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Main Title Implications to the aquatic environment of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons liberated from Northern Great Plains coal /
Author Carlson, Robert M., ; Oyler, Alan R. ; Gerhart, Ellen Heath ; Caple, Ronald ; Welch, Kenneth J.
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Author Title of a Work
Oyler, Alan R.,
Gerhart, Ellen Heath,
Caple, Ronald,
Welch, Kenneth J.,
Kopperman, Herbert L.,
Bodenner, Donald,
Swanson, Dale,
Kuehl, Douglas W.,
Carlson, Robert M.,
CORP Author Environmental Research Laboratory (Duluth, Minn.); University of Minnesota, Duluth. Dept. of Chemistry.; Environmental Research Laboratory (Duluth, Minn.) Physiological Effects of Pollution Section.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/3-79-093
Stock Number PB80-115967
OCLC Number 06023128
Subjects Leaching ; Coal ; Hydrocarbons ; Aquatic ecology
Additional Subjects Leaching ; Coal ; Hydrocarbons ; Aquatic ecology ; Leaching ; Vaporizing ; Bioassay ; Polycyclic compounds ; Synthesis(Chemistry) ; Minnows ; Chlorination ; Water pollution ; Fathead minnows ; Rainbow trout ; Daphnia pulicaria ; Bioaccumulation ; Water pollution effects(Animals)
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EHAM  QH541.R3 EPA-, 600/3-, 79-093 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJBD  EPA 600/3-79-093 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 09/05/2008
EJED  EPA 600/3-79-093 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/01/1988
EKBD  EPA-600/3-79-093 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/18/2003
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ELBD  EPA 600-3-79-093 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/10/1998
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NTIS  PB80-115967 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The effects of leaching processes upon Western Great Plains coal was investigated to ascertain the potential impact of the organic components on aquatic organisms. Acute and chronic toxicity testing of coal leachate indicated no lipophilic fraction containing polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) that might be anticipated to bioaccumulate. HPLC-GC analysis indicated that the PAH content was of a comparable concentration to samples obtained from Lake Superior. GC-MS analysis of the lipophilic materials that are absorbed on the coal particulates indicated that they were predominantly low molecular weight PAH's (i.e., naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, anthracenes, etc), alkanes, and heterocycles. Synthetic methodology was developed to provide standard samples of alkylated PAH's of the type observed during the MS analysis. The biological studies on PAH's were aided by the use of a combined HPLC-GC analysis procedure (ng/l detection level) developed specifically for this program. The biological investigation resulted in obtaining bioaccumulation factors in the range of 1000-5000 for several PAH's. Selected PAH's of various structural types were also shown to be quite susceptible to 'second-order' anthropogenic transformations such as chlorine disinfection.
Notes
"Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota." "Physiological Effects of Pollution Section, Environmental Research Laboratory." "August 1979." Includes bibliographical references. Grant no.
Contents Notes
The effects of leaching processes upon Western Great Plains coal was investigated to ascertain the potential impact of the organic components on aquatic organisms. Acute and chronic toxicity testing of coal leachate indicated no lipophilic fraction containing polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) that might be anticipated to bioaccumulate. HPLC-GC analysis indicated that the PAH content was of a comparable concentration to samples obtained from Lake Superior. GC-MS analysis of the lipophilic materials that are absorbed on the coal particulates indicated that they were predominantly low molecular weight PAH's (i.e., naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, anthracenes, etc), alkanes, and heterocycles. Synthetic methodology was developed to provide standard samples of alkylated PAH's of the type observed during the MS analysis. The biological studies on PAH's were aided by the use of a combined HPLC-GC analysis procedure (ng/l detection level) developed specifically for this program. The biological investigation resulted in obtaining bioaccumulation factors in the range of 1000-5000 for several PAH's. Selected PAH's of various structural types were also shown to be quite susceptible to 'second-order' anthropogenic transformations such as chlorine disinfection.