Tom Hinton, Ph.D

University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Aiken, SC 29802

(803) 725-7454;

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Pinder, J. E., T. G. Hinton and F. W. Whicker. (in press). Foliar uptake of cesium from the water column by aquatic macrophytes. J. Environ. Radioactivity.

Hinton, T. G. and F. Bréchignac. (in press). A case against biomarkers as they are currently used in radioecological risk analyses: A problem of linkage. IRSN Collection Series, Suppl. 1, vol. 39. EDP Sciences, Paris.

Kaplan, D. I., T. G. Hinton and A. S. Knox. 2005. Cesium-137 partitioning to wetland sediments and uptake by plants. J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem. 264: 393-399.

Dion, H. M., C. S. Romanek, T. G. Hinton, and P. M. Bertsch. 2005. 137Cs in floodplain sediments of the Lower Three Runs Creek on the DOE Savannah River Site. J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem. 264: 481-488.

Hinton, T. G., D. I. Kaplan, A. S. Knox and R. Sharitz. 2005. Phytoremediation potential of native trees in a uranium and thorium contaminated wetland. J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem. 264:417-422.

Pinder III, J. E., T. G. Hinton and F. W. Whicker 2005. The influence of a whole-lake addition of stable cesium on the remobilization of aged 137Cs in a contaminated reservoir. J. Environ. Radioactivity 80:225-243.

Hinton, T. G., J. S. Bedford, J. C. Congdon and F. W. Whicker. 2004. Radiological effects on the environment: A need to question old paradigms and enhance collaboration among radiation biologists and radiation ecologists. Radiation Research 162:332-338.

Wilson, M. D., W. McCormick and T. G. Hinton. 2004. The maximally exposed individual-Comparison of maximum likelihood estimation of high quantiles to the extreme value estimate. Risk Analysis 24:1143-1150.

Hinton, T. G., D. P. Coughlin, Y. Yi and L. C. Marsh. 2004. Low dose rate irradiation facility: Initial study on chronic exposures to medaka. J. Environ. Radioactivity 74:43-55.

Whicker, F. W., T. G. Hinton, M. M. MacDonnell, J. E. Pinder III, and L. J. Habegger. 2004. Avoiding destructive remediation at DOE sites. Science 303:1615-1616.

Whicker, F. W., T. G. Hinton, M. M. MacDonnell, J. E. Pinder III, and L. J. Habegger. 2004. Response to L. Moore's and Response to R. Efroymson's comments on "Avoiding destructive remediation at DOE sites". Science 306:975-977.

Wilson, M. D. and T. G. Hinton. 2003. Comparative bias associated with various estimates of dose to the maximally exposed individual. Health Physics 85:585-593.

Sauras-Yera, T., J. Tent, Y. Ivanov, T. G. Hinton, G. Rauret and R. Vallejo,. 2003. Reduction of crop contamination by resuspension within the 30-km zone of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37:4592-4596.

Wilson, M. D. and T. G. Hinton. 2003. Statistics of extreme values - comparative bias associated with various estimates of dose to the maximally exposed individual. IN: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Protection of the Environment from Ionising Radiation. Darwin, Australia, 22 -26 July 2002 International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA-CSP-17. Vienna, Austria.

Ulsh, B. A., T. G. Hinton, J. D. Congdon, L. C. Dugan, F. W. Whicker and J. S. Bedford. 2003. Environmental biodosimetry: A biological relevant tool for ecological risk assessment and biomonitoring. J. Environ. Radioactivity. 66:121-139.

Knox, A., D. Kaplan, D. Adriano, T. G. Hinton, and M. D. Wilson. 2003. Apatite and Phillipsite as sequestering agents for metals and radionuclides. J. Environ. Quality 32:515-525.

Hinton, T. G., J. E. Pinder, F. W. Whicker, L. Marsh, J. Joyner, D. Coughlin, Y. Yi, and J. Gariboldi. 2002. Comparative kinetics of cesium from whole-lake, limnocorrals, and laboratory-scale experiments. IN: The Radioecology- Ecotoxicology of Continental and Estuarine Environments (Ed: F. Brechignac), EDP Sciences Press, France.C1605- C1-610.

Ulsh, B., S. Miller, F. Mallory, R. Mitchel, D. Morrison, J. Bedford, F. Whicker, T. Hinton and D. Boreham. 2002. Cytogenetic biomarkers of radiation exposure in nonhuman organisms. IN: Proceedings from the International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment. (Eds. P. Borretzen, T. Jolle and P. Strand) 1-5 September 2002, Monaco. pp 74-78.

Wilson, M. D. and T. Hinton. 2002. The maximally exposed individual-Use of simulation to estimate bias in various sample statistics. IN: Proceedings from the International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment. (Eds. P. Borretzen, T. Jolle and P. Strand) 1-5 September 2002, Monaco. pp 153- 157.

Malek, M. A., T. G. Hinton and S. B. Webb. 2002. A comparison of 90Sr and 137Cs uptake in plants via three pathways at two Chernobyl-contaminated sites. J. Environ. Radioactivity 58:129-141.

Hinton, T. G., A. Knox, D. Kaplan and S. Serkiz. 2001. An in situ method for remediating 137Cs-contaminated wetlands using naturally occurring minerals. J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 249:197-202.

Mulhlmann-Diaz, M. C., B. A. Ulsh, F. W. Whicker, T. G. Hinton, J. D. Congdon and J. S. Bedford. 2001. Conservation of chromosome-1 in turtles over 66 million years. Cytogenics and Cell Genetics 92:285-297.

Ulsh, B. A., J. D. Congdon, T. G. Hinton, F. W. Whicker and J. S. Bedford. 2001. Culture methods for turtle lymphocytes. Methods in Cell Science. 22:285-297.

Ulsh, B. A., F. W. Whicker, T. G. Hinton, J. D. Congdon and J. S. Bedford. 2001. Chromosome translocations in T. scripta: The dose-rate effect and in vivo lymphocyte radiation response. Radiation Research 155:63.

Congdon, J. D., A. E. Dunham, W. A. Hopkins, C. L. Rowe and T. G. Hinton. 2001. Resource allocation-based life histories: A conceptual basis for studies of ecological toxicology. Environ. Toxicology and Chemistry 20:1698-1703.

Hinton, T. G. 2000. Strong inference, science fairs and radioecology. J. Environ. Radioactivity 51:277-279.

Abraham, J. P., F. W. Whicker, T. G. Hinton and D. J. Rowan. 2000. Inventory and spatial pattern of 137Cs in a pond: A comparison of two survey methods. J. Environ. Radioactivity 51: 157-171.

Ulsh, B. A., M. C. Mulhlmann-Diaz, F. W. Whicker, T. G. Hinton, J. D. Congdon, and J. S. Bedford. 2000. Chromosome translocations in turtles: A biomarker in a sentinel animal for ecological dosimetry. Radiation Research 153: 752-759.

Hinton, T. G., C. M. Bell, F. W. Whicker and T. Phillippi. 1999. Temporal changes and factors influencing 137Cs concentration in vegetation colonizing an exposed lake bed over a three year period. J. Environ. Radioactivity 44:1-19.

Kirchner, G., S. Peterson, U. Bergstrom, S. Bushell, P. Davis, V. Filistovic, T. Hinton, P. Krajewski, T. Riesen, and P. Uit de Haag. 1999. Effect of user interpretation on uncertainty estimates: An example of the air-to-milk transfer of radiocesium. J. Environ. Radioactivity 42: 177-190.

Whicker, F. W., T. G. Hinton, K. A. Orlandii and S. B. Clark. 1999. Uptake of natural and anthropogenic actinides in vegetable crops grown on a contaminated lake bed. J. Environ. Radioactivity 45:1-12.

Hinton, T. G., M. Malek, C. Sherony and S. B. Clark. 1998. Operationally-defined availability from sequential extractions compared to plant uptake of 137Cs and 90Sr. J. Radioanalytical Nuclear Chem. 235:185-190.

Hinton, T. G., J. A. Gessaman, R. D. Nagle and J. D. Congdon. 1998. An evaluation of whole-body potassium-40 content for estimating lean and fat mass in pigeons. Condor 100:579-582.

Connor, D. M., T. G. Hinton and C. M. Bell. 1997. Variance partitioning as a guide for sampling and comparing the spatial distribution of Hg and 137Cs in sediments. Sci. Total Environ. 206:167-176.

Mohler, H. J., F. W. Whicker and T. G. Hinton. 1997. Temporal trends of 137Cs in an abandoned reactor cooling reservoir. J. Environ. Radioactivity 37:251-268.

Hinton, T. G., P. Fledderman, J. Lovich, J. Congdon and J. W. Gibbons. 1997. Radiographic determination of fecundity: Is the technique safe for developing embryos? Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2:409-414.

Whicker, F. W., T. G. Hinton and D. J. Niquette. 1997. Effects of a partial draw down on the dynamics of 137Cs in an abandoned reactor cooling reservoir. IN: Freshwater and Estuarine Radioecology. (Ed: Hilton, Desmet, Comans, Blust and deBetencourt) Studies in Environmental Science, Elsevier. pp. 205-214.

Hinton, T. G. and F. W. Whicker. 1997. A screening model approach to determine probable impacts to fish from historic releases of radionuclides. IN: Freshwater and Estuarine Radioecology (Ed: Hilton, Desmet, Comans, Blust and deBetencourt) Studies in Environmental Science, Elsevier. pp. 441-448.

Clark, S. B., W. H. Johnson, M. A. Malek, S. M. Serkiz and T. G. Hinton. 1996. A comparison of sequential extraction techniques to estimate geochemical controls on the mobility of fission product, actinide and heavy metal contaminants in soil. Radiochemica Acta. 74:173-179.

Hinton, T. G., M. McDonald, Y. Ivanov, N. Arkhipov and A. Arkhipov. 1996. Foliar absorption of resuspended 137Cs relative to other pathways of plant contamination. J. Environ. Radioactivity 30:15-30.

Askbrant S., J. Melin, J. Sandalls, G. Rauret, T. Hinton, R. Vallejo, A. Cremers, C. Vandecasteele, N. Lewyckyj, Y. Ivanov, S. Levschuk, B. Prister, N. Arkhipov, A. Arkhipov, S. Kruglov and R. Alexakhin. 1996. Mobility of radionuclides in undisturbed and cultivated soils in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia six years after the Chernobyl fallout. J. Environ. Radioactivity 31:287-312.

Hinton, T. G., P. Kopp, S. Ibrahim, I. Bubryak, A. Syomov, L. Tobler and C. Bell. 1995. A comparison of techniques used to estimate the amount of resuspended soil on plant surfaces. Health Physics 68:1-9.

Hinton, T. G., J. M. Stoll and L. Tobler. 1995. Soil contamination of plant surfaces from grazing and rainfall interactions. J. Environ. Radioactivity 29:11-26.

Hinton, T. G. 1994. Sensitivity analysis of ECOSYS-87: An emphasis on the ingestion pathway as a function of radionuclide and type of deposition. Health Physics 66:513-531.

Hinton, T. G., P. Kopp, S. Ibrahim, I. Bubryak, A. Syomov and L. Tobler. 1993. Contaminated soil on Chernobyl vegetation. IN: Proceedings of the 26th Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society. Coeur d'Alene, ID. pp. 407-421.

Whicker, F. W., D. J. Niquette and T. G. Hinton. 1993. To remediate or not: A case history. IN: Proceedings of the 26th Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society. Coeur d'Alene, ID. pp. 473-485.

Hinton, T. G. 1992. Contamination of plants by resuspension: a review, with critique of measurement methods. Sci. Total Environ. 121:171-193.

Hinton, T. G., F. W. Whicker, J. E. Pinder III and S. A. Ibrahim. 1992. Comparative kinetics of 47Ca, 85Sr, and 226Ra in the freshwater turtle, Trachemys scripta. J. Environ. Radioactivity 16:25-47.

Hinton, T. G., F. W. Whicker and J. E. Pinder III. 1988. The comparative kinetics of Ca, Sr, and Ra within the yellow-bellied turtle Trachemys scripta, as influenced by dietary calcium, season, age and sex of the animal. IN: Impact Des Accidents D'Origine Nucleaire Sur L'Environnement. The 4th International Symposium of Radioecology. March, 1988. Cadarache, France. Vol. 2, E120-128.

Hinton, T. G. and F. W. Whicker. 1985. A field experiment on Rn flux from reclaimed uranium mill tailings. Health Physics 48(4):421-427.

Hinton, T. G. and F. W. Whicker. 1982. A field experiment on tailings reclamation: Radon flux versus earthen cover depth. IN: The 5th Symposium on Uranium Mill Tailings Management. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. pp. 421-432.