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8670
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7004
National Ranking
2498

Overview

Geoffrey I. Scott is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, with particular focus on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity.

Recent publications include:

  • Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro- and nanoplastics: a review (2020), Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Acidification in the U.S. Southeast: Causes, Potential Consequences and the Role of the Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Coastlines, Coastal Cities, and Climate Change: A Perspective on Urgent Research Needs in the United States (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Associations between exposure to cadmium, lead, mercury and mixtures and women's infertility and long-term amenorrhea (2023), Archives of Public Health
  • A comparative study on turnaround leadership in higher education and the successful implementation of the UN's sustainable development goals (2022), International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following researchers:

  • Dwayne E. Porter
  • Paul A. Sandifer
  • Qiang Zhang
  • Saurabh Chatterjee
  • Shuo Xiao

Geoffrey I. Scott has contributed to several renowned publication venues in their field. These include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Archives of Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications, including a work published by UNESCO titled Magnitude and extent of sediment toxicity in selected estuaries of South Carolina and Georgia (2021).

Best Publications

  • Research needs for the risk assessment of health and environmental effects of endocrine disruptors: a report of the U.S. EPA-sponsored workshop.

    R J Kavlock;G P Daston;C DeRosa;P Fenner-Crisp

  • Are harmful algal blooms becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems

    Bryan W. Brooks;James M. Lazorchak;Meredith D.A. Howard;Mari Vaughn V. Johnson

  • Toxicity of pesticides to aquatic microorganisms: A review

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  • Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro- and nanoplastics: a review.

    Baorong Jiang;Baorong Jiang;Alexandra E Kauffman;Lei Li;Wayne McFee

  • Linkages between tidal creek ecosystems and the landscape and demographic attributes of their watersheds

    A.Frederick Holland;Denise M Sanger;Christopher P Gawle;Scott B Lerberg

  • The determination and use of condition index of oysters

    David R. Lawrence;Geoffrey I. Scott

  • Using geographic information systems and regression analysis to evaluate relationships between land use and fecal coliform bacterial pollution

    H. Kelsey;D.E. Porter;G. Scott;G. Scott;M. Neet

  • Tidal creek and salt marsh sediments in South Carolina coastal estuaries: II. Distribution of organic contaminants.

    D. M. Sanger;A. F. Holland;G. I. Scott

  • Pilot estuarine mesocosm study on the environmental fate of Silver nanomaterials leached from consumer products.

    Danielle Cleveland;Stephen E. Long;Paul L. Pennington;Emily Cooper

  • Tidal creek and salt marsh sediments in South Carolina coastal estuaries: I. Distribution of trace metals.

    D. M. Sanger;A. F. Holland;G. I. Scott

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in storm runoff from urban and coastal South Carolina.

    Barnabe Ngabe;Terry F. Bidleman;Geoffrey I. Scott

  • Factors influencing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distributions in South Carolina estuarine sediments

    John R. Kucklick;John R. Kucklick;Scott K. Sivertsen;Marion Sanders;Geoffrey I. Scott

  • Assessment of risk reduction strategies for the management of agricultural nonpoint source pesticide runoff in estuarine ecosystems.

    G. I. Scott;M. H. Fulton;D. W. Moore;E. F. Wirth

  • In situ-based effects measures: Determining the ecological relevance of measured responses

    Donald J Baird;Steven S Brown;Laurent Lagadic;Matthias Liess

  • F+RNA coliphage typing for microbial source tracking in surface waters

    J. Stewart-Pullaro;J. Stewart-Pullaro;J.W. Daugomah;D.E. Chestnut;D.A. Graves

  • Impact of Climate Change on Vibrio vulnificus Abundance and Exposure Risk

    Reem Deeb;Daniel Tufford;Geoffrey I. Scott;Janet Gooch Moore

  • Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development

    Juan José Alava;Jennifer M. Keller;John R. Kucklick;Jeanette Wyneken

  • Identification of sources of Escherichia coli in South Carolina estuaries using antibiotic resistance analysis

    Laura F Webster;Brian C Thompson;Michael H Fulton;David E Chestnut

  • A comparison and evaluation of field and laboratory toxicity tests with fenvalerate on an estuarine crustacean

    Douglas S. Baughman;David W. Moore;Geoffrey I. Scott

  • Maternal transfer of contaminants: case study of the excretion of three polychlorinated biphenyl congeners and technical-grade endosulfan into eggs by white Leghorn chickens (Gallus domesticus).

    Timothy A. Bargar;Geoffrey I. Scott;George P. Cobb

  • Lethal and sublethal effects of malathion on three life stages of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio

    Peter B Key;Michael H Fulton;Geoffrey I Scott;Shawn L Layman

  • Impact of urbanization on high-salinity estuaries in the southeastern United States

    F. John Vernberg;W.B. Vernberg;E. Blood;A. Fortner

  • Toxicological studies in tropical ecosystems: an ecotoxicological risk assessment of pesticide runoff in South Florida estuarine ecosystems.

    Scott Gi;Fulton Mh;Wirth Ef;Chandler Gt

  • Determination of acute mortality in adults and sublethal embryo responses of Palaemonetes pugio to endosulfan and methoprene exposure.

    E.F Wirth;S.A Lund;M.H Fulton;G.I Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Thomas Chandler
G. Thomas Chandler University of South Carolina
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Daniela B. Friedman
Daniela B. Friedman University of South Carolina
Nancy D. Denslow
Nancy D. Denslow University of Florida
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University
Keith A. Maruya
Keith A. Maruya Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Jamie R. Lead
Jamie R. Lead University of South Carolina
Jörg E. Drewes
Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich
James M. Lazorchak
James M. Lazorchak Environmental Protection Agency
Euan D. Reavie
Euan D. Reavie University of Minnesota, Duluth

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