Publications

 

1. Nations, S, M Wages, JE Cañas, J Maul, C Theodorakis, and GP Cobb.  2015.  Subchronic and chronic developmental effects of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles on Xenopus laevisChemosphere 135: 166–174.

2. Theodorakis, C.W., J.W. Bickham, K.C. Donnelly, T.J. McDonald, and P.W. Willink.  2012.  DNA damage in cichlids from an oil production facility in GuatemalaEcotoxicology 21: 496-511

3. Richter, S.C.,  J.A. Jackson, M. Hinderliter, D. Epperson, C.W. Theodorakis, and S.M. Adams.  2011.  Conservation genetics of the largest cluster of federally threatened gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) colonies with implications for species management. Herpetologica. 67: 406-419.

4. Nations, S, M Wages, JE Cañas, J Maul, C Theodorakis, and GP Cobb.  2011.  Acute effects of Fe2O3, TiO2, ZnO and CuO  nanoparticles on Xenopus.  Chemosphere. 83: 1053–1061.

5. Theodorakis, C.W. 2011. Ecotoxicology. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley-Blackwell, NY. 

6. Nations, S, M Long, M Wages, JE Cañas, J Maul, C Theodorakis, and GP Cobb.  2011.   Effects of ZnO nanomaterials on Xenopus laevis growth and development.  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74: 203–210.

7. Shugart, L.R., C.W. Theodorakis, and J.W. Bickham.  2010.  Evolutionary Toxicology.  In  J.A. DeWoody, J.W.  Bickham, C. Michler, K. Nichols, G. Rhodes, K. Woeste (eds.).  Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Cambridge University Press, NY.  Pp 320-362.

8. Neuparth, T., Costa, F.O.,  Theodorakis, C.W.,  Costa, M.H.,  Bickham, J.W.  2009.  Assessment of DNA damage in blood cells of Sparus aurata L. exposed to benzo[a]pyrene using three distinct genotoxicity assays. Fresenius Environ. Bull 18:  461-467.

9. Theodorakis, CW 2008. Mutagenesis.  In: Jørgensen, SE (ed.) Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 2475-2484.

10. Liu, F., A. Gentles, and C.W. Theodorakis.  2008.  Arsenate and perchlorate toxicity, growth effects, and thyroid histopathology in hypothyroid zebrafish Danio rerio. Chemosphere 71: 1369–1376.

11. Park, J-W, C.M. Bradford, J. Rinchard, F. Liu, M. Wages, A. Waters, R.J. Kendall, T.A. Anderson, and C.W. Theodorakis. 2007. Uptake, elimination, and relative distribution of perchlorate in various tissues of channel catfish.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 41: 7581-7586.

12. McKean C., Tang L, Tang M., Billam M., Wang Z., Theodorakis C.W., Kendall R.J., Wang J.S. 2006. Comparative acute and combinative toxicity of aflatoxin B(1) and fumonisin B(1) in animals and human cells. Food Chem Toxicol. 44: 868–876.

13. Liu, F., J-S. Wang, and C.W. Theodorakis.  2006.  Thyrotoxicity of sodium arsenate, sodium perchlorate, and their mixture in zebrafish Danio rerio.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 3429-3436

14. Liu, F. G.P. Cobb, T.A. Anderson, Q-Q. Cheng, and C.W.  Theodorakis. 2006.  Uptake, accumulation and depuration of sodium perchlorate and sodium arsenate in zebrafish (Danio rerio).  Chemosphere 10:1679-1689.

15. Neuparth T., Bickham  J.W., Theodorakis C.W., Costa  F.O., Costa M.H.  2006.  Endosulfan-induced genotoxicity detected in the gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata L., by means of flow cytometry and micronuclei assays.  Bull. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 76:242–248

16. Theodorakis, C. W., J. Rinchard, J.-W. Park, L. McDaniel, F. Liu, J.A. Carr, and M. Wages.  2006.  Thyroid endocrine disruption in stonerollers and cricket frogs from perchlorate-contaminated streams in east-central Texas.  Ecotoxicology 15: 31-50

17. Theodorakis, C. W., J. Rinchard, T. Anderson, F. Liu, J.-W. Park, F. Costa, L. McDaniel, R. Kendall, and A. Waters.  2006.  Perchlorate in fish from a contaminated site in east-central Texas.  Environ. Pollu. 139: 59-69.

18. Theodorakis C.W., R. Patiño, E. Snyder, E. Albers, and K. Dixon.   2006.  Toxicology of Perchlorate in Fish.  In Kendall, RJ, ed., Perchlorate Ecotoxicology.  Pensacola, FL: SETAC Press.

19. Theodorakis, C.W., K-L Lee, S.M. Adams, and C.B. Law.  2006.  Evidence of altered gene flow, mutation rate, and genetic diversity in redbreast sunfish from a pulp mill-contaminated river.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 377-386 (with supporting information)

20. Billam. M., L. Tang, Q. Cai, S. Mukhi, H. Guan, P. Wang, C.W. Theodorakis, R.J. Kendall, and J-S. Wang.   2006. Temporal patterns of MCLR in lakes of West Texas.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 349-355.

21. Bradford, C. M.,  J-W. Park, J. Rinchard, T.A. Anderson, F. Liu, R.J. Kendall, and C. Theodorakis.  2006.  Uptake and elimination of perchlorate in eastern mosquitofish.  Chemosphere 63: 1591–1597.

22. McKean, C., L. Tang, M. Billam, M. Tang, C. W. Theodorakis, R. J. Kendall, and J.-S. Wang.  Comparative acute and combinative toxicity of aflatoxin B1 and T-2 toxin in animals and immortalized human cell lines.  J. Appl. Toxicol. 26: 139–147.

23. Theodorakis, C. W., J. Rinchard, J.-W. Park, L. McDaniel,  F. Liu, J.A. Carr, and M. Wages.  Thyroid endocrine disruption in stonerollers and cricket frogs from perchlorate-contaminated streams in east-central Texas.  Ecotoxicology 15: 31-50.

24. Park, J-W, J. Rinchard, F. Liu, T.A. Anderson, R.J. Kendall and C.W. Theodorakis.  2005.  The thyroid endocrine disruptor perchlorate affects reproduction, growth, and survival of mosquitofish.   Ecotox. Environ. Saf.  63: 343–352.

25. Bradford, C. M.,  J. A. Carr, J. Rinchard, and C. Theodorakis.  2005.  Perchlorate affects thyroid function in eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) at environmentally relevant concentrations.  Eviron. Sci. Technol. 39(14): 5190-5195.

26. Liu, F, R.J. Kendall, and C.W. Theodorakis.  2005.  Joint toxicity of sodium arsenate and sodium perchlorate to zebrafish Danio rerio larvae.  Environ. Toxciol. Chem. 24: 1505–1507.

27. Park JW, Rinchard J, Anderson TA, Liu F, Theodorakis CW.  2005.  Food chain transfer of perchlorate in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoidesBull. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 74: 56-63.

28. Fox, G.A., P.A. White, S. Trudeau, C. Theodoraks, L.J. Shult and K.J. Fernie.  2005.  DNA strand length and EROD activity in relation to two screening measures of genotoxic exposure in Great Lakes herring gulls.  Ecotoxicology 14: 527 - 544.

29. Theodorakis, C.W.  2005.  Biomonitoring.  In: P.Wexler (ed.).  Encyclopedia of Toxicology.  Elsevier: Oxford. 

30. Theodorakis, C.W.  2005.  Ecotoxicology.  In: P.Wexler (ed.).  Encyclopedia of Toxicology.  Elsevier: Oxford.  Pp 117-120.

31. Theodorakis, C.W.  2005.  Environmental Health.  In: P.Wexler (ed.).  Encyclopedia of Toxicology.  Elsevier: Oxford.  Pp 202-205. Theodorakis, C.W.  2005.  Environmental Processes.  In: P.Wexler (ed.).  Encyclopedia of Toxicology.  Elsevier: Oxford.  Pp 208-210.

32. Theodorakis, C.W.  2005.  Environmental Toxicology.  In: P.Wexler (ed.).  Encyclopedia of Toxicology.  Elsevier: Oxford.  Pp 210-212.

33. Capps, T., S. Mukhi, J. Rinchard, C. Theodorakis, V. Blazer and R. Patiño.  2004.  Exposure to perchlorate induces the formation of macrophage aggregates in the trunk kidney of zebrafish and mosquitofish. J. Aquat. Anim. Health. 6 (3): 145-151

34. Costa, F.O., T. Neuparth, C.W. Theodorakis, M.H. Costa, and L.R. Shugart.  2004.  RAPD analysis of southern populations of Gammarus locosta: comparison with allozyme data and ecological inferences.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 277: 197-207.

35. Theodorakis, C.W. and J.W. Bickham. 2004.  Molecular characterization of contaminant-indicative RAPD markers:  homology between species and DNA sequence.  Ecotoxicology 13: 303-309.

36. Costa, F.O.,  M.R. Cunhao, T. Neuparth, C.W. Theodorakis, M.H. Costa,  and L.R. Shugart.  2004.  Application of RAPD DNA fingerprinting in taxonomic identification of amphipods: a case-study with Gammarus species (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.  84: 171-178.

37. Liu, Y., L. Tang, M. Lian, C. McKean, H. Wu, H. Liu, C.W. Theodorakis, R.J. Kendall, and J. Wang.  2003.  Comparative acute and combinative toxicity of aflatoxin B1 and fumonisin B1 in animals and human cells. Toxicol. Sci. 72 (Suppl. S): 188

38. Theodorakis, C.W.  2003.  Establishing causality between population genetic alterations and environmental contamination in aquatic organisms.  Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 9: 37-58.

39. Carr, J. A., L. Urquidi , W. L. Goleman, F. Hu, P. N. Smith and C.W. Theodorakis.   2003.  Ammonium perchlorate disruption of thyroid function in natural amphibian populations: assessment and potential impact.  In G. Linder (ed.).  Multiple Stressor Effects in Relation to Declining Amphibian Populations, ASTM STP 1443.  ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA.

40. Goleman, W.L., Carr, J.A., Urquidi, L.J., Anderson, T.A., Kendall, R.J., Smith, P.N. and  Theodorakis, C.W.  2002. Response of larval amphibians to perchlorate contaminated pond water. Amer. Zoologist.. 41: 1457.

41. Bradley, B. and C. Theodorakis.  2002.  The post-genomic era and ecotoxicology.  Ecotoxicology 11: 7-9.

42. Costa, F.O., T. Neuparth, M.H. Costa, C. W. Theodorakis and L. R. Shugart.  2002.  Detection of DNA strand breakage in a marine amphipod by agarose gel electrophoresis: exposure to X-rays and copper.  Biomarkers 7: 451-463.

43. Shugart, L.R., C.W. Theodorakis, A.M. Bickham and J. Bickham. 2002.  Genetic Effects of Contaminant Exposure and Potential Impacts on Animal Populations.  In P. Calow (ed.) Handbook of Ecotoxicology.  Blackwell Science, Inc., Oxford.

44.  Cooper, L.W., I.L. Larsen, V.G. Egorov, C. Theodorakis, H.P. Kelly and J.R. Lovvorn.  2002.  Seasonal variation in water column processes and sedimentation of organic materials in the St. Lawrence Island polynya region, Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 226: 13-26.

45. Theodorakis, C.W. and I. Wirgin.  2002.  Genetic responses as population-level biomarkers of stress in aquatic ecosystems.  In S.M. Adams (ed.) Biological Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Health.  American Fisheries Society, New York.

46. Wirgin, I. and C.W. Theodorakis.  2002. Molecular biomarkers in aquatic organisms: DNA- and RNA-based endpoints. In S.M. Adams (ed.) Biological Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Health.  American Fisheries Society, New York.

47. Theodorakis, C.W.  2001. Integration of genotoxic and population genetic endpoints in biomonitoring and risk assessment.  Ecotoxicology 10: 245-256.

48. D’Surney, S. J., L.R. Shugart, and C.W. Theodorakis.  2001 Genetic markers and genotyping methodologies: an overview.  Ecotoxicology 10: 201-204.

49. Kendall, R., T. Anderson, R. Baker, C. Bens, J. Carr, L. Chiodo, G. Cobb, R. Dickerson, L. Frame, M. Hooper, S. McMurry, R. Patiño, E. Smith and C. Theodorakis.  2001.  Ecotoxicology. In C.D. Classen (ed.), Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons.  McGraw-Hill, New York.

50. Smith, P.N, C.W. Theodorakis, T. A. Anderson, and R J. Kendall. 2001.  Preliminary assessment of perchlorate in ecological receptors at the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (LHAAP), Karnack, Texas.  Ecotoxicology 10: 305-313.

51. Theodorakis, C.W., J.W. Bickham, T. Lamb, P.A Medica and T.B. Lyne.  2001.  Integration of genotoxicity and population genetic analysis in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) exposed to radionuclide contamination.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20: 317-326.

52. Theodorakis CW, Swartz CD, Rogers WJ, Bickham JW, Donnelly KC and Adams SM.  2000.  Relationship between genotoxicity, mutagenicity, and fish community structure in a contaminated stream.  Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 7: 131-143.

53. Ritter, J.M., Branly R, Theodorakis C., Bickham J,. Swartz C,. Friedfeld R,. Ackerman E. .1999. Passive orbital radiation dosimetry on STS-91 using DNA: initial results from ASPR-GRaDEx-I. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Space Congress.

54. Theodorakis, C.W., T. Elbl and L.R. Shugart.  1999.  Genetic ecotoxicology IV:  Survival and DNA strand breakage is dependent on genotype in radionuclide-exposed mosquitofish.  Aquat. Toxicol. 45:  279-291.

55. Theodorakis, C.W. and L.R. Shugart.  1998.  Natural selection in contaminated habitats: A case study using RAPD genotypes.  In V.E. Forbes (ed.). Genetics and Ecotoxicology.  Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.  pp. 123-150.

56. Bickham, J.W., W.J. Rogers and C.W. Theodorakis.  1998.  Transgenerational genetic effects of environmental contamination:  implications for risk assessment.  In T.G. Halverson, R.H. Webb and M.G. White (eds), Topical Meeting on Risk-Based Performance Assessment and Decision Making.  LeGrange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society.  pp. 187-194

57. Shugart L. and C. Theodorakis.  1998.  New trends in biological monitoring: application of biomarkers to genetic ecotoxicology.  Biotherapy 11: 119-127.

58. Theodorakis, C.W., J.W. Bickham, T. Elbl, L.R. Shugart and R.K. Chesser.  1998.  Genetics of radionuclide-contaminated mosquitofish populations and homology between Gambusia affinis and G. holbrookiEnviron. Toxicol. Chem.10: 1992-1998.

59. Theodorakis, C.W. and L.R. Shugart.  1998.  Genetic ecotoxicology III:  The relationship between DNA strand breaks and genotype in mosquitofish exposed to radiation.  Ecotoxicology 7: 227-236. 

60. Theodorakis, C.W. and L.R. Shugart.  1997.  Genetic ecotoxicology:  II.  Population genetic structure in radionuclide-contaminated mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis).  Ecotoxicology  6:335-354.

61. Theodorakis, C.W., B.G. Blaylock and L.R. Shugart.  1997.  Genetic ecotoxicology I.:  DNA integrity and reproduction in mosquitofish exposed in situ to radionuclides.  Ecotoxicology 6: 205-218.

62. Blaylock, B. G., Theodorakis, C.W., Shugart, L.R. 1996. Biological effects of ionizing radiation. In: Amiro, B.; Avadhanula, R.; Johansson, G.; Larsson, C-M; Luning, M. Protection of the Natural Environment, Vol. 1. Edsbruk, Sweden: Swedish Radiation Protection Institute; Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada.

63. Shugart, L.R. and C.W. Theodorakis.  1996.  Genetic ecotoxicology: The genotypic diversity approach.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 113C: 273-276.

64. Shugart, L.R. and C.W. Theodorakis.  1994.  Environmental genotoxicity:  Probing the underlying mechanisms.  Environ. Health Perspect. 102(Suppl 12):  13-17.

65. Theodorakis, C.W. and L.R. Shugart.  1994.  Detection of genotoxic insult as DNA strand breaks in fish blood cells by agarose gel electrophoresis.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:  1023-1031.

66. Theodorakis, C.W., S.J. D'Surney, J.W. Bickham, T.B. Lyne, B.P. Bradley, W.E. Hawkins, W.L. Farkas, J.F. McCarthy and L.R. Shugart.  1992.  Sequential expression of biomarkers in bluegill sunfish exposed to contaminated sediment.  Ecotoxicology 1:  45-73.

67. Theodorakis, C.W. 1989.  Size segregation and the effects of oddity on predation risk in minnow schools.  Anim. Behav. 24:  146-156.