predators
• Parasites, the Thread of Food Webs?
• Biologists Count Parasites to Assess Health of Marsh

LaPointe, Dennis A.
Ecologist

	Scaley-leg Mite and Hawaiian Avifauna
	West Nile virus and Hawaiian Avifauna

• Biocomplexity of Avian Disease Vectors
• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawai‘i: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems (PDF, 695 KB)
• Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawai‘i’s Native Birds (PDF)
• Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria (PDF, 280 KB)

Lisle, John T.
Research Microbiologist

• Microbial Ecology in Reef Sediments of Biscayne National Park
• Microbial Wars: Mucus-Associated Bacteria Fend off Coral Pathogens
• Microbiology and Public Beach Safety: Integrated Science for the Protection of Public Health
• Preliminary Characterization of the Microbial Ecology of the Upper Florida Aquifer and Literature Review of the Microbe-Induced Changes in Metal Mobility and Toxicity during Aquifer Storage and Recovery Testing

Developing a Standard Operating Procedure for Accurately Detecting Cyanotoxins

• 7.5 Cyanobacteria in Lakes and Reservoirs: Toxin and Taste-and -Odor Sampling Guidelines
• Co-occurrence of Toxins and Taste-and-Odor Compounds in Cyanobacterial Blooms from the Midwestern United States (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Comparison of Two Cell Lysis Procedures for Recovery of Microcystins in Water Samples from Silver Lake in Dover, Delaware, with Microcystin Producing Cyanobacterial Accumulations
• Guidelines for design and sampling for cyanobacterial toxin and taste-and-odor studies in lakes and reservoirs
• Slimy Summer Swimming: Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Rivers and Streams

Marvin-DiPasquale, Mark C.
Microbial Ecologist/Biogeochemist

	Mercury Cycling and Transformations across Louisiana Estuarine and Wetland Gradients
	Mercury Cycling in Stream Ecosystems
	Plant-Microbe Interactions in San Francisco Bay Wetland Sediments: Impacts on Mercury Biogeochemistry
	San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Mercury Biogeochemistry and Bioaccumulation
	Urban Salt Marsh Restoration: Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

• Bacterial Demethylation of Methylmercury in the South Florida Ecosystem
• Biogeochemistry at Regional Scales
• Toxic Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems: Why Quality Trumps Quantity (Evening Public Lecture Series Video)

McLaughlin, Molly R.
Microbiologist

• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) as a Sentinel Species for Sediment Contaminant Bioavailability and Effects - Evaluation of Anacostia River Reconstructed Tidal Wetlands

Metge, David W.

• Bacteria - Contaminant Interactions
• Interaction of Bacteria with Environmental Contaminants and Solid Surfaces in the Aquatic Environment
• Natural Filtration of Pathogens in Ground Water: What Can Surrogates Tell Us?

Miles, A. Keith
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist

Expression of Genes (as Novel Biomarkers) in Sea Otter Populations as Indicators of Exposure to Organic Pollutants, Metals, Parasites, Bacterial Infection, Viral Infection, and Thermal Stress

• Sea Otter Studies at the Alaska Science Center
• Sea Otter Studies at the Western Ecological Research Center
• Gene Regulation in Response to Xenobiotic Exposure in Marine Vertebrates

Miller, Laurence G.
Research Oceanographer

	Bacterial Oxidation of Methyl Bromide in Soils
	Microbial Fuel Cells
	Removal of Methyl Bromide from Contained Fumigations

• Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby (Patent No. 6,916,446)
• From Strawberry Fields to the Ozone Layer: The Methyl Bromide Story (Evening Public Lecture Series Video)
• Microbial Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Environments
• USGS Patents Bioreactors that Treat Nitrate and Methyl Bromide Contamination
  

Mills, Christopher
Research Geologist

• Microbial Influences on the Oxidation and Mobilization of Naturally Occurring Chromium

Moore, Melody K.
Microbiologist

Muths, Erin
Research Zoologist

Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Rocky Mountains: Landscape-Scale Presence and Effects on Populations

• Chytrid Fungus Associated With Boreal Toad Deaths in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• Chytrid Fungus in the Rocky Mountains: Establishing Distribution and Evaluating Threat to Boreal Toads

	Developing Predictive Models for Determining Microbiological Beach Water Quality
	Sand as a Potential Source of Bacteria and Pathogens to Swimming Water

• New Approaches May Improve E. coli Monitoring for Beaches (201 KB, PDF)
• Studies of Indiana and Chicago Beaches Demonstrate Area-wide Understanding of E. coli Contamination (196 KB, PDF)

Orem, William H.

Mercury Cycling in Stream Ecosystems

• Application of Stable Isotope Techniques to Identifying Foodweb Structure, Contaminant Sources, and Biogeochemical Reactions in the Everglades
• Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) Project

Oremland, Ronald S.
Research Hydrologist

	Acetylene Fermentation
	Arsenic Biochemistry
	Arsenic Biogeochemistry
	Arsenic Geomicrobiology
	Bacterial Formation of Nano-scaled Materials from Group 15 and 16 Elements (Se, Te, and As)
	Bacterial Oxidation of Methyl Bromide in Soils
	Microbial Fuel Cells
	Microbial Selenium Cycle in Nature
	Production of Nanomaterials of Group 15 and 16 Elements
	Removal of Methyl Bromide from Contained Fumigations

• Abbott and Costello Meet M. oxyfera, Or...there is NO Dismutase in AOM (WMV) (also in YouTube)
• Arsenic-eating bacteria rewrite evolutionary history
• Arsenic-Metabolizing Bacteria in an Extreme Environment
• Bacterial Demethylation of Methylmercury in the South Florida Ecosystem
• Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby (Patent No. 6,916,446)
• Geomicrobiology and Nanoscience of Arsenic, Selenium, and Tellurium (WMV)
• Microbial Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Environments
• Microbial Redox Cycling of Arsenic Oxyanions in Anoxic Environments
• USGS Patents Bioreactors that Treat Nitrate and Methyl Bromide Contamination
  

Ottinger, Christopher A.
Immunologist

• Molecular based detection of fish pathogens relevant to the endangered suckers of Upper Klamath Lake and the development of a surrogate laboratory model for disease challenge studies
• Mycobacteriosis in Delaware Bay Striped Bass

Forests and Soil Biogeochemistry

• Terrestrial Ecosystems Laboratory

Pohlman, John W.

Rocke, Tonie E.
Research Epizootiologist

Prairie Dogs, Black-footed Ferrets, and Sylvatic Plague

• Protecting Black-Footed Ferrets and Prairie Dogs Against Sylvatic Plague (PDF, 699 KB)

Rodriguez, Russell J.
Microbiologist

• Genetic Analysis of Salmonids and Other Fishes in the Western US

	Cyanotoxins in Klamath Lake
	Developing a Standard Operating Procedure for Accurately Detecting Cyanotoxins
	Taste and Odor in Cyanobacteria

• Slimy Summer Swimming: Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Rivers and Streams

Samuel, Michael D.
Assistant Unit Leader

	Role of Breeding Interactions on CWD Transmission in White-tailed Deer
	Has CWD produced genetic selection in the Wisconsin white-tailed deer populations?
	Application of Landscape Genetics for Predicting Spread of CWD in Wisconsin
	Genetic Resistance to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in White-tailed Deer
	Social Group Interactions and CWD Transmission in Female White-tailed Deer

• Application of Landscape Genetics to Predicting the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawai‘i: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems (PDF, 695 KB)
• Genetic Relatedness of Free-Ranging White-tailed Deer Related to Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
• Genetic Variation in Complement System Genes and Resistance to Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer
• Use of Genetic Markers to Investigate the Role of Intra-Social Group Interactions on CWD Transmission in Female Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer

• Determination of Bacterial Species Distributions in Water and Biofilms by Molecular Genetic Assay
• Development of Fluidized Microarray Technology for the Study of Function and Ecology of Environmental Microbes

Smith, Richard L.

• Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Nitrogen in Aquatic Environments

Stanton, Mark R.
Research Geologist

Microbiology of Acid Mine Drainage

• Trace Metal and Acid-Volatile Sulfide Concentrations in Sediments from the Forest Queen Wetland Near Silverton, Colorado: Implications for the Removal of Metals From Acid Drainage Waters

Starliper, Clifford E.
Microbiologist

	Survey of the Indigenous Microbiota (Bacteria) in Three Species of Mussels from the Clinch and Holston Rivers, Virginia
	Recovery of a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium, Aeromonas salmonicida, from Ebonyshell Mussels Fusconaia ebena using Non-Destructive Sample Collection Procedures
	Predominant Bacteria Isolated from Moribund Fusconaia ebena Experiencing Die-Offs in the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
	Quarantine of Aeromonas salmonicida-Harboring Ebonyshell Mussels (Fusconaia ebena) Prevents Transmission of the Pathogen to Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

• Development of an improved mediume for primary isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, cause of bacterial coldwater disease
  

Stoeckel, Donald M. (PDF, 108 KB)
Hydrologist, Special Projects

• Bacteriological Water Quality in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, September 2005
• Fecal source tracking in Fountain Creek, Colorado
• Fecal source tracking methods development
• Monitoring Surface Water and Ground Water for Bacterial Pathogens
• Preliminary Geochemical, Microbiological, and Epidemiological Investigations into Possible Linkages between Lignite Aquifers, Pathogenic Microbes, and Kidney Disease in Northwestern Louisiana
• Selection and Application of Microbial Source Tracking Tools for Water-Quality Investigations
• Water Quality of the Mahoning River and Selected Tributaries in Youngstown, Ohio

Rapid Molecular Techniques for Avian Influenza Detection in Wild Birds

• Satellite Tracking Migratory Birds: Determining Migratory Connectivity and Routes for Distinct Populations

• Atrazine Effects on Fish Reproduction and Subsequent Effects on Populations (USGS Genetics and Genomics)
• Intersex in Largemouth Bass Induced by Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (USGS Genetics and Genomics)

Waldrop, Mark P.
Soil Microbial Ecologist

	Methanogen Response to Climate Change in Boreal Peatlands
	Microbial Communities and Carbon Cycling in Response to Global Change
	Permafrost Microbiology

• Dr. Mark Waldrop Projects
• Molecular Approaches to Biogeochemistry: Linking Microbial Community Landscape Patterns to Soil Carbon Fluxes (Windows Media Video file. Download a free copy of Windows Media Player)
• Molecular investigations into permafrost-protected carbon in Alaskan soils

Warren, Ean
Assistant Branch Chief

• Biodegradation of Charcoal Production Wastes

Whitman, Richard L.
Ecologist & Field Station Supervisor

	Impact of Algae on Beach Water Quality
	Escherichia coli: Influence of Nonpoint Sources to Beach Contamination
	Using Microbial Source Tracking to Determine Sources of Beach Water Contamination
	Developing Predictive Models for Determining Microbiological Beach Water Quality
	Sand as a Potential Source of Bacteria and Pathogens to Swimming Water

• Algal (Cladophora) Mats Harbor High Concentrations of Indicator Bacteria and Pathogens (212 KB, PDF)
• Characterization of Lake Michigan coastal lakes using zooplankton assemblages
• Escherichia coli sampling reliability at a frequently closed Chicago beach: monitoring and management implications
• Examination of the watershed-wide distribution of Escherichia coli along southern Lake Michigan: an integrated approach
• Incidence of the enterococcal surface protein (esp) gene in human and animal fecal sources
• New Approaches May Improve E. coli Monitoring for Beaches (201 KB, PDF)
• Occurrence and growth characteristics of Escherichia coli and enterococci within the accumulated fluid of the northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea L.)
• Project SAFE: Swimming Advisory Forecast Estimate
• Solar and temporal effects on escherichia coli concentration at a Lake Michigan Swimming Beach
• Studies of Indiana and Chicago Beaches Demonstrate Area-wide Understanding of E. coli Contamination (196 KB, PDF)
• Type E Clostridium botulinum May Grow In Great Lakes Algal Mats (208 KB, PDF)

Windham-Myers, Lisamarie
Wetland Plant Ecologist

	Mercury Cycling and Transformations across Louisiana Estuarine and Wetland Gradients
	Plant-Microbe Interactions in San Francisco Bay Wetland Sediments: Impacts on Mercury Biogeochemistry
	San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Mercury Biogeochemistry and Bioaccumulation
	Urban Salt Marsh Restoration: Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

• Biogeochemistry at Regional Scales

Winton, James R.

• Abbott and Costello Meet M. oxyfera, Or...there is NO Dismutase in AOM (WMV) (also in YouTube)
• Geobiochemistry of Arsenic and Other Important Trace Elements: Implications for the Evolution of Life on Earth

Work, Thierry M.
Wildlife Disease Specialist