Biologist
Columbia Environmental Research Center
Email:
bkunz@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
573-441-2998
Fax:
573-876-1896
ORCID:
0000-0002-7193-9336
Location
4200 New Haven Road
Columbia
, MO
65201
US
Supervisor:
Robin D Calfee
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The health of soils along roadways is critical for maximizing habitat quality and minimizing negative ecological effects of roads. Adjacent to unpaved roads, soil chemistry may be altered by the deposition of dust, as well as by road treatment with dust suppressants or soil stabilizer products. If present in roadside soils, these product residues may be available to plants, terrestrial invertebrates, or small mammals. Unfortunately, very few studies have attempted to track the transport of dust suppressants after application. As part of a larger ongoing study on the environmental effects of dust suppressant products on roadside plants and animals, we sampled roadside soils at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge...
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Road ecology,
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Unpaved road,
dust, All tags...
dust suppressant, Fewer tags
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Dust suppressants and soil stabilizer products are applied to unpaved roads worldwide to reduce dust production and stabilize road surfaces. Although these products may enter roadside surface water through runoff or leaching, little information is available on environmental fate or aquatic toxicity. The data reported here include the acute toxicity of 27 dust suppressant/soil stabilizer products to juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the acute toxicity of selected products to fatmucket mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea), virile crayfish (Faxonius virilis), pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis), and larval gray treefrogs (Dryophytes versicolor). Selected products were also tested after exposure to simulated weathering...
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Columbia Environmental Research Center,
Contamination and pollution,
Environmental Health,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
biota,
environment,
land management chemicals,
road runoff,
runoff,
species sensitivity,
unpaved roads, Fewer tags
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Description of Work Determine the relative sensitivity of two species of amphibians (i.e. Wood Frogs Rana sylvatica, Cricket Frogs Acris crepitans blanchardi, American Toad Bufo americana) to exposure to acute and chronic levels of nitrate, nitrite and ammonia. This data will be used to evaluate the current ammonia criteria and for possible inclusion in the development of criteria for nitrite and nitrate.
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Amphibians,
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Lake, All tags...
Lake:Lake Erie,
Lake:Lake Huron,
Lake:Lake Michigan,
Lake:Lake Ontario,
Lake:Lake St. Clair,
Lake:Lake Superior,
Template 147,
Toxic Substances,
Uploaded in Batch,
aquatic invertebrates,
freshwater mussels,
nitrogenous compounds,
salts,
toxicity,
water quality criteria, Fewer tags
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Description of Work The work completed for this template will provide the following information: 1) Generate acute and chronic toxicity data for freshwater mussels and snails to enhance the protection of listed/endangered species in the GL basin; 2) Refine methods and conduct acute and chronic toxicity tests on amphibians; 3) Develop and test methods for conducting chronic toxicity tests for mayflies.
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Amphibians,
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Lake, All tags...
Lake:Lake Erie,
Lake:Lake Huron,
Lake:Lake Michigan,
Lake:Lake Ontario,
Lake:Lake St. Clair,
Lake:Lake Superior,
Template 147,
Toxic Substances,
Uploaded in Batch,
aquatic invertebrates,
chloride,
nitrogenous substances,
salts,
sulfate,
water quality criteria, Fewer tags
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The responses (survival, growth, and/or reproduction) of test organisms in six concentrations of toxicants in several test waters with different water quality characteristics. In addition to the individual biological data, chemical, and water quality measurements from each toxicity test are also reported. Test organisms include unionid mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea, Villosa iris), a midge (Chironomus dilutus), fish (rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas), 2 amphibians (Hyla versicolor, Lithobates sylvaticus), and an amphipod (Hyalella azteca).
Tags: Acute toxicity,
Aquatic biology,
Chronic toxicity,
Columbia Environmental Research Center,
Contamination and pollution, All tags...
Major ion toxicity,
Species sensitivity,
Sublethal effects,
Survival,
Toxicity,
Toxicity testing,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water chemistry,
Water properties,
Water quality,
Water quality criteria,
biota, Fewer tags
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