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Nomenclatural changes and additions Nomenclatural changes and additions

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Eugenia B. Bohlke, W. F. Smith-Vaniz

Toxicity of contaminated sediments in dilution series with control sediments Toxicity of contaminated sediments in dilution series with control sediments

The use of dilutions has been the foundation of our approach for assessing contaminated water, and accordingly, it may be important to establish similar or parallel approaches for sediment dilutions. Test organism responses to dilution gradients can identify the degree of necessary sediment alteration to reduce the toxicity. Using whole sediment dilutions to represent the complex...
Authors
M.K. Nelson, P.F. Landrum, G.A. Burton, S.J. Klaine, E.A. Crecelius, T.D. Byl, Duane C. Gossiaux, V.N. Tsymbal, L. Cleveland, Christopher G. Ingersoll, G. Sasson-Brickson

Toxicity of sediments and pore water from Brunswick Estuary, Georgia Toxicity of sediments and pore water from Brunswick Estuary, Georgia

A chlor-alkali plant in Brunswick, Georgia, USA, discharged >2 kg mercury/d into a tributary of the Turtle River-Brunswick Estuary from 1966 to 1971. Mercury concentrations in sediments collected in 1989 along the tributary near the chlor-alkali plant ranged from 1 to 27 μg/g (dry weight), with the highest concentrations found in surface (0–8 cm) sediments of subtidal zones in the...
Authors
Parley V. Winger, Peter J. Lasier, Harvey Geitner

1993 Annual summary: ENTERGY Lake Dardanelle fish and zebra mussel study 1993 Annual summary: ENTERGY Lake Dardanelle fish and zebra mussel study

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Authors
J.N. Stoeckel, C.J. Gagen, D.O. McCollum, R.K. Beadel, J.J. Herod, S.D. Shook

Flood discharges in the upper Mississippi River basin, 1993 Flood discharges in the upper Mississippi River basin, 1993

From mid-June through early August 1993, flooding was severe in the upper Mississippi River Basin following a wet-weather pattern that persisted over the area for at least 6 months before the flood. The magnitude and timing of several intense rainstorms in late June and July, combined with wet antecedent climatic conditions, were the principal causes of the flooding. Flood-peak...
Authors
Charles Parrett, Nick B. Melcher, Robert W. James

[Book review] Battle against extinction: Native fish management in the American West, by W. L. Minckley and J. E. Deacon [Book review] Battle against extinction: Native fish management in the American West, by W. L. Minckley and J. E. Deacon

Review of: BATTLE AGAINST EXTINCTION: NATIVE FISH MANAGEMENT IN THE AMERICAN WEST. W. L. Minckley and J. E. Deacon (eds.). 1991. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. ISBN 0-8165-1221-3. 517 p., $40.00 (hardcover).
Authors
S. J. Walsh

Atrazine degradation in a small stream in Iowa Atrazine degradation in a small stream in Iowa

A study was conducted during 1990 through an 11.2-km reach of Roberts Creek in northeastern Iowa to determine the fate of atrazine in a surface water environment Water samples were collected at ~1-month intervals from April through November during stable low to medium flow conditions and analyzed for atrazine and two of its initial biotic degradation products, desethylatrazine and
Authors
D.W. Kolpin, S. J. Kalkhoff
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