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13579
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11330
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4906

Overview

Tracy K. Collier is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Social Sciences. The subfields they contribute to include Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geography, Planning and Development, and Ecology.

The main research topics covered by Tracy K. Collier include Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs.

The body of work includes publications in several venues such as UNC Libraries, Atmospheric Science Letters, and Biological Invasions. Notable recent papers include:

  • Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters (2023, UNC Libraries)
  • Tropical Atlantic rainfall drives bias in extratropical seasonal forecasts (2023, Atmospheric Science Letters)
  • Small step in tech needed to upscale tropical island eradications (2025, Biological Invasions)

Frequent collaborators of Tracy K. Collier include Paul A. Sandifer, Landon Knapp, Maureen Y. Lichtveld, R. Manley, and David M. Abramson.

Best Publications

  • Defects in cardiac function precede morphological abnormalities in fish embryos exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    John P. Incardona;Tracy K. Collier;Nathaniel L. Scholz

  • Environmental effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A review.

    Jonny Beyer;Hilde C. Trannum;Torgeir Bakke;Peter V. Hodson

  • Environmental science and pollution research.

    Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro;Tracy K. Collier

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor–Independent Toxicity of Weathered Crude Oil during Fish Development

    John P. Incardona;Mark G. Carls;Hiroki Teraoka;Catherine A. Sloan

  • Developmental toxicity of 4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zebrafish is differentially dependent on AH receptor isoforms and hepatic cytochrome P4501A metabolism

    John P. Incardona;Heather L. Day;Tracy K. Collier;Nathaniel L. Scholz

  • The synergistic toxicity of pesticide mixtures: implications for risk assessment and the conservation of endangered Pacific salmon.

    Cathy A. Laetz;David H. Baldwin;Tracy K. Collier;Vincent Hebert

  • Sublethal exposure to crude oil during embryonic development alters cardiac morphology and reduces aerobic capacity in adult fish

    Corinne E. Hicken;Tiffany L. Linbo;David H. Baldwin;Maryjean L. Willis

  • Diazinon disrupts antipredator and homing behaviors in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

    Nathaniel L. Scholz;Nathan K. Truelove;Barbara L. French;Barry A. Berejikian

  • Health of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Barataria Bay, Louisiana Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Lori H. Schwacke;Cynthia R. Smith;Forrest I. Townsend;Randall S. Wells

  • Fish embryos are damaged by dissolved PAHs, not oil particles

    Mark G. Carls;Larry Holland;Marie Larsen;Tracy K. Collier

  • Hepatic activities of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and biliary levels of xenobiotics in English sole (Parophrys vetulus) exposed to environmental contaminants.

    Tracy K. Collier;Usha Varanasi

  • The coastal environment and human health: microbial indicators, pathogens, sentinels and reservoirs

    Jill R. Stewart;Rebecca J. Gast;Roger S. Fujioka;Helena M. Solo-Gabriele

  • Cardiac arrhythmia is the primary response of embryonic Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) exposed to crude oil during weathering.

    John P. Incardona;Mark G. Carls;Heather L. Day;Catherine A. Sloan

  • Bioindicators of contaminant exposure and sublethal effects: Studies with benthic fish in puget sound, Washington

    John E. Stein;Tracy K. Collier;William L. Reichert;Edmundo Casillas

  • Contaminant Effects on Ovarian Development in English Sole (Parophrys vetulus) from Puget Sound, Washington

    Lyndal L. Johnson;Edmundo Casillas;Tracy K. Collier;Bruce B. McCain

  • Accumulation and metabolism of carbon-14 labeled benzene, naphthalene, and anthracene by young coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

    William T. Roubal;Tracy K. Collier;Donald C. Malins

  • Chemical carcinogenesis in feral fish: uptake, activation, and detoxication of organic xenobiotics.

    Usha Varanasi;John E. Stein;Marc Nishimoto;William L. Reichert

  • Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales.

    Margaret M. Krahn;M. Bradley Hanson;Robin W. Baird;Richard H. Boyer

  • Toxicopathic hepatic lesions in subadult English sole (pleuronectes vetuls) from Puget Sound, Washington, USA: Relationships with other biomarkers of contaminant exposure

    Mark S. Myers;Lyndal L. Johnson;Tom Hom;Tracy K. Collier

  • A field evaluation of cytochrome P4501A as a biomarker of contaminant exposure in three species of flatfish

    Tracy K Collier;Bernadita F Anulacion;John E Stein;Usha Varanasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Myers
Mark S. Myers National Marine Fisheries Service
John E. Stein
John E. Stein National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nathaniel L. Scholz
Nathaniel L. Scholz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gina M. Ylitalo
Gina M. Ylitalo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anders Goksøyr
Anders Goksøyr University of Bergen
James P. Meador
James P. Meador National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Margaret M. Krahn
Margaret M. Krahn National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John A. Wiens
John A. Wiens Colorado State University
Richard B. Norgaard
Richard B. Norgaard University of California, Berkeley
Harindra J. S. Fernando
Harindra J. S. Fernando University of Notre Dame

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