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Levels and profiles of perfluorinated alkyl acids in liver tissues of birds with different habitat types and trophic levels from an urbanized coastal region of South Korea

August 1, 2022
Author(s)
Sang Hee Hong, Jessica L. Reiner, Mi Jang, Stacy Schuur, Gi Myung Han, John Kucklick, Won Joon Shim
Contamination status and characteristics of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) including perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluorinated sulfonic acids (PFSAs) was examined using liver tissue of birds - blacktailed gulls (Larus crassirostris)

Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Data from 1999-2010

December 17, 2021
Author(s)
Nathan Mahynski, Jared Ragland, Stacy Schuur, Rebecca Pugh, Vincent K. Shen
The multi-entity, long-term Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected eggs from various avian species throughout the North Pacific Ocean for over 20 years to create a geospatial and temporal record of environmental conditions

Relationship between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and persistent organic pollutants in sympatric Alaskan seabird (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) eggs between 1999 and 2010

December 31, 2020
Author(s)
Vrinda Kalia, Stacy Schuur, Keith A. Hobson, Howard H. Chang, Lance A. Waller, Steven Hare, Matthew O. Gribble
Although climate change occurs alongside other anthropogenic ecosystem impacts, little is known about how sea-surface temperature variability influences the ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). We analyzed POP contaminant levels, and

AMAP Review: Biological Effects from Contaminants on Arctic Wildlife and Fish

August 13, 2019
Author(s)
Rune Dietz, Robert Letcher, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, John Kucklick, Stacy Schuur, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Igor Eulaers, Bjorn Munro Jenssen, Melissa McKinney, Christian Sonne, Niladri Basu, Simon Wilson, Sara Pedro, Jenny Bytingsvik, Garry Stenson, Anuschka Polder, Joshua T. Ackerman, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Mark P. Herzog, Alex Hartman, Sarah Peterson, Allyson Jackson, Birgit Braune, Derek Muir, Frank Riget, Milton Levin, Anders Bignert, Maria Dam, Marlene Evans, Magali Houde, Katrin S. Hoydal
Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review biological effects of the exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) classified as organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic biota there has been a considerable number

A status of temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic biota

February 1, 2019
Author(s)
Frank Riget, Anders Bignert, Birgit Braune, Maria Dam, Rune Dietz, Marlene Evans, Norman Green, Helga Gunnlaugsdottir, Katrin S. Hoydal, John Kucklick, Robert Letcher, Derek Muir, Stacy Schuur, Christian Sonne, Stern Gary, Gregg Tomy, Katrin Vorkamp, Simon Wilson
More than 1000 time-series of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic biota from marine and freshwater ecosystems some extending back to the beginning of 1980s were analyzed using a robust statistical method. The Arctic area encompassed extended

Standard Reference Data Workshop Report

June 12, 2018
Author(s)
Debra L. Kaiser, Neil Alderoty, Richard R. Cavanagh, Barbara Guttman, Robert J. Hanisch, Adam G. Morey, Jeanita Pritchett, Yuri Ralchenko, Stacy S. Schuur, William E. Wallace
On October 17, 2017, the ODI sponsored a day-long Standard Reference Data Workshop. More than 120 NIST staff members and associates from four NIST laboratories and three offices registered for this workshop. The workshop format consisted of presentations

Lessons Learned from Monitoring Organic Contaminants in Three Decades of Marine Samples from the Pacific Basin Archived at the USA’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Rebecca S. Pugh, Jared M. Ragland, Jessica L. Reiner, Jennifer Trevillian, Michele M. Schantz
The USA’s Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) has archived marine wildlife collections dating back to 1976. Numerous lessons have been learned including collecting the correct species and tissues for environmental contaminant monitoring, developing

Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: a synthesis

October 15, 2016
Author(s)
Joshua T. Ackerman, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Mark P. Herzog, Alex Hartman, Sarah Peterson, David C. Evers, Allyson Jackson, John E. Elliott, Stacy Schuur, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee
Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally and birds are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. We synthesized all of the available data on mercury contamination of birds in western North America. We

Mercury Risk to Avian Piscivores across the Western United States and Canada

October 15, 2016
Author(s)
Allyson Jackson, David C. Evers, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Joshua T. Ackerman, James J. Willacker, John E. Elliott, Stacy Schuur, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee
As part of the Western North America Mercury Synthesis, we evaluated risk to avian piscivores across all or parts of their breeding range through the compilation of fish and bird tissue mercury (Hg) concentrations for western United States and Canada. We

Persistent organic pollutants in blood samples of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

May 26, 2016
Author(s)
Fernanda I. Colabuono, Stacy Schuur, Kevin Huncik, Satie Taniguchi, Petry V. Maria, John Kucklick, Rosalinda C. Montone
Seabirds play an important role as top consumers in the food web and can be used as biomonitors of exposure to pollutants. Contamination studies on seabirds involving non-destructive sampling methods are of considerable importance, allowing better

Development of Two Fine Particulate Matter Standard Reference Materials (

April 13, 2016
Author(s)
Michele M. Schantz, Danielle Cleveland, N. Alan Heckert, John Kucklick, Stefan D. Leigh, Stephen E. Long, Jennifer Lynch, Karen E. Murphy, Rabia Oflaz, Adam L. Pintar, Barbara J. Porter, Savelas A. Rabb, Stacy Schuur, Stephen Wise, Rolf L. Zeisler
Two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs), SRM 2786 Fine Particulate Matter (

Development of Urine Standard Reference Materials for Metabolites of Organic Chemicals Including Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Phthalates, Phenols, Parabens, and Volatile Organic Compounds

April 1, 2015
Author(s)
Michele M. Schantz, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Nathanael A. Heckert, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stacy S. Schuur, Stephen A. Wise
Two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs), SRM 3672 Organic Contaminants in Smokers’ Urine (Frozen) and SRM 3673 Organic Contaminants in Non-Smokers’ Urine (Frozen), have been developed in support of studies for assessment of human exposure to select

East versus West: Organic Contaminant Differences in Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Eggs from South Carolina, USA and the Gulf of California, Mexico

November 1, 2012
Author(s)
Stacy S. Schuur, Daniel W. Anderson, Patrick G. Jodice, Joyce E. Stuckey
Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) were listed as endangered in the United States in 1970, largely due to reproductive failure and mortality caused by organochlorine contaminants, such as DDT. The southeast population, P.o. carolinensis, was delisted

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2006-2009

August 2, 2012
Author(s)
Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Sylvain Berail, Russell D. Day, Olivier F. Donard, Keith A. Hobson, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Lauren B. Rust, David G. Roseneau
Since 1999, the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected, banked, and analyzed seabird eggs using established protocols to monitor chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), brominated flame retardants, and

Mercury Stable Isotopes in Seabird Eggs Reflect a Gradient from Terrestrial Geogenic to Oceanic Mercury Reservoirs

April 21, 2012
Author(s)
Russell D. Day, David G. Roseneau, Sylvain Berail, Keith A. Hobson, O.F.X Donard, Stacy S. Schuur, Rebecca S. Pugh, Amanda J. Moors, Stephen E. Long, Paul R. Becker
Elevated mercury concentrations ([Hg]) were found in Alaskan seabird eggs (Uria spp.) from the coastal embayment of Norton Sound relative to insular colonies in the northern Bering Sea. Stable isotopes of Hg, carbon (C), and nitrogen (N) were measured in

Regional, Temporal, and Species Patterns of Mercury in Alaskan Seabird Eggs: Mercury Sources and Cycling or Food Web Effects?

March 4, 2012
Author(s)
Russell D. Day, David G. Roseneau, Stacy S. Schuur, Keith A. Hobson, O.F.X Donard, Rebecca S. Pugh, Amanda J. Moors, Paul R. Becker
Mercury concentration ([Hg]), δ15N, and δ13C were measured in eggs from common murres (Uria aalge), thick-billed murres (U. lomvia), glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus), and glaucous-winged gulls (L. glaucescens) collected throughout Alaska from 1999 to

Geographic Differences in Organic Contaminants and Stable Isotopes (d13C, d15N) in Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) Eggs from Alaska

March 9, 2011
Author(s)
Stacy S. Schuur, Russell D. Day, Paul R. Becker, Rebecca S. Pugh, Michael B. Ellisor, Keith A. Hobson, David G. Roseneau
Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) eggs were collected from four Alaskan colonies in 2002. The contents were analyzed for organic contaminants and carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotopes. Contaminant concentrations in eggs varied from below

Methylmercury photodegradation influenced by sea ice cover in Arctic marine ecosystems

January 16, 2011
Author(s)
David Point, J E. Sonke, Russell D. Day, David G. Roseneau, Keith A. Hobson, Stacy Schuur, Amanda Moors, Rebecca Pugh, Olivier F. Donard, Paul R. Becker
Despite two decades of research on mercury in northern environments, we do not fully understand the high levels of this pollutant in Arctic Biota. The presumption that global anthropogenic mercury emissions and Arctic atmospheric mercury depletion events

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Project Overview, and Updated Protocols for Collecting and Banking Seabird Eggs

July 29, 2010
Author(s)
Lauren B. Rust, Rebecca S. Pugh, Amanda J. Moors, Stacy S. Schuur, David G. Roseneau, Paul R. Becker
The Seabird Tissue and Archival Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a collaborative effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to

Monitoring Organic contaminants in Eggs of Alaskan Glaucous & Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus hyperboreous & L. glaucescens)

April 7, 2009
Author(s)
Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Michael B. Ellisor, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau
Gull eggs have been used to monitor contaminants in many parts of the world. The Seabird Tissue Archival & Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a long-term program designed to track trends in pollutants in northern marine environments using seabird eggs. Glaucous