Dr. William Bowerman

Professor

Education:
Ph.D. Fisheries & Wildlife-Environmental Toxicology -1993
M.A. Northern Michigan University, Biology- 1991
B.A. Western Michigan University, Biology - 1985

Research interest:
My current research is focused in two primary areas: use of birds to indicate the health of the environment; and, impacts of Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy, a fatal disease of eagles and waterfowl. I utilize birds at the top of the food chain to monitor the concentrations and effects of bioaccumulative compounds of concern. For over 20 years I have been working with bald eagles. I have recently been working with collaborators in Sweden, Russia, Uganda, and South Africa on projects with white-tailed sea eagles, Steller’s sea eagles, and African fish-eagles. I have also been collaborating with scientists in South Carolina and Georgia to determine what causes AVM and how to manage to protect eagles and waterfowl from this disease. Our working group includes personnel from the South Carolina DNR, NOAA, University of South Carolina, University of Georgia, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Georgia DNR.

Publications:
Lavoie ET, Wiley F, Grasman KA, Tillitt DE, Sikarskie JG, Bowerman WW. 2007. Effect of in ovo exposure to an organochlorine mixture extracted from double crested cormorant eggs (Phalacrocorax auritus) on immune function of juvenile chickens. Archives Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 53: 655-661

van den Hurk, P., F.E. Wiley, E.T. Lavoie, K.A. Grasman, and W.W. Bowerman. 2007. Activity patterns of biotransformation enzymes in juvenile chickens after in ovo dosage of PCB126. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 146:301-307

Wiley, F.E., S.B. Wilde, A.H. Birrenkott, S.K. Williams, T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, W.W. Bowerman, and J.R. Fischer. 2007. Investigation of the link between avian vacuolar yelinopathy and a novel species of cyanobacteria through laboratory feeding trials. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(3):337-343

Bowerman, W.W., A.L. Bryan, Jr., J.R. Robinette, J.M. Wing, F.E. Wiley, and S. Murugasan. 2007. Concentrations of p,p'-DDE in Plasma of Nestling Wood Storks from Georgia. Chemosphere 68:1506-1510.

Bowerman, W.W., T.G. Grubb, A.J. Bath, J.P. Giesy, and D.V. Weseloh. 2005. A survey of potential bald eagle nesting habitat along the Great Lakes shoreline. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-56WWW. Fort Collins, CO: USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 6 p.

Wilde, S.B., T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, S.K. Habrun, J. Kempton, A. Birrenkott, F. Wiley, W.W. Bowerman, and A.J. Lewitus. 2005. Avian vacuolar myelinopathy linked to exotic aquatic plants and a novel cyanobacterial species. Environmental Toxicology. 20:348-353.

Wolfe, M., T. Atkeson, W. Bowerman, J. Burger, D.C. Evers, M.W. Murray, and E. Zillioux. 2007. Chapter 5 Wildlife Indicators. Pp. 123-189 in Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change (R. Harris, D.P. Krabbenhoft, M.W. Murray, R. Reash, T. Saltman, eds.)CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Professional society activity:
The Wildlife Society
Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Sigma Xi
Raptor Research Foundation
World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls
Ecological Society of America
American Ornithologists' Union
Association of Field Ornithologists
Wilson Ornithological Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
International Association of Great Lakes Research

Courses:
WFB 863, Study Abroad: Ecology of the South African Savannah
WFB 493, Study Abroad: Ecology of the South African Savannah
FNR H491, Senior Honors Research I
FNR H492, Senior Honors Research II
FNR 470, Creative Inquiry: Raptors of the CEF
WFB 891, Thesis Research
WFB 991, Dissertation Research

Websites:
http://people.clemson.edu/~wbowerm/

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