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Predicting sport fish mercury contamination in heavily managed reservoirs: Implications for human and ecological health by Lepak, Jesse M, Johnson, Brett M, Hooten, Mevin B, Wolff, Brian A, Hansen, Adam G

“…Mercury (Hg) is a concerning contaminant due to its widespread distribution and tendency to accumulate to harmful concentrations in biota. We used a machine…”
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Resilience and regime shifts: Do novel communities impede ecological recovery in a historically metal‐contaminated stream? by Wolff, Brian A., Duggan, Sam B., Clements, William H., Pinto, Rute

“…Novel communities that result from exposure to contaminants and other anthropogenic stressors often persist in ecosystems that have experienced regime shifts…”
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Metals Alter Membership but Not Diversity of a Headwater Stream Microbiome by Wolff, Brian A, Clements, William H, Hall, Ed K

“…Metal contamination from mining or natural weathering is a common feature of surface waters in the American west. Advances in microbial analyses have created…”
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Context‐Dependent Responses of Aquatic Insects to Metals and Metal Mixtures: A Quantitative Analysis Summarizing 24 Yr of Stream Mesocosm Experiments by Clements, William H., Cadmus, Pete, Kotalik, Christopher J., Wolff, Brian A.

“…Modernizing water quality criteria to predict how contaminants affect natural aquatic communities requires that we utilize data obtained across multiple lines…”
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Bioenergetic responses of a stream food web to habitat restoration: interactions between Brown trout and invertebrate prey resources by Kotalik, Christopher J., Wolff, Brian A., Pomeranz, Justin P. F., Richer, Eric E., Clements, William H.

“…Stream habitat restoration has the potential to rehabilitate degraded stream communities, but the bioenergetic impact of restoration on prey resources and…”
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Effects of prey assemblage on mercury bioaccumulation in a piscivorous sport fish by Johnson, Brett M, Lepak, Jesse M, Wolff, Brian A

“…Mercury (Hg) is a persistent global contaminant that biomagnifies, often reaching maximum levels in apex predators. Mercury contamination in piscivorous fish…”
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Improving environmental risk assessments of chemicals: Steps towards evidence-based ecotoxicology by Martin, Olwenn V., Adams, Julie, Beasley, Amy, Belanger, Scott, Breton, Roger L., Brock, Theo C.M., Buonsante, Vito A., Galay Burgos, Malyka, Green, John, Guiney, Patrick D., Hall, Tilghman, Hanson, Mark, Harris, Meagan J., Henry, Tala R., Huggett, Duane, Junghans, Marion, Laskowski, Ryszard, Maack, Gerd, Moermond, Caroline T.A., Panter, Grace, Pease, Anita, Poulsen, Veronique, Roberts, Mike, Rudén, Christina, Schlekat, Christian E., Schoeters, Ilse, Solomon, Keith R., Staveley, Jane, Stubblefield, Bill, Sumpter, John P., Warne, Michael St J., Wentsel, Randall, Wheeler, James R., Wolff, Brian A., Yamazaki, Kunihiko, Zahner, Holly, Ågerstrand, Marlene

“…[Display omitted] •9 recommendations digest recent developments in regulatory environmental risk assessment.•Efforts are necessary to make the translation of…”
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Habitat restoration for brown trout (Salmo trutta) has limited effects on macroinvertebrate communities in a historically metal‐contaminated stream by Wolff, Brian A., Pomeranz, Justin P. F., Kotalik, Christopher J., Hall, Edward K., Clements, William H.

“…Quantifying the success of stream remediation or restoration projects that are designed to improve water quality or habitat, respectively, is often challenging…”
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Changes in Sport Fish Mercury Concentrations from Food Web Shifts Suggest Partial Decoupling from Atmospheric Deposition in Two Colorado Reservoirs by Wolff, Brian A., Johnson, Brett M., Lepak, Jesse M.

“…Partial decoupling of mercury (Hg) loading and observed Hg concentrations ([Hg]) in biotic and abiotic samples has been documented in aquatic systems. We…”
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Macroinvertebrate and Microbial Community Responses to Metal Stress as Measures of Ecological Recovery of a Restored Headwater Stream by Wolff, Brian A

“…Metal contamination from mining or natural weathering is a common feature of surface waters in the American west. The upper Arkansas River is a high elevation…”
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