Environmental monitoring of remedial dredging at the New Bedford Harbor, MA, superfund site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 257-275

  Bergen, Barbara J ^a   Nelson, William G ^a   Mackay, Joseph ^b   Dickerson, David ^a   Jayaraman, Saro ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; New Bedford Harbor; PCB transport; Remedial dredging; Site specific criteria

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DREDGING; MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORTS AND HARBORS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUSSELS; PCB TRANSPORT; REMEDIAL DREDGING; SITE SPECIFIC CRITERIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MUSSEL; PILOT STUDY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE, RED; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASSACHUSETTS; MORTALITY; MYTILIDAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 29444441880     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-8223-4     Document Type: Article

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