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Keith A. Maruya is affiliated with the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, environmental chemistry, oceanography, and ecology.

They have addressed various main topics in their work, including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Maruya's recent publications include:

  • Ex situ determination of freely dissolved concentrations of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sediments and soils: basis for interpreting toxicity and assessing bioavailability, risks and remediation necessity, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mercury in Genetically Identified Inner Estuary Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Residents of the Guayaquil Gulf, Ecuador: Ecotoxicological Science in Support of Pollutant Management and Cetacean Conservation, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Passive-Sampler-Derived PCB and OCP Concentrations in the Waters of the WorldFirst Results from the AQUA-GAPS/MONET Network, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • AQUA-GAPS/MONET-Derived Concentrations and Trends of PAHs and Polycyclic Musks across Global Waters, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Evaluating the estrogenicity of an effluent-dominated river in California, USA: Comparisons of in vitro and in vivo bioassays, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequently, Maruya collaborates with other researchers including:

  • Rainer Lohmann
  • Foppe Smedes
  • Charles S. Wong
  • Alvine C. Mehinto
  • Branislav Vrana

Their publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Nature Protocols
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Heliyon

Keith A. Maruya's work integrates environmental chemistry and toxicology approaches, often relating to the presence and impacts of hazardous substances in marine and coastal ecosystems. Their research has contributed data important for understanding the bioavailability and risks of organic pollutants and has engaged in studies related to endocrine disruption and chemical contaminants in aquatic environments.

Best Publications

  • Benchmarking Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater, Recycled Water and Drinking Water with In Vitro Bioassays

    Beate I. Escher;Mayumi Allinson;Mayumi Allinson;Rolf Altenburger;Peter A. Bain

  • Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from Kyeonggi Bay, Korea

    Gi Beum Kim;Keith A. Maruya;Richard F. Lee;Jong-Hyeon Lee

  • China's water pollution by persistent organic pollutants.

    Lian Jun Bao;Keith A. Maruya;Shane A. Snyder;Eddy Y. Zeng

  • Contaminants of emerging concern in municipal wastewater effluents and marine receiving water

    Doris E. Vidal-Dorsch;Steven M. Bay;Keith Maruya;Shane A. Snyder;Shane A. Snyder

  • Partitioning of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons between Sediments from San Francisco Bay and Their Porewaters

    Keith A. Maruya;Robert W. Risebrough;Alexander J. Horne

  • Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern in mussels (Mytilus spp.) along the California coast and the influence of land use, storm water discharge, and treated wastewater effluent.

    Nathan G. Dodder;Keith A. Maruya;P. Lee Ferguson;Richard Grace

  • Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: Practical guidance for selection, calibration, and implementation

    Upal Ghosh;Susan Kane Driscoll;Robert M. Burgess;Michiel T O Jonker

  • Nontargeted Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Method and Software for Inventorying Persistent and Bioaccumulative Contaminants in Marine Environments

    Eunha Hoh;Nathan G. Dodder;Steven J. Lehotay;Kristin C. Pangallo

  • Distribution and Characterization of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Soil and Sediments from a Superfund Site Contaminated with Aroclor 1268

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Keith A. Maruya;Shinsuke Tanabe

  • Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: State of the science for organic contaminants†

    Michael J. Lydy;Peter F. Landrum;Amy M. P. Oen;Mayumi Allinson

  • Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern along the California coast (2009–10) using passive sampling devices

    David A. Alvarez;Keith A. Maruya;Nathan G. Dodder;Wenjian Lao

  • ANALYSIS, OCCURRENCE, AND TOXIC POTENTIAL OF PYRETHROIDS, AND FIPRONIL IN SEDIMENTS FROM AN URBAN ESTUARY

    Wenjian Lao;David Tsukada;Darrin J. Greenstein;Steven M. Bay

  • Nontargeted biomonitoring of halogenated organic compounds in two ecotypes of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southern California Bight.

    Nellie J. Shaul;Nathan G. Dodder;Lihini I. Aluwihare;Susan A. Mackintosh;Susan A. Mackintosh;Susan A. Mackintosh

  • The occurrence and fate of chemicals of emerging concern in coastal urban rivers receiving discharge of treated municipal wastewater effluent.

    Ashmita Sengupta;J. Michael Lyons;Deborah J. Smith;Jörg E. Drewes

  • Characterization of the B12- and Iron-Sulfur-containing Reductive Dehalogenase fromDesulfitobacterium chlororespirans

    Julya Krasotkina;Tina Walters;Keith A. Maruya;Stephen W. Ragsdale

  • Organic contaminants of emerging concern in sediments and flatfish collected near outfalls discharging treated wastewater effluent to the Southern California Bight

    Keith A. Maruya;Doris E. Vidal-Dorsch;Steven M. Bay;Jeong W. Kwon

  • Calculating the Diffusive Flux of Persistent Organic Pollutants between Sediments and the Water Column on the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site Using Polymeric Passive Samplers

    Loretta A. Fernandez;Wenjian Lao;Keith A. Maruya;Robert M. Burgess

  • Passive sampling to measure baseline dissolved persistent organic pollutant concentrations in the water column of the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site.

    Loretta A. Fernandez;Wenjian Lao;Keith A. Maruya;Carmen White

  • Biota–sediment accumulation and trophic transfer factors for extremely hydrophobic polychlorinated biphenyls

    Keith A. Maruya;Richard F. Lee

  • A passive sampler based on solid‐phase microextraction for quantifying hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediment pore water

    Keith A. Maruya;Eddy Y. Zeng;David Tsukada;Steven M. Bay

  • Stable Chlorine Isotopic Compositions of Aroclors and Aroclor-Contaminated Sediments

    Christopher M. Reddy;Linnea J. Heraty;Ben D. Holt;Neil C. Sturchio

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Nancy D. Denslow
Nancy D. Denslow University of Florida
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard F. Lee
Richard F. Lee Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Robert M. Burgess
Robert M. Burgess Environmental Protection Agency
Jörg E. Drewes
Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich
Walter Vetter
Walter Vetter University of Hohenheim
Upal Ghosh
Upal Ghosh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kenneth Schiff
Kenneth Schiff Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Michael J. Lydy
Michael J. Lydy Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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