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Rachel R. Leads

University of North Texas

20

Works

1,000

Citations

8

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8

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Research Topics

Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Affiliations

University of North Texas2019–2026

Michigan Department of Natural Resources2025–2025

College of Charleston2018–2022

Albion College2013–2015

Michigan State University2025–2026

Top Works

Microplastic in two South Carolina Estuaries: Occurrence, distribution, and composition

Austin Gray,Hope Wertz,et al.

2018325 citations

biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Occurrence of tire wear particles and other microplastics within the tributaries of the Charleston Harbor Estuary, South Carolina, USA

Rachel R. Leads,John E. Weinstein

2019262 citations

Degradation of bio-based and biodegradable plastics in a salt marsh habitat: Another potential source of microplastics in coastal waters

John E. Weinstein,Jack L. Dekle,et al.

2020123 citations

<i>Drosophila</i>Muller F Elements Maintain a Distinct Set of Genomic Properties Over 40 Million Years of Evolution

Wilson Leung,C. Shaffer,et al.

2015100 citations

Mapping<i>Wolbachia</i>distributions in the adult<i>Drosophila</i>brain

Roger Albertson,Vinson Tan,et al.

201356 citations

The Effect of Microplastic Ingestion on Survival of the Grass Shrimp <i>Palaemonetes pugio</i> (Holthuis, 1949) Challenged with <i>Vibrio campbellii</i>

Rachel R. Leads,Karen G. Burnett,et al.

201954 citations

Spatial and temporal variability of microplastic abundance in estuarine intertidal sediments: Implications for sampling frequency

Rachel R. Leads,John E. Weinstein,et al.

202249 citations

Transcriptomic responses and apoptosis in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) co-exposed to crude oil and ultraviolet (UV) radiation

Rachel R. Leads,Jason T. Magnuson,et al.

202211 citations

Effects of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Ultraviolet Light and their Co-Exposure on <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> crude oil acute toxicity to larval red drum (<i>Sciaenops ocellatus</i>)

Fabrizio Bonatesta,Rachel R. Leads,et al.

20207 citations