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Main Title Probabilistic ecological risk assessment of tributyltin in the Chesapeake Bay watershed : final report /
Author Hall, Lenwood W. ; Scott, M. C. ; Killen, W. D.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Scott, Mark C.
Killen, William D.
CORP Author Maryland Univ., Queenstown. Wye Research and Education Center.;Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, MD. Chesapeake Bay Program.
Publisher Printed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Chesapeake Bay Program,
Year Published 1998
Report Number EPA 903-R-98-023; EPA-CB993589010; CBP/TRS-216/98
Stock Number PB99-103970
OCLC Number 45266424
Subjects Ecological risk assessment--Chesapeake Bay Watershed (Md and Va) ; Tributyltin
Additional Subjects Chesapeake Bay ; Tributyltin ; Risk assessment ; Water pollution effects ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Watersheds ; Estuaries ; Fresh water ; Salt water ; Water pollution sampling ; Tin organic compounds ; Antifouling coatings ; Site characterization ; Ecological concentration ; Biological communities ; Fish ; Benthos ; Zooplankton ; Phytoplankton ; Temporal distribution ; Spatial distribution ; Maryland ; Virginia
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000W3RM.PDF
Holdings
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EJAD  EPA 903/R-98-023 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 05/21/2004
EJBD  EPA 903-R-98-023 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 11/03/2000
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 903-R-98-023 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB99-103970 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 65, 10 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The goal of the study was to conduct a probabilistic ecological risk assessment for tributylin (TBT) in estuarine areas of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using the following distinct phases: problem formulation, analysis and risk characterization. This probabilistic ecological risk assessment characterized risk by comparing the probability distributions of environmental saltwater exposure concentrations with the probability distributions of species response data determined from laboratory studies. The overlap of these distributions was a measure of risk to aquatic life. Comparative risk from TBT exposure was determined for various basins (tributaries) in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Tributylin saltwater exposure data from the Chesapeake Bay watershed were available from over 3,600 water column samples from 41 stations in nine basins from 1985 through 1996. Most of the stations were located in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay, primarily the James, Elizabeth and York Rivers. In Maryland waters of the Bay, various marina, harbor and river systems were also sampled.
Notes
"October 1998." "EPA 903-R-98-023"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-38).