Selected Peer-reviewed Publications Since 2000 from over 350 peer-reviewed papers

1.    Burger, J., D. E. Roush Jr., J. Sanchez, J. Ondrof, R. Ramos, M. J. McMahon, and M. Gochfeld.  2000. Attitudes and Perceptions about Ecological Resources, Hazards, and Future Land Use of People Living near the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Environ. Monit. Assess. 60:145-161.

2.    Burger, J., D. Roush, R. Ramos II, and M. Gochfeld. 2000. Risk perception, land use, and the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: attitudes of the Shoshone-Bannock and other American Indians.  Environ. Res. A83: 298-310.                           

3.    Burger, J. (2000). Contaminated Department of Energy Facilities and Ecosystems: Weighing the Ecological Risks. J. of Tox and Environ Health, Part A, 61:141-154.        

4.    Burger, J. 2000. Integrating Environmental Restoration and Ecological Restoration: Long-term Stewardship at the Department of Energy. Environl Mang 26:469-478.

1.    Burger, J. 2000. Integrating long-term avian studies with planning and adaptive management: Department of Energy Lands as a Case Study Studies in Avian Biology, 21:115-121.

2.    Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2001. On developing bioindicators for human and ecological health.  Environ Monitor Assess. 66:23-46.

3.    Burger, J., J. Sanchez, D. Roush, and M. Gochfeld. 2001. Risk Perception and Future Land Use Preferences: A Comparison of Attitudes about Hanford Site and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. J. of Environ Mang. 61:265-280.

4.    Burger, J. 2001. Stewardship and Future Land Use at a Department of Energy Site: Does self-interest Determine Ratings? J. of Tox and Environ Health. 63:383-395.

5.    Burger, J., and M. Gochfeld. 2001. Stewardship and the US Department of Energy: Encompassing Ecosystem Protection. J. of Environ Planning and Mang. 44:437-454.

6.    Burger, J., K. F. Gaines, J. D. Peles, W. L. Stevens, Jr., C. Shane Boring, I.L. Brisbin, Jr., J. Snodgrass, A. L. Bryan, Jr., M. H. Smith, and M. Gochfeld. 2001. Radiocesium in Fish from the Savannah River and Steel Creek: Potential Food Chain Exposure to the Public. Risk Anal. 21:545-559.

7.    Bartell, S. M., K. R. Campbell, C. J. Lewis, and J. Burger. Assessing ecological risks at U.S. 2002. Department of Energy facilities using methods borrowed from landscape ecology and habitat suitability analysis. I. Analysis of historical aerial photography and maps. Int. J. Global Environ Issues. 2:15-51.

8.    Bartell, S. M., K. R. Campbell, and J. Burger. 2002. Assessing ecological risks at U.S. Department of Energy facilities using methods borrowed from landscape ecology and habitat suitability analysis. II. Adapting Habitat Suitability Index models and landscape-scale ecological models for use in ecological risk assessment. Int. J. Global Environ Issues. 52-77.

9.    Burger, J.  2002. Incorporating Ecology and Ecological Risk into Long-Term Stewardship on Contaminated Sites.  Remed.13:107-119.

10. Burger, J. 2003. Assessing Perceptions about Ecosystems Health and Restoration Options in Three East Coast Estuaries. Environ. Monit  Asses. 83: 145-162.

11. Burger, J., T. M. Leschine, M. Greenburg, J. R. Karr, M. Gochfeld, and C. Powers. 2003. Shifting Priorities at the Department of Energy’s Bomb Factories - Protecting Human and Ecological Health.  Environ Mang.. 31:2:157-167.

12. Burger, J., O. Myers; C. S. Boring; C. Dixon; J. C. Jeitner; J. Leonard; C. Lord; M. Mcmahon; R. Ramos; S. Shukla; M. Gochfeld. 2003. Perceptual Indicators of Environmental Health, Future Land Use, and Stewardship.  Environ Monit Assess. 89(3): 285-303.

13. Campbell, K.R., S.M. Bartell, C.M. Krohn, and J. Burger. 2003. A comparison of landscape structure inside and outside the gates: analysis of the regional landscapes of four US Department of Energy facilities using US Geological Survey quadrangle maps and FRAGSTATS. Int J Environ Tech Mang 3(3/4):219-277.

14. Burger, J. 2004. Assessment Methods for concerns about Contaminated Sites.  J.  Tox  Environ. Health. 67:31-42.

15. Burger, J., Powers, C., Greenberg, M., Gochfeld, M. 2004.  The Role of Risk and Future Land Use in Cleanup Decisions at the Department of Energy. Risk Anal. 24:6:1539-1549

16. Burger, J, M. Greenberg, C.W. Powers, and M. Gochfeld. 2004.  Reducing the Footprint of Contaminated Lands:  US Department of Energy Sites as a Case Study.  Risk Mang 6(4):  41-63

17. Burger, J., M.A. Carletta, K.Lowrie, K.T. Miller, and M. Greenberg.  2004.  Assessing Ecological Resources for Remediation and Future Land Uses on Contaminated Lands.  Environ Mang. 34 (1) 1-10.

18. Greenberg, M., Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Lowrie, K., Mayer, H., Powers, C., Volz, C., Vikram, V. 2005. End State Land Uses, Sustainably Protective Systems, and Risk  Management: A Challenge for Remediation and Multi-Generational Stewardship,   Remed, 16(1), 2005, 91-105.

19. Burger, J. 2005. Use of Ecological Risk Data in the Development of Visions, Conceptual Site  Models and Maps for Department of Energy Lands: Ensuring Sustainability of Protecting Human and Ecological Health. J Environ  Plan Mang, 48(5): 691-707.

20. Burger, J., M.Gochfeld,  D. Kosson, C. W. Powers, B. Friedlander, J.Eichelberger, D.Barnes, L. K. Duffy, S. C. Jewett, and C. D. Volz. 2005.Science, Policy, and Stakeholders: Developing a Consensus Science Plan for Amchitka Island, Aleutians, Alaska. Environ Mang.35:5:557-568. 

21.   Burger, J., H.J. Mayer, M. Greenberg, C. Powers, C.D. Volz, M. Gochfield. 2006. Conceptual Site Models as a Tool in Evaluating Ecological Health: The Case of the Department of Energy’s Amchitka Island Nuclear Test Site. J Tox Environ Health, Part A, 69: 1217-1238.

22. Burger, J. 2006. Bioindicators: Types, Development, and Use in Ecological Assessment and Research. Environ Bioind, 1: 22-39.

23.   Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, David S., Powers, Charles W., Jewett, S., Friedlander, B., Chenelot, H., Volz, Conrad D., Jeitner, C. 2006. Radionuclides in marine macroalgae from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians: establishing a baseline for future biomonitoring. J Environ Radioact, 91: 27-40.

24. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jewett, S. 2006. Selecting Species for Marine Assessment of Radionuclides around Amchitka: Planning for Diverse Goals and Interests. Environ Monit Assess, 123:371-391.

25.   Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Powers, C.W., Kosson, D.S., Halverson, J., Siekaniec, G., Morkill, A., Patrick, R., Duffy, L.K., Barnes, D. 2007. Scientific research, stakeholders, and policy: Continuing dialogue during research on radionuclides on Amchitka Island, Alaska. J Environ Mang, 85, 232-244.

26. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Powers, C.W. 2007. Integrating long-term stewardship goals into the remediation process: Natural resource damages and the Department of Energy. J Environ Mang, 82, 189-199.

27.   Burger, J., Gochfeld, M. 2007. Metals and radionuclides in birds and eggs from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Bering Sea/Pacific Ocean ecosystem. Environ Monitor Assess, 127, 105-117.

28.   Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jewett, S.C. 2007. Radionuclides in Benthic Invertebrates from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutian Chain, Alaska. EnvironMonitor Assess, 128(1-3), 329-341

29. Burger, J. 2007. A Framework for Analysis of Contamination on Human and Ecological Receptors at DOE Hazardous Waste Site Buffer Lands. Remediat, 71-96.

30. Burger, J. 2007. A Model for Selecting Bioindicators to Monitor Radionuclide Concentrations Using Amchitka Island in the Aleutians as a Case Study. Environ Res, 105, 316-323.

31. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D., Powers, C.W., Friedlander, B., Stabin, M., Favret, D., Jewett, S., Snigaroff, D., Snigaroff, R., Stamm, T., Weston, J., Jeitner, C., Volz, C. 2007. Radionuclides in Marine Fishes and Birds from Amchitka and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians: Establishing a Baseline. Health Phys, 92(3), 265-279.

32. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Kosson, D.S., Powers, C.W. 2007. A biomonitoring plan for assessipotential radionuclide exposure using Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain of Alaska as a case study. J Environ Radioact, 98, 315-328.

33. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Powers, C.W., Greenberg, M. 2007. Defining an ecological baseline for restoration and natural resource damage assessment of contaminated sites:  the case of the Department of Energy.  J Environ Plan Manag, 50:553-566.

34. Burger, J. 2007. The effect on ecological systems of remediation to protect human health.  Am  J  Pub Health.  97: 1572-1578.

35. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Pletnikoff, K., Snigaroff R., Snigaroff, D., and Stamm, T. 2008.  Ecocultural Attributes:  Evaluating, Ecological Degradation in Terms of Ecological Goods and Services Versus Subsistence and Tribal Values.  Risk Anal 28 (5): 1261-1271.

36. Burger, J. 2008.  Environmental management:  Integrating ecological evaluation, remediation, restoration, natural resource damage assessment and long-term stewardship on contaminated lands.  Sci Total Environ 400: 6-19.

37. Trayham, B., Clarke, J. H., Burger, J., and Waugh, J. 2008. Monitoring the Long-Term Performance of Engineered Containment Systems:  Mitigating ecological risks.  Proc. WM2008.  NRC, Wash. DC.

38. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M. and Greenberg, M. 2008.  Natural resource protection on buffer lands:  integrating resource evaluation and economics.  Environ Monit 142: 1-9. 

39. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Greenberg, M., Kosson, D., Powers, C., and Toffler, B. 2009 Managing environmental problems during transitions: The Department of Energy as a case study.  Remed.  19(2): 99-122.

40. Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., and K. Pletnikoff. 2009. Collaboration versus communication: The department of Energy’s Amchitka Island and the Aleut Community. Environ Res. 109(4): 503-510. 

41. Burger, J. and Gochfeld M. 2010.  Public Perceptions of Natural Resource Damage Assessment and the Resources that Require Restoration. J Toxicol Environ Health. 73(19): 1325-1336.

42. Burger, J., Harris, S., Harper, B., and M. Gochfeld. (2010) Ecological information needs for environmental justice. Risk Anal. 30 (6) 893-905.

43. Burger, J., Powers, C., and M. Gochfeld. (2010) Regulatory requirements and tools for environmental assessment of hazardous wastes: Understanding tribal and stakeholder concerns using Department of Energy sites.  J Environ Manag. 91:2707-2716.

44. Burger , J., and M. Gochfeld.2010.  Gender differences in resource use and evaluation of attributes of places of resource use by Native Americans and Caucasians from western Idaho. J Toxicol Environ Health. 73: 1655-64.

45. Burger, J., Clarke J., and M. Gochfeld. 2010. Information Needs for Siting New, and Evaluating Current, Nuclear Facilities: Ecology, Fate and Transport, and Human Health. Environ Monit Assess. 172:121-134.

46. Burger, J. 2011. Valuation of Environmental Quality and Eco-cultural Attributes in Northwestern Idaho: Native Americans are more concerned than Caucasians. Environ Res. (In Press)

46. Burger J., and M. Gochfeld. 2011. Conceptual Environmental Justice Model: Evaluation of Chemical Pathways of Exposure in Low-Income, Minority, Native American, and Other Unique Exposure Populations. Am J Pub Health. (In press)