Grantee Research Project Results
The Fate of Particle-Reactive Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments
EPA Grant Number: R827785E03Title: The Fate of Particle-Reactive Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments
Investigators: McKee, Brent , Powell, Rodney
Institution: Tulane University , Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: March 17, 2002 through March 16, 2003
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
Objective:
This research project seeks to integrate information obtained from physical, geochemical, and remote-sensing measurements to better understand the fate of particle-reactive contaminants in a shallow coastal environment: Lake Pontchartrain, LA. The contaminants examined (e.g., Cu, Cr, Mo, Zn, Pb, U, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]) represent a spectrum of pollutants that enter the coastal zone primarily as particulates (i.e., contaminated sediments). We will examine the fate of these contaminants on daily, monthly, seasonal, and decadal timescales.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 11 publications for this projectJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this project: View all 3 journal articles for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
monitoring, contaminants., RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Water, Waste, ECOSYSTEMS, POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, Aquatic Ecosystem, Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Fate & Transport, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Watersheds, Monitoring/Modeling, Environmental Microbiology, Biochemistry, Chemicals, Water & Watershed, Ecology and Ecosystems, watershed management, heavy metals, ecological impact, restoration strategies, watershed restoration, coastal ecosystems, watershed influences, hydrology, Lake Pontchartrain, fate and transport, ecosystem stress, environmental stress, sediment transport, integrated watershed model, water circulation, ecology assessment models, ecological research, aquatic ecosystems, source load modeling, watershed sustainablilityProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.