William Cope

Bio

Dr. Cope’s research interests are within realm are in aquatic toxicology, ecology, and physiology, as well as in the transport, fate, and effects of aquatic pollutants and other human-mediated stressors such as temperature and climate change. 

Publications

• Distribution, Occupancy, and Habitat of the Endangered Carolina Madtom: Implications for Recovery of an Endemic Stream Fish , FISHES (2024)
• Thermal Threats to Freshwater Mussels: An Empirical Stream Assessment , DIVERSITY-BASEL (2024)
• Assessing the Toxicity of Sea Salt to Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels: Implications for Sea Level Rise in Coastal Rivers , ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2023)
• Histological evaluations of organ tissues reveal sublethal effects in a freshwater mussel (Villosa iris) exposed to chloride and potassium concentrations below benchmark estimates , AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (2023)
• Review and Development of Best Practices for Toxicity Tests with Dreissenid Mussels , ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2023)
• Total mercury, methylmercury, and selenium concentrations in blue marlin Makaira nigricans from a long-term dataset in the western north Atlantic , Science of The Total Environment (2022)
• A New Open-Source Web Application with Animations to Support Learning of Neuron-to-Neuron Signaling , AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER (2021)
• Genetic Structure and Diversity of the Endemic Carolina Madtom and Conservation Implications , NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (2021)
• Method Development for a Short-Term 7-Day Toxicity Test with Unionid Mussels , ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2021)
• Survival and Contaminants in Imperiled and Common Riverine Fishes Assessed with an In Situ Bioassay Approach , ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY (2021)