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U.S. Department of the Interior: Kearneysville, WV, US

1985-04-14 to present | Research Fishery Biologist (U.S. Geological Survey)
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Vicki Blazer

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Rhode Island: Kingston, RI, US

1977-01-04 to 1982-10-08 | PhD
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Vicki Blazer

Southampton College of Long Island University: Southampton, New York, US

1972-09-04 to 1976-05-15 | BS (Marine Biology)
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Vicki Blazer

Works (37)

Factors Influencing the Prevalence of Hyperpigmented Melanistic Lesions in Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania

Journal of Fish Diseases
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.14033
Contributors: Megan K. Schall; Geoffrey D. Smith; Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Tyler Wagner
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Integrated science for the study of microplastics in the environment—A strategic science vision for the U.S. Geological Survey

2024 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/cir1521
Contributors: Deborah D. Iwanowicz; Austin K. Baldwin; Larry B. Barber; Vicki S. Blazer; Steven R. Corsi; Joseph W. Duris; Shawn C. Fisher; Michael Focazio; Sarah E. Janssen; Jeramy R. Jasmann et al.
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Temporal analysis of water chemistry and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) health at two sites with divergent land use in the Susquehanna River watershed, Pennsylvania, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-13049-4
Contributors: Heather L. Walsh; Geoffrey D. Smith; Megan K. Schall; Stephanie E. Gordon; Vicki S. Blazer
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Tissue distribution and temporal and spatial assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in the mid-Atlantic United States

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2024-09-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-35097-6
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Cheyenne R. Smith; Stephanie E. Gordon; Brandon J. Keplinger; Timothy A. Wertz
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Pesticides in small volume plasma samples: Method development and application to smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

Chemosphere
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141347
Contributors: Michael S. Gross; Vicki S. Blazer; Michelle L. Hladik
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A multi-level assessment of biological effects associated with mercury concentrations in smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu

Environmental Pollution
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121688
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Adam J. Sperry; Brenna Raines; James J. Willacker; Collin A. Eagles-Smith
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Application of a Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Stimulated Mitogenesis Assay in Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) to Augment Wild Fish Health Studies

Fishes
2023-03-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/fishes8030159
Contributors: Cheyenne R. Smith; Christopher A. Ottinger; Heather L. Walsh; Patricia M. Mazik; Vicki S. Blazer
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A case study: temporal trends of environmental stressors and reproductive health of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from a site in the Potomac River Watershed, Maryland, USA

Ecotoxicology
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-022-02605-8
Contributors: Heather L. Walsh; Stephanie E. Gordon; Adam J. Sperry; Michael Kashiwagi; John Mullican; Vicki S. Blazer
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Development of a Multiplex Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Assay to Identify Coinfections in Young-of-the-Year Smallmouth Bass

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
2022-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/aah.10144
Contributors: Heather L. Walsh; Vicki S. Blazer; Patricia M. Mazik
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Identification of Aphanomyces invadans, the cause of epizootic ulcerative syndrome, in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from the Cheat River, West Virginia, USA

Journal of Fish Diseases
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13468
Contributors: Heather L. Walsh; Vicki S. Blazer; Patricia M. Mazik
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Correction to: Mercury bioaccumulation in freshwater fishes of the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Ecotoxicology
2021-07-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02403-8
Contributors: James J. Willacker; Collin A. Eagles-Smith; Vicki S. Blazer
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Retrospective analysis of estrogenic endocrine disruption and land-use influences in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Chemosphere
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129009
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Stephanie Gordon; Daniel K. Jones; Luke R. Iwanowicz; Heather L. Walsh; Adam J. Sperry; Kelly L. Smalling
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Modeling estrogenic activity in streams throughout the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay watersheds

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-08899-1
Contributors: Stephanie Gordon; Daniel K. Jones; Vicki S. Blazer; Luke Iwanowicz; Brianna Williams; Kelly Smalling
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Assessment of microscopic pathology in fishes collected at sites impacted by wood tar in Pennsylvania

2020 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20201024
Contributors: Heather L. Walsh; Vicki S. Blazer; Patricia M. Mazik; Adam J. Sperry; Diana Pavlick
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Development of a suite of functional immune assays and initial assessment of their utility in wild smallmouth bass health assessments

2020 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20201077
Contributors: Cheyenne R. Smith; Christopher A. Ottinger; Heather L. Walsh; Vicki S. Blazer
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Modified QuEChERS extraction for the analysis of young-of-year smallmouth bass using GC × GC-TOFMS

Analytical Methods
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0AY00880J
Contributors: Paige Teehan; Megan K. Schall; Vicki S. Blazer; Beate Gruber; Frank L. Dorman
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Effects of early life stage exposure of largemouth bass to atrazine or a model estrogen (17α-ethinylestradiol)

PeerJ
2020-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9614
Contributors: Jessica K. Leet; Catherine A. Richter; Robert S. Cornman; Jason P. Berninger; Ramji K. Bhandari; Diane K. Nicks; James L. Zajicek; Vicki S. Blazer; Donald E. Tillitt
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Malignant melanoma of brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont/Quebec

Journal of Fish Diseases
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13112
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Cassidy H. Shaw; Cheyenne R. Smith; Peter Emerson; Thomas Jones
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Assessment of skin and liver neoplasms in white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) collected in the Sheboygan River Area of Concern, Wisconsin, in 2017

2019 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20191014
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Ryan P. Braham; Patricia M. Mazik
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An evaluation of the toxicity of potassium chloride, active compound in the molluscicide potash, on salmonid fish and their forage base

2018 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20181080
Contributors: Christine L. Densmore; Luke R. Iwanowicz; Anne P. Henderson; Vicki S. Blazer; Baileigh M. Reed-Grimmett; Lakyn R. Sanders
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Assessment of skin and liver neoplasms in brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) collected at the Ashtabula River Area of Concern and associated reference site, Ohio, in 2016

2018 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20181072
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Ryan P. Braham
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Indicators of exposure to estrogenic compounds at Great Lakes Areas of Concern: species and site comparisons

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6943-5
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Heather L. Walsh; Cassidy H. Shaw; Luke R. Iwanowicz; Ryan P. Braham; Patricia M. Mazik
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Micronuclei and other erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities in fishes from the Great Lakes Basin, USA

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/em.22123
Contributors: Ryan P. Braham; Vicki S. Blazer; Cassidy H. Shaw; Patricia M. Mazik
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Evaluation of Genetic Population Structure of Smallmouth Bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania

North American Journal of Fisheries Management
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2017.1327902
Contributors: Megan K. Schall; Meredith L. Bartron; Timothy Wertz; Jonathan M. Niles; Cassidy H. Shaw; Vicki S. Blazer; Tyler Wagner
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Dermocystidium sp. Infection in Blue Ridge Sculpin Captured in Maryland

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
2016-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2016.1159622
Contributors: Vicki S. Blazer; Nathaniel P. Hitt; Craig D. Snyder; Erin L. Snook; Cynthia R. Adams
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U.S. Geological Survey Chesapeake science strategy, 2015-2025—Informing ecosystem management of America’s largest estuary

2015 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20151162
Contributors: Scott Phillips; Joel D. Blomquist; Mark Bennett; Alicia Berlin; Vicki Blazer; Peter R. Claggett; Stephen Faulkner; Kenneth Hyer; Cassandra Ladino; Douglas Moyer et al.
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Assessment of the fish tumor beneficial use impairment in brown bullhead (<i>Ameiurus nebulosus</i>) at selected Great Lakes Areas of Concern

2014 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20141105
Contributors: Vicki Blazer; Patricia M. Mazik; Luke R. Iwanowicz; Ryan P. Braham; Cassidy M. Hahn; Heather L. Walsh; Adam J. Sperry
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Reproductive health of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

2013 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/fs20133055
Contributors: Vicki Blazer; A.E. Pinkney; James H. Uphoff
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Endocrine active chemicals and endocrine disruption in Minnesota streams and lakes: Implications for aquatic resources, 1994-2008

2010 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20105107
Contributors: Kathy Lee; Heiko L. Schoenfuss; Larry B. Barber; Jeff H. Writer; Vicki Blazer; Richard L. Keisling; Mark L. Ferrey
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants, health indicators, and reproductive biomarkers in fish from the Mobile, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Savannah, and Pee Dee River Basins

2007 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20075176
Contributors: Jo Ellen Hinck; Vicki Blazer; Nancy D. Denslow; Kathy R. Echols; Robert W. Gale; Tom W. May; Rachael Claunch; Carla Wieser; Patrick Anderson; James J. Coyle et al.
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Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey science for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and implications for environmental management

2007 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/cir1316
Contributors: Scott W. Ator; Vicki S. Blazer; John W. Brakebill; Donald R. Cahoon; Peter R. Claggett; Thomas M. Cronin; Judith M. Denver; Christine L. Densmore; Allen C. Gellis; Cliff R. Hupp et al.
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Fish health study Ashtabula River natural resource damage assessment

2006 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/ofr20061137
Contributors: V. S. Blazer; L. R. Iwanowicz; P. C. Baumann
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Columbia River Basin

2004 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20045154
Contributors: Jo Ellen Hinck; Christopher J. Schmitt; Timothy M. Bartish; Nancy D. Denslow; Vicki Blazer; Patrick J. Anderson; James J. Coyle; Gail M. Dethloff; Donald E. Tillitt
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Rio Grande Basin

2004 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20045108
Contributors: Christopher J. Schmitt; Gail M. Dethloff; Jo Ellen Hinck; Timothy M. Bartish; Vicki Blazer; James J. Coyle; Nancy D. Denslow; Donald E. Tillitt
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Yukon River Basin

2004 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/sir20045285
Contributors: Jo Ellen Hinck; Timothy M. Bartish; Vicki Blazer; Nancy D. Denslow; Tim S. Gross; Mark S. Myers; Patrick J. Anderson; Carl E. Orazio; Donald E. Tillitt
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The U.S. Geological Survey and the Chesapeake Bay – The role of science in environmental restoration

2002 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/cir1220
Contributors: Roger A. Barlow; John W. Brakebill; John F. Bratton; Vicki S. Blazer; John Karl Bohlke; Owen P. Bricker; Steve M. Colman; Thomas M. Cronin; Cliff R. Hupp; Janet R. Keough et al.
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Field procedures for assessing the exposure of fish to environmental contaminants

1999 | Report
DOI: 10.3133/other19990007
Contributors: Christopher J. Schmitt; Vicki S. Blazer; Gail M. Dethloff; Donald E. Tillitt; Timothy S. Gross; Wade L. Bryant, Jr.; L. Rod DeWeese; Ronald W. Goede; Timothy M. Bartish; Timothy J. Kubiak
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