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Michael Gochfeld is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their primary research area lies within Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work encompasses various topics, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Michael Gochfeld has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Mercury interactions with selenium and sulfur and the relevance of the Se:Hg molar ratio to fish consumption advice," 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Biomonitoring selenium, mercury, and selenium:mercury molar ratios in selected species in Northeastern US estuaries: risk to biota and humans," 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Toolkit for detecting misused epidemiological methods," 2021, Environmental Health
  • "Combining ecological, eco-cultural, and environmental justice parameters to create Eco-EJ indicators to monitor cultural and environmental justices for diverse communities around contaminated sites," 2022, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • "Risk to ecological resources following remediation can be due mainly to increased resource value of successful restoration: A case study from the Department of Energy's Hanford Site," 2020, Environmental Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Gochfeld include:

  • Joanna Burger
  • Ernest Garcia
  • Guy M. Kirwan
  • Ernest García
  • Kelly Ng

The scientist has published in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Birds of the World (73 publications)
  • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (5 publications)
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (4 publications)
  • Environmental Health (3 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Cases of mercury exposure, bioavailability, and absorption.

    Michael Gochfeld

  • Heavy metals in commercial fish in New Jersey

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Marine Birds as Sentinels of Environmental Pollution

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Metal levels in fish from the Savannah River: potential hazards to fish and other receptors.

    Joanna Burger;Karen F. Gaines;C.Shane Boring;Warren L. Stephens

  • Metal levels in feathers of 12 species of seabirds from Midway Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Risk, Mercury Levels, and Birds: Relating Adverse Laboratory Effects to Field Biomonitoring

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Lessons from case studies of metals: investigating exposure, bioavailability, and risk.

    Deoraj Caussy;Michael Gochfeld;Eugen Gurzau;Corneliu Neagu

  • Estimating Annual Survival and Movement Rates of Adults within a Metapopulation of Roseate Terns

    Jeffrey A. Spendelow;James D. Nichols;Ian C. T. Nisbet;Helen Hays

  • Effects of lead on birds (Laridae): a review of laboratory and field studies.

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Mercury and selenium levels in 19 species of saltwater fish from New Jersey as a function of species, size, and season.

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Mercury in canned tuna: white versus light and temporal variation

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • The case for a global ban on asbestos.

    Joseph LaDou;Barry Castleman;Arthur Frank;Michael Gochfeld

  • Mercury and selenium in fish from the Savannah river: species, trophic level, and locational differences.

    Joanna Burger;Karen F. Gaines;C.Shane Boring;Warren L. Stephens

  • Mercury in commercial fish: optimizing individual choices to reduce risk.

    Joanna Burger;Alan H. Stern;Alan H. Stern;Michael Gochfeld

  • Human Activity Influence and Diurnal and Nocturnal Foraging of Sanderlings (Calidris alba)

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Human Distance and Birds: Tolerance and Response Distances of Resident and Migrant Species in India

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Risk discrimination of direct versus tangential approach by basking black iguanas (Ctenosaura similis): Variation as a function of human exposure.

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Effects of Chemicals and Pollution on Seabirds

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • Discrimination of the threat of direct versus tangential approach to the nest by incubating herring and great black-backed gulls.

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • On developing bioindicators for human and ecological health.

    Joanna Burger;Michael Gochfeld

  • RATES OF ADULTS WITHIN A METAPOPULATION OF ROSEATE TERNS

    Jeffrey A. Spendelow;James D. Nichols;Ian C. T. Nisbet;Helen Hays

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Burger
Joanna Burger Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen C. Jewett
Stephen C. Jewett University of Alaska Fairbanks
Paul J. Lioy
Paul J. Lioy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Frank Gill
Frank Gill Drexel University
Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean University of Southern Denmark
Philip J. Landrigan
Philip J. Landrigan Boston College
Christoffer Rappe
Christoffer Rappe Umeå University
Joel W. Snodgrass
Joel W. Snodgrass Virginia Tech
David C. Christiani
David C. Christiani Harvard University
Howard Frumkin
Howard Frumkin University of Washington

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