Bartish,
T., Schmitt, C.J., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S., Tillitt, D.E.,
Bryant, W.L., and DeWeese, L.R., 1998, Contaminants and related
effects in fish from the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande
basins. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences National Program Review, August
10-13, 1998. Madison, WI.
Bauch, N.J., Schmitt, C.J., and Crawford, C.G., 2005, Development of an approach for integrating
components of the U.S. Geological Survey Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST)
and National Stream Quantity Accounting Network (NASQAN) programs for large U.S. rivers U.S.
Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2005-5083, 53 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20055083.
Bryant, W.L., Jr.,
Schmitt, C.J., Kleiss, B., and Bartish, T., 1999, Contaminants
and related effects in fish from the Mississippi River Basin,
Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7, 1999, Jackson,
MS.
Blazer, V.S.,
Schmitt, C.J., Tillitt, D.E., and Kubiak, T.J., 1997,
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program:
testing and implementation of selected aquatic ecosystem
indicators, Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society,
Fish Health Section, Sept. 4-5, 1997, Juneau, AK.
Blazer, V.S.,
Fournie, J.W., Schmitt, C.J., and Wright, B., 1999, Macrophage
aggregates as biomarkers of exposure: from feral populations to
laboratory models: 26th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop,
October 2-6, 1999, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Blazer, V.S., 2000,
Use of gonadal histology in monitoring for contaminant effects:
21st Annual SETAC meeting, Nov. 12-16, Nashville, TN. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023332216713)
Blazer, V.S., 2002,
Histopathological assessment of gonadal tissue in wild fishes:
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, v.26, p.85-101.
Blazer, V.S., 2003,
Endocrine disruption in aquatic environments: effects on fish
populations: Second Bilateral United States and Russian
Conference on Aquatic and Marine Animal Health, Sept. 21-28,
Shepherdstown, WV.
Dethloff, G.M.,
Bartish, T.M., Tillitt, D.E., Blazer, V.S., Denslow, N.D., and
Schmitt, C.J., 2001, Health and Reproductive Indicators and
Contaminant Concentrations in Fish from the Rio Grande and
Columbia River Basins: Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, 22nd Annual Meeting, November 12-16, Baltimore, MD
Dethloff, G.M.,
Schmitt, C.J., and Bartish, T.M., 2001, Arsenic concentrations
in fish collected as part of the Biomonitoring of Environmental
Status and Trends program’s large river monitoring network: U.S.
Geological Survey Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment,
February 20-21. Denver, CO (extended abstract at https://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/FinalAbsPDF/dethloff.pdf).).
Dethloff, G.M.,
Bartish, T.M., Tillitt, D.E., Blazer, V.S., Denslow, N.D., and
Schmitt, C.J., 2002, Health and Reproductive Indicators and
Contaminant Concentrations in Fish from the Rio Grande and
Columbia River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey, National
Contaminants Program Review, February 24-28. Stevenson, WA.
Dethloff, G.M.,
Schmitt, C.J., and Bartish, T.M., 2002, Appendix A: fishes
collected and demographics, p. 219-241 in Biomonitoring
of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental
contaminants and their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division,
Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR 2002-0004. (View full
text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/bsr020004).
Cabana, G., Rainey,
W.E., Finlay, J., Power, M.E., Kendall, C., and Schmitt, C.J.,
1999, Nitrogen isotope ratios, indicators of sources of N or N
transformations: Annual Aquatic Sciences Meeting, American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography, February 1-5, 1999. Santa
Fe, NM. (abstract available at
http://aslo.org/meetings/santafe99/index.html)
Hinck, J., Tillitt, D.E., Denslow,
N.D., Gross, T.S., Myers, M., Blazer, V.S., and Bartish, T.M.,
2003, Contaminant concentrations and biomarkers in northern pike
and longnose suckers collected from the Yukon River: Presented
at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
National Meeting, November 9-13, Austin, TX
Hinck, J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Blazer, V.S., Denslow, N.D., Gross, T.S.,
Schmitt, C.J., and Bartish, T.M., 2003, Using a national
monitoring program to assess environmental contaminants in large
river systems: Presented at St. Lawrence River Conference, May
13-15, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Hinck, J.E., Whyte, J.J., and
Tillitt, D.E., 2003, Challenges of using a monitoring program to
establish EROD criteria in carp, bass, and suckers: Presented at
the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry National
Meeting, November 9-13, Austin, TX
Hinck, J.E., 2004, BEST Large
River Monitoring Program: Colorado River Basin: Presented at the
USFWS Region 6 Environmental Contaminants Meeting, March 2-4,
Fort Collins, CO.
Hinck, J.E.,
Schmitt, C.J., Bartish, T.M., Denslow, N.D., Blazer, V.S.,
Anderson, P.J., Coyle, J.J., Dethloff, G.M., and Tillitt, D.E.,
2004, Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST)
Program: environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in
the Columbia River basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific
Investigations Report 2004-5154, 125 p. https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5163/
Hinck, J.E., Tillitt, D.E.,
Blazer, V.S., Denslow, N.D., Gross, T.S., Schmitt, C.J., and
Bartish, T.M., 2004, Biological Monitoring: assessing
environmental contaminants in large river systems, Presented at
the National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, May 17-20,
Chattanooga, TN, (abstracts available at
http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/monitoring/conference/2004/proceedings_contents/13_titlepages/9_Posters-154-239.pdf)
Hinck, J.E., D.M.
Papoulias, and D.E. Tillitt, 2004, Histopathology of common carp
(Cyprinus carpio) collected from the Lake Mead National
Recreational Area: Presented at the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry National Meeting, November 14-19,
Portland, OR.
Hinck, J.E., V.S.
Blazer, N.D. Denslow, T.S. Gross, J.J. Coyle, T.W. May, C.E.
Orazio, and D.E. Tillitt, 2004, Contaminant concentrations and
biomarker responses of piscivorous and benthivorous fish in the
Colorado River Basin: Presented at the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry National Meeting, November 14-19,
Portland, OR.
Iwanowicz, L.R., and
Blazer, V.S., 2004, Histological and physiological evidence of
thyroid disruption in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from
the middle and lower Rio Grande River basin: 29th Annual Eastern
Fish Health Workshop, March 22-26, Atlantic Beach, NC.
Kendall, C.,
Battaglin, W.A, Cabana, G., Porter, S.D., Goolsby, D.A.,
Campbell, D.H., Chang, C.C.Y., Silva, S.R., Hooper, R.P., and
Schmitt, C.J., 1998, Isotopic tracing of nitrogen Sources and
Cycling in the Mississippi River Basin: American Geophysical
Union, Annual Fall Meeting, Dec. 6-10, 1998, San Francisco, CA,
(abstract available at
http://www.agu.org)
Kendall, C.,
Battaglin, W.A., Cabana, G., Chang, C.C., Silva, S.T., Porter,
S.D., Goolsby, D.A., Campbell, D.H., Hooper, R.P., and Schmitt,
C.J., 1999, Isotopic tracing of nitrogen sources and cycling in
the Mississippi River basin, p. 339-344 in D.W.
Morganwalp and H.T. Buxton, eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic
Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings of the Technical
Meeting, Charleston, S.C., March 8-12, 1999, Volume 2 of
3—Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems,
U.S. Geological Survey-Water Resources Investigations Report
99-4018B, W. Trenton, NJ (conference proceedings and abstract at
http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/wri99-4018/).
Kendall, C., Wankel,
S.D., Cabana, G., and Schmitt, C., 2002, Isotope biomonitoring
in riverine ecosystems: tools for understanding linkages between
environmental contaminants and basin characteristics: American
Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, May 28-31, Washington, DC,
(abstract available at http://www.agu.org)
May,
T.W., Schmitt, C.J., Brumbaugh, W.G., and Petty, J.D., 2001,
Arsenic concentrations in U.S. freshwater fish, 1976-1986:
National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program, U.S. Geological
Survey Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment, February 20-21,
Denver, CO.
McDonald, K.K,
Schmitt, C.J., Bartish, T., Bunck, C.M., Dethloff, G.M., Blazer,
V.S., Denslow, N.D., and Gross, T.S., 1999, Evaluation of
reproductive biomarkers and potential endocrine disruption for
fish in the Mississippi River basin, Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, 20th Annual Meeting, November 14-18,
1999, Philadelphia, PA.
Poulton, B.C., and
Wildhaber, M.L., 1997, Evaluation of critical habitats for
benthic macroinvertebrates in the Lower Missouri River: 1st
Annual Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, Jan. 14-16,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Poulton, B.C.,
Wildhaber, M.L., Mueller, B.G., Fairchild, J.F., and Schmitt,
C.J., 1998, A longitudinal evaluation of the benthic
macroinvertebrate community of the Lower Missouri River, 2nd
Annual Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, March 22-25,
Nebraska City, NE.
Poulton, B.C.,
Wildhaber, M.L., Charbonneau, C.S., Fairchild, J.F., Mueller,
B.G., and Schmitt, C.J., 2002, A longitudinal assessment of the
aquatic macroinvertebrate community in the channelized Missouri
River: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v.85, p.23-53, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023301016001.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Papoulias, D.P., and Jones, S.B., 1997, Endocrine
disruption research: U.S. Geological Survey, NAWQA National
Program Review, Feb. 24-28, 1997, San Antonio, TX.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., and Kubiak, T.J., 1998, Biomonitoring of
Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program: testing and
implementation of selected aquatic ecosystem indicators, 2nd
Annual Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, March 22-25,
1998, Nebraska City, NE.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., and Kubiak, T.J., 1998, Biomonitoring of
Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program: testing and
implementation of selected aquatic ecosystem indicators in the
Mississippi River basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources
Division, National Research Program Annual Review, May 19-21,
1998, Columbia, MO.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S., Tillitt, D.E., Bryant,
W.L., and DeWeese, L.R., 1999, Biomonitoring of Environmental
Status and Trends (BEST) Program: contaminants and their effects
in fish from the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande basins:
p. 437-446 in D.W. Morganwalp, and H.T. Buxton, eds. U.S.
Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings
of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, S.C., March 8-12, 1999:
Volume 2 of 3—Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related
Ecosystems, U.S. Geological Survey-Water Resources
Investigations Report 99-4018B. W. Trenton, NJ (conference
proceedings and abstract at
http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/wri99-4018/).
Schmitt, C.J.,
Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S., Tillitt, D.E., Bryant,
W.L., DeWeese, L.R., Dethloff, G., Zylstra, S., Wilson, M.L.,
Kubiak, T.J., and Denslow, N.D., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey,
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program:
contaminants and their effects in fish from the Mississippi,
Columbia, and Rio Grande basins: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP),
Symposium on Western Ecosystems, April 6-8, 1999, San Francisco,
CA.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Tillitt, D.E., Gross, T.S.,
Dethloff, G., Denslow, N.D., Bryant, W.L., and DeWeese, L.R.,
1999, Contaminants and their effects in fish from the
Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande Basins: U.S. Geological
Survey, symposium on effects of animal feeding operations (AFOs)
on hydrologic resources and the environment, August 30-September
1, 1999, Fort Collins, CO (conference proceedings and abstract
at http://water.usgs.gov/owq/AFO/proceedings/afo/index.html).
Schmitt, C.J.,
Blazer, V.S., Dethloff, G., Tillitt, D.E., Gross, T.S., DeWeese,
L.R., Smith, S.B., Goede, R.W., Bartish, T.A., and Kubiak, T.J.,
1999, Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST)
Program: field procedures for assessing the exposure of fish to
environmental contaminants: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD-1999-0007, 68 p. (View full text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/itr19990007.)
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S.,
McDonald, K.K., Dethloff, G., Bryant, W.L., and DeWeese, L.R.,
1999, Environmental contaminants and related effects in fish
from the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande basins: Society
of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20th Annual Meeting,
November 14-18, 1999, Philadelphia, PA.
Schmitt, C.J., 2000,
Appendix I, Development of the BEST program: p. 45-55 in
C.J. Schmitt and G.M. Dethloff, eds., Biomonitoring of
Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: selected methods
for monitoring chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: U.S.
Geological Survey, Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD/ITR--2000-0005. (View full text at
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/BEST/methods.pdf.)
Schmitt, C.J., 2000,
Stable nitrogen isotope ratios (d15N): p. 42-43 in C.J.
Schmitt and G.M. Dethloff, eds., Biomonitoring of Environmental
Status and Trends (BEST) Program: selected methods for
monitoring chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: U.S.
Geological Survey, Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD/ITR--2000-0005. (View full text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/itr000005)
Schmitt, C.J., and
Dethloff, G.M., eds., 2000, Biomonitoring of Environmental
Status and Trends (BEST) Program: selected methods for
monitoring chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: U.S.
Geological Survey, Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD/ITR--2000-0005, 81 p. (View full text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/itr000005.)
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S.,
Dethloff, G.M., Denslow, N.D., Bryant, W.L., and DeWeese, L.R.,
2000, Environmental contaminants and related effects on fish in
the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande basins: Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 3rd World Congress,
“Global Environmental Issues in the 21st Century“, May 21-25,
2000, Brighton, U.K.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., and Blazer, V.S., 2000, The 1995 and 1997 BEST
projects:p. 1-3 in C.J. Schmitt and G.M. Dethloff, eds.,
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program:
selected methods for monitoring chemical contaminants in aquatic
ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey, Information and Technology
Report USGS/BRD/ITR--2000-0005. (View full text at http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/BEST/methods.pdf.)
Schmitt, C.J., 2002,
Organochlorine chemical residues in fish from the Mississippi
River basin, 1995: Archives of Environmental Contamination and
Toxicology, v.43 p.81-97 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-002-1127-1.
Schmitt, C.J., ed.,
2002, Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST)
Program: environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in
the Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR
2002-0004, 217 p. (View full text at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/bsr020004).
Schmitt, C.J., and
Schwarzback, S.E., 2002, Environmental contaminants emphasis in
the USGS Inventory and Monitoring Program: Appendix to the
5-Year Plan for the USGS-BRD Status and Trends Program, 14 p.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S.,
Dethloff, G.M., Denslow, N.D., Bryant, W.L., and DeWeese, L.R.,
2002, Environmental contaminants and related effects on fish in
the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio Grande basins: U.S.
Geological Survey, National Contaminants Program Review,
February 24-28, Stevenson, WA.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Blazer, V.S., Gross, T.S., Denslow, N.D.,
Bartish, T.M., and Arnold, B.S., 2002, Chapter 5, Project
summary, discussion, and recommendations:p. 171-217 in
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program:
environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the
Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR
2002-0004. (View full text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/bsr020004).
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., Dethloff, G.M., Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S.,
Gross, T.S., and Wright. B.E., 2002, Chapter 1, Project
overview: p. 1-26 in C.J. Schmitt, ed., Biomonitoring of
Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: environmental
contaminants and their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division,
Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR 2002-0004. (View full
text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/bsr020004).
Schmitt, C.J.,
Tillitt, D.E., and Whyte, J.J., 2002, Chapter 2, Accumulative
contaminants, H4IIE bioassay-derived dioxin equivalents, and
ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity:p. 27-87
in Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST)
Program: environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in
the Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR
2002-0004. (View full text at
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/bsr020004).
Schmitt, C., Dethloff, G., Hinck,
J., T., Bartish, Blazer, V., Coyle, J., Whyte, J., Denslow, N.,
and Tillitt, D., 2003, Environmental contaminants and their
effects on fish in the Rio Grande: Presented at the Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry National Meeting,
November 9-13, Austin, TX.
Schmitt, C.J., 2004,
Concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, selenium, and
zinc in fish from the Mississippi River basin, 1995:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v.90 p.289-321, https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:EMAS.0000003594.64248.0a.
Schmitt, C.J.,
Dethloff, G.M., Hinck, J.E., Bartish, T.M., Blazer, V.S., Coyle,
J.J., Denslow, N.D., and Tillitt, D.E., 2004, Biomonitoring of
Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: environmental
contaminants and their effects on fish in the Rio Grande basin:
U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report
2004-5108,117 p https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20045108
Smith, S.B.,
Donahue, A.P., Lipkin, R., Blazer, V.S., Schmitt, C.J., and
Goede, R.W., 2002, Illustrated field guide for assessing
external and internal anomalies in fish: U.S. Geological Survey,
Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD/ITR-2002-007, 44 p https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/itr020007.
Sun, J., Kim, Y.,
and Schmitt, C.J., 2003, Longitudinal analysis of
bioaccumulative contaminants in freshwater fishes: Environmental
and Ecological Statistics, v.10 p.419-428 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026044220657.
Whyte,
J.J., Jung, R.E., Schmitt, C.J., Finger, S.E., and Tillitt, D.E.,
1999, Evaluation of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD)
activity in fish as a biomarker: a synthesis report for the
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program:
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20th Annual
Meeting, November 14-18, 1999, Philadelphia, PA.
Whyte,
J.J., Jung, R.E., Schmitt, C.J., and Tillitt, D.E., 2000,
Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in fish as a
biomarker of chemical exposure: Critical Reviews in Toxicology,
v.30, p.347-570.https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408440091159239
Whyte,
J.J., Schmitt, C.J., Brumbaugh, W.G., Annis, M., and Tillitt,
D.E., 2002, Biomarkers of metals exposure in fish from existing
and proposed lead mining areas of Missouri: 23rd Annual Meeting
of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
November 11-15, Salt Lake City, UT.
Whyte, J.J.,
Schmitt, C.J., and Tillitt, D.E., 2004, The H4IIE cell bioassay
as an indicator of dioxin-like chemicals in wildlife and the
environment: Critical Reviews in Toxicology,v.34 p.1-83 https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408440490265193. |
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