"Determining the Resistance of Marine Animals to Environmental Chemicals"   Email     Print   PDF

Mark Hahn's web site
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/mhahn/hahnm.html

NPR report on dioxin-resistant killifish from New Bedford Harbor
http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/article?item_id=530429

Dioxins-R-Us (general information and web sites on dioxin research)
http://dioxins-r-us.ucdavis.edu/TCDD

Dioxin information
http://www.ejnet.org/dioxin/

Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) Final Report
http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/history/finalrpt.htm

Fooling with Nature (PBS Frontline)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/

Tulane University Center for Bioenvironmental Research
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu/

Chlorine Chemistry Council
http://www.c3.org/teacher_education_materials/index.html

EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program web site
http://www.epa.gov/oscpmont/oscpendo/index.html

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, endocrine disruptors
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/alpha.htm

Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI)
http://www.meriresearch.org/

Silent Spring Institute
http://www.silentspring.org/

EPA Superfund Cleanup (for students)
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/students/clas_act/haz-ed/hazindex.htm

Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife Populations, by Woods Hole Sea Grant
http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/education/focalpoints/endocrine.html

Research Update: Contaminants in the Marine Environmnet and their Effects on Marine Mammals, by Woods Hole Sea Grant
http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/education/focalpoints/mammals.html

The Link Between Environmental Contaminants and Animal Susceptibility
Crago, T.I.
In: Two if by Sea, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2 pp.
Available online: http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/2ifbysea/issues/spring00/contaminants.html

Nor'easter Researcher Profile: Using Biomarkers to Detect Contamination of the Marine Environment
Hahn, M.E.
In: Nor'easter, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 8-11 Spring/Summer 1994

Evolution of Pathways for Chemical Sensing, Response, & Adaptation
Hahn, M.E.
In: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1998 Annual Report, 2 pp.

Dioxin Toxicology and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: Insights from Fish and Other Non-traditional Models
Hahn, M.E.
In: Mar. Biotechnol., Vol. 3, pp. S224-S238 2001

Formation of a Biological Company, from Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0329-MiriamTurner/index.html

Survival in the Sea, from Secrets of the Ocean Realm
http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/intheschool/school2.html

Serial Dilutuion & PPM (activity), from the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center
http://www.ateec.org/curric/activities/ac3.html

We All Live Downstream (activity), from Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0497-AlondaDroege/index.html

Acquired Resistance to Ah Receptor Agonists in a Population of Atlantic Killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) Inhabiting a Marine Superfund Site: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies on the Inducibility of Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzymes
Bello, S.M., D.G. Franks, J.J. Stegeman, and M.E. Hahn
In: Toxicological Sciences, Vol. 66, pp. 77-79 2001

cDNA Cloning and Characterization of a High Affinity Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in a Cetacean, the Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
Jensen, B.A. and M.E. Hahn
In: Toxicological Sciences, Vol. 64, pp. 45-56 2001

cDNA Cloning and Characterization of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor from the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina): A Biomarker of Dioxin Susceptibility?
Kim, E.-Y. and M.E. Hahn
In: Aquat. Toxicol., Vol. 58, pp. 57-73 2002