U.S.G.S. Research Fishery Biologist - Aquatic Toxicology
Adria A. Elskus December 2008
ADRIA A. ELSKUS, Ph.D.
U.S.G.S. Research Fishery Biologist - Aquatic Toxicology
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Cooperating Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
U.S. Geological Survey, Maine Field Office
Department of Biological SciencesPH: 207/581-2579
5751 Murray HallFX: 207/581-2537
University of
Orono, ME 04469-5751
Research Interests: The fate and effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems, particularly effects on reproduction, adaptation to environmental contaminants, and the effects of multiple stressors on survival, reproduction and physiological processes in fish.
EDUCATION
1992Ph.D. Biology, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA
(advisor: J.J. Stegeman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
1985M.S. Biological Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI (advisors: A. Sastry, URI/GSO; J.J. Stegeman, WHOI)
1978A.B. Biochemistry, magna cum laude, Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley, MA
RESEARCH TRAINING
1992-94NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (mentor: Neena B. Schwartz)
1978 (sum)Vertebrate Immunology Intern, The Jackson Lab, Bar Harbor, ME
1977 (sum)Invertebrate Toxicology Intern, Chesapeake Biol. Lab, Solomons Is., MD
1976 (sum)Vertebrate Toxicology Intern, Chesapeake Biol. Lab, Solomons Is., MD
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2004-presentFishery Research Biologist/Toxicologist, USGS, Maine Field Office of the S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory; Assoc Prof, Biological Sciences, Cooperating Assoc. Prof., School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2004-presentAdjunct Professor, Dept of Biology, Adjunct ProfessorGraduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
1994-2003 Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
1999-2004Assistant Professor Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky
1997 (Aug)Visiting Professor, F.T. Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Put-in-Bay, OH
1982-86Organic Chemist, U.S. Environ. Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI
1980-82Invertebrate Toxicologist, U.S. EPA, Narragansett, RI
1978-80Environmental Consultant/Chemist, Energy Resources Co. (ERCO), Cambridge, MA
Technical Expertise
Molecular biology - nucleic acid purification, Northern and slot blots, in situ hybridization, RT-PCR
Enzymology - spectrophotometry & fluorometry, gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, HPLC, IHC
Hormone regulation - in vitro perifusion, radioimmunoassay, in situ hybridization
Organic Chemistry - PAH, PCB, pesticide analysis (GC-FID, GC-ECD)
Animal Care -surgery, aquaculture, dosing
GRANTS
FY08. National Science Foundation. 2008/2012 'Research Coordination Network: Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network'. PIs: David Hart, Karen Wilson, Peter Vaux, Adria A. Elskus. $491,975.
FY08. Maine Water Resources Research Institute Grant USGS 104b. 2008/9. 'Development of a non-lethal biomarker of contaminant exposure for threatened and endangered species.' R. Van Beneden (PI), A.A. Elskus (I wrote the proposal but can not be PI because of my USGS status), L.B. Perkins. $66,958.
FY08. USGS 2007. 'Assessment of environmental conditions on the Penobscot River prior to dam removal'. T. Huntington, C. Culbertson, R. Dudley, W. Barnhardt, A. Elskus, A. Haro.
$8,176 to A. Elskus, Maine Field Office.
USGS 104b Program.2007/8. 'A Novel Approach to Assessing Multiple Stressor Effects in Maine Fishes' R. Van Beneden (PI), A.A. Elskus, F. Drummond, L.B. Perkins. $72,326.
Surface Water Ambient Toxics (SWAT) Program, Maine Department of Environmental Protection. 2006/7. ' A pilot study to assess the sub-lethal effects on fish of current-use and proposed-use Maine blueberry pesticides' A.A. Elskus (PI). $4,970.
Maine Outdoor Heritage Foundation. 2005/6. ‘Examination of mercury contamination in northern two-lined salamanders and sculpin inhabiting watersheds in coastal Maine.’ C. Loftin (PI), J. Zydlewski, A.A. Elskus. $20,249.
USGS 104b Program. 2005/6. ‘A pilot study to evaluate the potential for river water toxicity to increase following dam removal’. G. Mayer (PI), A.A. Elskus, R. Van Beneden, C. Kim, L. LeBlanc, L.B. Perkins. $96,041.
USFWS Region 5. FY06 Environmental Contaminants Program Off-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity.2005/6. ‘Evaluating contaminant body burdens and biomarkers in brown trout and brook trout in two Maine rivers as surrogates for Atlantic salmon’. S. Mierzykowski, A. A. Elskus, J. Trial. $28,000.
USGS 104b Program, Kentucky Water Resources & Research Institute. 2004/5. 'Linking chemical tolerance to reproductive resilience: CYP1A1 as a metric for predicting fish species distributions in chemically impacted habitats.' A.A. Elskus (PI) $20,267.
US EPA STAR. 2000-STAR-K2. 2001-2006. ‘Polyhalogenated diphenyl ethers: an emerging environmental threat?’ G. Ludewig (PI), B. Palmer, A.A. Elskus. $372,255.
US EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR). 2000-STAR-Q1. 2001-2004. ‘Models and mechanisms: understanding multiple stressor effects on an amphibian population’. B. Palmer (PI), A.A. Elskus, A. Sih, P. Crowley, B. Shepherd. $522,832.
NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Award for Minority Students 2000–2004. ‘Molecular mechanisms of resistance in vertebrates’. Xabier Arzuaga, PI; AA Elskus, sponsor. $100,540 F31 ES05942-01.
USGS 104b Program. Kentucky Water Resources & Research Institute. 2003/4. ‘Biochemical and hormonal effects of incomplete site remediation: evaluating resident fish species’. A.A. Elskus(PI). $18,636.
USGS 104b Program. Kentucky Water Resources & Research Institute. 2002. ‘Evaluating site remediation success using a sensitive biochemical indicator in fish’. A.A. Elskus(PI). $17,395.
UK Research Committee Grant 2002/3. A.A. Elskus 'Hormone-pollutant interactions' $4,899.
NY Sea Grant. 2000-2002 Estrogenicity of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Effluents: Vitellogenic and Estrogen Receptor Responses in Striped Bass; A.A. Elskus Co-PI, $239,151.
Hudson River Foundation Grant, 1999-2001 Sediment Toxicity Testing with Ampelisca abdita: Evaluating the Identity of Responsible Organic Contaminants using Critical Body Residue and Reverse-TIE; A.A. Elskus Co-PI. $208,424.
Hudson River Foundation Grant, 1997-99. Compound Class Specific Evaluation of Toxicity of the Bioavailable Fraction of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants from Sediments in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. A.E. McElroy and A.A. Elskus. $181,282.
Hudson River Foundation Grant, 1994-96. Reproductive Effects of Contaminant Mixtures on Resident Fish in the Lower Hudson River Estuary and Newark Bay. A.A. Elskus Co-PI $181,297.
National Research Service Award/NICHD, 1992-94 ‘Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Control of Luteinizing Hormone Response to Gonadectomy.’ A.A. Elskus(PI).
Sigma Xi Grant, 1983. Use of the MFO system to monitor pollutant stress in Mytilus edulis populations in Narragansett Bay. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. A.A. Elskus (PI) $1000.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed papers
27. Holliday, D.K., Elskus, A.A., Roosenburg, W.M. (2009) Impacts of multiple stressors on growth and metabolic rate of Malaclemys terrapin. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28 (2); in press.
26. Holliday, D.K., Roosenburg, W.M., Elskus, A.A. (2008) Spatial variation in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in eggs of diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, from the Patuxent River, Maryland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 80(2):119-122.
25. Arzuaga, X., Wassenburg, D., Di Giulio, R., Elskus, A.A. (2006) The chlorinated AHR ligand 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) production during embryonic development in the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Aquatic Toxicology 76(1):13-23.
24. Wheelock, C.E., Eder, K., Werner, I., Huang, H., Jones, P.D., Brammell, B.F., Elskus, A.A., Hammock, B.D. (2005) Individual variability in esterase activity and CYP1A levels in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) exposed to esfenvalerate and chlorpyrifos. Aquatic Toxicology74:172-192.
23. Brammell, B.F., Price, D.J., Birge, W.J., Elskus, A.A. (2004) Apparent lack of CYP1A1 response to high PCB body burdens in fish from a chronically contaminated PCB site. Marine Environmental Research58: 251-255
22.Elskus, A.A. (2004) Estradiol and estriol suppress CYP1A1 expression in rainbow trout hepatocytes. Marine Environmental Research 58:463-467.
21. Arzuaga, X., Calcaño, W., and Elskus, A.A. (2004) The DNA de-methylating agent 5-azacytidine does not restore CYP1A1 induction in PCB resistant Newark Bay killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Marine Environmental Research 58: 517-520.
20. Rohr, J.R., Elskus, A.A., Shepherd, B.S., Crowley, P.H., McCarthy, T.M., Niedzwiecki, J.H., Sager, T., Sih, A. and Palmer, B.D. (2004) Multiple stressors and streamside salamanders: Effects of the herbicide atrazine and food limitation. Ecological Applications14 (4):1028-1040.
19. McArdle, M.E., McElroy, A.E and Elskus, A.A. (2004) CYP1A, CYP3A and estradiol 2-hydroxylase in fish exposed to organic pollutants and sewage effluent. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23(4):953-959.
18. Rohr, J.R., Elskus, A.A., Shepherd, B.S., Crowley, P.H., McCarthy, T.M., Niedzwiecki, J.H., Sih, A. and Palmer, B.D. (2003). Lethal and sublethal effects of atrazine, carbaryl, endosulfan, and octylphenol on the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22(10): 2385-2392.
17. Monosson, E, Ashley, J.T.F, McElroy, A.E., Woltering, D. and. Elskus, A.A., (2003). PCB congener distributions in muscle, liver and gonad of Fundulus heteroclitus from the lower Hudson River Estuary and Newark Bay. Chemosphere52:777-787.
16. Arzuaga, X. and Elskus, A.A. (2002) Evidence for resistance to benzo[a]pyrene and 3,4,3’4’-tetrachlorobiphenyl in a chronically polluted Fundulus heteroclitus population. Marine Environmental Research 54:247-251.
15. Todorov, J.R., Elskus, A.A., Schlenk, D., Ferguson, P.L. Brownawell, B.J. and McElroy, A.E. (2002) Estrogenic responses of larval sunshine bass (Morone saxatilis x M. chrysops) exposed to New York City sewage effluent. Marine Environmental Research54: 691-695.
14. Fay, A.A., Brownawell, B., Elskus, A.A., and McElroy, A.E. (2000) Critical body residues in Ampleisca abdita: sediment exposures to organic contaminants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19 (4):1028-1035.
13. McArdle, M., Elskus, A., McElroy, A, Larsen, B., Benson, W. and Schlenk, D. (2000) Estrogenic and CYP1A1 response of mummichogs and sunshine bass to sewage effluent. Marine Environmental Research 50(1-5):175-180.
12.Elskus, A.A., Monosson, E., McElroy, A.E., Stegeman, J.J. and Woltering, D.S. (1999) Altered CYP1A1 expression in Fundulus heteroclitus adults and larvae: a sign of pollutant resistance? Aquatic Toxicology 45:99-113.
11. Ackland, J.F., Knox, K.L., Elskus, A.A., Fallest, P.C., Hiatt, E.S. and Schwartz, N.B. (1995) Use of an in vitro perifusion system to study the effects of pulsatile hormone administration on the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. InMethods in Neuroscience, Academic Press, New York.
10. Elskus, A.A., Phelps, A.F. and Schwartz, N.B. (1995) Acute sex differences in serum LH levels in gonadectomized rats: Investigation of pituitary response to GnRH pulse frequency and prolactin secretion as etiological agents. Neuroendocrinology 61, 301-309.
9. Elskus, A.A., and Schwartz, N.B. (1995) Pituitary and hypothalamic regulation of sex differences in serum-luteinizing hormone levels in gonadectomized rats: In vitro perifusion studies. Recent Progress in Hormone Research 50, 397-401.
8. Elskus, A.A., Stegeman, J.J., Gooch, J.W., Black, D.E. and Pruell, R.J. (1994) Polychlorinated biphenyl congener distributions in winter flounder as related to gender, spawning site, and congener metabolism. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28, 401-407.
7. Elskus, A.A., Pruell, R.J. and Stegeman, J.J. (1992) Endogenously-mediated, pretranslational suppression of cytochrome P450IA expression in PCB-contaminated flounder. Mar. Environ. Res. 34, 97-101.
6. Elskus, A.A., Stegeman, J.J., Susani, L.S., Black, D., Pruell, R.J. and Fluck, S.J. (1989). Polychlorinated biphenyls concentration and cytochrome P-450E expression in winter flounder from contaminated environments. Mar. Environ. Res. 28, 25-30.
5. Elskus, A.A. and Stegeman, J.J. (1989) Further consideration of phenobarbital effects on cytochrome P450 activity in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 92C, 223-30.
4. Elskus, A.A. and Stegeman, J.J. (1989) Induced cytochrome P-450 in Fundulus heteroclitus associated with environmental contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Mar. Environ. Res. 27, 31-50.
3. Gooch, J.W., Elskus, A.A., Kloepper-Sams, P.J., Hahn, M.E. and Stegeman, J.J. (1989) Effects of ortho- and non-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyl congeners on the hepatic monooxygenase system in scup (Stenotomus chrysops). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmac. 98, 422-433.
2. Boehm, P.D., Barak, J., Fiest, D.L., and Elskus, A.A. (1982) A chemical investigation of the transport and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in littoral and benthic environments: The Tsesis oil spill. Mar. Environ. Res. 6, 157-188.
1. Boehm, P.D., Fiest, D.L. and Elskus, A.A. (1979) Comparative weathering patterns of hydrocarbons from the Amoco Cadiz oil spill observed at a variety of coastal environments. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Amoco Cadiz: Fates and Effects of the Oil Spill. Brest, France, November 19-22, 1979.
Guest Editor
Twenty (20) Guest Editors (of which I am one); J. Widdows and S. Luoma, Editors Marine Environmental Research SPECIAL ISSUE: Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 12) 2004, Volume 58 (2-5), 859 pp.
M. Faisal, A.A. Elskus, R.C. Hale, and S.M. McLaughlin, Guest Editors; J. Widdows and S. Luoma, Editors Marine Environmental Research SPECIAL ISSUE: Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 10) 2000, Volume 50(1-5), 592 pp.
Highlights, Books, Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Reports, Trade Journals
19. Elskus, A.A., 2007, Pilot study of sublethal effects on fish of pesticides currently used and proposed for use on Maine blueberries: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1110. April 2007. 10 pp.
18. B.S. Arter and B. Snapp. Pleasant River Water Quality Monitoring Plan: A Guide for Coordinated Water Quality Monitoring Efforts in an Atlantic Salmon Watershed in Maine. April 2007. 102 pp. I provided written text on indices of biological integrity and on multiple stressor effects on salmon with regard to conditions in Down East Maine salmon rivers.
17. Gabriele Ludewig (PI), Adria Elskus (Co-I), Brent Palmer (Co-I), andLarry W. Robertson (Co-I). Polyhalogenated Diphenyl Ethers – An Emerging Environmental Threat? Final Progress Report for EPA Agreement # RD - 82902102 - 0. November 2006. 22 pp.
16. B.S. Arter and B. Snapp. Narraguagus River Water Quality Monitoring Plan: A Guide for Coordinated Water Quality Monitoring Efforts in an Atlantic Salmon Watershed in Maine. A.A. Elskus provided text on blueberry pesticide toxicity with regard to water quality in general, and Atlantic salmon in particular. January 2006. 96 pp.
15. Elskus, A.A., Lawrence LeBlanc, Gregory Mayer, Carol Kim, Rebecca van Beneden and L. Brian Perkins. (2006) A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Potential for River Water Toxicity to Increase Following Dam Removal. FINAL REPORT. To: The George Mitchell Center for the Environment, Maine Water Resources and Research Institute. USGS104b Grant 01HQGR0083. National Institute of Water Resources Project No. 2005ME43B . June 2006. 40 pp.
14. Elskus, A.A., LeBlanc, L.A., Kim, C., Van Beneden, R., Mayer, G. (2006) Studying toxicity: The effects of dam removal. International Water Power and Dam Construction March 2006: 30-32.
13. Elskus, A.A. (2005) Toxicological Highlight: The implications of low-affinity AhR for TCDD insensitivity in frogs. Toxicological Sciences88(1):1-3.
12. Elskus, A.A. (2005). Review of: A.J. Lawrence and K.L. Hemingway (eds.), Effects of Pollution on Fish: Molecular Effects and Population Responses. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003. 342 pp. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries14(2):295-6.
11. Elskus, A.A., Collier, T.K., Monosson, E. (2005) Chapter 4. Interactions between lipids and persistent organic pollutants in fish. In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes, Volume 6. Environmental Toxicology. T.P. Mommsen and T.W. Moon, Eds. Elsevier Science, St. Louis. pp. 119-152.
10. Elskus, A.A. Evaluating site remediation success using a sensitive biochemical indicator in fish. USGS 104b Program Grant FINAL REPORT April 2003.
9. National Research Council (2002) A Century of Ecosystem Science: Planning Long-Term Research for the Gulf of Alaska. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (one of 12 authors)
8. Shepherd, B.S., Drennon, K., Brammell, B.F. and Elskus, A.A. (2002) Effects of Aroclor 1254 on endocrine physiology in the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). In Endocrine Disruptors: Mechanisms and Impacts. M. Vijayan, A. Hontel and D. Mackinlay eds. pp 63-68.
7. Elskus, A.A. (2001) Toxicant resistance in wildlife: fish populations. In PCB: recent advances in environmental toxicology and health effects. L.W. Robertson and L.G. Hansen, Editors. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 273-276.
6. National Research Council (2001) The Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring Program: First steps towards a long-term research and monitoring plan. Interim Report, February 2001. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 45. (one of 12 authors)
5. McElroy, A. E., Elskus, A. A., and Fay, A. A. (2000) New approaches for toxicity identification evaluation of hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediments. In Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Recent Achievements in Environmental Fate and Transport: Ninth Volume: ASTM STP 1381, F. T. Price. K. V. Brix, and N. K. Lane, Eds,. American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA pp. 239-255.
4. McArdle, M., McElroy, A.E. and Elskus, A.A. (1999). Estrogenic potential of organic contaminants in New York Harbor. Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program REPORT June 1999.
3. McElroy, A.E., Elskus, A.A. and Monosson, E. (1997) Reproductive effects of contaminant mixtures on resident fish in the lower Hudson River Estuary and Newark Bay. FINAL REPORT, Hudson River Foundation, January 1997.
2. Boehm, P.D., Fiest, D.L. and Elskus, A.A. (1979) Petroleum hydrocarbon analysis of fish collected in the vicinity of the Argo Merchant oil spill - April to October, 1977. Final Report, NOAA Contract NA 79-FAC-00015, National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett, RI.
1. Boehm, P.D., Fiest, D.L., and Elskus, A.A. (1979) Organic chemical measurements, Dredged Material Tracking Experiment. Final Report, NOAA Contract NA-RAA-03401-NOAA/MESA, Stony Brook, NY.
Academic Theses, Dissertations
Elskus, A.A. (1985). An Investigation of the Inducibility of the Mixed Function Oxidase (MFO) Enzyme System in the Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. University of Rhode Island, Master of Science in Oceanography, 65pp.
Elskus, A.A.(1992). Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Effects, PCB Congener Distributions, and Cytochrome P450 Regulation in Fish. Boston University, Doctor of Philosophy, 332pp.
Invited Presentations
Elskus, A.A. ‘Multiple stressor effects in early life stage Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): blueberry pesticides, acid, aluminum’ 34th Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society, Atlantic International Chapter. Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sept 2008.
Elskus, A.A. 'Multiple stressor effects in early life stage fish'. NOAA-Fisheries/Maine Sea Grant workshop Investigation of Nearshore Migration of Atlantic Salmon in the Gulf of Maine Region. July 22-23, 2008, Portland, Maine.
Elskus, A.A. 'Contaminant Assessment of Brook Trout from Two DPS Rivers'. Salmon Agency Staff Meeting. Eddington, ME. December 19, 2006.
Elskus, A.A. ‘Multiple Stressors & IBI: what are they and why do they matter?’ Pleasant River Water Quality Monitoring Planning Meeting. BSA Associates, Bangor, ME. . March 15, 2006.
Elskus, A.A. 'USGS Maine Field Office – Toxicology Plans.' Salmon Agency Staff Meeting. Eddington, ME. December 15, 2005.
Elskus, A.A. ‘Do contaminants in hatchery salmon compromise performance?’ US Atlantic Salmon Assessment Committee. Woods Hole, MA. March 28, 2005.
Elskus, A.A. ' Potential Effects of Blueberry Pesticides on Atlantic Salmon Populations’
Agricultural Trade Show, Blueberry grower recertification training. Augusta, ME. January 23, 2005.
Elskus, A.A. ‘Potential Effects of Blueberry Pesticides on Atlantic Salmon Populations’ Downeast Watershed Council Monthly Meeting. March 23, 2005.
Elskus, A.A. ‘Potential Effects of Blueberry Pesticides on Atlantic Salmon Populations’
The wild blueberry grower spring meetings put on by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Ellsworth, ME. March 16, 17 2005.
Elskus, A. A. 'Pollutant induction of early life stage deformities in fish'. 30th Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society, Atlantic International Chapter. Fairlee, VT Sept 19-21, 2004.
Elskus, A.A. (2004) Developing resistance to aquatic contaminants: what is it, how do fish do it, and what are the consequences? University of Maine, Orono. Feb 2004.
Elskus, A.A. (2004) Developing resistance to aquatic contaminants: what is it, how do fish do it, and what are the consequences? Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Jan 2004.
Elskus, A.A. (2003) Developing resistance to aquatic contaminants: what is it, how do fish do it, and what are the consequences? USGS Water Resources Division, Sacramento, CA. Nov 2003.
Arzuaga, X. and Elskus, A.A. (2001) Assessment of crossresistance to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs), and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a HAH resistant Fundulusheteroclitus population. 11th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO); 10- 13 July 2001 Plymouth, England.
Elskus, A.A. and Arzuaga, X. (2000) Molecular mechanisms of toxicant resistance. Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 21st Annual Meeting. 12-16 November 2000, Nashville, TN.
Elskus, A.A. (2000) Genotoxic repercussions of hormonally-mediated CYP1A1 suppression: the effects of estradiol on DNA adduct formation. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21st Annual Meeting. 12-16 November 2000, Nashville, TN.
GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Major Professor
PhD
Dianne KopecCandidate, Biological Sciences, (co-advisor w/ R. Van Beneden), UMaine
Crista StraubBiological Sciences, UMaine, withdrew 2008
Ben Brammell Completed, Biology, University of Kentucky (UK), 2005
Xabier Arzuaga Completed, Graduate Center for Toxicology (GCT), UK, 2004
MS
Jennifer MeyersCandidate, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
Kamalika Saha Completed, Biology, UK, 2003
Committee Member
Barry MowerPhD candidate, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
Lucner CharlestraPhD candidate, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine
David Price Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2007
Tyler Sager Ph.D. candidate, Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, ABD 2007
Lauren CrawfordM.S., School of Marine Sciences, UMaine 2005
Eleana HarmelM.S., Biology, UK 2004
Tony DeLucaM.S. Entomology & GCT, UK 2003
John Zielinski M.S. Marine Sciences, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC), SUNY Stony Brook, 2001
Margaret McArdleM.S. Marine Sciences, MSRC/SUNY Stony Brook, 1999
Amanda Fay M.S. Marine Sciences, MSRC/SUNY Stony Brook, 1999