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• Aquatic Toxicology
• BEST (Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends)
• Biochemical Responses
• Bird Surveys
• Colorado River
• Ecotoxicology
• Environmental Chemistry
• Fire Chemicals
• Fisheries
• Freshwater Mussels
• Invasive Species
• Mercury Contamination in Aquatic Ecosystems
• Missouri River
• Neosho Madtom Spawning Movies
• Ozark Rivers
• Rio Grande
• Sea Turtles
• Sediment Toxicology
• Selenium and Trace Elements
• SPMD (Semipermeable Membrane Device)
• Ultraviolet Radiation (UV-B) and Photoenhanced Toxicity
• Western Reservoirs

Aquatic Toxicology

• Assessing Contaminant Sensitivity of American Shad, Atlantic Sturgeon, and Shortnose Sturgeon (91008)
• Evaluation of Contaminant Exposure and the Potential Impacts on Aquatic Habitat Quality in the Anchorage Area of the Cook Inlet Basin
• 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)
• Use of Surrogate Species in Assessing Contaminant Risk to Endangered and Threatened Fishes (90877)

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

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

BEST (Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends)

• Colorado River (BEST 2-2004 Fact Sheet)
• Environmental Contaminants and Their Effects on Fish in the Mississippi River Basin
• 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)

• Search    SEARCH Bibliography from BEST Synthesis Documents

• Yukon River Basin SETAC 2003 Poster

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Biochemical Responses

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

Colorado River

• 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])

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

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Ecotoxicology

• 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)

Environmental Chemistry

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

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)

Freshwater Mussels

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

Invasive Species

Mercury Contamination in Aquatic Ecosystems

• A National Pilot Study of Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems Along Multiple Gradients: Bioaccumulation in Fishes
• Mercury Content and Ultrastructure of Gills and Scales of Fish from Lakes in North and Northwestern Russia That Are Polluted by Atmospheric Deposition (90798)

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Missouri River

• Physical Aquatic Habitat Assessment, Fort Randall Segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and South Dakota (USGS Open File Report 2004-1060)
• Physical Habitat Dynamics in Four Side-channel Chutes, Lower Missouri River (USGS Open File Report 2004-1071)
• Ecological Dynamics of Wetlands at Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, MO (USGS Open File Report 2004-1036)
• Habitat Assessment for Pallid Sturgeon Overwintering Surveys, Lower Missouri River
• Habitat Assessment, Missouri River at Hermann, Missouri (USGS Open File Report OF 02-32)
• Initial Biotic Survey of Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy Fish and Wildlife Refuge
• Missouri River Benthic Fish Consortium
• Missouri River Natural Resource Bibliography
• Toxicity and Bioavailability of Metals in the Missouri River Adjacent to a Lead Refinery (USGS BSR2001-0004)
• Visualization of Flow Alternatives (Lower Missouri River)

Ozark Rivers

• Physical Aquatic Habitat Assessment Data, Ozark Plateaus, Missouri and Arkansas (USGS Data Series DS-94)
• Physical Stream Habitat Dynamics in Lower Bear Creek, Northern Arkansas (USGS/BRD/BSR-2003--0002)  Appendix 1; Appendix 2
• Relations Among Geology, Physiography, Land Use, and Stream Habitat Conditions in the Buffalo and Current River Systems, Missouri and Arkansas

• Hydraulic Modeling of In-channel Habitats in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri:  Assessment of Physical Habitat Sensitivity to Environmental Change

Rio Grande

• Biology of the Rio Grande Border Region- A Bibliography
• Directory of Federal  Natural  Resources Research in the Rio Grande Border Region
• 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)

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Sediment Toxicology

• An Assessment of Sediments from the Upper Mississippi River
• An Assessment of Sediment Injury in the West Branch of the Grand Calumet River

• A Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems

• A Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Ecosystems in British Columbia
• Development and Evaluation of Numerical Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines for Florida Inland Waters
• Evaluation of Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in Sediment Samples from Waukegan Harbor, Illinois (91117)
• Evaluation of Toxicity of Sediment Samples Collected from the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
• Methods for Assessing Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates (90943)
• Mutagenicity of Great Lakes Sediments (90845)
• Prediction of Sediment Toxicity Using Consensus-based Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines ( 91126)  direct link to journal pub
• Sediment Effects Concentrations and Contaminated Sediments
• Sediment Toxicity Testing Methods and Data Interpretation Bibliography
• Summary of Discussions During the Interactive Short Course on "Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines in the Assessment And Management of Contaminated Sediments"
• Toxicity Assessment Of Sediment Samples Collected From North Carolina Streams

• Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments - Executive Summary Booklet of a SETAC Pellston Workshop (provided courtesy of SETAC)

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Selenium and Other Trace Elements

• Aquatic Cycling of Selenium: Implications for Fish and Wildlife (90562)
• Assessment of Goshen Warm Springs as a Potential Hatchery Site for June suckers (Chasmistes liorus) Focusing on Selenium Bioaccumulation and Fish Growth Rates   Appendix
• Effects of Geothermal Effluents on Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout in the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (91012)
• 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
• Mortality and Gill Damage from Beryllium in Acidic Water: A Comparison of Acute and Chronic Responses in Three Freshwater Fish Species (90879)
• Selenium and Other Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, Aquatic Plants and Invertebrates, and Fish from Streams in Southeastern Idaho Near Phosphate Mining Operations: June 2000 (91237)
• Selenium and Other Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, Aquatic Plants and Invertebrates, and Fish from Streams in Southeastern Idaho Near Phosphate Mining Operations: September 2000 (91270)
• Selenium and Other Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, Aquatic Plants and Invertebrates, and Fish from Streams in Southeastern Idaho Near Phosphate Mining Operations: May 2001 (91272)
• Selenium and Other Trace Elements in Wild Larval Razorback Suckers from the Green River, Utah (1998-002)
• Sodium Cyanide Hazards to Fish and Other Wildlife from Gold Mining Operations (90972)
• The Chronic Toxicity of Dietary and Waterborne Selenium to Adult Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in a Water Quality Simulating That in the San Juan River (91132)
• The Phosphoria Formation at the Hot Springs Mine in Southeast Idaho: A Source of Selenium and Other Trace Elements to Surface Water, Ground Water, Vegetation, and Biota (USGS Open File Report 00-050  CERC 91013)
• Toxicity of Proposed Water Quality Criteria-Based Mixtures of 11 Inorganics to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Fathead Minnow (1998-001)

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SPMD (Semipermeable Membrane Device)

• SPMD web
• Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Integrative Samplers From Chesapeake Bay Tributaries (91309)
• Development and Application of Techniques for Sampling Bioavailable Airborne Organic Contaminants
• The Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) to Concentrate Inducers of fish Hepatic Mixed Function Oxygenase (MFO) (90906)

Ultraviolet Radiation (UV-B) and Photoenhanced Toxicity

• Assessment of the Photoenhanced Toxicity of Diluent to the Tidewater Silverside (90964)
• Photoenhanced Toxicity of a Diluent to Mysidopsis bahia (90965)
• Photoenhanced Toxicity of a Diluent to the Frog, Rana sphenocephala (90967)
• Sublethal Effects of Photoenhanced Toxicity of Diluent to Ceriodaphnia dubia Reproduction (90966)

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Western Reservoirs

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

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