Patti TenBrook Assistant Project Scientist

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 2005

B.S.   Zoology, Oregon State University, 1984

CURRENT RESEARCH

Development of methodology for derivation of pesticide water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life.

 PUBLICATIONS

TenBrook PL, Tjeerdema RS. 2006. Methodology for derivation of pesticide water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins. Phase I: Review of existing methodologies. Peer-reviewed report prepared for the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, Rancho Cordova, CA.

TenBrook PL, Tjeerdema RS. 2006. Biotransformation of clomazone in rice (Oryza sativa) and early watergrass (Echinochloa oryzoides). Pest Biochem Physiol 85: 38-45.

TenBrook PL, Kendall SM, Tjeerdema RS. 2006 Toxicokinetics and biotransformation of p-nitrophenol in white sturgeon (Acipencer transmontanus). Ecotox Environ Saf 64: 362-368.

TenBrook PL, Tjeerdema RS. 2005. Comparative actions of clomazone on ß-carotene and growth in rice and watergrasses (Echinochloa spp.). Pest Manag Sci 61: 567-571.

Gunasekara AS, TenBrook PL, Palumbo AJ, Johnson CS, Tjeerdema RS. 2005. Influence of phosphate and copper on reductive dechlorination of thiobencarb in California rice field soils. J Agric Food Chem 53: 10113-10119.

TenBrook PL, Viant MR, Holstege DM, Williams JF, Tjeerdema RS. 2004. Characterization of California rice field soils susceptible to delayed phytotoxicity syndrome. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 73:448-456.

Palumbo AJ, TenBrook PL, Phipps A, Tjeerdema RS. 2004. Comparative toxicity of thiobencarb and deschlorothiobencarb to rice (Oryza sativa). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 73:213-218.

TenBrook PL, Kendall SM, Viant MR, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Toxicokinetics and biotransformation of p-nitrophenol in red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Aquat Toxicol 62(4):329-336.

Viant MR, Walton JH, TenBrook PL, Tjeerdema RS. 2002. Sublethal actions of copper in abalone (Haliotis rufescens) as characterized by in vivo P-31 NMR. Aquat Toxicol 57(3):139-151.

TenBrook PL, Ellgas WM, Berger R, Gatlin S, Truong P. 1993. Report on the acute toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) on the East Bay Municipal Utility District effluent. Prepared for the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. Presented at, and published in proceedings of, "A Workshop on Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIE's) in the San Francisco Bay Region:  Lessons Learned,” sponsored by the Aquatic Habitat Institute.

PRESENTATIONS

TenBrook P.L., Kendall S.M. and Tjeerdema R.S. 2004. Toxicokinetics and biotransformation of p-nitrophenol in white sturgeon (Acipencer transmontanus). Platform presentation at Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress.

TenBrook PL, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Comparative actions of clomazone on ß-carotene and growth in rice and watergrasses (Echinochloa spp.). Platform presentations at SETAC North America and Northern California SETAC annual meetings.

TenBrook PL, Viant MR, Holstege DM, Williams JF, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Characterization of California rice field soils susceptible to delayed phytotoxicity syndrome. Poster and platform presentations at SETAC North America and poster presentation at NorCal SETAC annual meetings.

TenBrook PL, Kendall SM, Viant MR, Tjeerdema RS. 2002. Toxicokinetics and biotransformation of p-nitrophenol in red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Platform presentation at SETAC North America and NorCal SETAC annual meetings.

TenBrook PL, Hoenicke R, Davis J. 1996. Bioaccumulation of contaminants along outfall transects and reference sites in the San Francisco Estuary. Platform presentation at NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting.

TenBrook PL. 1995. Do I Really Need to Do A TIE? A Discharger's Guide to Toxicity Data Review. Water Environment Laboratory Solutions. Volume 3, No. 2. April/May 1996. Also given as a platform presentation at Water Environment Federation (WEF) specialty conference "Environmental Laboratories: Testing the Waters".

TenBrook PL, Gatlin SR, Truong PT. 1994. Determining the cause of toxicity of filter backwash from a drinking water treatment plant to juvenile fathead minnows and threespine sticklebacks. Platform presentation at NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting. 1994.

TenBrook PL. 1994. Throwing darts is fun, but it's not a good analytical method. Presented at California Water Pollution Control Association Laboratory Committee dinner meeting.

TenBrook PL. 1992. Biomonitoring at a Wastewater Treatment Plant:  Should Testing Be Done In-house? Proceedings of the WEF Conference, New Orleans, LA.

TenBrook PL, Berger R, Gatlin SR, Truong P. 1992. Biological Monitoring at a Wastewater Treatment Plant:  Environmental Protection in the Trenches. Platform presentation at NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting.