Jim Biedenbach

Education

M.B.A. in Management, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1994.

B.S. in Biology/Marine Science, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1984.

Experience

Mr. Biedenbach is the Assistant Station Leader at the Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, with USGS, in Corpus Christi, Texas. His position entails the daily management of the toxicology laboratory and personnel in the performance of contracted investigations to determine the impacts of contaminated sediments on marine and estuarine organisms and ecosystems. In addition, he also assists in the development and testing of new toxicity test methods. Mr. Biedenbach also has previous experience in the field of mariculture including five years of research experience with penaeid shrimp species and two years of commercial experience with molluscs.

Biedenbach, JM, LL Smith, TK Thomsen and AL Lawrence. 1989. Use of the nematode Panagrellus redivivus as an Artemia replacement in a larval penaeid diet. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 20:61-71.

Biedenbach, JM, LL Smith and AL Lawrence. 1990. Use of a new spray-dried algal product in penaeid larviculture. Aquaculture 86:249-257.

Samocha, TM, AL Lawrence and JM Biedenbach. 1993. The effect of vertical netting and water circulation pattern on growth and survival of Penaeus vannamei postlarvae in an intensive raceway system. J. Applied Aquacult. 2:55-63.

Carr, RS, DC Chapman, CL Howard and JM Biedenbach. 1996. Sediment quality triad assessment survey of the Galveston Bay, Texas system. Ecotoxicology 5:341-364.

Carr, RS, DC Chapman, BJ Presley, JM Biedenbach, L Robertson, P Boothe, R Kilada, T Wade and P Montagna. 1996. Sediment porewater toxicity assessment studies in the vicinity of offshore oil and gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53:2618-2628.

Carr, RS and JM Biedenbach. 1999. Use of power analysis to develop detectable significance criteria for sea urchin toxicity tests. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage. 2:413-418.

Carr, RS, PA Montagna, JM Biedenbach, R Kalke, MC Kennicutt and R Hooten. 2000. Impact of storm water outfalls on sediment quality in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19:561-574.

Carr, RS, JM Biedenbach and R Hooten. 2000. Sediment porewater toxicity test survey and phase I sediment toxicity identification evaluation studies in Lavaca Bay, Texas - an estuarine Superfund site. Environ. Toxicol. 16:20-30.

Carr, RS, M Nipper, JM Biedenbach, RL Hooten, K Miller and S Saepoff. 2001. Sediment toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) studies at marine sites suspected of ordnance contamination. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41:298-307.

Nipper, M, RS Carr, JM Biedenbach, RL Hooten, K Miller and S Saepoff. 2001. Development of marine toxicity data for ordnance compounds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41:308-318.

Nipper, M, RS Carr, JM Biedenbach, RL Hooten and K Miller. 2002. Toxicological and chemical assessment of ordnance compounds in marine sediments and pore waters. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44:789-806.

Carr, RS, JM Biedenbach and DD MacDonald. 2003. Comparison between sediment quality guidelines developed with porewater toxicity data with existing guidelines. In: Carr, RS and M Nipper (eds), Porewater Toxicity Testing: Biological, Chemical, and Ecological Considerations, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL, USA, p. 249-262.

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. 50:1205-1217.

Carr, RS, JM Biedenbach and M Nipper. 2006. Influence of potentially confounding factors on sea urchin porewater toxicity tests . Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51: 573-79.

Nipper, M, RS Carr, JM Biedenbachand VH Garrison. 2008. Toxicity of African dust and related components to marine organisms. In: Hofer, TN (ed.). Marine Pollution: New Research. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA, p. 279-295.