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In Print: Recent publications by Nicholas School faculty and staff

Richard T. Barber, Harvey W. Smith Professor Emeritus of Biological Oceanography

Richard T. Di Giulio, professor of environmental toxicology

“Genomic Approaches for Crossspecies Extrapolations in Toxicology,” Taylor & Francis Publishing, 2007 (co-ed. w/W.H. Benson)

Ron Hardman, Associate Research Scientist

“A New Look at Vertebrate Liver Architecture: 3 Dimensional Reconstructions from Medaka (Oryzias latipes),” Anatomical Record, 2007 (lead author w/ S. Kullman, S.W. Volz, and D.E. Hinton)
“A Toxicological Review of Quantum Dots: Toxicity Depends on Physicochemical and Environmental Factors,” Environmental Health Perspectives, Feb. 2006 (author). (Note: Although published last year, this paper recently has been identified by Essential Science Indicators as a “Fast-breaking Paper” in the field of Environment and Ecology, which means it is one of the most-cited papers in this field published in the past two years.)

David Hyrenbach, research scientist

“Community Structure Across a Largescale Ocean Productivity Gradient: Marine Bird Assemblages of the Southern Indian Ocean,” Deep-Sea Research I, 2007 (lead author)

Gabriel Katul, professor of hydrology and micrometeorology

“The Ejection-sweep Cycle Over Bare and Forested Gentle Hills: A Laboratory Experiment,” Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2007 (lead author)

Joel N. Meyer, assistant professor of environmental toxicology

“Mitochondrial Toxicity in Cardiomyocytes of CD-1 Mice Following Perinatal Exposure to AZT, 3TC, or AZT/3TC in Combination,” Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 2007 (coauthor)

Marie Lynn Miranda, associate research professor

“Changes in Blood Lead Levels Associated with Use of Chloramines in Water Treatment Systems,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007 (lead author w/D. Kim, A. P. Hull, C. Paul, and M.A.Overstreet Galeano)
“The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Data Resource Portal: Placing Advanced Technologies in Service to Vulnerable Communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007 (coauthor)
“The Relationship between Early Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Performance on End of Grade Tests,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007 (lead author w/ D. Kim, M.A. Overstreet Galeano, C.J. Paul, A.P. Hull, et al.)

Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology

“Dispersal of Amazonian Birds in Continuous and Fragmented Forest,” Ecology Letters, 2007 (coauthor w/K.S. Van Houtan et al.)

James R. Reynolds, professor of environmental science and biology

“Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dry Land Development,” Science, 2007 (lead author)
“Biomass Responses to Elevated CO2, Soil Heterogeneity and Diversity: an Experimental Assessment with Grassland Assemblages,” Oecologia, 2007 (coauthor)
“Amount or Pattern? Responses of a Grassland Assemblage to Joint Changes in the Heterogeneity and Availability of Two Key Resources,” Ecology, 2007 (coauthor)
“Sustainability or Collapse? An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth,” In: Integrated History and Future of People on Earth, Dahlem Workshop Report 96, eds. R. Costanza, L.J. Graumlich & W. Steffen, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2007 (coauthor)
“Natural and Human Dimensions of Land Degradation: Causes and Consequences,” In: Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Global Change -- The IGBP Series, eds. J.G. Canadell, D.E. Pataki & L.F. Pitelka, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007 (lead author)

Daniel D. Richter, professor of soils and forest ecology

“The Rhizosphere and Soil Formation,” In: The Rhizosphere: An Ecological Perspective, eds. Zoe G. Cardon and Julie L. Whitbeck, Academic Press Inc., U.S., 2007 (lead author)

Dan Rittschof, professor of zoology

“Competition Between Native Barnacles, Non-native Barnacles and the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica),” Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2007 (coauthor)
“Fouling in Natural Flows: Cylinders and Panels as Collectors of Particles and Barnacle Larvae,” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, September 2007 (lead author)

Jim E. Salzman, Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy and Law

Concepts and Insights in Environmental Law, Foundation Press, 2007, (2nd ed., coauthor w/B. Thompson Jr.)
International Environmental Law and Policy, Foundation Press, 2007 (3rd ed., coauthor w/D. Zaelke and D. Hunter)

Martin D. Smith, assistant professor of environmental economics

“Structural Modeling of Marine Reserves with Bayesian Estimation,” Marine Resource Economics,” 2007 (lead author)

Avner Vengosh, associate professor

“New Isotopic Evidence for the Origin of Groundwater from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer in the Negev, Israel,” Applied Geochemistry, 2007 (lead author)
“The Geochemistry of Groundwater Resources in the Jordan Valley: Impact of the Rift Valley Brines,” Applied Geochemistry, 2007 (coauthor)