CRG Marine Laboratories


SENIOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF Richard Gossett, Laboratory Manager Mr. Gossett has more than 24 years of experience in environmental chemistry. He is responsible for the management of all laboratory activities including supervision of laboratory staff, quality control, project management, methods development and laboratory certifications. His project experience includes serving as Laboratory Coordinator for the EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) sponsored Southern California Bight Pilot Project, Predicting the Bioaccumulation of Organic Compounds Using Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients, Seafood Hazards to Man, NSF Food Web Study, 60-Meter Synoptic Survey, 1985 Reference Survey, 1990 Reference Survey, Trace Pollutants in Surface Runoff, PAHs in the Southern California Bight, and Congener-Specific PCBs in Los Angeles Harbor. Mr. Gossett is also founder and past president of the Southern California Environmental Chemists Society (SCECS) and serves on the Standard Methods PCB committee. Dr. Antony Basil, Microbiology Laboratory Manager Dr. Basil recently received his PhD from the University of Idaho in Microbiology and joined CRG in July 2006. G. Patrick Hershelman- Senior Chemist Mr. Hershelman has more than 24 years experience analyzing trace elements in marine environmental samples. He is responsible for ensuring that all phases of the analytical processes are technically correct and statistically valid, providing technical support to clients, methods development, operation of the ICPMS, sample processing, quality control, data reporting and evaluation, and report writing. His project experience includes NSF Food Web Study, Contaminants in Sediments of Two Nearshore Basin Slopes off Southern California, 60-Meter Synoptic Survey, 1985 Reference Survey, 1990 Reference Survey, Slope Survey Off Orange County, and Trace Pollutants in Surface Runoff. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2000	Composition Characterization of Prehistoric Ceramics: A New Approach. Douglas J. Kennett, Sachiko Sakai, Richard Gossett, Hector Neff, and Daniel O. Larson. Submitted to Journal of Archeology. 32pp.
1995	Recent Temporal Trends in Sediment Trace Metal Concentrations Near a Large Wastewater Outfall off Orange County, California. Charles Phillips and G. Patrick Hershelman. Accepted for publication December 9, 1994 in Water Environment Federation.
1991	Sources and Magnitude of Bias Associated With Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) in Environmental Samples. Robert P. Eganhouse and Richard W. Gossett. Analytical Chemistry, 31 pp.
1990	Congener-Specific Characterization and Source Identification of PCB Input to Los Angeles Harbor. Robert P. Eganhouse, Richard W. Gossett and G. Patrick Hershelman. A Report of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Contract No. 7-184-140-0, 46 pp.
1990	Historical Deposition and Biogeochemical Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments near a Major Submarine Wastewater Outfall in Southern California. Robert P. Eganhouse and Richard W. Gossett. Technical Report of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Long Beach, California, 43 pp.
1990	Exposure of Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata) to Cadmium: Effects of Acute and Chronic Exposures on the Cytosolic Distribution of Cadmium, Copper and Zinc. David A. Brown, Steven M. Bay and G. Patrick Hershelman. Aquatic Toxicology, 16: 295-310.
1989	Human Serum DDT Levels Related To Consumption of Fish from the Coastal Waters of Los Angeles. Richard W. Gossett, Gary Wikholm, John Ljubenkov and David Steinman. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 8:951-955.
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