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BIOAVAILABILITY OF 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,7,8-TCDF AND PCBS TO MARINE BENTHOS FROM PASSAIC RIVER SEDIMENTS
Citation:
Rubinstein, N., R. Pruell, B. Taplin, J.a. LiVolsi, AND C. Norwood. BIOAVAILABILITY OF 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,7,8-TCDF AND PCBS TO MARINE BENTHOS FROM PASSAIC RIVER SEDIMENTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/244 (NTIS PB91116947).
Description:
The bioaccumulation and depuration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran and polychlorinated biphenyls by marine benthos exposed to environmentally contaminated sediment were measured in a laboratory study. andworms (Nereis virens), clams (Macoma nasuta) and shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) were exposed to sediment from the Passaic River, New Jersey for up to 180 days. orms accumulated the highest concentrations of these compounds. ptake and depuration rates were slowest in the worms and most rapid in the clams.