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Fish Tissue Data for Monitoring Remedy Effectiveness
Citation:
BURKHARD, L. Fish Tissue Data for Monitoring Remedy Effectiveness. Presented at Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, New Orleans, LA, February 07 - 10, 2011.
Impact/Purpose:
This presentation will focus on the contaminant properties and biological/life history considerations associated with obtaining representative data
Description:
This presentation will focus on the contaminant properties and biological/life history considerations associated with obtaining representative data. For nonionic organic chemicals, the key contaminant properties are the hydrophobicity of the chemical (expressed using the n-octanol water partition coefficient of the chemical) and the biotransformation rate of the chemical in the food web. Biological/life history considerations for a species include sex, size/age, foraging range, feeding behavior, and sample timing in relation to organism movement. Additional considerations include the ease of collection of the species today as well as into the future, e.g., 10, 15, 20 … years. These issues and factors will be reviewed and suggestions will be provided for addressing both of these aspects in designing a sampling program.