Deke Gundersen

Department Chair,

Associate Professor of Environmental Science

deke@pacificu.edu

(503) 352 - 2276

Education

Courses Taught

 

Selected Publications

Gundersen D.T. and W.D. Pearson. 1992. Partitioning of PCBs in the muscle and reproductive tissues of paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, at the Falls of the Ohio River. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49:455-462

Gundersen D.T. and W.D. Pearson. 1993. Reproduction, age and growth analysis of paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, in the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. Trans. Ky. Acad. Sci. 54(1-2)

Gundersen D.T., S. Bustaman, W.K. Seim and L.R. Curtis. 1994. pH, hardness and humic acid influence aluminum toxicity to rainbow trout (Oncorynchus mykiss), in weakly alkaline waters. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 51:1345-1355.

Gundersen D.T., and L.R. Curtis. 1995. Acclimation to hard or soft water at weakly alkaline pH influences gill permeability and gill surface calcium binding in rainbow trout (Oncorynchus mykiss). Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 52:2583-2593.

Gundersen D.T., S.W. Kristanto, L.R. Curtis, S.N. Al-yakoob, and M.M. Metwally. 1995. Subacute toxicity of the water-soluble fractions of Kuwaiti crude oil and partially crude oil on Menidia beryllina and Palaemonetes pugio. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 31:1-8.

Al-Yakoob S.N., D.G. Gundersen and L.R. Curtis. 1996. Effects of the water-soluble fraction of partially combusted crude oil from Kuwait's oil fires (from Desert Storm) on survival and growth of the marine fish Menidia beryllina. Ecotox. Environ. Health 35:142-149.

Gundersen D.T., M. Krahling, J. Donosky, R Cable and S. Mims. 1998. Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlordane in the gonads of paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, from the Ohio River. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 61:650-657

Gundersen D.T., R. Miller, A. Mischler, K Elpers, S.D. Mims, and J.G. Millar. 2000. Biomarker response in polychlorinated biphenyl and chlordane contaminated paddlefish from the Ohio River Basin, USA. Environ Toxicol Chem. 19:2275-2285.

Milston, R.H., Fitzpatrick M.S., Vella A.T., Gundersen D. G., Crippen T.L., Leong J.C., and Schreck C.B. 2001. Short term exposure of fall Chinook salmon (Oncoryhncus tshawytscha) to o,p'-DDE during early life history stages affects long-term competence of the humoral immune system. Submitted to Aquatic Toxicology 7/01.

Dasgupta S., R.J. Onders, D. T. Gundersen, and S.D Mims. 2004. Methyl mercury concentrations found in wild and farm-raised paddlefish. J Food Sci 69:122-125.

Grant W. Feist, Molly A.H. Webb, Deke T. Gundersen, Eugene P. Foster, Carl B. Schreck, Alec G. Maule and Martin S. Fitzpatrick. 2005. Evidence of Detrimental Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Growth andReproductive Physiology of White Sturgeon in Impounded Areas of the Columbia River. Environ Health Perspect. 113:1675 –1682.

Webb M.A.H., G.W. Feist, M.S. Fitzpatrick, E.P Foster, C.B. Schreck, M. Plumlee, C. Wong, and D.T. Gundersen. 2006. Mercury concentrations in gonad, liver, and muscle of white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, in the lower Columbia River. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 50:443-451

Gundersen D.T., A. Fink, L. Kushner, B Cady, and Webb M.A.H. 2007.  Using Blood Plasma for Monitoring Organochlorine Contaminants in Juvenile White Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, from the Lower Columbia River.  Bull Environ Contam Toxicol