Research Ecologist
Ecosystem Health and Restoration Branch, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station

Education:
B.A. (Biology) Wittenberg University, 1994
M.S. (Marine Biology) University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1996

Research Interests:
Water quality, aquatic ecosystem assessments and biomonitoring, and E. coli contamination of beaches

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
1100 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN 46304

E-mail: mnevers@usgs.gov

Phone: (219) 926-8336, ext. 425

Fax: (219) 929-5792

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Meredith B. Nevers, Asja Korajkic, Zachery R. Staley, and Valerie J. Harwood. 2012. Enterococci in the environment. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 76(4): 685-706.
Contribution # 1706 [Abstract]

Ge, Zhongfu, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Mantha S. Phanikumar, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2012. Nearshore hydrodynamics as loading and forcing factors for Escherichia coli contamination at an embayed beach. Limnology and Oceanography 57(1): 362-381.
Contribution # 1664 [Abstract] [PDF 3.49 MB]

Ge, Zhongfu., Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, and Mantha S. Phanikumar. 2012. Wave-induced mass transport affects daily Escherichia coli fluctuations in nearshore water. Environmental Science & Technology 46(4): 2204-2211.
Contribution # 1683 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B. and Richard L. Whitman. 2011. Efficacy of monitoring and empirical predictive modeling at improving public health protection at Chicago beaches. Water Research 45(4): 1659-1668.
Contribution # 1627 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B. and Richard L. Whitman. 2011. Beach monitoring criteria: Reading the fine print. Environmental Science and Technology 45(24): 10315–10321.
Contribution # 1670 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Richard L. Whitman, Dawn A. Shively, and Meredith B. Nevers. 2010. Linking non-culturable (qPCR) and culturable enterococci densities with hydrometeorological conditions. Science of the Total Environment 408(16): 3096-3101.
Contribution # 1586 [Abstract]

Ge, Zhongfu, Meredith B. Nevers, David J. Schwab, and Richard L. Whitman. 2010. Coastal loading and transport of Escherichia coli at an embayed beach in Lake Michigan. Environmental Science & Technology 44(17): 6731-6737.
Contribution # 1601 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B. and Alexandria B. Boehm. 2010. Modeling fate and transport of fecal bacteria in surface water. Pages 165-188 in Sadowsky, Michael J. and Richard L. Whitman, eds. The Fecal Bacteria. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Contribution # 1598 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B., and Richard L. Whitman. 2010. Policies and practices of beach monitoring in the Great Lakes, USA: a critical review. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12(3): 581-590.
Contribution # 1574 [Abstract]

Thupaki, Pramod, Mantha S. Phanikumar, Dmitry Beletsky, David J. Schwab, Meredith B. Nevers, and Richard L. Whitman. 2010. Budget analysis of Escherichia coli at a southern Lake Michigan beach . Environmental Science & Technology 44(3): 1010-1016.
Contribution # 1562 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Meredith B. Nevers, Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Physical and biological factors influencing environmental sources of fecal indicator bacteria in surface water. Pages 111-134 in Sadowsky, Michael J. and Richard L. Whitman, eds. The Fecal Bacteria. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Contribution # 1599 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Zhongfu Ge, Meredith B. Nevers, Alexandria B. Boehm, Eunice C. Chern, Richard A. Haugland, Ashley M. Lukasik, Marirosa Molina, Kasia Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Emily M. White, Richard G. Zepp, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Relationship and variation of qPCR and culturable enterococci estimates in ambient surface waters are predictable. Environmental Science & Technology 44(13): 5049-5054.
Contribution # 1591 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B., Dawn A. Shively, Gregory T. Kleinheinz, Colleen M. McDermott, William Schuster , Vinni Chomeau, and Richard L. Whitman. 2009. Geographic relatedness and predictability of Escherichia coli along a peninsular beach complex of Lake Michigan. Journal of Environmental Quality 38(6): 2357-2364.
Contribution # 1538 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Meredith B. Nevers, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2009. Hand-mouth transfer and potential for exposure to E. coli and F+ coliphage in beach sand, Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Water and Health 7(4): 623-629.
Contribution # 1534 [Abstract]