Research Scientist - Dr. Marion Nipper

Curriculum Vitae

Email: marion.nipper@tamucc.edu
Research Interests
  • Marine ecotoxicology;

  • water and sediment quality assessments;

  • biological effects of marine pollution
Select Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • Lotufo, G, M Nipper, RS Carr, J Conder and J Steevens. Fate and toxicity of explosives in sediments. In: GI Sunahara, J Hawari, G Lotufo and R Kuperman (eds.) Ecotoxicology of Explosives and Unexploded Ordnance. CRC Press (in review).

  • Nipper, M, RS Carr, G Lotufo and J Steevens. Aquatic toxicity of explosives. In: GI Sunahara, J Hawari, G Lotufo and R Kuperman (eds.) Ecotoxicology of Explosives and Unexploded Ordnance. CRC Press (in press).

  • Melo, SLR and M Nipper. Sediment toxicity tests using the burrowing amphipod Tiburonella viscana (Amphipoda: Platyschinopidae). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety (in review).

  • Nipper, M, RS Carr, JM Biedenbach, RL Hooten and K Miller. 2005. Fate and Effects of Picric Acid and 2,6-DNT in Marine Environments: Toxicity of Degradation Products. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 51, in press.

  • Nipper, M, Y Qian, RS Carr and K Miller. 2004. Degradation of picric acid and 2,6-DNT in marine sediments and waters: The role of microbial activity and ultra-violet exposure. Chemosphere 56:519-530.

  • Nipper, M and RS Carr. 2003. Recent advances in the use of meiofaunal polychaetes for ecotoxicological assessments. Hydrobiologia, 496:347-353.

  • Carr, RS, M Nipper and GS Plumlee. 2003. Survey of marine contamination from mining-related activities on Marinduque Island, Philippines: Porewater toxicity and chemistry. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage. 6:369-379.

  • Carr, RS and M Nipper. 2003. Porewater Toxicity Testing: Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Considerations, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, USA, 315 p.

  • Carr, RS and M Nipper. 2003. Historical Overview of Porewater Toxicity Testing, p. In: Carr, RS and M Nipper (Eds). Porewater Toxicity Testing: Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Considerations, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, USA, p. 1-10.

  • Nipper, M, GA Burton Jr, DC Chapman, KG Doe, M Hamer and KT Ho. 2003. Issues and Recommendations for Porewater Toxicity Testing: Methodological Uncertainties, Confounding Factors, and Toxicity Identification Evaluation Procedures. In: Carr, RS and M Nipper (Eds). Porewater Toxicity Testing: Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Considerations, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, USA, p. 143-162.

  • Nipper, M, RS Carr, W Adams, W Berry, GA Burton Jr, K Ho, DD MacDonald, R Scroggins and PV Winger. 2003. Recommendations for future areas of research related to biological, chemical and ecological aspects of sediment pore water - the way forward. In: Carr, RS and M Nipper (Eds.), Porewater Toxicity Testing: Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Considerations, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, USA, p. 285-292.
Recent Fellowships and Grants
  • The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), NOAA and University of New Hampshire – 2005-2006. Development of a Sediment Profile Imaging and Micro-sampling System (SPIMS) for Evaluating Quality of Bedded Sediments. Principal Investigators - Drs. Marion Nipper and R. Scott Carr $207,490

  • Undersea Research Program (NURP), NOAA – 2004-2005. Effects of Globally Transported African Dust to Caribbean Marine Ecosystems. Principal Investigators - Drs. Marion Nipper and R. Scott Carr. $68,375

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center (NFESC) - 2003. Environmental Effects of Ordnance Compounds and their Transformation Products in Coastal Ecosystems. Principal Investigators - Drs. Marion Nipper and R. Scott Carr. $185,000

  • Washington State Department of Ecology, Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP) – 2003. Toxicity Testing of Sediments from the San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet, Washington. Principal Investigators - Drs. R. Scott Carr and Marion Nipper. $40,000

  • Washington State Department of Ecology, Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP) - 2002. Toxicity Testing of Sediments from the San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet, Washington. Principal Investigators - Drs. R. Scott Carr and Marion Nipper. $36,000

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), Washington State Department of Ecology – 2002. Toxicity Testing of Sediments from Intertidal Wetlands for the Washington Coastal EMAP. Principal Investigators - Drs. R. Scott Carr and Marion Nipper. $36,000

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center (NFESC) - 2001. Toxicity Testing of Bio- and Photo-degradation Products of Ordnance Compounds. Principal Investigators - Drs. Marion Nipper and R. Scott Carr. $300,000

  • CDM Federal Programs Corporation - 2001. Toxicity Testing and Chemical Analyses with Sediments from the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana. Principal Investigators - Drs. R. Scott Carr and Marion Nipper. $765,375
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