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Journal Articles

North, J. M., J. G. Becker, E. A. Seagren, M. Ramirez, and C. Peot. In review. Evaluation of methods for evaluating lime incorporation in dewatered sludge.

North, J. M., J. G. Becker, E. A. Seagren, M. Ramirez, and C. Peot. In review. Demonstration of methods for process evaluation and optimization of post-lime stabilization.

Tawney, I., J. G. Becker, and A. H. Baldwin. In review. A novel dual compartment, continuous-flow wetland microcosm to assess cis-dichloroethene removal from the rhizosphere .

de Paula, H. A., J. G. Becker, and A. P. Davis. Tentatively accepted. Characterization of the uptake of divalent metal ions by a hatchery residual biosorbent. Environmental Engineering Science.

Becker, J.G. 2006. A modeling study and implications of competition between Dehalococcoides ethenogenes and other tetrachloroethene-respiring bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(14):4473-4480.

Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl. 2006. The effects of endogenous substrates on the adaptation of anaerobic microbial communities to 3-chlorobenzoate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(1):449-456.

Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl. 2005. The role of syntrophic associations in sustaining anaerobic mineralization of chlorinated organic compounds.  Environmental Health Perspectives (NIEHS). 13(3):310-316.

Seagren, E. A., and J. G. Becker. 2002. A review of natural attenuation of BTEX and MTBE in groundwater. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management (ASCE). 6(3):156-172.

Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl. 2001. Successional changes in a chlorophenol-degrading community used to infer relationships between population structure and system-level processes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(12):5705-5714.

Becker, J. G., D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann. 1999. Reductive dehalogenation and conversion of 2-chlorophenol to 3-chlorobenzoate in a methanogenic sediment community:  implications for predicting the environmental fate of chlorinated pollutants.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65(11):5169-5172.

Becker, J. G., and D. L. Freedman. 1994. Use of cyanocobalamin to enhance anaerobic biodegradation of chloroform. Environmental Science &Technology, 28(11):1942-1949.

Book chapters

Seagren, E. A., and J. G. Becker. 2004. Petroleum hydrocarbons and MTBE. In: Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Waste, R. Surampalli, S-K. Ong, E.A. Seagren, J. Nuno, and S. Banerji (Eds.), American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, Chapter 5.1, p. 120-167.

Extension fact sheets and bulletins

Becker, J. G. and Robert E. Graves. 2004. Ammonia Emissions and Animal Agriculture. USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System (CSREES) Mid-Atlantic Water Quality Program (available as pdf file).

R. Angel, T. Applegate, J. G. Becker, D. Burnham, B. Humphrey, G. W. Malone, M. A. Ottinger, T. Sims, K. Staver, and W. Powers. 2006. EB-368, Broiler Production and the Environment: 2006, R. Angel and W. Powers (Eds.). Maryland Cooperative Extension.