Selected Publications by Susan D. Shaw, MFA, DrPH

Shaw, S.D., K., (2009). PBDEs in the Marine Ecosystems of the American Continents: Foresight from Current Knowledge.Reviews on Environmental Health vol. 24(3) 2009: 157-229.

Shaw, S. D., Berger, M. L., Brenner, D., Kannan, K., Lohmann, N., Päpke, O. (2009). Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane in the northwest Atlantic marine food web. Science of the Total Environment 407:3323-3329.

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D. Berger, M.L., Tao, L., Wu, Q., and Kannan, K. (2009). Specific accumulation of perfluorochemicals in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) from the northwest Atlantic. Chemosphere  74:1037-1043.

Shaw, S.D. (2008. Life on the Ledge: An Uncertain Future for Harbor Seals. Explorers Journal 86:18-23.

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D. Berger, M.L., Fang, F., Hong, C-S., Addink, R., and Hilker, D. (2008).
Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in harbor seals from the northwest Atlantic. Chemosphere 73:1773-1780.

Shaw, S.D. (2007).  Chapter 7.  How are seals, as top predators, impacted by toxic contaminants in Casco Bay and the Gulf of Maine?  In: Toxic Pollution in Casco Bay: Sources and Impacts. Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (http://www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu).

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D., Berger, M.L., Dwyer, M., Fang, F., Hong, C-S., Storm, R., O'Keefe, P. (2007). Patterns and trends of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in northwestern Atlantic harbor seals: Revisiting threshold levels using the new TEFs. Organohalogen Compounds 69:1752-1756.

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D., Berger, M.L., Carpenter, D.O., Hong, C-S, Kannan, K. (2007).  PCBs, PCDD/Fs, and organochlorine pesticides in farmed Atlantic salmon from Maine, eastern Canada, and Norway, and wild salmon from Alaska (comment/correction). Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:4180.

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D., Berger, M.L., Carpenter, D.O., Hong, C-S, and Kannan, K. (2006). PCBs, PCDD/Fs, and organochlorine pesticides in farmed Atlantic salmon from Maine, eastern Canada, and Norway, and wild salmon from Alaska. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:5347-5354.

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D., Bourakovsky, A., Mahaffey, C.A., and Perkins, C.R. (2005).  Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) from the northwestern Atlantic coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50:1069-1084.     

Shaw, S.D., Brenner, D., Mahaffey, C.A., De Guise, S., Perkins, C.R., Clark, G.C., Denison, M.S.,   Waring, G.T. (2003). Persistent organic pollutants and immune function in US Atlantic coast harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor). Organohalogen Compounds 62:220-223.

Shaw, S.D. (2003). Summary Report: Gulf of Maine Forum 2002: Protecting Our Coastal and Offshore Waters.  Marine Environmental Research Institute, Blue Hill, ME, 21 pp.

Shaw, S.D. Overexposure: Health Hazards in Photography, First Edition 1983. Carmel: Ansel Adams and The Friends of Photography, Inc. Second Edition 1991. New York: Allworth Press, Inc.