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A dynamic model for the global cycling of anthropogenic vanadium by Hope, Bruce K.

“…Vanadium is a major trace metal in fossil fuels. Combustion of residual fuel oils and coal in industrialized economies is recognized as the major source of…”
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A state-wide survey in Oregon (USA) of trace metals and organic chemicals in municipal effluent by Hope, Bruce K., Pillsbury, Lori, Boling, Brian

“…Oregon's Senate Bill 737, enacted in 2007, required the state's 52 largest municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and water pollution control facilities…”
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Review of existing terrestrial bioaccumulation models and terrestrial bioaccumulation modeling needs for organic chemicals by Gobas, Frank APC, Burkhard, Lawrence P, Doucette, William J, Sappington, Keith G, Verbruggen, Eric MJ, Hope, Bruce K, Bonnell, Mark A, Arnot, Jon A, Tarazona, Jose V

“…ABSTRACT Protocols for terrestrial bioaccumulation assessments are far less‐developed than for aquatic systems. This article reviews modeling approaches that…”
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A Model for the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Willamette River Basin (Oregon) by Hope, Bruce K

“…The Willamette River drains a 32,000 km2 basin (Basin) in northwestern Oregon. Owing to their persistence and toxicity, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in…”
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An examination of ecological risk assessment and management practices by Hope, Bruce K.

“…Ecological risk assessment has grown and evolved since the 1980s, as have new challenges (e.g. global climate change, loss of habitat and biodiversity and the…”
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Using Legacy Data to Relate Biological Condition to Cumulative Aquatic Toxicity in the Willamette River Basin (Oregon, USA) by Hope, Bruce K.

“…In the Willamette River Basin (Oregon, USA), various residential, municipal, industrial, and agricultural activities produce physical, biological, and chemical…”
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Strategy for Using Weight-of-Evidence Methods in Ecological Risk Assessments by Hope, Bruce K, Clarkson, Jacquelyn R

“…Our review of existing approaches and regulatory uses of weight-of-evidence (WOE) methods suggested the need for a practical strategy for deploying WOE within…”
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An Assessment of the Global Impact of Anthropogenic Vanadium by Hope, Bruce K.

“…Evidence that environmental levels of vanadium are increasing has raised concern over the injection of vanadium into the environment from anthropogenic…”
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Pre-anthropocene mercury residues in North American freshwater fish by Hope, Bruce K, Louch, Jeff

“…ABSTRACT Mercury (Hg) has been entering the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources for millennia, and humans have been influencing its…”
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Acquisition of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by pacific chinook salmon: An exploration of various exposure scenarios by Hope, Bruce K

“…In 2011, as part of an update to its state water quality standards (WQS) for protection of human health, the State of Oregon adopted a fish consumption rate of…”
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Will There Ever Be a Role for Risk Assessments? by Hope, Bruce K.

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Risk management decisions for pesticides and threatened and endangered species: The role of uncertainty analysis by Fairbrother, Anne, Hartl, Brett, Hope, Bruce K., Jenkins, Jeffrey J., Li, Ya-Wei, Moore, Dwayne R. J.

“…Despite data gaps and information shortfalls, government agencies in the United States are expected to produce timely and defensible decisions to regulate…”
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Efficacy of Translators for Establishing Mercury Total Maximum Daily Loads by Hope, Bruce K

“…In Oregon's Willamette River, methylmercury levels in fish triggered health advisories and the need for a mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). A translator…”
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Spatially explicit ecological exposure models: A rationale for and path toward their increased acceptance and use by Wickwire, Theodore, Johnson, Mark S, Hope, Bruce K, Greenberg, Marc S

“…Spatially explicit wildlife exposure models have been developed to integrate chemical concentrations dispersed in space and time, heterogeneous habitats of…”
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Carcinogenic risk as the basis for fish advisories: A critique by Stone, David, Hope, Bruce K

“…Fish advisories are important tools in public health practice and are primarily used to translate fish contaminant levels into consumption recommendations for…”
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Recommendations for the development and application of wildlife toxicity reference values by Allard, Patrick, Fairbrother, Anne, Hope, Bruce K, Hull, Ruth N, Johnson, Mark S, Kapustka, Lawrence, Mann, Gary, McDonald, Blair, Sample, Bradley E

“…Toxicity reference values (TRVs) are essential in models used in the prediction of the potential for adverse impacts of environmental contaminants to avian and…”
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An assessment of anthropogenic source impacts on mercury cycling in the Willamette Basin, Oregon, USA by Hope, Bruce K.

“…In Oregon's Willamette River Basin (Basin), methylmercury levels in fish triggered health advisories and required development of a mercury Total Maximum Daily…”
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Exposure Assessment and Risk of Gastrointestinal Illness Among Surfers by Stone, David L., Harding, Anna K., Hope, Bruce K., Slaughter-Mason, Samantha

“…Surfing is a unique recreational activity with the possibility of elevated risk for contracting gastrointestinal (GI) illness through ingestion of contaminated…”
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The need for increased acceptance and use of spatially explicit wildlife exposure models by Hope, Bruce K, Wickwire, W Theodore, Johnson, Mark S

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Meeting the challenge of identifying persistent pollutants at the state level by Hope, Bruce K, Stone, David, Fuji, Taku, Gensemer, Robert W, Jenkins, Jeffrey

“…In 2007, the State of Oregon enacted legislation aimed at identifying persistent pollutants that could pose a threat to waters of the State and then reducing…”
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