Item talk:Q49215

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:32:36.788616'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/barbara-c-scudder-eikenberry
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: beikenberry@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - water quality
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Barbara Scudder Eikenberry is a Scientist Emerita, previous Hydrologist with
     the USGS, where she had worked since 1981.
   name: Barbara C Scudder Eikenberry
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-8058-1201
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center
   organization_name: Upper Midwest Water Science Center
   personal_statement: 'Her expertise is in water quality assessment using freshwater
     organisms, with emphasis on chemical bioaccumulation and toxicity, also community
     ecology of algae, invertebrates, and fish. She has a B.A. in Aquatic Biology
     (1979, University of CA-Santa Barbara) and a M.S. in Marine Science (1984, CA
     State University, Hayward at Moss Landing Marine Labs).  From 1991 to 2012,
     she was lead biologist for the Western Lake Michigan Drainages study unit of
     the USGS NAWQA Program. Since 2004, she has led ecological studies for the Milwaukee
     Corridor Study. She is currently leading benthos and plankton studies in rivermouths
     and harbors along the Lake Michigan coastline for decision-making input re Beneficial
     Use Impairments (BUIs) at Great Lakes Areas of Concern.Focus: Water-quality
     assessmentsusing stream organisms, with an emphasis on bioaccumulation, toxicity,
     and community ecology of benthic algae and invertebrates and fish.'
   professional_experience: []
   title: Scientist Emerita