Evaluation of the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in
Sediments from Waukegan Harbor, Illinois
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Contents
List of Figures
Figure 1
- Location of sampling sites in Waukegan Harbor, Illinois
Figure 2 - Historical
concentration of PCB contamination in Waukegan Harbor sediment samples
Figure 3 - Concentration of PCB
contamination in current sediment samples from Waukegan Harbor
Figure 4 - Relationship between clay
content and EC50 values in Microtox® solid-phase testing
Figure 5 - Proportion of PEC exceeded
compared to the mean PEC quotient for samples from the present study and for samples from
a historical database with H. azteca
Figure 6 - Probable Effect
Concentration quotients by site for sediment samples from Waukegan Harbor
List of Tables(in
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Table 1 - Physical characteristic of
sediment samples
Table 2 - Concentrations of simultaneously extracted metals (SEM), acid
volatile sulfides (AVS), sum SEMs and SEM-AVS
Table 3 - Concentrations of total metals in sediment samples
Table 4 - Concentrations of organochlorines in sediment samples
Table 5 - Concentrations of PAHs in sediment samples
Table 6 - Results of sediment tests with Hyallela azteca
Table 7 - Microtox® basic sediment toxicity profile
Table 8 - Microtox® solid-phase sediment toxicity profile
Table 9 - Number of Probable Effects Concentration (PEC) exceedances and
sum PEC-quotient for each sample
Table 10 - Percentage of toxic samples, amphipod exposures, above a
specified mean PEC quotients
Table 11 - Percentage of toxic samples, amphipod exposures, above a
specified proportion of PECs exceeded
Table 12 - Percentage of toxic samples, Microtox® exposures, above a
specified mean PEC quotients
Table 13 - Percentage of toxic samples, Microtox® exposures, above a
specified proportion of PECs exceeded
List of Appendices (in
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Appendix 1 - Pore-water quality
of sediments from Waukegan Harbor
Appendix 2 - Mean measured overlying water quality for
whole-sediment toxicity tests
Appendix 3 - List of PAHs and organochlorines analyzed for in
sediments
Appendix 4 - Concentrations of total PCBs, polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons and percent lipids in oligochaete tissue samples
Appendix 5 - Day 28 amphipod length data
Appendix 6 - Day 28 amphipod weight data
Appendix 7 - Day 42 amphipod length data
Appendix 8 - Day 42 amphipod weight data
Appendix 9 - Day 35 amphipod reproduction data
Appendix 10 - Day 42 amphipod reproduction data
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