Publications

fish tissue quality in the lower mississippi river and health risks from fish consumption.	between 1990 and 1994, samples of three shellfish species (i.e. blue crab, callinectes sapidus;crayfish, procambarus acutis; and river shrimp, macrobrachium ohionii) and 16 fish species and were collected at six sites along the lower mississippi river by the louisiana department of environmental quality, office of water resources in coordination with the us environmental protection agency. the fish species included: bigmouth buffalo (ictiobus cyanellus); blue catfish (ictalurus furcatus); carp ( ...	2003	12526903
an evaluation of mercury levels in louisiana fish: trends and public health issues.	to characterize statewide fish tissue mercury levels in edible finfish the first comprehensive analysis of louisiana's fish tissue mercury database was conducted. analyses were based on fifteen years of fish tissue mercury data collected from 368 waterbodies between 1994 and 2008 (n=14,344). the overall objectives of this study were to establish baseline fish tissue mercury levels; and evaluate species-specific temporal and spatial trends in fish tissue mercury levels. fish tissue mercury levels ...	2010	20855108