Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center scientists are currently conducting research on a wide variety of scientific topics. To view and search Patuxent's projects and other work by USGS staff, click on the following link: Research Topics.
Biomonitoring
of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) - Patuxent participates in this
national program designed to measure and assess the responses of organisms,
populations and communities to contaminants.
Annotated
Bibliography of Petroleum Pollution (select Petroleum database)- fully
searchable database providing information on petroleum crude oil and related
compounds on wildlife or PDF
Format
Wildlife & Contaminants Online - gateway page for the following:
Contaminant Exposure and Effects-Terrestrial Vertebrates database - searchable database containing over 17,000 geo-referenced data records describing contaminant exposure and effects in free-ranging terrestrial vertebrates in coastal and estuarine habitat in the United States
Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in Estuaries - summary of useful information in selecting sentinels for contaminant monitoring projects
Utility and Vulnerability Ranking Programs for Terrestrial Vertebrates - indices that rank terrestrial vertebrates for their utility in biomonitoring and susceptibility to the persistent organic pollutants, cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides, petroleum crude oil, mercury, and lead shot
Tools for Teachers - Tools for Teachers introduces high school students to biological research methods with an emphasis in ecotoxicology
Contaminant
Hazard Reviews On-Line - authoritative review of the hazards of 35 contaminants
or contaminants classes on invertebrates, fish and wildlife
Declining,
Threatened, and Endangered Species Database - Species Decline: Contaminants
as a Contributing Factor Database
Pollution and Contaminants Contributing to Species Decline as Outlined in Species Recovery Plans - This database lists and ranks the effects of environmental contaminants and pollutants contributing to threatened and endangered species decline
Amphibian
Ecotoxicological Science Projects
Mercury
Pollution Science Projects
Natural
Resources Damage Assessments Science Projects
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