Aquatic Disposal Field Investigations Duwamish Waterway Disposal Site Puget Sound, Washington. Appendix B. Role of Disposal of PCB-Contaminated Sediment in the Accumulation of PCB'S by Marine Animals.

• Main Authors: Stout,Virginia F, Lewis,Laura G
• Other Authors: NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE SEATTLE WA NORTHWEST AND ALASKA FISHERIES CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Water Pollution and Control; *MARINE BIOLOGY; *DREDGED MATERIALS; *PUGET SOUND; WATER POLLUTION; FISHES; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; SHELLFISH; BIPHENYL; WASHINGTON(STATE); Parophrys vetulus; Pandalus borealis; Pandalus jordani; Pandalus platyceros; Parastichopus californicus; Mytilus edulis; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Elliott; Elliott Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA055218; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA055218

This report describes studies concerning the possible transfer to marine animals of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) as a result of the open-water disposal of PCB-laden dredged material. Dredged material from the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, was deposited at an experimental site in n...