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David R. YoungResearch Environmental ScientistVoice: 541-867-4038 |
Education:
- B.A., Pomona College; Physics, 1960
- Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography; Chemical and Biological Oceanography, 1970
Previous Positions:
- 1984-1986: Associate Professor of Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
- 1980-1984: Oceanographer, Dames and Moore, Los Angeles, CA
- 1970-1980: Oceanographer, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Los Angeles, CA
- 1961-1970: Research Assistant, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, CA
Research Interests and Skills:
- Remote sensing
- Estuarine Sedimentation
- Bioaccumulation/Biomagnification
Keywords:
- Stressors: Macroalgae, accumulation; Sediment sulfide
- Techniques: Aerial photography, Estuarine habitat mapping
- Scientific Disciplines: Environmental chemistry
Professional Societies:
- Estuarine Research Federation
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Appointments / Honors:
- Adjunct Professor of Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1986-present
Selected Publications:
- Young, D.R., R.J. Ozretich, H. Lee II, S. Echols, and J. Frazier. 2001. Persistence of DDT residues and dieldrin off a pesticide processing plant in San Francisco Bay, California. Chapter 15, pages 204-217 in R.L Lipnick, J.L.M. Hermens, K.C. Jones, and D.C.G. Muir, editors, Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals I: Fate and Exposure, American Chemical Society, Washington DC.
- Young, D.R., S.P. Cline, D.T. Specht, P.J. Clinton, B.D. Robbins, and J.O. Lamberson. 2000. Mapping spatial/temporal distributions of green macroalgae in a Pacific Northwest coastal estuary via small format color infrared aerial photography. Pages 285-286, Vol. 2, in Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Remote Sensing for the Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, May 2000, Veridian ERIM International, Ann Arbor.
- Clinton, P.J., D.R. Young, B.D. Robbins, and D.T. Specht. 2000. Issues in digital image processing of aerial photography for mapping submersed aquatic vegetation. Pages 292-298, Vol. 2, in Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Remote Sensing for the Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, May 2000, Veridian ERIM International, Ann Arbor.
- Specht, D.T., D.R. Young, and P.J. Clinton. 2000. Near infrared aerial photo-detection of Zostera japonica communities in Pacific Northwest estuarine intertidal habitats. Pages 161-167, Vol. 2, in Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Remote Sensing for the Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, May 2000, Veridian ERIM International, Ann Arbor.
- Young, D.R., R.J. Ozretich, F. A. Roberts, O.A. Brinken, and I.N. Taganov. 1999. Evaluation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination of Lake Baikal and Angara River surface waters. J. Rus. Acad. Science, Russian Geographical Society 131(1)65-69.
- Young, D.R., D.T. Specht, B.D.Robbins and P.J. Clinton. 1999. Delineation of Pacific Northwest SAVs from aerial photography: Natural color or color infrared film? Pages 1173-1178 in Proceedings of the 1999 ASPRS Annual Conference, American Society of Photogrammertry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD.
- Young, D.R., D.T. Specht, P.J. Clinton and Henry Lee II. 1998. Use of color infrared aerial photography to map distributions of eelgrass and green macroalgae in a non-urbanized estuary of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. Vol. II, pages 37-45 in B. Petoskey, editor. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, ERIM International, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI. NHEERL-COR-2272
- Young, D.R., M. Becerra, D. Kopec, and S. Echols. 1998. GC/MS analysis of PCB congeners in blood of the harbor seal Phoca vitalina from San Francisco Bay. Chemosphere 37(4)711-733.
- Randall, R.C., D.R. Young, H.Lee II, and S.F. Echols. 1998. Lipid methodology and normalization relationships for neutral non-polar organic pollutants. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17(5):788-79.