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Jeff Levengood
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-333-6767 Fax: 217-333-6294 Email: jleven@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Wildlife Contaminant Specialist Office Location: Forbes Bldg, 1816 S. Oak St | ||
| Activities | Ecotoxicology; wildlife toxicology; contaminant-disease interactions; landscape ecotoxicology |
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| Research |
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Contaminants Associated with Railroads Impacts of Contaminants Associated with Railroads on Aquatic Communities (w/Cao) Isoflavones in the agricultural environment Using Preserved Specimens to Ascertain Historic Trends in Mercury Deposition Yet-to-emerge Contaminants in Lake Trout Nesting ecology and contaminant exposure of Lake Calumet Black-Crowned Night-Herons A comparative investigation of contaminants in fishes from the Calumet region of Chicago Patterns of contaminant exposure in unionid mussels from the MS/IL Rivers confluence area Health Assessment of Peruvian Humboldt Penguins: Environmental Contaminants (w/Yi, Adkesson et al.) Transfer of contaminants from sediments to insectivorous birds via emergent aquatic insects (w/ Soucek et al.) Contaminants and trematode infections in amphibians (w/Beasley et al.) Recruitment, Mortality, and Site Occupancy for Riparian Muskrats: Effects of Flow Regime and Landscape Context (w/Schooley et al.) |
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| Professional affiliations |
Co-Laboratory Director Program in Veterinary, Wildlife, and Ecological Toxicology Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| Selected publications |
Rogowski DL, DJ Soucek, JM Levengood, SR Johnson, JH Chick, JM Dettmers, MA Pegg, and JM Epifanio. 2009. Linking relative trophic position and contaminants in Asian carps, invasive species in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 157:211-222. Esarey, J, Soucek, D, Levengood, J, Hudson, R, Wimer, W and Halbrook R. 2008. Contaminants in unionid mussels from the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 38:197-214. Levengood, JM and EJ Heske. 2008. Heavy metal exposure, reproductive activity, and demographic patterns in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) inhabiting a contaminated wetland. Science of the Total Environment 389:320-328. Levengood, JM and VR Beasley. 2007. Ecotoxicology. Pp. 689-708 in R. Gupta, Ed., Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles. Elsevier/Academic Press, San Diego Levengood, JM, Wiedenmann, L, Custer, TW, Schaeffer, DJ, Matson, CW, Melancon, MJ, Hoffman, DJ, Scott, JW, Talbott, JL, Bordson, JO, Bickham, JW, Rattner, BA, and Golden, NH. 2007. Contaminant exposure and biomarker response in embryos of black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) nesting near Lake Calumet, Illinois. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:791-805. Levengood JM and LM Skowron. 2007. Coaccumulaiton of cadmium and zinc in tissues of sentinel mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) using a former dredge-disposal impoundment. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 53:281-286. Reeder, Amy L., Marilyn O. Ruiz, Allan Pessier, Lauren E. Brown, Jeffrey M. Levengood, Christopher A. Phillips, Matthew B. Wheeler, Richard E. Warner, and Val R. Beasley. 2005. Intersexuality and the Cricket Frog Decline: Historic and Geographic Trends. Environmental Health Perspectives 113:261-265. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Member of The Wildlife Society Member of the Wildlife Disease Association Member of the Illinois State Academy of Science Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Member of Sigma Xi |
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| Education | PhD, Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1992 MS, Biology, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1985 BA, Biology, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1983 AS, Wildlife Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1981 | ||