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THE EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS ON REPRESENTATIVE ESTUARINE SPECIES AND DEVELOPING BENTHIC COMMUNITIES. CHAPTER 21

Citation:

Rubinstein, N., C. D'Asaro, C. Sommers, AND F. Wilkes. THE EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS ON REPRESENTATIVE ESTUARINE SPECIES AND DEVELOPING BENTHIC COMMUNITIES. CHAPTER 21. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-80/154.

Description:

Bioassay techniques developed to examine acute and sublethal effects of dredged sediments on marine life are described. Results are reported for laboratory tests conducted to determine sublethal and acute effects of Kepone-sorbed sediment and dredged spoil material from the James River and the Houston Ship Channel on the mysid shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia; oyster, Crassostrea virginica; and polychaete, Arenicola cristata.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID: 49568