Welcome to the University of Mary Washington Soil and Water Resources Research Website
New articles:
Clark E.V., Jack Lanier J., and Odhiambo B.K. (2024) Assessment of dam sediment and grab samples for metal contamination in a historically industrialized New England city. Water Air Soil Pollution (2024) 235:17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06767-x
Frankel T.E.,Tyler, E., Willmore C., Odhiambo B.K., Giancarlo, L (2023) Assessing the presence, concentration, and impacts of trace element contamination in a Chesapeake Bay tributary adjacent to a coal ash landfill (Possum Point, VA). Environmental Pollution 339 (2023) 122768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122768
Odhiambo, B.K. and Rihl, G. and Hood-Recant S. (2022) Sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two urban lakes: Lake Manassas and Occoquan Reservoir, Virginia, USA. (Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29: 11481 – 11492. DOI 10.1007/s11356-021-16461-2
Duong, T-B., Odhiambo, B.K., Oldham, D., Hoffman, M.M., and Frankel, T.E. (2021) Acute exposure to an organochlorine pesticide alters locomotor behavior and cardiac function in the freshwater invertebrate Daphniamagna, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, Vol. 54, Issue 2., DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2021.1918551
Sediment and Phosphorous Fluxes Analysis in Aquia Creek, a Sub-watershed of the Chesapeake Bay Basin, VA, USA
Analysis of spatial distribution of trace metals, PCB, and PAH and their potential impact on human health in Virginian Counties and independent cities, USA
Congratulations to Kristin Frye - Modelling effects of predicted increased impervious surfaces on phosphorous fluxes using soil water assessment tool (SWAT) in Aquia Creek watershed, Virginia, USA - Won best undergraduate poster presentation in the Environmental and Engineering Geology Session at the annual GSA meeting in Denver, Colorado (September 25 - 28, 2016)
01/05/16: New manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals:
Coxon T.M., Odhiambo B.K. and Giancarlo L.C. (2016) The impact of urban expansion and agricultural legacies on trace metal accumulation in fluvial and lacustrine sediments of the lower Chesapeake Bay basin, USA. Science of the Total Environment: 568: 402 - 414. Link
Odhiambo B.K., Ricker M.C., LeBlanc L.M. and Moxey K.A. (2016) Effects of forested floodplain soil properties on phosphorous concentrations in two Chesapeake Bay sub-watersheds, Virginia, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research: 23: 16056 - 16066: DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-6668-3. Link
01/12/15: New manuscript on our lake research published in peer-reviewed journal:
Clark, E.V., Odhiambo, B.K., Yoon, S., and Piliati, L. (2015) - Hydroacoustic and spatial analysis of sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two Virginia reservoirs, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Link.
01/31/14: Two new manuscripts written by lab alumni Elyse Clark and Ian Pope published in peer-reviewed journals:
Clark, E.V., Odhiambo B.K., and Ricker M.C. (2014) - Comparative analysis of metal concentrations and sediment chronologies from two Virginia reservoirs, USA: Lakes Moomaw and Pelham. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 225:1860. Link.
Pope, I.C. and Odhiambo B.K. (2014) - Soil erosion and sediment fluxes analysis: a watershed study of the Ni Reservoir, Spotsylvania County, VA, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186:1719-1733. Link.
Clark E.V., Jack Lanier J., and Odhiambo B.K. (2024) Assessment of dam sediment and grab samples for metal contamination in a historically industrialized New England city. Water Air Soil Pollution (2024) 235:17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06767-x
Frankel T.E.,Tyler, E., Willmore C., Odhiambo B.K., Giancarlo, L (2023) Assessing the presence, concentration, and impacts of trace element contamination in a Chesapeake Bay tributary adjacent to a coal ash landfill (Possum Point, VA). Environmental Pollution 339 (2023) 122768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122768
Odhiambo, B.K. and Rihl, G. and Hood-Recant S. (2022) Sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two urban lakes: Lake Manassas and Occoquan Reservoir, Virginia, USA. (Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29: 11481 – 11492. DOI 10.1007/s11356-021-16461-2
Duong, T-B., Odhiambo, B.K., Oldham, D., Hoffman, M.M., and Frankel, T.E. (2021) Acute exposure to an organochlorine pesticide alters locomotor behavior and cardiac function in the freshwater invertebrate Daphniamagna, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, Vol. 54, Issue 2., DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2021.1918551
Sediment and Phosphorous Fluxes Analysis in Aquia Creek, a Sub-watershed of the Chesapeake Bay Basin, VA, USA
Analysis of spatial distribution of trace metals, PCB, and PAH and their potential impact on human health in Virginian Counties and independent cities, USA
Congratulations to Kristin Frye - Modelling effects of predicted increased impervious surfaces on phosphorous fluxes using soil water assessment tool (SWAT) in Aquia Creek watershed, Virginia, USA - Won best undergraduate poster presentation in the Environmental and Engineering Geology Session at the annual GSA meeting in Denver, Colorado (September 25 - 28, 2016)
01/05/16: New manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals:
Coxon T.M., Odhiambo B.K. and Giancarlo L.C. (2016) The impact of urban expansion and agricultural legacies on trace metal accumulation in fluvial and lacustrine sediments of the lower Chesapeake Bay basin, USA. Science of the Total Environment: 568: 402 - 414. Link
Odhiambo B.K., Ricker M.C., LeBlanc L.M. and Moxey K.A. (2016) Effects of forested floodplain soil properties on phosphorous concentrations in two Chesapeake Bay sub-watersheds, Virginia, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research: 23: 16056 - 16066: DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-6668-3. Link
01/12/15: New manuscript on our lake research published in peer-reviewed journal:
Clark, E.V., Odhiambo, B.K., Yoon, S., and Piliati, L. (2015) - Hydroacoustic and spatial analysis of sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two Virginia reservoirs, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Link.
01/31/14: Two new manuscripts written by lab alumni Elyse Clark and Ian Pope published in peer-reviewed journals:
Clark, E.V., Odhiambo B.K., and Ricker M.C. (2014) - Comparative analysis of metal concentrations and sediment chronologies from two Virginia reservoirs, USA: Lakes Moomaw and Pelham. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 225:1860. Link.
Pope, I.C. and Odhiambo B.K. (2014) - Soil erosion and sediment fluxes analysis: a watershed study of the Ni Reservoir, Spotsylvania County, VA, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186:1719-1733. Link.
01/24/14: New website has been started and should be up and running soon