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Steven P. FerraroResearch Aquatic Biologist |
Education:
- B.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY; Biology, 1968
- Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY; Biology, 1980
Previous Positions:
- 1982: Biologist, Tippetts, Abbett, McCarthy & Stratton Architects and Planners, New York, NY
Research Interests and Skills:
- Marine/estuarine ecology; pollution ecology; environmental statistics
Keywords:
- Disciplines: Biology-Marine; Ecology-Benthic; Ecology-Community; Ecology-Estuarine; Ecology-Marine; Monitoring and Assessment-Environmental
- Stressors: Combinations-Physical/Chemical/Biological Stressors
- Methods: Statistics-Inferential
Professional Societies:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- American Fisheries Society
- Estuarine Research Federation
- Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association
- Pacific Estuarine Research Society
Appointments / Honors:
- State of the Environment Report, Marine/Estuary Committee, 1999
- USEPA Special Act Award, 1997
- USEPA Science Achievement Award in Biology/Ecology, 1995
- Member, EPA's Pacific Northwest Regional Marine Research Program, 1994-1998
- USEPA 2% Innovative Research Program Award, 1992
- USEPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2003; Honorable Mention, 1991, 1993,1998
- USEPA EMAP Near Coastal Research Project Award, 1990
- Member, EPA's 301(h) National Task Force, 1982-1986
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 2007. Benthic macrofauna--habitat associations in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71:491-507.
- Ferraro, S.P., F.A. Cole, and A.R. Olsen. 2006. A more cost-effective EMAP benthic macrofaunal sampling protocol. Environ. Monit. Assess. 116: 275-290. WED-05-006
- Ferraro, S. P. 2005. Red-letter days. The Quarterly Review of Biology 80: 13-17.
- Ferraro, S. P. and F. A. Cole. 2004. Optimal benthic macrofaunal sampling protocol for detecting differences among four habitats in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA. Estuaries 27: 1014-1025.
- Palacios, K.C., and S.P. Ferraro. 2003. Green crab (Carcinus maenas Linnaeus) consumption rates on and prey preferences among four bivalve prey species. J. Shellfish Res. 22(3):865-871.
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 2002. A field validation of two sediment-amphipod toxicity tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21(7):1423-1437.
- Boese, B.L., R.J. Ozretich, J.O. Lamberson, F.A. Cole, R.C. Swartz, and S.P. Ferraro. 2000. Phototoxic evaluation of marine sediments collected from a PAH-contaminated site. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38:274-282.
- Ozretich, R.J., S.P. Ferraro, J.O. Lamberson, and F.A. Cole. 2000. Test of
polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon model at a creosote-contaminated site,
Elliott Bay, Washington, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.19(9):2378-2389. - Kravitz, M.J., J.O. Lamberson, S.P. Ferraro, R.C. Swartz, B.L. Boese, and D.T. Specht. 1999. Avoidance response of the estuarine amphipod Eohaustorius estuarius to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated, field-collected sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18:1232-1235.
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 1997. Effects of DDT-sediment contamination on macrofaunal community structure and composition in San Francisco Bay. Marine Biology 130:323-334.
- Swartz, R.C., S.P. Ferraro, J.O. Lamberson, F.A. Cole, R.J. Ozretich, B.L. Boese, D.W. Schults, M. Behrenfeld, and G.T. Ankley. 1997. Photoactivation and toxicity of mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in marine sediment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16:2151-2157.
- Rohlf, F.J., H.R. Akcakaya, and S.P. Ferraro. 1996. Optimizing composite sampling protocols. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30:2899-2905.
- Swartz, R.C., D.W. Schults, R.J. Ozretich, J.O Lamberson, F.A. Cole,
T.H. DeWitt, M.S. Redmond, and S.P. Ferraro. 1995.
: A model to predict
the toxicity of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures in field-collected
sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14:1977-1987. - Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 1995. Taxonomic level sufficient for assessing pollution impacts on the Southern California Bight macrobenthos -- revisited. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14:1031-1040.
- Ferraro, S.P., R.C. Swartz, F.A. Cole, and W.A DeBen. 1994. Optimum macrobenthic sampling protocol for detecting pollution impacts in the Southern California Bight. Environ. Monit. Assess. 29:127-153.
- Swartz, R.C., F.A. Cole, J.O. Lamberson, S.P. Ferraro, D.W. Schults, W.A. DeBen, H. Lee II. and R.J. Ozretich. 1994. Sediment toxicity, contamination, and amphipod abundance at a DDT-and dieldrin-contaminated site in San Francisco Bay. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:949-962.
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 1992. Taxonomic level sufficient for assessing a moderate impact on macrobenthic communities in Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49:1184-1188.
- Schults, D.W., S.P. Ferraro, L.M. Smith, F.A. Roberts, and C.K. Poindexter. 1992. A comparison of methods for collecting interstitial water for trace organic compounds and metals analyses. Water Research 26:989-995.
- Ferraro, S.P., R.C. Swartz, F.A. Cole, and D.W. Schults. 1991. Temporal changes in the benthos along a pollution gradient: discriminating the effects of natural phenomena from sewage-industrial wastewater effects. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 33:383-407.
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 1990. Taxonomic level and sample size sufficient for assessing pollution impacts on the Southern California Bight macrobenthos. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 67:251-262.
- Ferraro, S.P., H. Lee II, R.J. Ozretich, and D.T. Specht. 1990. Predicting bioaccumulation potential: a test of a fugacity-based model. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.19:386-394
- Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole, W.A. DeBen, and R.C. Swartz 1989. Power-cost efficiency of eight macrobenthic sampling schemes in Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2157-2165.