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Category : Contaminated sediments
Languages : en
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An Assessment of Sediments from the Upper Mississippi River
Author: An Assessment of Sediments from the Upper Mississippi River
Author: F. James DwyerPublisher:
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Category : Contaminated sediments
Languages : en
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Biological Assessment of Upper Mississippi River Sediments
Author: Richard K. PeddicordPublisher:
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Category : Biological assay
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Biological Assessment of Upper Mississippi River Sediments
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The objective of this study was to determine the potential for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and metals to bioaccumulate in the tissues of fish and invertebrates as a result of exposure to sediment from various dredging sites in the upper Mississippi River area. The acute toxicity of these sediments was of secondary interest. Water fleas (Daphnia), catfish, and bluegills were exposed to suspensions of fine-grained sediment from three test sites and one reference site for 4 to 6 days, approximately the duration of a typical dredging and disposal operation on the upper Mississippi River. Survival and tissue concentrations of contaminants in fish were determined after exposure. Fawnfoot and three-ridge clams, mayfly larvae, and amphipods were exposed to deposited sediments for up to 14 days, after which survival and contaminant concentrations in tissues of clams were determined. All three test sediments were of low toxicity to all species except the amphipods, in that no sediment produced statistically greater mortality than occurred in the controls and reference sediment. Although statistical comparisons were not made, amphipod mortality in some Upper Mississippi River sediments apparently exceeded that in the controls but probably not that in the reference sediment. Bioaccumulation was the exception, rather than the rule, with 72 species-sediment-contaminant combinations being studied and bioaccumulation potential being indicated in 8 (11 percent) of the cases. Even in these cases, resulting concentrations were below those considered likely to cause adverse impacts.
Biological Assessment of Upper Mississippi River Sediments
Author: Richard PeddicordPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 87
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The objective of this study was to determine the potential for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and metals to bioaccumulate in the tissues of fish and invertebrates as a result of exposure to sediment from various dredging sites in the upper Mississippi River area. The acute toxicity of these sediments was of secondary interest. Water fleas (Daphnia), catfish, and bluegills were exposed to suspensions of fine-grained sediment from three test sites and one reference site for 4 to 6 days, approximately the duration of a typical dredging and disposal operation on the upper Mississippi River. Survival and tissue concentrations of contaminants in fish were determined after exposure. Fawnfoot and three-ridge clams, mayfly larvae, and amphipods were exposed to deposited sediments for up to 14 days, after which survival and contaminant concentrations in tissues of clams were determined. All three test sediments were of low toxicity to all species except the amphipods, in that no sediment produced statistically greater mortality than occurred in the controls and reference sediment. Although statistical comparisons were not made, amphipod mortality in some Upper Mississippi River sediments apparently exceeded that in the controls but probably not that in the reference sediment. Bioaccumulation was the exception, rather than the rule, with 72 species-sediment-contaminant combinations being studied and bioaccumulation potential being indicated in 8 (11 percent) of the cases. Even in these cases, resulting concentrations were below those considered likely to cause adverse impacts.
Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Author: Ryan P. McNellisPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Author: Sharon E. KroeningPublisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Sediment Toxicity in Reach 15 of the Upper Mississippi River
Author: Denise B. StoeckelPublisher:
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Category : Freshwater mussels
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Author: James D. FallonPublisher:
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Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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