CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
Name: Thomas W. La Point
Date of Birth: August 11, 1949
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Weight: 190 lbs |
Marital Status: Married |
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Height: Six feet |
Children: None |
Health: Excellent
Address: University of North Texas
Institute of Applied Sciences
1704 West Mulberry
Denton, Texas 76203-0559
Phone: 940-369-7776 FAX : 940-565-4297 Email: lapoint@unt.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Aquatic Biology from Idaho State University in May, 1980. Minor: Geology.
M.S. in Population Biology from the University of Houston, TX in August, 1975. Minor: Statistics and Mathematics.
B.S. in Zoology and Physiology from the University of Wyoming in May, 1971.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS)
American Limnology and Oceanography Society (ASLO)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
North American Benthological Society (NABS)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor and Senior Scientist, Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. January 1, 1999 to present.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Leader, Aquatic Toxicology Section, The Institute of Environmental & Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. September 1997 to Dec 1998.
Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology and Leader, Aquatic Toxicology Section, The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. May 1997 to August 31, 1997.
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology and Leader, Aquatic Toxicology Section, Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. September 1991 to April, 1997.
Assistant Chief Biologist, National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center (NFCRC), Columbia, MO. May 1988 to August 1991.
Ecotoxicology Branch Leader, NFCRC, Columbia, MO. October 1987 to April 1988.
Ecology Section Leader, NFCRC, Columbia, MO. September 1985 to September 1987.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. September 1983 to August 1985.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV. January 1982 to August 1983.
PUBLICATION RECORD
Refereed Journal Publications
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1978 |
Cameron GN and TW La Point. Effects of tannins on the decomposition of Chinese Tallow leaves by terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. Oecologia 32:349-366 |
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1982 |
Minshall GW, JT Brock & TW La Point. Characterization and dynamics of benthic organic matter and invertebrate functional feeding group relationships in the upper Salmon River, Idaho. Internationale Revue gesampten Hydrobiologie 67:793-820 |
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1984 |
La Point TW , SM Melancon & MK Morris. Relationships among observed metal concentrations, criteria values, and benthic community structural responses in 15 streams. Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation 56:1030-1038. |
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1986 |
Crossey LJ, ES Hagen, TW La Point & RC Surdam. Correlation of organic parameters derived from elemental analysis and programmed pyrolysis of kerogen. Pages 35-45 in DL Gautier (ed.). Roles of Organic Matter in Sediment Diagenesis. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 38. |
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1988 |
Crossey MJ & TW La Point. A comparison of periphyton community structural and functional responses to heavy metals. Hydrobiologia 162:109-121. |
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1988 |
Mount DR, CG Ingersoll, DD Gulley, JD Fernandez, TW La Point & HL Bergman. Effect of long-term exposure to acid, aluminum, and low calcium on adult brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 1. Survival, growth, fecundity, and progeny survival. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:1623-1632. |
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1989 |
Besser JM, Huckins JN, Little EE & TW La Point. Distribution and bioaccumulation of selenium in aquatic microcosms. Environmental Pollution 62:1-12. |
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1989 |
Ingersoll CG, DR Mount, DD Gulley, TW La Point & HL Bergman. The effects of pH, aluminum, and calcium on survival and growth of eggs and fry of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:1580-1592. |
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1989 |
La Point TW & JA Perry. The use of experimental ecosystems in regulatory decision making. Environmental Management 13:539-544. |
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1991 |
Steadman BL, WA Stubblefield, TW La Point, HLBergman & MS Kaiser. Decreased survival of rainbow trout exposed to No. 2 fuel oil caused by sublethal preexposure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 10:355-363. |
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1992 |
Crossland NO & TW La Point. The design of mesocosm experiments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11:1-4. |
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1992 |
Fairchild JF, TW La Point, JL Zajicek, MN Nelson & FJ Dwyer. Population, community, and ecosystem-level responses of aquatic mesocosms to pulsed doses of a pyrethroid insecticide. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11:115-129. |
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1993 |
Besser JM, Canfield TJ & TW La Point. Bioaccumulation of organic and inorganic selenium in a laboratory food chain. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12:57-72. |
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1993 |
Fairchild JF, FJ Dwyer, TW La Point, SA Burch & CG Ingersoll. 1993. Evaluation of a laboratory-generated NOEC for linear alkylbenzene sulphonate in outdoor experimental streams. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12:1763-1775. |
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1993 |
La Point TW Aquatic hazard assessment of surfactants: How much information is needed to judge environmental safety? Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12:1749. |
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1994 |
Fairchild JF, TW La Point & T Schwartz. Effects of an herbicide and insecticide mixture in aquatic mesocosms. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 27:527-533. |
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1994 |
Hooper MJ & TW La Point. Contaminant effects in the environment: Their use in waste site assessment. Central European Journal of Public Health, Supplement: 65-69. |
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1995 |
Materna EJ, CF Rabeni & TW La Point. Effects of the synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, esfenvalerate, on larval leopard frogs (Rana sp.). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14:613-622. |
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1995 |
Camargo JA & TW La Point. Fluoride toxicity to aquatic life: A proposal of safe concentrations for five species of palearctic freshwater invertebrates. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 29:159-163. |
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1996 |
Hall NE, JF Fairchild, TW La Point, PR Heine, DS Ruessler & CG Ingersoll. Problems and recommendations in using algal toxicity testing to evaluate contaminated sediments. Journal of Great Lakes Research 22:545-556. |
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1996 |
Solomon KR, DB Baker, RP Richards, KR Dixon, SJ Klaine, TW La Point, RJ Kendall, CP Weisskopf, JM Giddings, JP Giesy, LW Hall, Jr., & WM Williams. Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in North American surface waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15:31-76. |
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1996 |
Wall SB, JJ Isely & TW La Point. Fish bioturbation of cadmium-contaminated sediments: Factors affecting Cd availability to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15(3):294-298. |
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1996 |
Swift MC, TJ Canfield & TW La Point. Sampling benthic communities for sediment toxicity assessments using grab samplers and artificial substrates. Journal of Great Lakes Research 22:557-564. |
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1997 |
Fornstrom CB, PF Landrum, CP Weisskopf & TW La Point. The effects of terbufos on juvenile red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii: Differential routes of exposure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 16: 2514-2520. |
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1997 |
La Point TW , OD Zhavoronkova & DF Pavlov. Impact of Permethrin on zooplankton in high latitude experimental ponds. In RA Schoettger (ed.), Problems of Aquatic Toxicology, Biotesting and Water Quality Management: Proceedings of a USA-Russia Symposium, Borok, Jaroslavl Oblast, July 1992. Pps. 129-147. |
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1997 |
Karen DJ, DR Ownby, BL Forsythe, TP Bills, TW La Point, GB Cobb & SJ Klaine. Influence of water quality on silver toxicity to rainbow trout (Onchrhynchus mykiss), fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and water fleas (Daphnia magna). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18: 63-70. |
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1997 |
Stubblefield WA, BL Steadman, TW La Point & HL Bergman. Acclimation-induced changes in the toxicity of zinc and cadmium to Rainbow Trout. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18: 2875-2881. |
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2000 |
La Point, TW and WT Waller. Field assessments in conjunction with wet testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19:14-24. |
Book
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1993 |
Gorsuch JW, FJ Dwyer, CI Ingersoll & TW La Point. (eds.) Second Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Aquatic, Plant and Terrestrial. STP 1216. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 730 pp. |
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1996 |
La Point TW , FT Price & EE Little, Jr. (eds.) Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment. STP 1262. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 280 pp. |
Book Chapter
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1986 |
Miller TG, SM Melancon & TW La Point. Use of effluent toxicity tests in predicting the effect of metals on receiving stream invertebrate communities. Pages 265-281 in Bergman, HL, RE Kimerle, & AW Maki (eds.). Environmental Hazard Assessment of Effluents. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY. |
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1989 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Aquatic Surveys. Chapter 8 in W. Warren-Hicks, BR Parkhurst and SS Baker (eds.). Ecological Assessments of Hazardous Waste Sites. USEPA Report, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. EPA 600/3-89/013. |
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1989 |
La Point TW , JF Fairchild, EE Little & SE Finger. Laboratory and field techniques in ecotoxicological research: strength and limitations. Chapter 4. In A Boudou & F Ribeyre (eds.). Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Volume 2. Fundamental Concepts and Methodologies. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL. |
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1992 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Evaluation of Sediment Contaminant Toxicity: The Use of Freshwater Community Structure. Chapter 5. In GA Burton, (ed). Contaminated Sediment Toxicity Assessment. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. p. 87-110. |
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1993 |
Burton GA Jr., TW La Point & C Zarba. Contamination Assessment of sediments in freshwater ecosystems. Pages 171-205 in J Saxena (ed.). Hazard Assessment of Chemicals, Volume 8. Taylor & Francis, NY. |
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1994 |
La Point TW Interpreting the results of agricultural microcosm tests: Linking laboratory and experimental field results to predictions of effect in natural ecosystems. Pages 83-94, in IR Hill, F Heimbach, P Leeuwangh and P Matthiessen (eds.). Freshwater Field Tests for Hazard Assessment of Chemicals. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. |
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1994 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Use of mesocosm data to predict effects in aquatic ecosystems: Limits to interpretation. In RL Graney, JH Kennedy and JH Rodgers, Jr. (eds.) Aquatic Mesocosm Studies in Ecological Risk Assessment. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. pps. 241-255. |
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1995 |
Ellersieck MR & TW La Point. Statistical Analysis, Chapter 10. In G Rand, (ed.), Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology: Effects, Environmental Fate, and Risk Assessment. Taylor & Francis, Washington, DC. pgs. 307-343. |
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1995 |
La Point TW Signs and Measurements of Ecotoxicity in the Aquatic Environment. Pages 13-24, in D. Hoffman, BA Rattner, GA Burton, Jr. and J Cairns, Jr. (eds.). Handbook of Ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. |
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1995 |
ENTOX/TIWET. Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology, Chapter 29. In MO Amdur, J Doull, and CD Klaassen (eds.). Casarett and Doull =s Toxicology, 5th Ed. Pergamon Press, New York. |
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1996 |
La Point TW , MT Barbour, DL Borton, DS Cherry, WH Clements, JM Diamond, DR Grothe, MA Lewis, DK Reed-Judkins & GW Saalfeld. Field Assessments, Chapter 7 in Grothe, DR, KL Dickson and DK Reed-Judkins (eds.). Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing: An Evaluation of Methods and Prediction of Receiving System Impacts. SETAC Press, Pensacola, Fl. |
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1997 |
Pittinger CA, WJ Adams, JJ Dulka, R Fleming, R Kimerle, PA King, TW La Point, T Maciorowski, & G Schiefer. Product Safety Assessment, Chapter 4 in Ingersoll, CG, T Dillon and GR Biddinger (eds.). Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sediments. SETAC Press, Pensacola, Fl. |
Published Proceedings
Ingersoll CG, TW La Point, J Breck & HL Bergman. 1985. An early life stage brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) experiment to determine the effects of pH, calcium and aluminum in low conductivity water. In PJ Rago & RK Schreiber (eds.). Acid Rain and Fisheries: A Debate of Issues. USDI USFWS Biol. Report 80(40.21).
La Point TW 1987. Extrapolating laboratory toxicity data to ecosystem level effects: benefits and limitations. Pages 157-167 in Ecotoxicology for Illinois: Establishing the Research Agenda. ILENR/RE-EH-87/04.
La Point TW, M Simini, JD Florian, Jr, TK Warren, KR Dixon, RS Mellott, RS Wentsel, and RT Checkai. 1994. Standardized Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment for U.S.Army Sites. Volume II: Research and Biomonitoring Methods for the Characterization of Ecological Effects. 250p.
Wentsel RS, RT Checkai TW La Point, M Simini, D Ludwig and LW Brewer. 1994. Procedural Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessments at U.S. Army Sites. Volume I. ERDEC-TR-221. Edgewood Research, Devel. & Engineering Center, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. 101p.
La Point, TW and G Persoone. 2000. Key outcomes of the Workshop on environmental risk assessment methodologies for metals and inorganic metal compounds. ICME Newsletter 7: 7.
Invited Editorials and Book Reviews
La Point TW
1983. Applied and basic research concerns with NABS. NABS Newsletter, July 1983.La Point TW 1993. Aquatic hazard assessment of surfactants: How much information is needed to judge environmental safety? Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12:1749.
La Point TW 1987. Review of Hart, BT (ed.). 1986. Water Quality Management: Freshwater Ecotoxicity in Australia. in Journ. North Amer. Benthol. Soc. 6:144-145.
La Point TW 1996. Russian Institute Studies Aquatic Science. SETAC NEWS 16:13.
La Point TW 1996. Visit of Dr. Elena N. Kuzevanova. SETAC NEWS 16:10-11.
La Point TW 1998. Review of Best, GA, et al. (Eds.). International River Water Quality. Pollution and Restoration. Water, Air and Soil Pollution.
Technical Reports
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1979 |
La Point TW Sediment Load and Its Ramifications Upon the Biota of Rock Creek, Power County, Idaho. Final report to Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare, Pocatello, ID. |
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1983 |
La Point TW , SM Melancon, BP Baldigo, JJ Janik & MK Morris. Investigations of Methods for Water Quality Criteria Assessment: Prickly Pear Creek, MT. Final Report to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E.M.S.L. - Las Vegas, NV. |
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1983 |
La Point TW , M Parker, CA Brewer & M Crossey. Impact of Fire on Recreation Stream Water Quality and Spawning Habitat. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Final Report, Tempe, AZ. |
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1984 |
Boelter A, A Reeve & TW La Point. User's Guide for Wyoming Hazardous Waste Inventory System. Final Report to Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality. |
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1984 |
McNelis DN, DS Barth, M Khare, TW La Point & EA Yfantis. Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Hazardous Waste Sites. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E.M.S.L. - Las Vegas, NV. DER-006(84) |
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1992 |
Ingersoll CG, WG Brumbaugh, AM Farag, TW La Point, DF Woodward. Effects of Metal-Contaminated Sediment, Water, and Diet on Aquatic Organisms; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Final Report to the USEPA Milltown Endangerment Assessment Project, Helena, Montana. USFWS Contract No. 83440-91-035. |
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1992 |
La Point TW Study Site Selection for an Investigation of the Response of Aquatic Populations in Farm Ponds Located Within Corn Agroecosystems Treated with Counter 15G: Drainage Pond Descriptions. Final Report, TIWET Study No. 09116.1 |
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1994 |
Canfield T, TW La Point and M Swift. Assessment of benthic invertebrate community structure. Chapter 7, pps. 131-175, in Final Assessment Document, Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program. U.S. EPA, Great Lakes national Program Office, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-B94-002. |
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1994 |
Cobb GP, MJ Hooper, TW La Point. Bioavailability: A new approach to waste site assessment. Interim report; The Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. 125 pp. |
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1994 |
Fouts AA, BV Thomas, TW La Point and CP Weisskopf. An ecological risk approach to the effects of nutrient loading on a South Carolina golf course. Chapter 8, pps. 157-178, in The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology (eds.) Environmentally Sensitive Techniques in Golf Course Management: a Model Study at the Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, SC. Final Report to the US. Golf Association, Far Hills, New Jersey. |
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1994 |
Klaine SJ & TW La Point. Assessment of Sediment Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of metals by Selected Plant Species in Tim's Branch, Savannah River Site. Draft final report to Westinghouse, Savannah River Site. |
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1994 |
La Point TW and GP Cobb. Toxicity testing of sediments in a Carolina Bay, Savannah River Site (Wildlife Toxicology Technical Support).Final Report, TIWET Project No. 09268.1 |
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1994 |
La Point TW and KR Dixon. Characterization of waste sites at Savannah River Site. Final Report, TIWET Project No. 09268. |
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1996 |
Forsythe BL, SJ Klaine, TW La Point, GP Cobb, MD Wenholz and TD Bills. Influence of water quality parameters on acute silver toxicity to juvenile fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Final Report, The Silver Council. TIWET Project No. 9506.2. |
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1996 |
La Point TW Education & Training for Careers in Environmental Toxicology. Final Report to Department of Defense, DoD Award Number: MDA 905-94-Z-0054. |
Oral Presentations
Invited Seminars
"Use of multiple species bioassays and biomonitoring to determine effects of complex chemical mixtures on aquatic organisms". Presented April 6, 1983, to Standard Oil Company of Ohio, Environmental Laboratory, Warrensville, OH.
"The effects of low pH, calcium and aluminum on early-life-stage brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)". Presented July 2, 1984 to Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
"Variation in stream benthic community structure and function resulting from acid mine wastes". Presented October 2, 1985 to School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
"Mesocosm testing: Biological parameters of use in regulatory pesticide registration". Presented October 16, 1986 to Department of Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
"An overview of selenium research underway at the NFCRC." Presented October 23, 1986 to the San Juan Valley Drainage Program (SJDVP) Workshop members and Advisory Panel in Sacramento, CA.
"The mesocosm approach to regulating the successful registration of pesticides: benefits and limitations." Presented February 26, 1987 to the Entomology Department, Univ.of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
"Ecotoxicological approaches to contaminant effects on aquatic communities: the value of ecosystem studies in pesticide regulation". Presented October 2, 1987 to Ill. Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL.
"Cooperative fisheries and contaminant research between the US and the USSR". Presented October 26, 1988 to the Dept. of Continuing Education, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia.
"Predictability and Complexity in Ecosystems: Testing the Effect of Pesticides on Fish Communities." Presented March 21, 1989 to Memphis State University Biology Department, Memphis, TN.
"Geographic Differences in Ecosystem Response: A Problem for Pesticide Registration?" Presented April 19, 1990 to the USEPA, Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, MN.
"Soviet and American studies on the effects of pesticides in experimental ecosystems." UK Branch meeting of SETAC-Europe, Boughton, Kent, England, July 2 & 3, 1991.
"Value of experimental ecosystems in pesticide regulation." Presented to the Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 24 October 1991.
"Extrapolating effects from microcosms and mesocosms to aquatic ecosystems: linking observed field results to laboratory predictions of effect." Presented to the Institute for Oecotoxicology, University of Aachen, Germany, December 8, 1992.
"Measuring the Risk of Pesticides in Aquatic Environments: The Use of Experimental Aquatic Ecosystems in Determining Hazard." Presented to Solvay-Duphar Agricultural Chemicals Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 11, 1992.
"Application of Ecological Risk to Pesticides." American Cyanamid Company, Princeton, NJ. January 26-28, 1993.
"The Use of Experimental Ponds in Ecotoxicological Assessments: How do Field Tests Reflect Laboratory Toxicity Results?" Presented to Chapala Ecological Field Station, National Commission of Water, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. May 13, 1993.
"Contaminants, pesticides and the public: Understanding how chemicals are used and how they get into the environment." Presented to the Garden Club of South Carolina, Environmental Course, October 10-12, 1994; Hickory Knob State Park, SC.
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Understanding the role of educators in explaining to US citizens the use and misuse of pesticides.@ Presented to the staff of the Institute for Biology of Inland Waters (IBIW), Borok, Russia. July 6, 1995.A
Population responses to pesticide exposure in aquatic ecosystems: Linking field results to laboratory predictions of effect@. Invited paper; Sixth International Conference on the Conservation and Management of Lakes, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, Japan. October 24, 1995.A
Water in the Environment: What is it? How does it influence life? And how do pollutants get in it?@ Lecture presented to the Annual Meeting (SierraFest) of the SC Sierra Club, September 28, 1996.A
Linking economics & environmental health: Contaminant effects on fisheries in the Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River, Russia.@ Presented to the Colloquium on Life Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. October 23, 1996.A
Economics & environmental health: Contaminant effects on fisheries in the Volga River, Russia.@ Presented to the Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, October 15, 1997."Pesticide renewal issues for gossypol." Invited talk for the National Cottonseed Products Assoc., UNT, September 30, 1999.
"TCE Bioremediation processes: Effects on Decomposer Invertebrates" Invited seminar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. October 8, 1999.
"Understanding chemical contaminants as a component of disaster reduction." Invited speaker, UNT World Disaster Reduction Day, Oct 13, 1999.
Technical Society Presentations
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1975 |
La Point TW The effects of tannins on aquatic reducers in ephemeral ponds. Texas Acad. of Science, Huntsville, TX. |
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1979 |
La Point TW Use of Cartesian Diver microrespirometry to measure the ciliate component of benthic respiration in a mountain stream, Mink Creek, ID. North Amer. Benthological Soc., Erie, PA. |
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1981 |
La Point TW Regression models of aspen leaf decomposition in a mountain stream and inter-relationships between temperature, discharge, and microbial numbers. North Amer. Benthological Soc., Provo, UT. |
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1983 |
La Point TW, SM Melancon & BP Baldigo. Benthic community structural responses and on-site vertebrate bioassay results or elevated metal concentrations in Prickly Pear Creek, MT, 1980-82. Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., Arlington, VA. |
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1983 |
La Point TW & GW Minshall. Fire effects on the benthos of a pristine riverine ecosystem, Middle Fork of the Salmon River, ID. Ecol. Soc. of Amer., Fargo, ND. |
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1984 |
Crossey MJ & TW La Point. Functional response of aufwuchs to heavy metal contamination: a comparison of structural versus functional community measures. Soc. of Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., Arlington, VA. (Presented by MJC) |
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1984 |
Ingersoll CG, TW La Point & HL Bergman. An early life stage brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) bioassay testing the independent and combined effects of pH, calcium and aluminum in low conductivity water. Amer. Fisheries Soc., Ithaca, NY. (Presented by CGI) |
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1984 |
Ingersoll CG, GW La Point & HL Bergman. The effects of pH, aluminum and calcium on brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) hatching, growth and survival. Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., Arlington, VA. (Presented by CGI) |
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1985 |
Ingersoll CG, DI Mount, TW La Point & HL Bergman. A comparison of adult and early lifestage brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) response to pH, calcium and aluminum exposure. Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., St. Louis, MO. (Presented by CGI) |
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1985 |
La Point TW, M Crossey & HL Bergman. Use of on-site bioassays, surveys and production/respiration measurements as indicators of environmental quality in aquatic systems. Pacific Division of the Amer. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Missoula, MT. |
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1985 |
La Point TW, WA Stubblefield, BL Steadman & HL Bergman. Acclimation-induced changes in the toxicity of petroleum refinery wastewaters under laboratory and field conditions. Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., St. Louis, MO. |
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1985 |
Stubblefield WA, BL Steadman, TW La Point & HL Bergman. Acclimation-induced changes in the toxicity of zinc and cadmium in adult and fry rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Soc. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem., St. Louis, MO. (Presented by WAS) |
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1986 |
La Point TW Extrapolation of laboratory toxicology data and ecosystem-level effects: benefits and limitations. Central States Chapter of the Soc. of Toxicology, Kansas City, MO. |
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1986 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Mesocosm replicability: spatial and temporal scale in replicate 0.1 ha ponds. North Amer. Benthological Soc., Lawrence, KS. |
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1987 |
Besser JM, JN Huckins, EE Little & TW La Point. Distribution and bioconcentration of selenium in aquatic microcosms. Amer. Soc.Limnology & Oceanogr. Madison, WI. (Presented by JMB) |
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1987 |
La Point TW Agricultural chemical concerns in the west. Wyoming Engineering Soc., Riverton, WY. |
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1987 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Population and community-level responses to a pesticide in replicated pond-sized mesocosms. Amer. Soc. Testing and Materials, Cincinnati, OH. |
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1987 |
Fairchild JF, TW La Point & T Boyle. The influence of ecosystem attributes on the results of toxicity tests conducted in pond-sized mesocosms. North Amer. Lake Manage. Soc., Orlando, FL. (Presented by JFF) |
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1987 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Impacts of agricultural land-use on streams and their biota. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Soc., Milwaukee, WI. (Presented by JFF). |
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1988 |
Materna E, TW La Point & T Schwartz. Larval amphibian (Rana pipiens) response to the synthetic pyrethroid, es-fenvalerate. (Presented by EM) |
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1989 |
Fairchild JF & TW La Point. Population, community, and ecosystem-level responses of aquatic mesocosms to pulse-Doses of a pyrethroid insecicide. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 10th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Presented by JFF). |
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1989 |
La Point TW, JC Brazner, EC Webber, JJ Dulka, & AL Hosmer. A geographic comparison of aquatic ecosystem responses to the pyrethroid insecticide, esfenvalerate. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 10th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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1990 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Two approaches to pesticide testing in experimental ponds: regression and anova. North American Benthological Society, 38th Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia. |
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1990 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Extrapolating effects from mesocosm tests to aquatic ecosystems: limits to interpretation. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 11th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. |
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1990 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Confirmation of laboratory-generated NOECs for linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) in outdoor experimental streams. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 11th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. |
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1991 |
Burnett LC, GA Burton, Jr, N. Hall, PR Heine, TW La Point, ML Hinman & SJ Klaine. Sediment toxicity evaluations using aquatic plant assays. 12th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Seattle, WA. (presented by LCB). |
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1991 |
Fairchild JF & TW La Point. Mesocosm testing in ecotoxicology: regulation, reality and research. 12th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Seattle, WA. (presented by JFF). |
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1991 |
La Point TW Extrapolation of laboratory results to field populations: how close do observed field responses come to those predicted from laboratory exposures? Second International "BIOTEST" Meeting, Tvarminne Zoological Station, Finland, September 9-13, 1991. |
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1991 |
La Point TW & JF Fairchild. Influence of fish predation, spatial scale, and physical renovation of results of pesticide studies conducted in aquatic mesocosms. 12th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Seattle, WA. |
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1991 |
Swift MC, TJ Canfield, TW La Point, GA Burton, Jr, and CG Ingersoll. Artificial substrate versus grab samples: which is better in sediment toxicity assessments? 12th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Seattle, WA. (presented by MCS). |
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1992 |
Canfield TJ, JF Fairchild, CG Ingersoll, TW La Point. Milltown Reservoir-Clark Fork River, Montana: Assessing benthic invertebrate abundance and community structure in areas exposed to metals contaminated runoff. 13th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Cincinnati, OH. (presented by TJC). |
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1992 |
La Point TW Extrapolating effects from microcosms and mesocosms to aquatic ecosystems: linking observed field results to laboratory predictions of effect. Table Ronde Roussel Uclaf No. 74, "Effects of Pesticides on Aquatic Organisms." Paris, France, December 3, 4. |
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1992 |
La Point TW Extrapolating the results of agricultural microcosm tests: linking laboratory and experimental field results to predictions of effect in natural ecosystems. European Workshop on Freshwater Field Tests (EWOFFT), Potsdam, Germany, June 25-26. |
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1992 |
Canfield TJ, JF Fairchild, CG Ingersoll, TW La Point. Milltown Reservoir-Clark Fork River, Montana: Assessing benthic invertebrate abundance and community structure in areas exposed to metals contaminated runoff. 13th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Cincinnati, OH. (presented by TJC). |
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1993 |
Fouts AA, BV Thomas, TW La Point, CP Weisskopf, & RJ Kendall. An ecological risk approach to the effects of nonpoint source runoff from a South Carolina golf course. 14th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Houston, TX. (presented by AAF). |
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1993 |
Shaw JL SJ Maund, TW La Point & IR Hill. Optimizing experimental design in mesocosm studies. First SETAC World Congress, March 28-31, 1993, Lisbon, Portugal. (Presented by JLS). |
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1993 |
Rockett C., SJ Maund, JL Shaw, TW La Point & RL Dickerson. Sublethal responses of caged fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to copper in outdoor mesocosms. 14th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Houston, TX. |
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1993 |
Wall VD, JE Warren, TW La Point, & S.J. Klaine. Characterization of the potential impact of metal-contaminated sediments on aquatic plants and insects at the Savannah River site. 14th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Houston, TX. (presented by V.D.W.) |
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1993 |
Nace CG, TW La Point, CP Weisskopf & LL Carlock. An investigation of fish kills adjacent to fields treated with COUNTER 15G. 14th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Houston, TX. (presented by CGN). |
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1994 |
La Point TW Relating benthos, ecological risk and xenobiotic chemistry: Focusing on the correct questions. 42nd Annual Meeting of NABS, Orlando, Fl. |
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1994 |
Wall SB, JJ Isely & TW La Point. Bioavailability of cadmium to Daphnia magna due to benthic fish bioturbation of a contaminated sediment. 42nd Annual Meeting of NABS, Orlando, Fl. (presented by SBW). |
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1994 |
Warren TK & TW La Point. Accumulation of uranium, nickel and lead by small mammals at Steeds Pond, Savannah River site. 15th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Denver, CO. (presented by TKW). |
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1994 |
Fouts A, E Edmondson, M Feken, D Florian, T McCoy, A Nordone, T Warren & TW La Point. Influence of gold mine drainage on the water quality and benthic macroinvertebrate community structure of Little Lynch River, Kersahaw County, SC. 15th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Denver, CO. (presented by AF). |
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1994 |
Wall SB, JJ Isely & TW La Point. The influence of benthic fish bioturbation on cadmium bioavailability to Daphnia magna. 15th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Denver, CO. (presented by SBW). |
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1994 |
Gottschalk, JA & TW La Point. The response of Hyla chrysocelis to copper and zinc. 15th Annual Meeting of SETAC, Denver, CO. (presented by JAG). |
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1995 |
La Point TW Factors relating benthos, bioavailability and ecological risk of xenobiotic chemicals in aquatic ecosystems. 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Soc., Keystone, CO. |
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1995 |
Cobb GP, SJ Klaine, TW La Point, R Jeffers, M Wenholz, B Forsythe, T Bills & VC Waldrop. Effect of water quality parameters on silver availability. 3rd Annual Conf., Transport, Fate and Effects of Silver in the Environment, Washington, DC (presented by GPC). |
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1995 |
Klaine SJ, TW La Point, TP Bills, BL Forsythe, MD Wenholz, RD Jeffers, VC Waldrop, CM Bens & GP Cobb. Influence of water quality parameters on silver toxicity to Daphnia magna and Pimephales promelas. 3rd Annual Conf., Transport, Fate and Effects of Silver in the Environment, Washington, DC (presented by GPC). |
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1995 |
Bills T, B Forsythe, M Wenholz, R Jeffers, V Waldrop, TW La Point, C Bens, G Cobb & SJ Klaine. Influence of water quality parameters on acute silver toxicity. SETAC, Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC (presented by TB). |
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1995 |
Cobb GP, SJ Klaine, TW La Point, R Jeffers, M Wenholz, B Forsythe, T Bills & VC Waldrop. Effect of Water Quality Parameters on Silver Availability. Argentium Conference. 7-9 August, Washington, DC. |
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1995 |
Giddings JM, TW La Point & K Dixon. Ecological risk assessment of atrazine in surface water: Ecological significance. SETAC, Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC (presented by JMG). |
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1995 |
Jeffers R, T Bills, TW La Point, M Wenholz, B Forsythe, VC Waldrop, SJ Klaine & G.P. Cobb. Dependence of Silver Availability on Water Quality Parameters. SETAC Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC (presented by RJ). |
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1995 |
Wentsel R, R Checkai, TW La Point, M Simini, D Ludwig, & LB Brewer. Procedural guidelines for ecological risk assessments at U.S. Army sites. SETAC, Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC (presented by RW). |
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1995 |
Esman LA & TW La Point. Lethal and sublethal effects of copper on Redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus. SETAC, Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC (presented by LAS). |
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1996 |
Cobb GP, SJ Klaine, TW La Point, R Jeffers, M Wenholz, B Forsythe, T Bills & VC Waldrop. Effect of Chloride, Hardness and Dissolved Organic Carbon on Silver Solubility in Aquatic Toxcity Tests. Argentum Conference, 25-28 August 1996. Madison, WI. |
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1996 |
Klaine SJ, TL Bills, MD Wenholz, TW La Point, GP Cobb & BL Forsythe,III. Influence of age sensitivity on the acute toxicity of silver to fathead minnows at various water quality parameters. Fourth International Argentum Conference, Madison WI. Aug. 25-28. (Presented by SJK). |
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1996 |
La Point TW, GP Cobb, SJ Klaine, TBills, B Forsythe,III, R Jeffers, VC Waldrop & M Wenholz. Water quality components affecting silver toxicity in Daphnia magna and Pimephales promelas. Fourth International Argentum Conference, Madison WI. Aug. 25-28. |
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1996 |
Forsythe BL,III, TW La Point, GP Cobb & SJ Klaine. Silver in an experimental freshwater system: Bioconcentration and bioaccumulation. Fourth International Argentum Conference, Madison WI. Aug. 25-28. (Presented by BLF). |
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1996 |
La Point TW, GM Chuiko, BA Flerov, VM Stepanova, YY Zhelnin, TM Midryakova & CT Robinson.Spatial relationships of biomarkers and heavy metals in water, bottom sediments, mollusk and fish tissues from Rybinsk Reservoir, Northwest Russia. 17th Annual Meeting of the Soc. Of Environmental Toxicology and Chem., Washington DC. Nov. 17-21. |
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1996 |
Dixon KR, JA Gottschalk, TW La Point & SR Anderson. A model of time-related mortality responses of Rana pipiens tadpoles after exposure to copper and zinc. 17th Annual Meeting of the Soc. of Environmental Toxicology and Chem., Washington DC. Nov. 17-21. |
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1996 |
Robinson CT, VT Komov, GM Chuiko, TY Huang & TW La Point. Use of bowfin (Amia calva) as bioindicators of freshwater systems. 17th Annual Meeting of the Soc. of Environmental Toxicology and Chem., Washington DC. Nov. 17-21. |
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1996 |
Wenholz M & TW La Point. Effects of different pulse exposure scenarios on the toxicity of copper to Daphnia magna. 17th Annual Meeting of the Soc. of Environmental Toxicology and Chem., Washington DC. Nov. 17-21. |
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1996 |
Forsythe BL,III, T Bills, MD Wenholz, TW La Point, GPCobb & SJ Klaine. Influence of age sensitivity on the acute toxicity of silver to fathead minnows at various water quality parameters. 17th Annual Meeting of the Soc. of Environmental Toxicology and Chem., Washington DC. Nov. 17-21. |
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1997 |
Karen DJ, DR Ownby, BS Day, RW Brown, DP Shupack, GP Cobb & TW La Point Influence of Water Quality Parameters on Silver Toxicity to Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.. 5th Annual meeting of Silver in the Environment, ARGENTUM, Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Sept. 29. |
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1997 |
Karen DJ, DP Schupak, BS Day, TW La Point, SJ Klaine, GP Cobb & DR Ownby. Using spectroscopy and voltammetry to evaluate silver activity in aquatic txicity evaluations. 5th Annual meeting of Silver in the Environment, ARGENTUM, Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Sept. 29. |
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1997 |
La Point TW, SJ Klaine & GC Cobb. Toxicity Response of Freshwater Aquatic Organisms to Bioavailable Silver: A Comparison Among Species and Water Quality Parameters. 5th Annual meeting of Silver in the Environment, ARGENTUM, Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Sept. 29. |
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1997 |
Chuiko, GM, YY Zhelnin, T Huang, MJ Hooper & TW La Point. In-vitro and in-vivo inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BchE) activity by DDVP and prostigmine in freshwater fish tissue. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC),16 - 20 November. |
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1997 |
Eversen, M & TW La Point. The impact of non-point source runoff on macroinvertebrate communities. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), held 16 - 20 November. |
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1997 |
Karen, DJ., WR Brown, BS Day, TW La Point, D Ownby & DP Shupack. Influence of varying water quality parameters on toxicity and bioavailability of AG+ to rainbow trout. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC),16 - 20 November. |
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1997 |
Ownby, DR., DJ Karen, BS Day, SJ Klaine, TW La Point & CP Cobb. Silver availability to rainbow trout as determined by atomic absorption and stripping voltametry. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC),16 - 20 November. |
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1997 |
Wall S, S Richards & TW La Point. Zebrafish (Brachiodanio rerio) as a model to examine multigenerational reproductive effects following contaminant exposure18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC),16 - 20 November. |
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1998 |
Eversen MJ, J Schindler & TW La Point. Urbanization and non-point source runoff effects on macroinvertebrate communities. 8th Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe, Bordeaux, France. 14 - 18 April. |
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1998 |
Wallin JM, HL Atwood, TW La Point, JR Tomasso, & T Anderson. Effects of malathion on caudal fin regeneration in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 15 - 19 November. |
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1998 |
Ownby DR, DJ Karen, GP Cobb, SJ Klaine & TW La Point. Influence of water quality on silver toxicity to rainbow trout, fathead minnows, and waterflea: A summary. 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 15 - 19 November. |
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1998 |
Preziosi DV JL Durda & TW La Point. Probabilistic calculation of a risk-based performance goal for wading birds in the southeastern United States. 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 15 - 19 November. |
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1999 |
Wall, SB, Richards, SM, & La Point, TW. Effects of Cd exposure on three early life stages on larval zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) swimming speed. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 14 - 18 November. |
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1997 |
Wall, SB, Richards, SM, Anderson, TA, Patino, R & La Point, TW. The influence of diazinon on gonadal 17 a , 20b -dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one concentrations, reproduction and larval behavior in zebrafish ((Brachydanio rerio). 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 14 - 18 November. |
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GRANTS AND PROPOSALS
Funded Grants
1991. "Environmental Health Assessment: Linking Laboratory Measures of Effect to Biological Responses in the Field." SCAEF, International Research Support Program. T.W. La Point, P.I. $1,268
1992. "Ecological Risk Assessment Plan." Battelle Memorial Institute. T.W. La Point, P.I.; R. Kendall $78,668
1992. "Bioavailability: A New Approach for Ranking Environmental Hazards at Waste Sites." SCUREF Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. G. Cobb; M. Hooper; T.W. La Point. $231,000.
1992. "Assessment of Sediment Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Metals by Selected Plant Species in Tim's Branch, Savannah River Site." SCUREF Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. S.J. Klaine, P.I., T.W. La Point. $111,825
1993. "Wildlife Toxicology Technical Support." K.R. Dixon, P.I., R.J. Kendall, T.W. La Point. SCUREF Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. $199,622.
1994.
ADevelopment of a New Zooplankton Toxicity Bioassay: The Use of Indigenous Species for Site-specific Tests.@ T.W. La Point, P.I. SCUREF Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. $75,000.1995.
AEducation and Training in Environmental Toxicology.@ T.W. La Point, P.I. R. Noblet,.R. Dickerson, S. McMurry, E. Smith. U.S. Department of Defense. $1,387,000.1995.
AAcute toxicity of bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) to a copper-containing herbicide in Lake Murry, South Carolina.@ T.W. La Point, PI. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. $7,500.1995 "Development Plan for Ecological Risk Assessments of Sensitive Wildlife and Plant Species on Military Installations.
@ S.T. McMurry, P.I. and T.W. La Point. U.S. Corps of Engineers. $56,170.1995
ADevelopment of a Healthy commercial fisheries in the Rybynsk Reservoir, Jaroslavl region, Russia: An Institutional Partnership of Scientific and AEconomic Research to Develop Sound Approaches to Contaminant Assessment and Aquaculture During Transition to a Market-based Economy and Democratic Governance.@ T.W. La Point, P.I., T. Schwedler, M. Hamig, J. Collier, G.Cobb, and C. Bens. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). $1,350,000.1996
AAtrazine amphibian literature review@ (appended to Charact. Of Selenastrum capricornutum response to episodic triazine exposure). T.W. La Point, P.I. EcoRisk, Inc. $2,760.1996
AMeasurement of field concentrations of fog oil smoke and prediction of effects on the Red-cockaded woodpecker.@ S. McMurry, P.I., and T.W. La Point. U.S. Army Const. Engin. Research Laboratory, U.S.A Corps of Engin. $6,771.1996
AUse of marine mesocosms to elucidate the effects of contaminants on the microflora and microfauna of estuarine environments.@ T.W. La Point, P.I. ,P. Ross (The Citadel) and M. DeLorenzo. South Carolina Dept. Natural Resources. $12,000.1996
AInfluence of water quality parameters on acute silver toxicity to 10-day Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).@ T.W. La Point, PI, G. Cobb and S.J. Klaine. National Assoc. Of Photographic Manufacturers, The Silver Council. $114,345.1997
ARemedial design study and site-specific remediation assessment of Ciba-McIntosh using Wildlife Toxicology. T.W. La Point, S. McMurry and R.J. Kendall. $210,000.1999 "Conducting water quality research at Lake Texoma." US Corps of Engineers. La Point TW, K Dickson, T Waller, R Doyle & S Atkinson. $299,059.
Proposals Pending:
2000 "EPIC-SMT: Environmental processes as an integrated context for teaching science and mathematics." National Science Foundation. La Point, TW, D. Adkins, D. Burnshausen, B. Crocker, K. Dickson, J. Kennedy & D. Luttrell. $2,000,000.
2000 "Use of experimental lotic ecosystems in risk assessment: An evaluation of linkages among biological, chemical and physical stressors and ecosystem response dynamics. Water Environment Research Foundation. La Point, TW. $199,000.
2000 "Ecological risk of pesticides." USEPA, ORD. La Point, TW, J. Kennedy, WT Waller & L. Auman. $500,000. [This proposal is submitted through the Cadmus Group]
Proposals Submitted and not funded:
1999 "Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Methy Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) in Lake Lewisville - an Urban Water Supply Reservoir in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex" Dickson, K, TW La Point, A Lee. $140,577
1999 "Supporting children’s learning of reading, mathematics and science through family support, teacher training and technology." Morrison, GS, D. Atkins, TW La Point. $3,048,389.
1999 "Towards sustainability: A proposal to develop tools for sustainability in Denton, TX." USEPA Region 6. Lyons, D., TW La Point, P Hudak. $275,442.
1999 "Characterization of habitats of ephemeral watercourses receiving treated wastewater effluents in arid and semi-arid regions of western states." Pima County Wastewater Treatment District, AZ. $78,933.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Courses taught from 1974 to 1998 (prior to UNT):
Course Institution Year
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Biostatistics |
Estudos Avancadoes de Oerias, Lisbon, Portugal |
1974 |
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General Ecology |
University of Houston |
1975 |
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Biostatistics |
Idaho State University |
1980 |
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Man and Environment |
" |
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General Ecology |
University of Wyoming |
1980, 81, 84 |
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Ecological Theory |
" |
1980, 81 |
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Field and Laboratory |
" |
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Methods in Ecology |
" |
1980, 81, 84 |
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Advances in Ecology and Toxicology |
" |
1983 |
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Environ. Toxicology |
University of Missouri |
1987, 89, 90 |
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Advanced Ecotox |
Clemson University, SC |
1991 - 97 |
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Aquatic Toxicology |
" |
1991, 1996 |
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Methods in Ecological Risk Assessment |
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1991 - 97 |
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Pollution of the Aquatic Environment |
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1996, 1997 |
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Analysis of Biological Data |
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1996, 1997 |
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Communication in Risk Assessment |
" |
1991 - 97 |
3. University of North Texas:
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Ecological Risk Assessment (Comparative Risk Analysis). |
Spring semesters. |
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Sediment Toxicology. |
Fall semesters. |
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Historical Books in Environmental Science (co-teach) |
Fall semesters. |
4. Invited Teaching Assignments at Other Institutions of Higher Learning.
Aquatic Ecotoxicology:
Ajijic Field station of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, through Baylor University, Dallas, TX. July, 1993.Multispecies Toxicity Testing and the Use of Field Tests: Sikisalma Field Station of the University of Joensuu, Finland, June 1994.
GRADUATE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION, PRIOR TO UNT:
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NAME* |
DEGREE |
EARNED |
UNIVERSITY |
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David Whiting |
M.S. |
1990 |
Univ. of Missouri |
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Elisabeth Materna* |
M.S. |
1991 |
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Erwin van Nieuwenhuyse |
Ph.D. |
1991 |
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Mark Ort |
M.S. |
1992 |
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John Besser |
Ph.D. |
1995 |
Michigan St. Univ. |
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Dean Thompson |
Ph.D. |
1992 |
University of Guelph |
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Rick Kemman* |
M.S. |
1993 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Charles Nace* |
M.S. |
1993 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Sonja Hellenbrandt* |
M.S. |
1993 |
Univ. of Aachen |
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Steven Wall* |
M.S. Ph.D. |
1994 1999 |
Clemson Univ. Clemson Univ. |
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Travis Warren* |
M.S. |
1994 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Marie deLorenzo |
Ph.D |
1997 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Laura A. Esman* |
M.S. |
1995 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Jennifer A. Gottschalk* |
M.S. |
1995 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Cindy L. Fornstrom* |
M.S. |
1995 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Angela Paul* |
M.S. |
1996 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Michael D. Wenholz* |
M.S. |
1996 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Martha Sorbet* |
M.S. |
1998 |
Clemson Univ |
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Jennifer Wallen* |
M.S. |
1998 |
Clemson Univ. |
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Michael Everson* |
M.S. |
1998 |
Clemson Univ. |
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*Myself as Major Advisor |
Clemson Graduate Committee Member for
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Barry Forsyth |
Ph.D.(Graduated, 1996) |
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Gail Harkey |
Ph.D.(Graduated, 1994) |
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Kevin Johnson |
Ph.D. (Graduated,1996) |
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Torin McCoy |
M.S. (Graduated, 1995) |
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Rami Naddy |
Ph.D.(Graduated,1996) |
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Corie Rockett |
Ph.D. (Graduated, 1995) |
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Dan Wall |
Ph.D. (Graduated, 1996) |
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Laurie Warren |
Ph.D. (Graduated, 1996) |
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Brett Thomas |
Ph.D. (Graduated, 1996) |
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Timothy Bargar |
Ph.D |
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Doug Florian |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1997) |
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Rusty Jeffers |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1996) |
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Patty Wood |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1995) |
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Daniel Karen |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1998) |
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David Soucek |
M.S. (Graduated 1996) |
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Stephanie Brewer |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1996) |
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Hanping Lu |
Ph.D. |
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Jay Overmeier |
M.S. (Graduated 1996) |
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Alison Hyder |
Ph.D. (Graduated 1996) |
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Heidi Atwood |
M.S. (Graduated 1997) |
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Alrena Lightborne |
M.S. (Graduated 1997) |
UNT GRADUATE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION:
Bryan Brooks, Ph.D.
Jacob Stanley, M.S.
Melinda Reddick, M.S.
Jessica White, M.S.
COMMITTEE SERVICE
University Committees
Departmental:
Biological Sciences Chair Search Committee, Chair (1999)
Biological Sciences Ad-hoc Planning committee (1999 –
Chemistry Department Search Committee, Physical Chemist (2000 -
Biological Sciences Search Committee, Atmos. Scientist, Chair (2000 –
Environmental Sciences Division, Admissions Committee (1999 -
College:
International/National Committees
1. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).
Elected to National Board of Directors, 1993-95.
SETAC Publications Committee co-chair, 1995-97.
Finance Committee member, 1993-97.
Editorial Board, 1999 - ); Editor for Aquatic Ecotox., Environ. Toxicol. & Chem. (1999 - )
2. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
Co-Chair, Sub-committee E47.08 on Biological Field Testing within Committee E-47, 1991-1993.
Sub-committee E47.08 on Biological Field Testing, member, 1991-97.
3. North American Benthological Society (NABS).
Chair, Executive Committee, 1992-93.
Technical Issues Committee, Chair, 1992-93.
Technical Issues Committee, member, 1990-97.
Regional Committees
Carolinas SETAC Regional Chapter:
Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair, Annual Meeting, May 1993.
Annual Meeting Program Committee, 1996-97.
Local Program Arrangements Committee, S-C Regional.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP, OFFICES HELD
NABS Executive Committee member, 1990-91.
Elected to SETAC National Board of Directors, 1993-5.
Elected to Board of Directors, Carolinas SETAC Regional Chapter, 1995-97.
President, Carolinas SETAC Regional Chapter, 1996-97.
President, South-Central SETAC Regional Chapter, 1999-2000.
Participation in National and Regional Meetings
ASTM:
Co-Chair, Second Symposium on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment:Aquatic, Plant and Terrestrial, April 26-29, 1992. (Proceedings published as Gorsuch, et alia ASTM STP 1216, 1993).
Chair, Fourth Symposium on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Transboundary Issues in Pollution - Air, Surface, and Groundwater. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 10-12, 1994. (Proceedings published as La Point, et alia ASTM STP 1262, 1996).
NABS:
Co-chair for a workshop on "Rapid Bioassessment" at the NABS 1988 Annual Meeting, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Coordinated a workshop for the NABS 1989 Annual Meeting entitled "Stream and River Restoration and Reclamation."
SETAC:
Editor, SETAC Special Publication Series, 1990-95.
Session chair "Ecotoxicology of Agricultural Chemicals", November 8, 1987.
Symposium coordinator and session chair "Use of Experimental Ecosystems in Regulatory Biology," 1989. Proceedings published in 1992 (ET&C 11. No. 1).
Symposium coordinator and session chair "Surfactants and their Environmental Safety," Proceedings published in ET&C 12, No. 10.
Session chair, "Ecotoxicology", 1991.
Co-chair, SETAC 15th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 1994.
Chair, SETAC 19th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. (November 1998).
Honors Received
Nellie F. and Richard Beck Scholarship, 1968.
Mortar Board Best Teacher Award, Univ. of Houston, 1975.
A.S.I.S.U. Graduate Scholarship, Fall, 1977 and Spring, 1978.
Election to Sigma Xi, 1976.
Election to Phi Kappa Phi, 1980.
USFWS Special Achievement Award on January 20, 1988.
USFWS Special Achievement Award on January 15, 1987.
Ozark-Prairie Chapter of Soc. for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Achievement Award on April 25, 1987.
Invited Reviewer
American Society for Testing and Materials: Book Chapter
Aquatic Toxicology: Articles.
Chemosphere
Ecology: Articles
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: Articles
Environmental Toxicol. & Pharmacol.: Articles
National Science Foundation: Proposals
North American Benthological Society: Book
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Reports, proposals, protocols.
U.S. Geological Service, Proposals.
REFERENCES
Harold L. Bergman, Professor, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071. Phone: 307-766-5677; fax: 307-766-5625; email: bergman@uwyo.edu.
G. Allen Burton, Professor and Director, Institute for Environmental Quality, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 54535. Phone: 937-775-2201; fax: 937-775-4997; email: aburton@wright.edu.
Kenneth L. Dickson, Professor and Director, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Box 13078, NT Station, Denton, TX 76203-3078. Phone: 940-565-2694; fax: 940-565-4297; email: dickson@unt.edu.
Elaine Dorward-King, Senior Management Consultant, Rio Tinto, Inc., HSE Department, P.O. Box 50,
Castlemead, Lower Castle Street, Bristol, BS99 7YR, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-117-927-6407; fax:
44-117-927-3317; email: elaine.dorward-king@rtztsl.co.uk
Paul M. Mehrle, Jr. Senior Management Consultant, ENTRIX, Inc. 5252 Westchester, Suite 2; Houston, TX 77005. Phone: 713-662-1958; fax: 713-666-5227; email: pmehrle@entrix.com.
Hans-Toni Ratte, Professor, Technical University, Department of Biology and Ecology, Worringerweg 1, W-52056, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany. Phone: 049-241-806-680; fax: 049-241-888-8182; email: ratte@rwth-aachen.de.
Keith R. Solomon, Professor, Canadian Centre for Toxicology, University of Guelph, 620 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. Phone: (519) 837-3320; fax: 519-837-3861; email: ksolomon@tox.uoguelph.ca.