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Metal Levels in Fish from the Savannah River: Potential Hazards to Fish and Other Receptors by Burger, Joanna, Gaines, Karen F., Boring, C.Shane, Stephens, Warren L., Snodgrass, Joel, Dixon, Carline, McMahon, Michael, Shukla, Sheila, Shukla, Tara, Gochfeld, Michael

“…Fish are ideal indicators of heavy metal contamination in aquatic systems because they occupy different trophic levels and are different sizes and ages. In…”
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Exposure to 17β estradiol causes erosion of sexual dimorphism in Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) by Karki, Neeta Parajulee, Colombo, Robert E., Gaines, Karen F., Maia, Anabela

“…Estrogenic compounds including 17β estradiol (or E2) are known to negatively affect the reproductive system of many animals, including fish, leading to…”
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Ecological half-life of radiocesium in white-tailed deer on the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site: What can a half century of field monitoring tell us? by Gaines, Karen F., Novak, Peter M., Novak, James M.

“…This paper estimates the 137Cs ecological half-life of white-tailed deer inhabiting the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) based on sex and age…”
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Responses of Bats to Forest Fragmentation in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, Arkansas, USA by Medlin, Rex E., Connior, Matthew B., Gaines, Karen F., Risch, Thomas S.

“…Intense conversion of bottomland hardwood forests to rice and soybeans in the Mississippi River Valley of Arkansas has restricted the remaining forest to…”
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Atrazine and glyphosate dynamics in a lotic ecosystem: the common snapping turtle as a sentinel species by Douros, Derrick L., Gaines, Karen F., Novak, James M.

“…Atrazine and glyphosate are two of the most common pesticides used in the US Midwest that impact water quality via runoff, and the common snapping turtle (…”
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Microbial community structure of a freshwater system receiving wastewater effluent by Hladilek, Matthew D., Gaines, Karen F., Novak, James M., Collard, David A., Johnson, Daniel B., Canam, Thomas

“…Despite our dependency on treatment facilities to condition wastewater for eventual release to the environment, our knowledge regarding the effects of treated…”
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The development and use of a spatially explicit model for river otters to evaluate environmental hazards: a case study on the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site by McCallen, Emily B., Gaines, Karen F., Novak, James M., Ruyle, Leslie E., Stephens, Warren L., Lawrence Bryan, A., Blas, Susan A., Serfass, Thomas L.

“…The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) faces a legacy of radionuclide and metal contamination from industrial processes that occurred…”
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Effects of cooking on radiocesium in fish from the Savannah River: Exposure differences for the public by BURGER, Joanna, GAINES, Karen F, BORING, C. Shane, SNODGRASS, J, STEPHENS, W. L, GOCHFELD, M

“…Understanding the factors that contribute to the risk from fish consumption is an important public health concern because of potential adverse effects of…”
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Trophic dynamics of U, Ni, Hg and other contaminants of potential concern on the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site by Edwards, Paul G., Gaines, Karen F., Bryan, A. Lawrence, Novak, James M., Blas, Susan A.

“…The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site is a former nuclear weapon material production and current research facility located in South Carolina, USA…”
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Assessing multiple endpoints of atrazine ingestion on gravid northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) and their offspring by Neuman‐Lee, Lorin A, Gaines, Karen F, Baumgartner, Kyle A, Voorhees, Jaymie R, Novak, James M, Mullin, Stephen J

“…Ecotoxicological studies that focus on a single endpoint might not accurately and completely represent the true ecological effects of a contaminant. Exposure…”
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Toxicodynamic modeling of ¹³⁷Cs to estimate white-tailed deer background levels for the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site by Gaines, Karen F, Novak, James M, Bobryk, Christopher W, Blas, Susan A

“…The U.S. Department of Energy's (USDOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is a former nuclear weapon material production and current research facility adjacent to the…”
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Effect of In Ovo Exposure to PCBs and Hg on Clapper Rail Bone Mineral Chemistry from a Contaminated Salt Marsh in Coastal Georgia by Rodriguez-Navarro, Alejandro B, Romanek, Christopher S, Alvarez-Lloret, Pedro, Gaines, Karen F

“…The effect of Hg and PCBs (Aroclor 1268) on bone characteristics was investigated in a population of Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) inhabiting…”
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Habitat and exposure modelling for ecological risk assessment: A case study for the raccoon on the Savannah River Site by Chow, T. Edwin, Gaines, Karen F., Hodgson, Michael E., Wilson, Machelle D.

“…Contamination has a dramatic impact on the health of ecosystem and habitat suitability for the inhabited flora and fauna. The Environmental Protection Agency…”
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Metal levels in blood, muscle and liver of water snakes ( Nerodia spp.) from New Jersey, Tennessee and South Carolina by Burger, Joanna, Campbell, Kym Rouse, Murray, Stephanie, Campbell, Todd S., Gaines, Karen F., Jeitner, Christian, Shukla, Tara, Burke, Sean, Gochfeld, Michael

“…Reptiles, particularly snakes, could serve as bioindicators of contamination because some are comparatively long-lived, exhibit different trophic levels, and…”
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Are U, Ni, and Hg an Environmental Risk within a RCRA/CERCLA Unit on the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site? by Edwards, Paul G, Gaines, Karen F, Bryan, A. Lawrence, Novak, James M, Blas, Susan A

“…The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) is a former nuclear weapon production facility. From 1954–1985, releases of Al, Cu, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb,…”
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Mercury and Selenium in Fish from the Savannah River: Species, Trophic Level, and Locational Differences by Burger, Joanna, Gaines, Karen F., Boring, C.Shane, Stephens, Warren L., Snodgrass, Joel, Gochfeld, Michael

“…Levels of contaminants in fish are of considerable interest because of potential effects on the fish themselves, as well as on other organisms that consume…”
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Spatially Explicit Model to Predict Radiocesium Body Burdens of White-Tailed Deer on the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site by Bobryk, Christopher W, Gaines, Karen F, Novak, James M, Blas, Susan A

“…We developed a spatially explicit exposure model to interpolate and predict radiocesium (¹³⁷Cs) body burdens found in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus…”
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METALS AND METALLOTHIONEIN IN THE LIVER OF RACCOONS: UTILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING by Joanna Burger, Christine G. Lord, Edward J. Yurkow, Lynne McGrath, Karen F. Gaines, I. Lehr Brisbin, Michael Gochfeld

“…The relationship between metallothionein levels and concentrations of several metals and radionuclides was examined in liver tissues of raccoons ( Procyon…”
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DNA Double-Strand Breakage as an Endpoint to Examine Metal and Radionuclide Exposure Effects to Water Snakes on a Nuclear Industrial Site by Murray, Stephanie M., Gaines, Karen F., Novak, James M., Gochfeld, Michael, Burger, Joanna

“…This study examined metal levels (especially U and Ni) in the tail tissues of water snakes from contaminated (Tim's Branch) and reference areas on the…”
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Bioavailability of uranium and nickel to vegetation in a contaminated riparian ecosystem by Punshon, Tracy, Gaines, Karen F., Bertsch, Paul M., Burger, Joanna

“…The lower portion of Tims Branch (TB), a second‐order stream system on the Savannah River site (SC, USA), receives influx of mixed waste‐contaminated sediments…”
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