John Weinstein
Department of Biology
The Citadel
Charleston, SC 29409
(843) 953-7796
john.weinstein@citadel.edu
Ph.D., 1994, University of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Environmental toxicology
Current and planned research projects:
- natural stressors and their influence on the phototoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- chronic effects of piberonyl butoxide exposure to grass shrimp larvae
- chemical and biological contamination of stormwater detention pond sediments
- pesticide resistance to the organophosphate malathion in grass shrimp
Selected Publications:
- Flemming, A.T., Weinstein, J.E., Lewitus, A.J. 2008. Survey of PAH in low density residential stormwater ponds in coastal South Carolina: False dark mussels (Mytilopsis leukophaeta) as potential biomonitors. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56:1598-1608.
- Weinstein, J.E. and Garner, T.R. 2008. Piperonyl butoxide enhances the bioconcentration and photoinduced toxicity of fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene to larvae of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Aquatic Toxicology, 87:28-36.
- Filipowicz, A.B., Weinstein, J.E., and D.M. Sanger. 2007. Dietary transfer of fluoranthene from an estuarine oligochaete (Monopylephorus rubroniveus) to grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio): Influence of piperonyl butoxide. Marine Environmental Research, 63:132-145.
- Bolton-Warberg, M., Coen, L.D., and J.E. Weinstein. 2007. Acute toxicity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition in grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to the organophosphate dichlorvos: Laboratory and field studies. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 52:207-216.
- Weinstein, J.E., and Diamond, S.A. 2006. Relating daily solar UV radiation dose in salt marsh-associated estuarine systems to laboratory assessments of photoactivated PAH toxicity. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25:2860-2868.