William Gregory Cope

Assessing the Toxicity of Sea Salt to Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels: Implications for Sea Level Rise in Coastal Rivers

Mciver II, J. K., Cope, W. G., Bringolf, R. B., Kwak, T. J., Watson, B., Maynard, A., & Mair, R. (2023, September 20). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, Vol. 9.

Histological evaluations of organ tissues reveal sublethal effects in a freshwater mussel (Villosa iris) exposed to chloride and potassium concentrations below benchmark estimates

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 258.

Review and Development of Best Practices for Toxicity Tests with Dreissenid Mussels

Waller, D., Pucherelli, S., Barbour, M., Tank, S., Meulemans, M., Wise, J., … Wong, W. H. (2023, June 23). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, Vol. 6.

Total mercury, methylmercury, and selenium concentrations in blue marlin Makaira nigricans from a long-term dataset in the western north Atlantic

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 858.

A New Open-Source Web Application with Animations to Support Learning of Neuron-to-Neuron Signaling

AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, 83(9), 593–595.

Genetic Structure and Diversity of the Endemic Carolina Madtom and Conservation Implications

NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, 41(S1), S27–S41.

Investigating audience response system technology during pesticide training for farmers

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION & EXTENSION, 27(1), 73–87.

Method Development for a Short-Term 7-Day Toxicity Test with Unionid Mussels

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 40(12), 3392–3409.

Survival and Contaminants in Imperiled and Common Riverine Fishes Assessed with an In Situ Bioassay Approach

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 40(8), 2206–2219.

Understanding the influence of multiple pollutant stressors on the decline of freshwater mussels in a biodiversity hotspot

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 773, 144757.

Anglers' Views on Using Signs to Communicate Fish Consumption Advisories

FISHERIES, 45(10), 307–316.

Biomass of the Cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei Alters Copper Algaecide Exposure and Risks to a Non-target Organism

BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 104, 228–234.

Evaluation of Juvenile Freshwater Mussel Sensitivity to Multiple Forms of Florpyrauxifen-Benzyl

BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 105(4), 588–594.

Managing the Invasive Cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei in a Southeastern USA Reservoir: Evaluation of a Multi-year Treatment Program

WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 231(5).

Managing the Invasive CyanobacteriumLyngbya wolleiin a Southeastern USA Reservoir: Evaluation of a Multi-year Treatment Program (vol 231, 196, 2020)

Willis, B. E., Gravelie, J. T., Bishop, W. M., Buczek, S. B., & Cope, W. G. (2020, June 4). WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, Vol. 231.

Pesticides and your respiratory system: what we know about a lifetime of farm exposures and lung and airway health

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service and North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.

Trophodynamics of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Food Web of a Large Atlantic Slope River

Environmental Science & Technology, 54(11), 6800–6811.

Behavior and Survival of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 148(1), 3–20.

Growth, Condition, and Trophic Relations of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 148(4), 771–784.

The Status of Mussel Health Assessment and a Path Forward

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 22(2), 26–42.

A Comparison of the chemical sensitivities between in vitro and in vivo propagated juvenile freshwater mussels: Implications for standard toxicity testing

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(12), 3077–3085.

Assessment of atrazine toxicity to the estuarine phytoplankter, Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyta), under varying nutrient conditions

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 25(12), 11409–11423.

Assessment of growth, survival, and organ tissues of caged mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in a river-scape influenced by coal mining in the southeastern USA

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 645, 1273–1286.

Certified Safe Farm Implementation in North Carolina: Hazards, Safety Improvements, and Economic Incentives

Journal of Agromedicine, 23(4), 381–392.

Chasing a changing climate: Reproductive and dispersal traits predict how sessile species respond to global warming

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 24(7), 880–891.

Contaminants in tropical island streams and their biota

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 161, 615–623.

Do postlarval amphidromous fishes transport marine-derived nutrients and pollutants to Caribbean streams?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27(3), 847–856.

Effects of Turbidity, Sediment, and Polyacrylamide on Native Freshwater Mussels

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION, 54(3), 631–643.

Food web contaminant dynamics of a large Atlantic Slope river: Implications for common and imperiled species

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 633, 1062–1077.

Hydrologic characteristics of freshwater mussel habitat: novel insights from modeled flows

FRESHWATER SCIENCE, 37(2), 343–356.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface waters, sediments, and unionid mussels: relation to road crossings and implications for chronic mussel exposure

Hydrobiologia, 810(1), 465–476.

Relation of contaminants to fish intersex in riverine sport fishes

Science of The Total Environment, 643, 73–89.

Selenium, Mercury, and Their Molar Ratio in Sportfish from Drinking Water Reservoirs

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(9), 1864.

The presence of algae mitigates the toxicity of copper-based algaecides to a nontarget organism

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(8), 2132–2142.

A Retrospective Analysis of Agricultural Herbicides in Surface Water Reveals Risk Plausibility for Declines in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

TOXICS, 5(3).

ACUTE TOXICITY OF POLYACRYLAMIDE FLOCCULANTS TO EARLY LIFE STAGES OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 36(10), 2715–2721.

Copper-Based Aquatic Algaecide Adsorption and Accumulation Kinetics: Influence of Exposure Concentration and Duration for Controlling the Cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei

BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 99(3), 365–371.

Declining Occurrence and Low Colonization Probability in Freshwater Mussel Assemblages: A Dynamic Occurrence Modeling Approach

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 20(1), 13–19.

Endocrine active contaminants in aquatic systems and intersex in common sport fishes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(4), 959–968.

Extending the toxicity-testing paradigm for freshwater mussels: Assessing chronic reproductive effects of the synthetic estrogen 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol on the unionid mussel Elliptio complanata

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, 191, 14–25.

When a Good Pesticide Application Goes Bad

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service and North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.

Windows of Susceptibility and Consequences of Early Life Exposures to 17β–estradiol on Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Reproductive Success

Environmental Science & Technology, 51(9), 5296–5305.

Adapting Certified Safe Farm to North Carolina Agriculture: An Implementation Study

JOURNAL OF AGROMEDICINE, 21(3), 269–283.

Assessing toxicity of contaminants in riverine suspended sediments to freshwater mussels

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(2), 395–407.

Life Stage Sensitivity of a Freshwater Snail to Herbicides Used in Invasive Aquatic Weed Control

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 19(2), 69.

Microhabitat Suitability and Niche Breadth of Common and Imperiled Atlantic Slope Freshwater Mussels

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 19(2), 27.

Species traits and catchment‐scale habitat factors influence the occurrence of freshwater mussel populations and assemblages

Freshwater Biology, 61(10), 1671–1684.

Dictionary of Agromedicine

(1st ed.). http://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu/extension/toxicology/dictionary-of-agromedicine/

Sensitivity of freshwater molluscs to hydrilla-targeting herbicides: providing context for invasive aquatic weed control in diverse ecosystems

JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY, 30(3), 335–348.

Sources of endocrine-disrupting compounds in North Carolina waterways: A geographic information systems approach

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34(2), 437–445.

ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY TEST ENDPOINTS FOR FRESHWATER MUSSEL LARVAE (GLOCHIDIA)

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 33(1), 199–207.

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit: A Curriculum for Enhancing Farmworkers' Understanding of Pesticide Safety Concepts

JOURNAL OF AGROMEDICINE, 19(2), 96–102.

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit: A Curriculum for Enhancing Farmworkers’ Understanding of Pesticide Safety Concepts

Journal of Agromedicine, 19(2), 222–223.

Influence of sediment presence on freshwater mussel thermal tolerance

FRESHWATER SCIENCE, 33(1), 56–65.

Metabolomic, behavioral, and reproductive effects of the aromatase inhibitor fadrozole hydrochloride on the unionid mussel Lampsilis fasciola

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 206, 213–226.

Metabolomic, behavioral, and reproductive effects of the synthetic estrogen 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol on the unionid mussel Lampsilis fasciola

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 150, 103–116.

Personal Goals and Perceived Barriers of Farmworker Pesticide Trainers: Implications for Workplace Safety and Health

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 20(4), 267–282.

Survival and behaviour of juvenile unionid mussels exposed to thermal stress and dewatering in the presence of a sediment temperature gradient

FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, 59(3), 601–613.

The Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit: an innovative model for developing an evidence-informed program for a low-literacy, Latino immigrant audience

Journal of Extension, 52(3), 1–10.

Beliefs of science educators who teach pesticide risk to farmworkers

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 8(4), 587–609.

Burrowing, byssus, and biomarkers: behavioral and physiological indicators of sublethal thermal stress in freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

MARINE AND FRESHWATER BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSIOLOGY, 46(4), 229–250.

Engaging Latino Farmworkers in the Development of Symbols to Improve Pesticide Safety and Health Education and Risk Communication

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15(5), 975–981.

Fluoxetine alters adult freshwater mussel behavior and larval metamorphosis

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 445, 94–100.

Maternally transferred mercury in wild largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides

Environmental Pollution, 178, 493–497.

Need for Improved Risk Communication of Fish Consumption Advisories to Protect Maternal and Child Health: Influence of Primary Informants

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 10(5), 1720–1734.

Short-Term Effects of Small Dam Removal on a Freshwater Mussel Assemblage

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 16(1), 41–52.

The Influence of Fish Length on Tissue Mercury Dynamics: Implications for Natural Resource Management and Human Health Risk

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 10(2), 638–659.

Validation of a Predictive Model for Fish Tissue Mercury Concentrations

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 142(2), 380–387.

Acute effects of road salts and associated cyanide compounds on the early life stages of the unionid mussel Villosa iris

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 31(8), 1801–1806.

Assessing Accumulation and Sublethal Effects of Lead in a Unionid Mussel

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 15(1), 60.

Effects of lead on Na+, K+-ATPase and hemolymph ion concentrations in the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata

Environmental Toxicology, 27(5), 268–276.

Genotoxic Response of Unionid Mussel Hemolymph to Hydrogen Peroxide and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 15(2), 113.

Partial life-cycle and acute toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids to freshwater mussels

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 31(7), 1611–1620.

Rapid decreases in salinity, but not increases, lead to immune dysregulation in Nile tilapia,Oreochromis niloticus(L.)

Journal of Fish Diseases, 36(4), 389–399.

Thermal Tolerances of Freshwater Mussels and their Host Fishes: Species Interactions in a Changing Climate

Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 15(1), 69.

Assessing water quality suitability for shortnose sturgeon in the Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA with an in situ bioassay approach

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY, 27(1), 1–12.

Exposure classes: toxicants in air, water, soil, domestic, and occupational settings

In E. Hodgson (Ed.), A Textbook of Modern Toxicology (4th ed., pp. 31–47). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for Christmas trees

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-16 and AG-MED-17). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for apples

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-18 and AG-MED-19). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for bell peppers

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-11 and AG-MED-12). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for blueberries

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-27 and AG-MED-28). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for cucumbers

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-13 and AG-MED-14). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for grapes

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-20 and AG-MED-21). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for landscape and turfgrass

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-29 and AG-MED-30). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for strawberries

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-31 and AG-MED-32). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for sweetpotatoes

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-9 and AG-MED-10). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for tobacco

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-7 and AG-MED-8). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Pesticides and farmworker health toolkit for tomatoes

(North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service No. AG-MED-22 and AG-MED-23). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

The Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory: A Quantitative Instrument for the Assessment of Beliefs about Pesticide Risks

LePrevost, C. E., Blanchard, M. R., & Cope, W. G. (2011, June). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 8, pp. 1923–1935.

Use classes: metals, agricultural chemicals, food additives and contaminants, toxins, solvents, therapeutic drugs, drugs of abuse, combustion products, and cosmetics

In E. Hodgson (Ed.), A Textbook of Modern Toxicology (4th ed., pp. 49–75). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Does proximity to coal-fired power plants influence fish tissue mercury?

ECOTOXICOLOGY, 19(8), 1601–1611.

ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE AND REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL FLUOXETINE IN NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 29(6), 1311–1318.

THERMAL TOLERANCE OF JUVENILE FRESHWATER MUSSELS (UNIONIDAE) UNDER THE ADDED STRESS OF COPPER

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 29(3), 691–699.

Upper thermal tolerances of early life stages of freshwater mussels

JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 29(3), 959–969.

A Statewide Assessment of Mercury Dynamics in North Carolina Water Bodies and Fish

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 138(6), 1328–1341.

Analysis of functional traits in reconfigured channels: implications for the bioassessment and disturbance of river restoration

JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 28(1), 80–92.

Heart rate as a sublethal indicator of thermal stress in juvenile freshwater mussels

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 154(3), 347–352.

Plasma Vitellogenin and Estradiol Concentrations in Adult Gulf Sturgeon from the Pascagoula River Drainage, Mississippi

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 138(5), 1028–1035.

Population Density and Instream Habitat Suitability of the Endangered Cape Fear Shiner

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY, 138(6), 1439–1457.

Water quality of rooftop runoff: implications for residential water harvesting systems

(Urban Waterways No. AG-588-18W). Raleigh: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Press.

Controlling nitrogen release from farm ponds with a subsurface outflow device: Implications for improved water quality in receiving streams

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT, 95(6), 737–742.

Differential exposure, duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean bivalve life stages to environmental contaminants

JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 27(2), 451–462.

Magnetic resonance imaging of live freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY, 127(4), 396–402.

Acute and chronic toxicity of glyphosate compounds to glochidia and juveniles of Lampsilis Siliquoidea (Unionidae)

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 26(10), 2094–2100.

Acute and chronic toxicity of pesticide formulations (atrazine, chlorpyrifos, and permethrin) to glochidia and juveniles of Lampsilis Siliquoidea

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 26(10), 2101–2107.

Acute and chronic toxicity of technical-grade pesticides to glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 26(10), 2086–2093.

Environmental fate of chlorothalonil in a Costa Rican banana plantation

CHEMOSPHERE, 69(7), 1166–1174.

Exposure of Unionid Mussels to Electric Current: Assessing Risks Associated with Electrofishing

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 136(6), 1593–1606.

Intra- and interlaboratory variability in acute toxicity tests with glochidia and juveniles of freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 26(10), 2029–2035.