Polychlorinated biphenyls in water, sediment and selected organisms of Galveston Bay, Texas. Environmental levels and bioaccumulation

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dc.acquisition-srcReview of GBNEP-20 reference listen_US
dc.call-noNOT FOUND IN VOYAGER; ILL from TAMU-College Stationen_US
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dc.contributor.authorStahl, R.G., Jr.en_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:36:33Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:36:33Z
dc.date.issued1980en_US
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dc.description151 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractA seasonal examination of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in waters, sediments and selected organisms of Galveston Bay, Texas was conducted at 8 locations in the Bay during 1978-1979. PCB contamination was greater in water and sediment samples from sites proximal to petrochemical industry. These sites were associated with the Houston and the Texas City Ship Channels. Values in water were less than 1 ug/L while values in sediment were less than 100 ng/g. PCB contamination of Atlantic croaker, blue crab, and laughing gull was similar in magnitude to sediment contamination. Laughing gulls contained slightly higher contamination than either Atlantic croaker or blue crab. Over time, levels in sediment and organisms remained similar. Input sites of PCB to Galveston Bay appear to be related to industrial activities around the Houston and Texas City Ship Channels. Uptake experiments conducted on Galveston Bay sediment, grass shrimp, sheepshead minnows and blue crabs, demonstrated the ability of each to concentrate PCB from seawater. Grass shrimp accumulated more PCB than did sheepshead minnows, blue crabs or sediment. In feeding experiments sheepshead minnows accumulated more PCB than did blue crab. Comparitively, on a percentage basis the more significant pathway of PCB uptake appears to have been through the food. The magnitude and extent of PCB contamination in Galveston Bay was less than had been reported elsewhere from other industrialized coastal areas of the United States.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas City Ship Channelen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.history3/10/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26114
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dc.locationGBIC NOT AVAILABLE IN HOUSEen_US
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dc.notesMasters of Science, Biologyen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries903.00en_US
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dc.subjectpolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)en_US
dc.titlePolychlorinated biphenyls in water, sediment and selected organisms of Galveston Bay, Texas. Environmental levels and bioaccumulationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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