Moira A. McKernan

USGS -Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Beltsville Laboratory

c/o BARC-East, Building 308

10300 Baltimore Avenue

Beltsville, MD 20705

Participates in the development, design, conduct, and analysis of research investigations that evaluate environmental contaminant exposure and effects in biota.  Compile and code data for the Contaminant Exposure and Effects-Terrestrial Vertebrates Database (CEE-TV).

M.S., Southern Illinois University, 2002 – Zoology
B.A., State University of New York at Potsdam, 1999 – Biology major, Chemistry minor

MEES Colloquium Poster Award.  2007

Scholarship, Chesapeake-Potomac SETAC.  2007

Student Travel Grant, Chesapeake-Potomac SETAC.  2007

Student Poster Award, Chesapeake-Potomac SETAC.  2007

Student Poster Award, Ozark-Prairie SETAC meeting.  2001

SETAC Student Travel Grant.  2001

Toxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants to avian embryos

Applying a bioassessment and monitoring framework for public lands and trust resources in coastal and estuarine habitats of the United States

Publications/Products: 

McKernan, M.A., B.A. Rattner, R.C. Hale, M.A. Ottinger.  2007.  Egg orientation affects toxicity of air cell administered polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl) in chicken (Gallus gallus) embryos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:2724-2727.

Quinn, M.J., M.A. McKernan, E.T. Lavoie, M.A. Ottinger.  2007.  Immunotoxicity of Trenbolone Acetate in Japanese Quail.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A.70:88-93.

B.A. Rattner, M.A. McKernan, K.M. Eisenreich, W.A. Link, G. Olsen, D.J. Hoffman, K.A. Knowles, P.C. McGowan.  2006.  Toxicity and Hazard of Vanadium to Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and Canada Geese (Branta canadensis).  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A. 69:331-351.

B.A. Rattner, K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, M.A. McKernan, R.L. Hothem, T.W. Custer.  2005.  Retrospective Ecotoxicological Data and Information Needs for Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in Coastal Habitat of the United States.  Archives of Environmental Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.  49:247-265.

McKernan, M.A., 2002.  Starlings as ecological monitors of the West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area/DOE Paducah Plant Complex.  M.S. Thesis.  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.