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dc.contributor.authorPeddicord, Richard K.-
dc.contributor.authorTatem, Henry E.-
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Alfreda B.-
dc.contributor.authorPedron, Susan-
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-15T17:28:30Z-
dc.date.available2017-06-15T17:28:30Z-
dc.date.issued1980-12-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11681/22631-
dc.description.abstractAbstract: The objective of this study was to determine the potential for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and metals to bioaccumulate in the tissues of fish and invertebrates as a result of exposure to sediment from various dredging sites in the upper Mississippi River area. The ·acute toxicity of these sediments was of secondary interest. Water fleas (Daphnia), catfish, and bluegills were exposed to suspensions of fine-grained sediment from three test sites and one reference site for 4 to 6 days, approximately the duration of a typical dredging and disposal operation on the upper Mississippi River. Survival and tissue concentrations of contaminants in fish were determined after exposure. Fawnfoot and three-ridge clams, mayfly larvae, and amphipods were exposed to deposited sediments for up to 14 days, after which survival and contaminant concentrations in tissues of clams were determined. All three test sediments were of low toxicity to all species except the amphipods, in that no sediment produced statistically greater mortality than occurred in the controls and reference sediment. Although statistical comparisons were not made, amphipod mortality in some Upper Mississippi River sediments apparently exceeded that in the controls but probably not that in the reference sediment. Bioaccumulation was the exception, rather than the rule, with 72 species-sediment-contaminant combinations being studied and bioaccumulation potential being indicated in 8 (11 percent) of the cases. Even in these cases, resulting concentrations were below those considered likely to cause adverse impacts. This study provided little indication that typical dredging and disposal operations on the upper Mississippi have a potential to cause ecologically meaningful increases in mortality or bioaccumulation in the species studied.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironmental Laboratory (U.S.)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMiscellaneous Paper;EL-80-5-
dc.subjectUpper Mississippi Riveren_US
dc.subjectMarine sediments--Toxicologyen_US
dc.subjectBiological assayen_US
dc.subjectPolychlorinated biphenyls--Toxicologyen_US
dc.subjectHeavy metals--Toxicologyen_US
dc.subjectBiotic communitiesen_US
dc.subjectDredgingen_US
dc.subjectToxicityen_US
dc.titleBiological assessment of upper Mississippi River sedimentsen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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