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Peter
L. deFur Table of
Contents: Home University EDUCATION: Affiliate Associate Professor, Center for Environmental
Studies, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, Virginia, 1995-Present President, Association for Science in the Public
Interest, 1999-2000. Chair, Peer Review of EPA (ORD) Research Program for
Endocrine Disruptors, Washington DC July 1997. Member, Peer Review of EPA (ORD) Strategy for Determining
Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxin in Wildlife,
Chicago, IL January 1997. Member, Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing
Advisory Committee, official federal advisory committee to the EPA, 1996-1998. Member, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of
the NAS/NRC, 1996-1999. Steering Committee, SETAC workshop on Multiple Stressors
in Ecological Risk Assessment, September 1997 Steering Committee, SETAC workshop on Reproductive and
Developmental Toxicants, in Oviparous Vertebrates July 1997 Steering Committee, SETAC workshop on Ecological Risk
Management - Building a Framework,
June 1997 Member, Steering Committee for UN Environment Program
workshop on a global assessment for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, 1996-7. Chair, Ecological Subcommittee, Maryland Oyster
Roundtable Steering Committee, 1994 -1996 Member, drafting team for the EPA dioxin reassessment,
Chapter 9, 1996 - present Consultant, EPA Science Advisory Board, September 1992 -
1995. Co-chair, Public Affairs Committee, Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology,
1995- 1996 Steering Committee, SETAC workshop, Ecological Risk
Assessment Modeling System, May 1994 - 1997 Member, Scientific Review Panel for EPA revision of the
IRIS listing of the cancer dose-response potency for PCB mixtures; May, 1996. NAS/NRC Committee on Risk Characterization, 1994 - 1996. Member, Advisory Committee, and Affiliate Associate
Professor, Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, Virginia 1993- 1996. Member, Scientific Review panel, WTI Hazardous Waste
Incinerator, January 1996 Co-Organizer, Symposium for American Society of
Zoologists, December 1995; "Molecules
to Mudflats: Biological
Adaptations to Estuaries." Member, Review Panel, EPA Ecological Risk Assessment
National Guidance, Dec 1995 Steering Committee of Water Quality 2000, 1991 - 1995. Toxic Constituents Challenge Group- Water Quality 2000,
1991. Member, Maryland Oyster Roundtable, 1993-1994. Co-organizer, “Biological Adaptations in Estuaries: from Molecules to Mudflats”, symposium at the ERF biennial meeting, 1993, Hilton Head, South Carolina. External invited reviewer, EPA Scientific Reassessment of
Dioxin, 1992-93. Member, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee
on the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative, January 1992 - 1993. Member, Steering Committee, EPA Wildlife Criteria
Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 12-15, 1992. Member, Research Advisory Committee, Virginia Pesticide
Control Board, 1991-1992. Member, EPA Independent Panel to review Chesapeake Bay
Program non-point source pollution program, 1990. Member, Japanese Oyster Review Committee, Virginia Marine
Resources Commission, 1990 - 1991. Vice-President, Board of Directors, Virginia Conservation
Network, 1994 - 1995. Member, Board of Directors, Conservation Council of
Virginia, 1992 - 1994. Associate editor, Journal of Experimental Zoology,
1994-1996. External reviewer, Physiological Zoology External reviewer, Journal of Crustacean Biology External reviewer, Biological Bulletin External reviewer, Environmental Research World Wildlife Fund to P L deFur for Endocrine Disruptor
Screening and Testing workgroup 1999 Starfire Fund award to VCU, 1996-1997. W.A. Jones Foundation grant to VCU, 1996-1997; 1997-98 C.S. Mott Foundation grant to EDF, 1994-1996. Bauman Foundation grant to EDF, 1994, 1995. Healy Foundation grant to EDF, 1993. Beirne Carter Foundation grant to EDF, 1991. Virginia Sea Grant, Investigator Initiated Research,
1987-90. Jeffress Foundation grant, 1986-7.
Environmental Policy for hormone disrupting chemicals in
the environment Assessing environmental endocrine disruptors in aquatic
systems Effects of medical waste disposal practices on human and
environmental health Effects of hormone disrupting chemicals on children's
health Coastal eutrophication in U.S. waters -- distribution and
impacts. Review of the EPA reassessment of the health and
environmental risks of dioxin and related compounds, and development of policy recommendations, 1991 - Present. Examination of federal policies and practice of risk
assessment, 1993 - Present. Mapping environmental contaminants in the Arctic; EDF
research project, 1994. Impacts and control of non-native species in aquatic
ecosystems, 1991 - Present. Effects of low oxygen (hypoxia) and anoxia on aquatic
organisms of the Chesapeake Bay, 1982 - 1988. Research on the effects of environmental variations on
estuarine invertebrates in Chesapeake Bay.
Association for Science in the Public Interest
International Association of Facilitators
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly American
Society of Zoologists)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Ecological Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Atlantic Estuarine Research Society
International Association of Astacologists
Estuarine Research Federation
The Crustacean Society
Professional Service: Steering
Committees for SETAC workshops on Invertebrate Endocrine Disruptors Multiple Stressors; Reproductive
and Developmental Toxicity of Oviparous Vertebrates;
Ecological Risk Management Public Affairs Committee of SICB/ASZ, 1993 - 1997 Organizer, ASZ symposium: Molecules to Mudflats: Biological Adaptations
in Estuaries. Co-organizer of ASZ symposium on Environmental Endocrine Disrupters,
January 1995 Member of SETAC Pellston workshop on ecological risk decisions Organizer of Estuarine Research Federation symposium on Coastal Hypoxia,
Nov. 1993 Undergraduate
AAAS Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship, June ‑-
August 1989.
Tri Beta (GMU Chapter), Faculty Award 1986.
The Crustacean Society: 1985 Outstanding Paper Award.
American Society of Zoologists Travel Award, First International Congress
of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Liege, Belgium, 1984.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship,
September 1980 - August 1981.
University of Calgary Dissertation Fellowship, 1980 - 1981.
Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship: May 1979 - April 1980.
Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship: January - April 1979.
Hypes, R. and P.L. deFur. 2000. Effects of hypercapnic hypoxia on blue
crabs, Callinectes sapidus. In Prep.
Belzer, R. and P.L. deFur. 2000. Risk Based Decision Making. In: R. Stahl
et al., eds. Ecological Risk Management Framework. SETAC Press,
Pensacola, FL. In Press.
deFur, P.L. 1998. Science, Ethics and Funding.
The Networker 2 (6): 3-4. INVITED
SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“US Policies and Perspectives.” Presentation at the University of
Iowa workshop on Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceutically Active Agents in
Drinking Water. Chicago, IL; April 19-21, 2000.
“An Environmental Scientist’s Perspective on the Precautionary
Pinciple.” Presentation to the National Toxicology Forum, February 2000,
Washington DC.
“Medical Waste: Where’s The Harm?” Presentation to the Fall meeting
of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, November 1999.
“Achieving a Toxics Free Bay- The Role of Point Sources”, NGO
perspective. Panel Discussion at EPA Chesapeake Bay Forum, Aberdeen, MD. June
22, 1999
“Can What We Don’t Know Hurt Us? Toxic chemicals in the Chesapeake
Bay.” Invited Symposium at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Nov 13,
1998.
“Environmental Endocrine Disruptors: Fact and Fantasy”; seminar to
Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, October, 1998.
“Environmental Risks to Children’s Health,” Society for Risk
Analysis symposium, Williamsburg, VA; October 1998.
“An NGO Perspective on Risk Assessment”.
Briefing for Congressional staff, January 1997, organized by the American
Chemical Society, as part of the Risk Education Project.
“Stakeholder Participation: Improving Decision Making for Risk
Assessment and Risk Management”. Panel presentation, annual meeting of the
American Industrial Health Council, Washington, DC, December 1996.
“The Return of Silent Spring?” Convocation lecture to Roanoke
College, Salem Virginia, March 1996.
“An Environmental Perspective on the EPA Dioxin Reassessment”. Risk
Assessment 1995, Symposium Presentation, Oct 17-18, 1995, Inside Washington
Publishers
“Science, Policy and Ecological Risk Assessment”. Environmental
Science Seminar Series, University of Virginia, September 1995.
“Policies and Regulations for Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides”. Panel
presentation to the annual meeting of Investigative Reporters and Editors, June
1995, Miami, Fl
“The Role of Scientists in Federal Environmental Policy: Lessons from
Risk Assessment”. Seminar to Oregon Inst. Mar. Biol., Charleston, OR, April
1995.
“Ecological Risk Assessment in the Chesapeake Bay”. Seminar to the
Darden School of Business, The Executive Program, Univ. Virginia, June 1995.
“Risk-based Decision Making: Is Risk Assessment Elitist?” Panel
presentation to USAID, Washington, DC, March 15, 1994.
“The Environmental Community Perspective on Environmental and
Occupational Cancer”. NIEHS Environmental Justice Symposium, Crystal City, VA,
February 10 - 12, 1994.
“The Toxicological Basis for Risk Assessment and the Cost of Regulation
in EPA”, presentation before the National Academy of Sciences, Board on
Environment, Science and Technology, Washington, DC, December, 1993.
“Systemic Responses of Estuarine
Invertebrates to Hypoxia,” Estuarine Research Federation meeting, Hilton head,
SC, November, 1993
“Risk Assessment in the 1990's: Lessons from Dioxin”, seminar to the
Medical University of South Carolina, November 1993.
“Reassessment of the Health and Environmental Risks of Dioxin”,
seminar to Eastern Connecticut State University, October 1993.
“Environmental Activities: Prospective on Environmental Policy - Making
Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty”. Office of Personnel Management Training
Panel, Denver, CO, July 1993.
“Responses of Aquatic Animals to Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay”,
seminar to the Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, January
1993.
“An Environmentalist Perspective on On-Site Oil Spill Clean Up”,
panel presentation to Coast Guard Class, December 1992.
“Physiological Responses of Blue Crabs to Long Term Hypoxia”, seminar
to the Department of Biology, George Washington University, October 1992.
“EPA's New Directions: Recommendations from the Environmental
Community”, panel presentation to the EPA annual meeting on Water Quality
Standards, September 1992.
“The Role of Science in Environmental Regulation and Policy”, seminar
to the College of Charleston, Environmental Studies Program, October 1991.
“Wetland Values, Functions and Regulations in 1991”, invited lecture
at Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Urban Studies, October
1991.
“How Much Is the Wetland in Your Back Yard Worth?”, College lecture
series at Randolph Macon College, September 1991.
“Public Participation in Long Term Management of Sediments
Decision-making Processes”, presentation at LTMS National Workshop, Baltimore
MD, February 1991.
Molting in Blue Crabs: Physiological Adaptations to Low Salinity and Low
Oxygen Environments, Seminar at Department of Biology, University of New
Orleans, October 1989.
Physiological Adaptations to Estuarine Habitats, seminar given to the
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, February
1989.
Systemic Limitations to Gas Transport in Invertebrates, invited speaker
at the fall meeting of American Physiological Society, October 1987. ABSTRACTS and PRESENTATIONS:
P.L. deFur and S.R. Hypes, R. 1999. Effects of hypoxia/hypercapnic on Callinectes
sapidus in the York River, VA. Am Zool. 39: 60A (Abs.)
Stahl. R., G. Ankley, M. Crane, P. deFur, J. LeBlanc, C. Ingersoll, L.
Tattersfield, and P. Mathiessen. 1999. Workshop report for EDIETA, SETAC annual
meeting, Nov. 14-18, 1999; Philadelphia, PA.
deFur, P.L. and S.R. Hypes. 1999. Blue crabs response to hypercapnic
hypoxia compared with air exposure. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124A (suppl.): s141
(Abs.)
Hypes, R and P.L. deFur. 1999. Effects of hypoxia/hypercapnic on Callinectes sapidus in the York River, VA. Annual meeting AERS:
Gloucester Pt., VA; 23-25 April 1999.
Hypes, R. and P.L. deFur. 1998. Effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on
blue crabs in an estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. Am. Zool. 38: 432 Abs.
deFur, P.L. and C. Borgert 1998. Communications and outreach workgroup in
the EDSTAC process. SETAC annual meeting, Nov., 1998, Charlotte, NC
deFur, P.L. and C. Fehl. 1998. Pfeisteria hysteria in the Chesapeake Bay
in 1997. SETAC annual meeting, Nov., 1998, Charlotte, NC
deFur, P.L. et al. 1998. Characterizing the ecological risks of multiple
stressors in ecological risk assessments; workshop results. SETAC annual
meeting, Nov., 1998, Charlotte, NC
deFur , P.L. 1997. A framework for ecological risk management – results
of a workshop SETAC Annual meeting, Nov., 1997, San Francisco, CA.
deFur, P.L. 1996. Exposure to hypoxia is accompanied by
changes in ambient pH and carbon dioxide with
consequences for respiratory function. Am. Zool 36: (abs).
deFur, P.L. and L.E. Burnett. 1995. Respiratory responses of blue crabs, Callinectes
sapidus, to hypercapnic hypoxia. Am. Zool. 35: 66A (abs).
deFur, P.L., J. Roberts and M. Spivack. 1995. Environmental endocrine
disruptors: A proposed classification scheme.
Soc. Environ. Tox. & Chem. annual meeting, Nov. 1995, Vancouver, BC.
deFur, P.L. 1995. Policy and Regulations for Control of Exotic Species
Introductions. Panel presentation to annual meeting of Amer. Soc. Zool., St.
Louis, MO
deFur, P.L. 1993. Respiratory responses of blue crabs, Callinectes
sapidus, to ambient hypoxia. Am.
Zool. vol. 33: 61A.
deFur, P.L. 1993. Physiological responses of aquatic animals to
persistent ambient hypoxia. Estuarine Research Federation Annual Meeting,
November 1993.
deFur, P.L. 1992. Ambient hypoxia limits biodiversity in estuarine and
coastal habitats. Am. Zool. 32: abs.
deFur, P.L. 1991. Human health and environmental threats due to dioxin
exposure in ambient water. AAAS
annual meeting, Washington, DC.
deFur, P.L. 1991. Water quality standards for dioxin are not protective
of human health or the environment. Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research, 1991.
CRC, P.O. Box 1280, Solomons, MD.
deFur, P.L. 1990. Ammonia excretion during hypoxia and hypersaline
exposure in crayfish. Atlantic
Estuarine Res. Soc. meeting Gloucester Pt., VA.
deFur, P.L. 1990. Oxygen uptake during long term hypoxia in blue crabs, Callinectes
sapidus. Am. Zool. 30: 93A.
deFur, P.L. 1989. Respiratory responses of blue crabs to long
and short term hypoxia; presentation at the Estuarine Research Federation
meeting in Baltimore.
deFur, P.L. 1989. Respiratory responses of blue crabs, Callinectes
sapidus, to long term hypoxia; paper presented at the Atlantic Estuarine
Research Society Meeting, Beaufort, NC.
Maloney, C.T., L.E. Burnett and P.L. deFur. 1990.
Branchial water acid-base status in intertidal crabs during air exposure.
Am. Zool. 29: 104A.
deFur, P.L., C.P. Mangum and C.L. Reiber. 1988. Effects of long term
hypoxia on respiration in Callinectes sapidus Am. Zool. 28: 62A.
Mangum, C.P., P.L. deFur and J.D. Reese. 1988. Effects of hypoxia on
hemocyanin O2 transport in Callinectes sapidus. Am. Zool. 28:
62A
Reiber, C.L. and P.L. deFur. 1988. Equilibrium of the acid‑base
system of crustacean hemolymph in vitro. Am.
Zool. 28: 18A
deFur, P.L., A.L. Pease and C.L. Reiber. 1988. Compensatory responses of
blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, to hypoxia.
2nd Internat. Congress Comp. Physiol. Biochem., LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
Reiber, C.L., P.L. deFur and G.F. Birchard. 1988.
Temperature sensitivity of oxygen uptake in the forest land crab, Stoliczia
abbotti. 2nd Internat. Congres.
Comp. Physiol. Biochem., LSU, Baton
Rouge, LA.
deFur, P.L. 1987. Oxygen uptake of blue crabs during ecdysis at low
salinity. Am. Zool.
27: 6A.
Lewis, R.J. and P.L. deFur. 1987. Hemolymph
PO2 and acid-base balance during molting in the Rock crab, Cancer
irroratus. Am. Zool.
27: 109A.
Pease, A. S. and P.L. deFur. 1987. Effects
of long term hypoxia on respiratory and circulatory function in blue crabs, Callinectes
sapidus. Am. Zool. 27: 109A.
deFur, P.L. and C.L. Reiber. 1987. Hemolymph ion levels during molting in
decapod crustaceans. Fed. Proc. 46:347.
deFur, P.L. 1987. Physiological aspects of molting in blue crabs from the
tidal fresh water Potomac River. Paper presented at the Portunid Ecology
Workshop, Edgewater, MD.
deFur, P.L. 1986. Some ion levels in the forest land crab, Stoliczia
abbotti Rathbun. Am. Zool. 26: 75A.
deFur, P.L. and K.L. Gallagher. 1986. Induced metabolic acidosis and
alkalosis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun.
Proc. Internat. Union Physiol. Sci. 1986. Univ. British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C, p. 217.
Lewis, R.J., C.L. Klumpp and P.L. deFur. 1986. Aspects of molting in the
rock crab, Cancer irroratus. Am.
Zool. 26: 49A.
Nusbaumer, D.D. and P.L. deFur. 1986.
Molt morphometrics in Callinectes sapidus. Am. Zool. 26:
50A.
Pease, A.L., P.L. deFur and C.Chase. 1986. Physiological compensation to
long term hypoxia in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Am. Zool.
26: 122A.
Gallagher, K.L. and P.L. deFur. 1985. Responses of blue crabs to neutral
and acidic seawater injection. Am. Zool. 25: 48A.
deFur, P.L. and D.J. Maetzold. 1984. Chronic blood pressure measurements in the land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola.
First International Cong. Comp. Physiol. Biochem., Liege, Belgium.
Maetzold, D.J. and P.L. deFur. 1984. Hemolymph pressures and gill
structure of a land crab. Am. Zool. 24: 111A.
deFur, P.L. and K. Lukowiak. 1983. Cardiovascular function in a semi-intact
preparation of Aplysia californica
is affected by spontaneous gill movements. Am. Zool. 23: 917.
McMahon, B.R., P.L. deFur, C.P. Mangum and M.G. Wheatly. 1983. Compensation for changes in acid‑base status occurring
during the molting cycle in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
Am. Zool. 23: 952.
Mangum, C.P., B.R. McMahon, P.L. deFur and M.G. Wheatly. 1983.
Oxygen uptake and transport during a molt in Callinectes sapidus.
Am. Zool. 23: 952.
deFur, P.L. 1982. Branchial function in the intertidal crab, Panopeus
herbsti during air exposure. Am. Zool. 22: 958.
deFur, P.L. and B.R. McMahon. 1980. Respiratory responses to emersion of
crabs from different littoral habitats. Am. Zool. 20: 908.
Jorgensen, D., G. Bourne, L. Burnett, P. deFur and B. McMahon. 1982. Circulatory function during hypoxia in the Dungeness
crab, Cancer magister. Am.
Zool. 22: 958.
deFur, P.L. and B.R. McMahon. 1980. Hemolymph acid-base status of
the intertidal crab, Cancer productus, during and following emersion.
The Physiologist 23: 70.
deFur, P.L., P.R.H. Wilkes and B.R. McMahon. 1980.
Evidence of shell buffering in the crab, Cancer productus.
Can. Soc. Zool. Ann. Meeting.
deFur, P.L., A.W. Pinder, C.E. Booth and B.R. McMahon. 1980. Hemolymph respiratory parameters during in situ emersion in
the decapod, Cancer productus. Prairie Univ. Biol. Sem.
Booth, C.E., A.W. Pinder, P.L. deFur and B.R. McMahon. 1980. Oxygen uptake and transport during swimming in the blue crab,
Callinectes sapidus. Can. Soc. Zool. Ann. Meeting.
Wilkes, P.R.H., P.L. deFur, and B.R. McMahon. 1980. A new mathematical
description of crustacean acid-base status.
Can. Soc. Zool. Ann. Meeting. deFur, P.L., D.D. Jorgensen and L.E. Burnett. 1979. Circulatory parameters in a decapod crustacean, Cancer |
