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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 19| Main Title | Pollution Monitoring of Puget Sound with Honey Bees. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Bromenshenk, J. J. ; Carlson, S. R. ; Simpson, J. C. ; Thomas, J. M. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Montana Univ., Missoula. Gordon Environmental Studies Lab.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1985 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA/600/J-85/050; | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB85-212215 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Environmental surveys ; Bioassay ; Bees ; Monitors ; Chemical analysis ; Arsenic ; Cadmium ; Fluoride ; Concentration(Composition) ; Tissue extracts ; Reprints ; Biological indicators ; Puget Sound(Washington) | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 6p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | To show that honey bees are effective biological monitors of environmental contaminants over large geographic areas, beekeepers of Puget Sound, Washington, collected pollen and bees for chemical analysis. From these data, kriging maps of arsenic, cadmium, and fluoride were generated. Results, based on actual concentrations of contaminants in bee tissues, show that the greatest concentrations of contaminants occur close to Commencement Bay and that honey bees are effective as large-scale monitors. (Copyright (c) 1985 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.) |