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Ecotoxicology Program Publications

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Textbooks

  • Akçakaya, H., Stark, J.D., & Bridges, T. (2008). Demographic Toxicity: Methods in Ecological Risk Assessment: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

Selected Referenced Publications

  • Chen, X.D., Culbert, E., Herbert, V., Stark, JD. 2010. Mixture effects of the adjuvant R-11 and the insecticide imidacloprid on population growth rate and other parameters of Ceriodaphnia dubia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73:132-137.
  • Banks, J.E, Ackleh, A., Stark, J.D. 2010. The use of surrogate species in risk assessment: using life history data to safeguard against false negatives. Risk Analysis 30:175-182.
  • Forbes, V.E., Calow, P., Grimm, V., Hayashi, T., Jager, T., Palmpvist, A., Pastorok, R., Salvito, D., Sibly, R., Spromberg, J., Stark, J., Stillman, R.A. 2010. Integrating population modeling into ecological risk assessment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 6:191-193.
  • Vargas, R.I., Burns, R.E., Mau, R.F., Stark, J.D., Cook, P., and Pińero, J.C. 2009. Captures in methyl eugenol and cue-lure detection traps with and without insecticides and with a Farma Tech solid lure and insecticide dispenser. J. Econ. Entomol. 102: 552-557.
  • Deardorff, A., Stark, J.D. 2009. Acute Toxicity and Hazard Assessment of Spinosad and R-11 to Three Cladoceran Species and Coho Salmon. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 82: 549-553.
  • Laetz, C.A., Baldwin, D.H., Hebert, V., Stark, J.D., Scholz, N.L. 2009. The synergistic toxicity of pesticide mixtures: implications for ecological risk assessment and the conservation of threatened Pacific salmon. Environmental Health Perspectives 117:348-353.
  • Stark, J.D., Vargas, R. 2009. An Evaluation of Alternative Insecticides to Diazinon for Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Soil. J. Econ. Entomol. 102: 139-143.
  • Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Joyner, S.L., Stark, J.D. 2008. Dynamic models for insect mortality due to exposure to insecticides. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 48: 316-332.
  • Banks, J.E., Dick, L.K., Banks, H.T., Stark, J.D. 2008. Time-varying disturbance parameters in ecology: an alternative to matrix models. Ecological Modelling 210:155-160.
  • Stark, J.D., Sugayama, R., and Kovaleski, A. 2007. Why demographic and modeling approaches should be adopted for estimating the effects of pesticides on biocontrol agents. BioControl. 52: 365-374.
  • Kramarz, P., Banks, J., and Stark, J.D. 2007. Density-dependent response of the pea aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to imidacloprid. J. Insect Science 42: 200-206.
  • Stark, J.D., and Acheampong, S. 2007. A demographic and modeling approach to determine the suitability of two hosts, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Aphididae) and Myzus persicae (Sulze). Pan Pacific Entomologist 83: 1-8.
  • Banks, H., Banks, J., Dick, L., and Stark, J.D. 2007. Estimation of dynamic rate parameters in insect populations undergoing sublethal exposure to pesticides. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 69: 2139-2180.
  • Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I., and Banks, J.E. 2007. Incorporating Ecologically Relevant Measures of Pesticide Effect for Estimating the Compatibility of Pesticides and Biocontrol Agents. J. Econ. Entomol. 100: 1027-1032.
  • Stark, J.D., and Acheampong, S. A. 2007. A demographic and modeling approach to determine the suitability of two hosts, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Aphididae) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Aphididae) of the aphid parasitoid, Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (Aphidiidae). Pan Pacific Entomology 83: 1-8.
  • Kramarz, P., Banks, J., and Stark, J.D. 2007. Density-dependent response of the pea aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to imidacloprid. J. Insect Science 42: 200-206.
  • Stark, J.D., and Acheampong, S. 2007. A demographic and modeling approach to determine the suitability of two hosts, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Aphididae) and Myzus persicae (Sulze). Pan Pacific Entomologist 83: 1-8.
  • Banks, H., Banks, J., Dick, L., and Stark, J.D. 2007. Estimation of dynamic rate parameters in insect populations undergoing sublethal exposure to pesticides. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 69: 2139-2180.
  • Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I., and Banks, J.E. 2007. Incorporating Ecologically Relevant Measures of Pesticide Effect for Estimating the Compatibility of Pesticides and Biocontrol Agents. J. Econ. Entomol. 100: 1027-1032.
  • Stark, J.D., and Acheampong, S. A. 2007. A demographic and modeling approach to determine the suitability of two hosts, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Aphididae) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Aphididae) of the aphid parasitoid, Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (Aphidiidae). Pan Pacific Entomology 83: 1-8.
  • Kramarz, P., Banks, J.E. and Stark, J.D. 2007. Density-dependent response of the pea aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to imidacloprid. J. Entomological Science 42: 200-206.
  • Stark, J.D., Sugayama R., and Kovaleski A. 2007. Why demographic and modeling approaches should be adopted for estimating the effects of pesticides on biocontrol agents. BioControl 52: 365-374.
  • Uchida, G.K., Mackey, B.E., Vargas, R.I., Beardsley, J.W., Hardy, D.E., Goff, M.L. and Stark, J.D. 2006. Response of nontarget insects to methyl eugenol, Cue-lure, Trimedlure, and protein bait bucket traps on Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 38: 61-71.
  • Stark, J.D. 2006. Toxicity endpoints used in risk assessment: What do they really mean? SETAC Globe 7 (2): 29-30.
  • Adams, B.M., Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E. and Stark, J.D. 2005. Population dynamics models of plant-insect herbivore-pesticide interactions. Mathematical Biosciences 196: 39-64.
  • Vargas R.I., Stark J.D., Mackey B, and Bull R. 2005. Weathering trials of AmuletTM, Cue-Lure and AmuletTM Methyl Eugenol attract and kill stations with male melon flies and oriental fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii. J. Econ. Entomol. 98:1551-1559.
  • Stark, J.D., and Vargas R.I. 2005. Toxicity and hazard assessment of Fipronil to Daphnia pulex. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 62: 11-16.
  • Stark, J.D., and Crawford, R. 2005. Short-term Effects of the Neem Insecticide, Margosan-O and Chlorpyrifos on a Spider (Araneida: Linyphiidae) Community Inhabiting Turf Grass. Biopesticides International 1:71-81.
  • Stark, J.D. 2005. How closely do acute lethal concentration estimates predict effects of toxicants on populations? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 1: 109-113.
  • Banks, J.E., and Stark, J.D. 2004. Aphid response to vegetation diversity and insecticide applications. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 103: 595-599
  • Acheampong, S. and Stark, J.D. 2004. Can reduced rates of a selective aphicide, pymetrozine and natural enemies act effectively together to control the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) on broccoli? International Journal of Pest Management 50: 275-279.
  • Stark, J.D, Vargas, R.I, and N. Miller. 2004. Toxicity of Spinosad in Protein Bait to Three Economically Important Tephritid Fruit Fly Species (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Their Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 911-915.
  • Acheampong, S. and Stark J.D. 2004. Effects of the agricultural adjuvant, Sylgard 309 and the insecticide, pymetrozine on demographic parameters of the aphid parasitoid, Diaretiella rapae. Biological Control 31: 133-137.
  • Stark, J.D, Banks, J.E. and Acheampong, S. 2004. Estimating susceptibility of biological control agents to pesticides: influence of life history strategies and population structure. Biological Control 29: 392-398.
  • Stark, J.D., Banks J.E., and Vargas R.I. 2004. How risky is risk assessment? The Role that Life History Strategies Play in Susceptibility of Species to Stress. 2004. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 732-736.
  • Stark, J.D. and Vargas, R.I. 2003. Demographic changes in Daphnia pulex (leydig) after exposure to the insecticides spinosad and diazinon. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 56: 334-338.
  • Stark, J.D. and Walthall, W.K. 2003. Agricultural adjuvants: acute mortality and effects on population growth rate of Daphnia pulex after chronic exposure. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22: 3056-3061.
  • Kramarz, P. and Stark, J.D. 2003. Population Level Effects of Cadmium and the Insecticide, Imidacloprid to the Parasitoid, Aphidius ervi after Exposure Through its Host, the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Biological Control 27: 310-314.
  • Stark, J.D. and Banks, J.E. 2003. Population-level effects of pesticides and other toxicants on arthropods. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 48: 505-19.
  • Wood, B. and Stark, J.D. 2002. Acute toxicity of drainage ditch water from a Washington State cranberry growing region to Daphnia pulex in laboratory bioassays. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 53: 273-280.
  • Stark, J.D. and Banks, J.E. 2001. “Selective Pesticides”: Are They Less Hazardous to the Environment? BioScience 51: 980-982.
  • Stark, J.D. 2001. Population-level effects of the neem insecticide, Neemix on Daphnia pulex. J. Environ. Sci and Health. B36: 457-465.