Robert F. Van Dolah

TL;DR: The absence of a major longterm disruption to the benthos in the disposal area was probably due to strong tidal currents, which rapidly dispersed the moderate amount of mud sediments released; surface disposal, permitting wider dispersal; and disposal during late autumn, a period of low faunal recruitment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a framework for evaluating risks of benthic impacts from multiple-contaminant exposure from 231 subtidal stations in southeastern U.S. estuaries.

TL;DR: The results suggest that AR testing may be a useful tool for differentiating E. coli from human and wildlife sources and further testing of bacterial isolates from known animal sources is necessary to better assess the utility of this approach.

TL;DR: Results suggest that headwater creeks can serve as sentinel habitat, signaling early warning of public health concerns from land-based anthropogenic activities, and imply the potential to eventually forecast indicator concentrations under land use change scenarios.

TL;DR: These analyses support the hypotheses that estuarine habitat quality reflects upland development patterns at large spatial scales, and that upland urbanization can result in increased risk of biological degradation and reduced safe human use of South Carolina's coastal resources.