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Dr. Gary M. Rand |
Dr. Rand manages the Southeast Environmental Research Center state-of-the-art Ecotoxicology laboratory situated on Biscayne Bay. The facility is equipped to conduct soil, sediment, freshwater and saltwater ecotoxicity studies. The laboratory contains a culture room, an environmental chamber for static studies, and a toxicity exposure room with computer-controlled water-flow and sediment systems for long-term studies. The instrument room is equipped with a hood, refrigerator, muffle furnace, balance, water quality meters, microscopes, water bath, shaker, incubator and spectrophotometer. Outdoor freshwater and saltwater microcosm studies can also be conducted on-site all year round.
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BOOKS Rand, G.M. (Editor). 1995. FUNDAMENTALS OF AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY: EFFECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND RISK ASSESSMENT. Second Edition. Taylor and Francis, Washington, D.C. (Third Edition. In Preparation.) Rand, G.M., Lewis, M.A., and
Calo, P. (Editors). CURRENT TOPICS IN ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CHEMISTRY. Book series in preparation; to be published once every two
years beginning in 1998. First book published on Genetics and Ecotoxicology
(1998). ARTICLES Carriger, J.F., Rand, * G.M., Gardinali, P.R., Perry, W.B., Tompkins, M.S. and Fernandez. A. In Press. Pesticides of Potential Ecological Concern in Sediment from South Florida Canals: An Ecological Risk Prioritization for Aquatic Arthropods. Soil & Sediment Contamination: An International Journal. Rand, G.M. and Gardinali, P.R. 2004. South Florida Ecosystems. Ecotoxicology 13: 179-184. Pfeuffer, R.J. and Rand, G.M. 2004. South Florida Ambient Pesticide Monitoring Program. Ecotoxicology 13: 195-206. Rand, G.M. et al. 2004. Sediment Toxicity in the St. Lucie River Watershed and Everglades Agricultural Area. Ecotoxicology 13: 261-274. Rand, G. M. 2004. Fate and Biological Effects of the Insecticide-Miticide Chlorfenapyr in Outdoor Aquatic Microcosms. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety 58: 50- 60. Rand, G.M. and Wheat, J.V. A Diluter Control System for Flow-Through Toxicity Studies with Aquatic Organisms. Submitted to Water Research. Rand, G.M. et al. 2003. An Automated Overlying Water-Renewal System for Sediment Toxicity Studies. Environ. Pollut. 122: 169-175. Rand, G.M. et al. 2003. Sediment Toxicity in Central and South Florida Ecosystems. Bull. Environ. Contam. and Toxicol. 70: 494-501. Rand, G. M. 2002. Hazard Assessment
of Resmethrin: I. Effects and Fate in Aquatic Systems. Ecotoxicol. 11: 101-111.
Rand, G. M. et al. 2001. The
Use of Outdoor Freshwater Pond Microcosms: III. Responses of Phytoplankton
and Periphyton to Pyridaben. Environ. Tox. 16: 96-103. Rand, G. M. and Clark, J. R. 2000. Hazard/Risk Assessment of Pyridaben: II. Use of Outdoor Aquatic Toxicity Studies and the Water Effect Ratio. Ecotoxicology 9:165-173.Rand, G. M. et al. 2000. The Use of Outdoor Freshwater Pond Microcosms: II. Responses of Biota to Pyridaben. Environ.Tox. & Chem. 19: 396- 404. Rand, G. M. et al. 2000. The
Use of Outdoor Freshwater Pond Microcosms: I. Microcosm Design and Fate
of Pyridaben. Environ.Tox. & Chem. 19: 387-395. Rand, G. M. and Zeeman, M.G. 1998. Ecological Risk Assessment Approaches within the Regulatory Framework. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. Vol 4(4): 853-886.
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Gary M. Rand received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and was a National Institute of Health postdoctoral research training fellow in Toxicology at North Carolina State University. Following his graduate education, he was a corporate toxicologist in the oil, chemical and utility industries for 20 years. He was responsible for conducting ecotoxicology studies and preparing ecological risk assessments for hazardous waste sites and on pesticides and industrial chemicals for product registration. At FIU he is conducting pioneering ecotoxicology studies in South Florida aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems from the St. Lucie River Watershed to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. |