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Marsha C. Black

Associate Professor, Interim Department Head
mblack@uga.edu

Room 206A Environmental Health Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2102
706.542.0998 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Area of Specialty

  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Water Quality
  • Biomarkers; Biomonitoring

Research Interests

  • Use of aquatic organisms as pollution biomonitors
  • Development and use of biomarker assays to detect physiological and biochemical responses of fish and bivalves to pollution stress
  • In situ monitoring of suburban non-point source pollution
  • Developing water quality criteria for protection of bivalve species

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) since 1984
  • SETAC-North America Board of Directors
  • Editorial Board Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 

Selected Publications

Henry, TB and MC Black. 2007. Acute and chronic toxicity of fluoxetine (SSRI) in western mosquitofish. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Available on-line: DOI 10.1007/s00244-007-9018-0)

Wilson, WA, BJ Konwick, AW Garrison, JK Avants, MC Black. 2007. Enantioselective chronic toxicity of fipronil to Ceriodaphnia dubia. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Available on-line: DOI 10.1007/s00244-007-9003-7)

Henry, TB and MC Black. 2007. Mixture and single-substance acute toxicity of selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors in Ceriodaphnia dubia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1751-1755.

Overmyer JP, DR Rouse, AW Garrison, JK Avants, ME DeLorenzo, KW Chung, PB Key, WA Wilson, MC Black. 2007. Toxicity of fipronil and its enantiomers to marine and freshwater non-targets. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B 42:471-480.

Konwick, BJ, AW Garrison, MC Black, JK Avants, and AT Fisk. 2006. Bioaccumulation, biotransformation, and metabolite formation of fipronil and chiral legacy pesticides in rainbow trout. Environmental Science and Technology 40:2930-2936.

Konwick, BJ, AT Fisk, AW Garrison, JK Avants and MC Black. 2005. Acute enantioselective toxicity of fipronil and its desulfinyl photoproduct to Ceriodaphnia dubia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24:2350-2355.

Henry, TB, J-W Kwon, KL Armbrust, and MC Black. 2004. Acute and chronic toxicity of five selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in Ceriodaphnia dubia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:2229-2233.

Conners, DE and MC Black. 2004. Evaluation of lethality and genotoxicity in the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Uniondae) exposed singly and in combination to chemicals used in lawn care. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 46:362-371.

Barfield, ML, JL Farris, and MC Black. 2001. Biomarker and bioaccumulation responses of Asian clams exposed to aqueous cadmium. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 63:495-510.

Belin, JI, TA McCaskey, and MC Black. 2000. Evaluating the efficiency of toxicity abatement in a constructed wetland with Ceriodaphnia dubia. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, 60:101-115.

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Courses Taught

EHSC 4610/6610 - Water Pollution and Human Health
EHSC 8610 – Aquatic Toxicology
EHSC 4400/6400 – Environmental Issues in the Developing World





Curriculum Vitae