USE OF IN-SITU FISH POPULATIONS FOR BIOMONITORING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL AND METAL POLLUTION IN MODERATELY IMPACTED FRESHWATER STREAMS

Water, sediments, floodplain soils, and fish from Big and Little Bayou creeks were assessed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and metals in 1987-2005. The streams were impacted by effluents from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP). PCBs were rarely detected in water samples. Aroclor 1248 d...

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Main Author: Price, David John
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2007
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/556
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1559&context=gradschool_diss