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2014

Karouna-Renier, N. K., White, C., Perkins, C. R., Schmerfeld, J. J., & Yates, D.

Assessment of mitochondrial DNA damage in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) collected near a mercury-contaminated river. Ecotoxicology, 23(8), 1419-1429.

2014
2014

Yates, David E., Evan M. Adams, Sofia E. Angelo, David C. Evers, John Schmerfeld, Marianne S. Moore, Thomas H. Kunz et al.

Mercury in bats from the northeastern United States. Ecotoxicology 23, no. 1 (2014): 45-55.

2014
2012

Nam, D.-H., Yates, D., Ardapple, P., Evers, D. C., Schmerfeld, J., & Basu, N.

Elevated mercury exposure and neurochemical alterations in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from a site with historical mercury contamination. Ecotoxicology, 12(4), 1094–1101

2012
2011

Yates, D., S.E. Angelo, M.W. Goodale and D.C. Evers.

Bat Mercury Study Examining Footprint Area and Downstream: South River, Virginia – 2009. Report BRI 2009-10 submitted to DuPont Corporate Remediation Group, Newark, Delaware and the U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Gloucester, Virginia. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME. 57pp.

2011
2010

Wada, H., D. Yates, D. Evers, R. Taylor, W. Hopkins.

Tissue mercury concentrations and adrenocortical responses of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) near a contaminated river. Ecotox. 19:7 1277-84.

2010
2009

Yates, D., S. Angelo, T. Divoll and D.C. Evers,

Assessment of mercury exposure to bats at Onondaga Lake, New York. Report BRI 2010-11 submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cortland, NY. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine, 44 pp.

2009
2008

Yates, D., K. Taylor, and C. Niven.

Effects of Water Levels on Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Populations within the West Grand Lake Project, Maine. Report BRI 2008-25 submitted to BIA and OA System Corporation, Amarillo, Texas. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine.

2008
2008

T. Divoll, D. Yates, D.C. Evers,

Pilot assessment of mercury exposure to bats at Onondaga Lake, New York. Report BRI 2009-10 submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cortland, NY. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine, 44 pp.

2008
2008

Yates, D., M. Moore, T. Kunz, and D.C. Evers

Pilot assessment of methlymercury availability to bats on the South River, Virginia – 2008. Report BRI 2009-16 submitted to DuPont Corporate Remediation Group, Newark, Delaware and the U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Gloucester, Virginia.BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME. 47pp.

2008
2008

Yates, D., D.C. Evers, and D. Meattey.

Pilot assessment of methlymercury availability to muskrat and shrews on the South Fork River, Virginia – 2008. Report BRI 2009-21 submitted to the U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Gloucester,Virginia.BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME.

2008
2008

Yates, D., W. Goodale, M. Holden, and D. Evers.

Home ranges size in relation to water level fluctuations in river otter, muskrat, mink and beaver on Brassua Lake and surrounding waterbodies. Report BRI 2008-18 submitted to FPL Energy Maine Hydro. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine.

2008
2007

Yates, D., H. Wada , M. Moore, B. Hopkins, T. Kunz, and D.C. Evers

Pilot assessment of methlymercury availability to bats on the South River, Virginia – 2007. Report BRI 2008-08 submitted to DuPont Corporate Remediation Group, Newark, Delaware and the U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Gloucester, Virginia. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME. 42pp.

2007
2007

Yates and D.C. Evers.

Pilot assessment of methlymercury availability to furbearers on the North Fork of the Holston River, Virginia – 2005. Report BRI 2007-10 submitted to the U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Gloucester, Virginia. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME.

2007
2006-2007


Yates, D. and D.C. Evers.

Small Mammals and Bat Inventory of the Appalachian Trail in Maine-2006. Report BRI 2007-6 submitted to the Maine Natural Areas Program and NPS. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME.

2006-2007
2006

Yates, D., and D.C. Evers.

Assessment of bats for mercury contamination on the North Fork of the Holston River, VA- 2005. Report BRI 2006-9. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME.

2006
2005

Yates, D. E., D.T. Mayack, K. Munney, D.C. Evers, A. Major, T. Kaur, and R.J. Taylor.

Mercury levels in mink (Mustela vison) and river otter (Lontra canadensis) from northeastern North America. Ecotoxicology 14:263-274.

2005
2005

Yates, D.E. and D. Evers.

An overall assessment of the loon population at Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge: Investigations into individual-specific demographics and assessment of individual and population health. Report BRI 2004-13 BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine. 17pp.

2005
2004

Yates, D., D.C. Evers, and L. Savoy.

Developing a mercury exposure profile for mink and river otter in Maine. Report BRI 2004-09 submitted to Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine.

2004

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