Published articles in peer-reviewed journals
Ertel, B. M., Weinstein, J. E., & Gray, A. D. (2023). Rising seas and roadway debris: Microplastic and low-density tire wear particles in street-associated tidal floodwater. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 195, 115502.
Leads, R. R., Weinstein, J. E., Kell, S. E., Overcash, J. M., Ertel, B. M., & Gray, A. D. (2023). Spatial and temporal variability of microplastic abundance in estuarine intertidal sediments: Implications for sampling frequency. Science of the Total Environment, 859, 160308.
Gray, A. D., Miller, J. A., & Weinstein, J. E. (2022). Are Green Household Consumer Products Less Toxic than Conventional Products? An Assessment Involving Grass Shrimp (Palaemon pugio) and Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Weinstein, J. E., Ertel, B. M., & Gray, A. D. (2022). Accumulation and depuration of microplastic fibers, fragments, and tire particles in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: A toxicokinetic approach. Environmental Pollution, 308, 119681.
Gray, A. D., Weinstein, J. E., & Riegerix, R. C. (2022). Assessment of acute toxicity and developmental transformation impacts of polyethylene microbead exposure on larval daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemon pugio). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-8.
Gray AD, Bernhardt E (2022) Are nitrogen and carbon cycle processes impacted by common stream antibiotics? A comparative assessment of single vs. mixture exposures. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0261714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261714
Gray, A. (2021). The use of non-target high-resolution mass spectrometry screening to detect the presence of antibiotic residues in urban streams of Greensboro North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 1-9.
Gray, A. D., Todd, D., & Hershey, A. E. (2020). The seasonal distribution and concentration of antibiotics in rural streams and drinking wells in the piedmont of North Carolina. Science of the Total Environment, 710, 136286.
Gray, A. D., Wertz, H., Leads, R. R., & Weinstein, J. E. (2018). Microplastic in two South Carolina estuaries: Occurrence, distribution, and composition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 128, 223-233.
Gray, A. D., & Weinstein, J. E. (2017). Size‐and shape‐dependent effects of microplastic particles on adult daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(11), 3074-3080.
Weinstein, J. E., Crocker, B. K. and Gray, A. D. (2016), From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35(7), 1632-1640. doi:10.1002/etc.3432
Technical Reports
McFee, W., Gray, A.D., Ertle., B., and Mayer, K. Long-term monitoring of microplastics and polymer identification in intestinal tracts of coastal dolphins. Technical Report to the National Centers For Coastal Ocean Science (2023).
Gray, A.D., and Hershey, A.E. Distribution and Concentration of Antibiotics in Rural Streams and Wells. Final Project Report Submitted to North Carolina Sea Grant and Waters Resource Research Institute (2019)
Weinstein, J.E., Klaine, S.J., Au, S.Y., and Gray, A.D. Particle Contamination: Direct Effects on Salt Marsh-Tidal Creek Organisms and Indirect Effects on the Bioavailability and Toxicity of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Submitted to the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC. 2016
Weinstein, J.E., Gray, A.D., Wertz, H. Marine Plastic Debris: Assessing the Hazards to Larval Oysters Crassostrea Virginica, and Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes Pugio. Submitted to the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC. 2014