Recent Publications

In press:

Major, C.*, Poynton, H, Urban-Rich, J.. in press. Polystyrene acts as a vector for the pharmaceutical, gemfibrozil, to bay scallop larvae (Argopecten irradians). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 220:118416.

Villeneuve, DL, Nash, M, Biales, A, Bush, K, Evensen, G, Everett*, L, Haselman, J, Hazemi, M, Le, M, Poynton, H, Seligman, B, Wehmas, L, Yeakley, J, Flynn, K. in press. Comparison of whole transcriptome and targeted RNA sequencing for ecological high-throughput transcriptomics. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.

2025:

San Antonio, C*, Poynton, H, Krick, K**, Hannigan, R. 2025. Ocean warming and acidification alter calcification and innate immune system gene expression in juvenile American lobsters, Homarus americanus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics. 54:101404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2024.101404

2024:

Evensen, KG*, Rusin, E**, Robinson, WE, Price, CL, Kelly, SL, Lamb, DC, Goldstone, JV, Poynton, HC. 2024. Vertebrate endocrine disruptors induce sex-reversal in blue mussels. Sci Rep. 14:23890. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74212-y.

2023:

Evensen, KG*, Figueroa, AE**, Goncalves, AM**, Chan, TJ**, Vu, EB**, Hounain, I**, Poynton, HC. 2023. Prevalence and effects of a parasitic trematode on the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, in the Boston Harbor. Experimental Parasitology. 254: 108624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2023.108624

Gamble, NE, Huff Hartz, KE, Figueroa, AE**, Poynton, HC, Lydy, MJ. 2023. Development of insecticide resistance in Hyalella azteca. Environmental Pollution. 322:121165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121165.

2022:

Pillet, M, Evensen, KG*, Marengo, M, Lejeune, P, Poynton, HC, Thomas, H. (2022) First insight into the development of a new transcriptomic tool in French Corsica harbors. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 184:114173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114173.

Major, KM*, Weston, DP, Wellborn, GA, Lydy, MJ, Poynton HC. (2022) Predicting resistance: Quantifying the relationship between urban development, agricultural pesticide use, and pesticide resistance in a non-target amphipod. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04245.

Derby, AP, Huff Hartz, KE, Fuller, NW, Landrum, PF, Reeve, JD, Poynton, H, Connon, RE, Lydy, MJ. (2022) Effects of temperature and salinity on bioconcentration and toxicokinetics of permethrin in pyrethroid-resistant Hyalella azteca. Chemosphere. 229:134393.

Evensen, KG*, Robinson, WE, Krick, K**, Murray, HM, Poynton HC. (2022) Comparative phylotranscriptomics reveals putative sex differentiating genes across eight diverse bivalve species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics. 41:100952.

2021:

Fuller, N, Huff Hartz, KE, Johanif, N*, Magnuson, JT, Robinson, EK, Fulton, CA, Poynton, HC, Connon, RE, Lydy, MJ. (2021) Enhanced trophic transfer of chlorpyrifos from resistant Hyalella azteca to inland silversides (Menidia beryllina) and effects on acetylcholinesterase activity and swimming performance at varying temperatures. Environmental Pollution. 291: 118217.

Johanif, N*, Huff Hartz, KE, Figueroa, AE**, Weston, DP, Lee, D**, Lydy, MJ, Connon, RE, Poynton, HC. (2021) Bioaccumulation potential of chlorpyrifos in resistant Hyalella azteca: Implications for evolutionary toxicology. Environmental Pollution. 289: 117900.

Fung CY, Zhu KY, Major K*, Poynton HC, Hartz KE, Wellborn G, Lydy MJ. (2021) The contribution of detoxification pathways to pyrethroid resistance in Hyalella azteca. Environmental Pollution. 284: 117158.

Huff Hartz, KE, Weston, DP, Johanif, N*, Poynton, HC, Connon, RE, Lydy, MJ. (2021) Pyrethroid bioaccumulation in field-collected insecticide-resistant Hyalella azteca. Ecotoxicology. 30 (3): 514-23.

Fulton, CA, Hartz, KEH, Fuller, NW, Kent, LN, Anzalone, SE, Miller, TM, Connon, RE, Poynton, H. and Lydy, MJ. (2021) Fitness costs of pesticide resistance in Hyalella azteca under future climate change scenarios. Science of The Total Environment. 753: 141945.

2020:

Sever, HC, Heim, JR, Lydy, VR, Fung, CY, Hartz, KEH, Giroux, MS, Andrzejczyk, N, Major, KM*, Poynton, HC, Lydy, MJ. (2020) Recessivity of pyrethroid resistance and limited interspecies hybridization across Hyalella clades supports rapid and independent origins of resistance. Environmental Pollution. 266 (1):115074.

Major, KM*, Weston, DP, Lydy, MJ, Huff Hartz, KE, Wellborn, GA, Manny, AR**, Poynton, HC. (2020) The G119S ace-1 mutation confers adaptive organophosphate resistance in a nontarget amphipod. Evolutionary Applications. 13 (4) 620-635.

Di Carlo, E*, Boullemant, A, Poynton, H, Courtney, R. (2020) Exposure of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) to bauxite residue: Implications for future rehabilitation programmes. The Science of the Total Environment, 716: 137126. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137126

Blalock, BJ*, Robinson, WE, Poynton, HC. (2020) Assessing legacy and endocrine disrupting pollutants in Boston Harbor with transcriptomic biomarkers. Aquatic Toxicology. 220:105397. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.105397.

Thomas, GWC, Dohmen, E, Hughes DST, Murali, SC, Poelchau, M, Glastad, K, Anstead, CA, Ayoub, NA, Batterham, P, Bellair, M, Binford, GJ, Chao, H, Chen, YH, Childers, C, Dinh, H, Doddapaneni, HV, Duan, JJ, Dugan, S, Esposito, LA, Friedrich, M, Garb, J, Gasser, RB, Goodisman, MAD, Gundersen-Rindal, DE, Han, Y, Handler, AM, Hatakeyama, M, Hering, L, Hunter, WB, Ioannidis, P, Jayaseelan, JC, Kalra, D, Khila, A, Korhonen, PK, Lee, CE, Lee, SL, Li, Y, Lindsey, ARI, Mayer, G, McGregor, AP, McKenna, DD, Misof, B, Munidasa, M, Munoz-Torres, M, Muzny, DM, Niehuis, O, Osuji-Lacy, N, Palli, SR, Panfilio, KA, Pechmann, M, Perry, T, Peters, RS, Poynton, HC, Prpic, NM, Qu, J, Rotenberg, D, Schal, C, Schoville, SD, Scully, ED, Skinner, E, Sloan, DB, Stouthamer, R, Strand, MR, Szucsich, NU, Wijeratne, A, Young, ND, Zattara, EE, Benoit, JB, Zdobnov, EM, Pfrender, ME, Hackett, KJ, Werren, JH, Worley, KC, Gibbs, RA, Chipman, AD, Waterhouse, RM, Bornberg-Bauer, E, Hahn, MW, Richards, S. (2020) Gene content evolution in the arthropods. Genome Biol 21, 15 (2020). DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1925-7.

Oziolor, EM, DeSchamphelaere, K, Lyon, D, Nacci, D, Poynton, HC. (2020) Evolutionary Toxicology – an informational tool for chemical regulation? Environ Toxicol Chem. 39(2), 257-268. DOI: 10.1002/etc.4611