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Responsiveness Summary to the Peer Review of the Ecological Risk Assessment GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Tod Delong, et al.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Volume: N/A

Pages: Mainly 20-24/372

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: EPA, ecological risk assessment, GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River, tPCB, sediment, depth of sediment

Copyright Protected? No, this document is not copyright protected.

Comments: This document presents the response from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the comments and questions raised by an independent Peer Review Panel following their review of the Ecological Risk Assessment for the GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River (ERA) released in July 2003.

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4th FISC: Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Housatonic River

Categories: Contaminants

Author: K. P. Kulp, et al

Volume: N/A

Pages: 33-86

Keywords: PCBs, Housatonic River, Lake Lillinonah, Massachusetts, Connecticut, bottom sediments, suspended sediments

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A Connecticut Lakes Management Program Effort

Categories: Contaminants

Author: T.C. Winter

Source: Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Special Reports

Volume: Report No. 30

Pages: 37-133

Keywords: Eutrophication problems, Connecticut lakes, algae blooms,phosphorous concentrations

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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Housatonic River Sediments in Massachusetts and Connecticut: Determination and Transport

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Charles R. Frink, et al.

Source: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven

Volume: N/A

Keywords: Polychlorinated biphenyls, sediment, distribution, riverbeds, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Housatonic River, Transportation, Water quality, suspended sediment, suspended load, contamination, cores, deposition, particle size, Lake Zoar, Woods Pond, Lake Lillinonah

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Comparison of Point and Nonpoint Sources of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans to Sediments of the Housatonic River

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Brian D. Eltzer

Source: Environ. Sci. Technol.

Volume: 27

Pages: 1632-1637

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: Housatonic River, sediments, PCBs, gas chromatography, sources, component analysis, PCDD

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Parameters Affecting Partitioning of 6 PCB Congeners in Natural Sediments

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Eid Alkhatib and C. Weigand

Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volume: 78

Pages: 0-17

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: Kp, partition coefficients, PCBs, sediments, resuspension

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Organochlorine Compounds in Fish Tissue from Connecticut Lakes

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Marcy R. Anderson, et al.

Source: Northeastern Naturalist

Volume: 6

Pages: 353-362

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: chlorinated compounds, fish, Connecticut lakes and ponds, chlordane, DDT, PCBs, gas chromatography/electron capture detector

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Parameters Influencing Sediments Resuspension and the Link to Sorption of Inorganic Compounds

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Eid Alkhatib and Keith Castor

Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volume: 65

Pages: 531-546

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: sediments, resuspension, heavy metals, partition coefficient

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Seasonal variations in Concentrations of Mercury in Axial Muscle Tissue of largemouth Bass

Categories: Contaminants

Author: Scott M. Ward and Robert M. Neumann

Source: North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volume: 19

Pages: 89-96

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, Lake Lillinonah, mercury, seasons

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Length-age relations and PCB content of mature white suckers form the Connecticut and Housatonic River basins

Categories: Contaminants

Author: James F. Coles

Source: Northeastern Naturalist

Volume: 6

Pages: 263

Peer Reviewed? Yes, this document has been peer reviewed.

Keywords: white suckers, Connecticut River basin, Housatonic River, growth rate, PCBs, fish

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