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List of works by Peter C Van Metre

A Simplified Approach for Monitoring Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants Associated with Suspended Sediment: Methodology and Applications

scientific article published on April 1, 2003

A chronicle of organochlorine contamination in Clear Creek, Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas, 1960-2002, as recorded in sediment cores

A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake reservoir Dallas, Texas, based on paleolimnological analyses

scholarly article

Acute Toxicity of Runoff from Sealcoated Pavement to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas

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An 80-year record of sediment quality in the lower Mississippi River

Assessment of multiple sources of anthropogenic and natural chemical inputs to a morphologically complex basin, Lake Mead, USA

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Atmospheric mercury accumulation and washoff processes on impervious urban surfaces

Bifenthrin Causes Trophic Cascade and Altered Insect Emergence in Mesocosms: Implications for Small Streams

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Biofilms Provide New Insight into Pesticide Occurrence in Streams and Links to Aquatic Ecological Communities

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Cancer risk from incidental ingestion exposures to PAHs associated with coal-tar-sealed pavement

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Chemical and Physical Controls on Mercury Source Signatures in Stream Fish from the Northeastern United States

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Chemical constituents in sediment in Lake Pontchartrain and in street mud and canal sediment in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005

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Coal-tar pavement sealants might substantially increase children's PAH exposures

scientific article published on 9 February 2012

Coal-tar-based parking lot sealcoat: an unrecognized source of PAH to settled house dust

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Coal-tar-based pavement sealcoat and PAHs: implications for the environment, human health, and stormwater management

scientific article (publication date: 20 March 2012)

Coal-tar-based pavement sealcoat—Potential concerns for human health and aquatic life

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Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from 56 U.S. lakes and reservoirs sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992-2001

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Common insecticide disrupts aquatic communities: A mesocosm-to-field ecological risk assessment of fipronil and its degradates in U.S. streams

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Complex mixtures of Pesticides in Midwest U.S. streams indicated by POCIS time-integrating samplers

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Complex mixtures of dissolved pesticides show potential aquatic toxicity in a synoptic study of Midwestern U.S. streams.

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and azaarenes in runoff from coal-tar- and asphalt-sealcoated pavement

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and major and trace elements in simulated rainfall runoff from parking lots, Austin, Texas, 2003

scientific article published in 2004

Contaminant trends in reservoir sediment cores as records of influent stream quality

scientific article

Contribution of PAHs from coal-tar pavement sealcoat and other sources to 40 U.S. lakes

scientific article

Correction to PAH Concentrations in Lake Sediment Decline Following Ban on Coal-Tar-Based Pavement Sealants in Austin, Texas

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Corrigendum to “Tracing historical trends of Hg in the Mississippi River using Hg concentrations and Hg isotopic compositions in a lake sediment core” [CHEMGE 17429 (2015) Vol/Iss–CHEMGE 395C 80–87]

scholarly article

Daily stream samples reveal highly complex pesticide occurrence and potential toxicity to aquatic life

scientific article published on 18 January 2020

Declining Dioxin Concentrations in the Rhone River Basin, France, Attest to the Effectiveness of Emissions Controls

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Design and methods of the California stream quality assessment (CSQA), 2017

scientific article published in 2020

Design and methods of the Midwest Stream Quality Assessment (MSQA), 2013

scientific article published in 2017

Design and methods of the Pacific Northwest Stream Quality Assessment (PNSQA), 2015

scientific article published in 2017

Design and methods of the Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA), 2014

scientific article published in 2015

Design and methods of the U.S. Geological Survey Northeast Stream Quality Assessment (NESQA), 2016

scientific article published in 2019

Distribution and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in Woods Inlet, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003

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Dual-core mass-balance approach for evaluating mercury and 210Pb atmospheric fallout and focusing to lakes

scientific article published in January 2009

Ecological consequences of neonicotinoid mixtures in streams

scientific article published in 2022

Effect of sample holding time on bioaccessibility and sediment ecotoxicological assessments

scientific article published on 26 June 2018

Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the chemistry of bottom sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, La.: Chapter 7F in Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005

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Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the chemistry of bottom sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, U.S.A.

scientific article published on November 2006

Effects of oil and gas production on Lake Meredith sediments, 1964-99

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Effects of urban multi-stressors on three stream biotic assemblages

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

Effects of urbanization on mercury deposition and accumulation in New England

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Enantiomer fractions of chlordane components in sediment from U.S. Geological Survey sites in lakes and rivers

scientific article published on September 2009

Exposure to runoff from coal-tar-sealed pavement induces genotoxicity and impairment of DNA repair capacity in the RTL-W1 fish liver cell line

scientific article

Fipronil and its degradates in indoor and outdoor dust

scientific article

Grain-size distribution and selected major and trace element concentrations in bed-sediment cores from the Lower Granite Reservoir and Snake and Clearwater Rivers, eastern Washington and northern Idaho, 2010

scholarly article in Scientific Investigations Report, 2012

Greigite (Fe3S4) as an indicator of drought – The 1912–1994 sediment magnetic record from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, USA

scholarly article

Gross-beta activity in ground water: natural sources and artifacts of sampling and laboratory analysis

High Nitrate Concentrations in Some Midwest United States Streams in 2013 after the 2012 Drought

scientific article

Historical Trends in Organochlorine Compounds in River Basins Identified Using Sediment Cores from Reservoirs

Historical records, sources, and spatial trends of PCBs along the Rhône River (France).

scientific article published on 2 February 2014

Identification of contamination in a lake sediment core using Hg and Pb isotopic compositions, Lake Ballinger, Washington, USA

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Immunoassay screening of sediment cores for polychlorinated biphenyls, Devil's Swamp Lake near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004

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In response to O'Reilly et al. (2014)

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

Increased atmospheric deposition of mercury in reference lakes near major urban areas

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Influence of coal-tar sealcoat and other carbonaceous materials on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon loading in an urban watershed

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Influence of sediment chemistry and sediment toxicity on macroinvertebrate communities across 99 wadable streams of the Midwestern USA.

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Legacy and current-use contaminants in sediments alter macroinvertebrate communities in southeastern USA streams

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

Linking the Agricultural Landscape of the Midwest to Stream Health with Structural Equation Modeling

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Major and trace elements in 35 lake and reservoir sediment cores from across the United States, 1994-2001

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Multi-region assessment of pharmaceutical exposures and predicted effects in USA wadeable urban-gradient streams

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Nutrient enrichment in wadeable urban streams in the Piedmont Ecoregion of the Southeastern United States

scientific article published on 07 November 2018

Origins of Sediment-Associated Contaminants to the Marais Vernier, the Seine Estuary, France

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PAH concentrations in lake sediment decline following ban on coal-tar-based pavement sealants in Austin, Texas

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

PAH volatilization following application of coal-tar-based pavement sealant

scholarly article by Peter C. Van Metre et al published May 2012 in Atmospheric Environment

PAHs underfoot: contaminated dust from coal-tar sealcoated pavement is widespread in the United States

scientific article published in January 2009

Paleoreconstruction of organic carbon inputs to an oxbow lake in the Mississippi River watershed: Effects of dam construction and land use change on regional inputs

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Parking lot sealcoat: a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban and suburban environments

Parking lot sealcoat: an unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

scientific article published on August 2005

Particle-associated contaminants in street dust, parking lot dust, soil, lake-bottom sediment, and suspended and streambed sediment, Lake Como and Fosdic Lake watersheds, Fort Worth, Texas, 2004

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Pavement alters delivery of sediment and fallout radionuclides to urban streams

scientific article published in September 2020

Physicochemical and analytical data for tributary water, lake water, and lake sediment, Lake Arrowhead, Clay and Archer Counties, Texas, 2006

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Potential contributions of asphalt and coal tar to black carbon quantification in urban dust, soils, and sediments

scholarly article

Prioritizing river basins for intensive monitoring and assessment by the US Geological Survey

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Projected urban growth in the southeastern USA puts small streams at risk

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Response to Comment on “PAH Concentrations in Lake Sediment Decline Following Ban on Coal-Tar-Based Pavement Sealants in Austin, Texas”

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Response to Comment on “PAHs Underfoot: Contaminated Dust from Coal-Tar Sealcoated Pavement is Widespread in the U.S.”

Response to Comment on “Parking Lot Sealcoat: An Unrecognized Source of Urban Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”

Response to comment on "cancer risk from incidental ingestion exposures to PAHs associated with coal-tar-sealed pavement".

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Sediment And Sediment-Associated Contaminant Transport Through Karst

Similar Rates of Decrease of Persistent, Hydrophobic and Particle-Reactive Contaminants in Riverine Systems

Similarities and differences in occurrence and temporal fluctuations in glyphosate and atrazine in small Midwestern streams (USA) during the 2013 growing season

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Sources and ages of fine-grained sediment to streams using fallout radionuclides in the Midwestern United States

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Sources of polychlorinated biphenyls to Devils Swamp Lake near Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Spatial and temporal trends in PCBs in sediment along the lower Rhône River, France

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Spatial and temporal variation in microcystin occurrence in wadeable streams in the southeastern United States

scientific article published on 04 February 2016

Spatiotemporal patterns of mercury accumulation in lake sediments of western North America

scientific article

Survey of bioaccessible pyrethroid insecticides and sediment toxicity in urban streams of the northeast United States

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

The California stream quality assessment

The Midwest Stream Quality Assessment—Influences of human activities on streams

The Northeast Stream Quality Assessment

The Pacific northwest stream quality assessment

The Southeast Stream Quality Assessment

The chemical response of particle-associated contaminants in aquatic sediments to urbanization in New England, U.S.A.

scientific article

Tracing historical trends of Hg in the Mississippi River using Hg concentrations and Hg isotopic compositions in a lake sediment core, Lake Whittington, Mississippi, USA

scholarly article

Trends in hydrophobic organic contaminants in urban and reference lake sediments across the United States, 1970-2001.

scientific article published on August 2005

Trends in metals in urban and reference lake sediments across the United States, 1970 to 2001.

scientific article

Urban Sprawl Leaves Its PAH Signature

Volatilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal-tar-sealed pavement

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Water quality in the Trinity River basin, Texas, 1992-95

Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-1994 identified using sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas

scholarly article

Zinc isotopic signatures in eight lake sediment cores from across the United States

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Zn and Cu isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic contamination in a sediment core from an urban lake

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