Remedial effectiveness of a pond biomanipulation: Habitat value and concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in fish

RA Efroymson, MJ Peterson, RT Jett, NA Griffiths… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fish and plant communities in a pond contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) in East Tennessee, USA, were manipulated to reduce ecological and human-health …

Proof of concept for the use of macroinvertebrates as indicators of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) contamination in Lake Hartwell

JM Lazorchak, MB Griffith, M Mills… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) develops methods and tools for
evaluating risk management strategies for sediments contaminated with polychlorinated …

Variation in natural attenuation rates of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish from streams and reservoirs in East Tennessee observed over a 35-year period

PG Matson, LM Stevenson, RA Efroymson… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination due to human activities is a major concern, particularly for
persistent chemicals. Within catchments, persistent chemicals linked to negative health …

The relation between polychlorinated biphenyls and population metrics of 4 species of fish from the upper Hudson River, New York, USA

MJ Maceina, SM Sammons - Environmental toxicology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the upper Hudson River, New York, USA, fish were exposed to polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) from the 1940s to 1977, and PCBs still persist in this environment. Yellow …

Polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation differs among pumpkinseed sunfish during experimental field exposure: the role of invertebrate prey

RS Feldman, JE Titus - Aquatic toxicology, 2001 - Elsevier
The relative importance of aqueous vs. trophic exposure of fish to polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) was investigated. The potential role of different invertebrate prey upon PCB …

Comparative effects of sediment versus aqueous polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure on benthic and planktonic invertebrates

CJ Nowicki, EH van Hees… - … toxicology and chemistry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are an environmental concern because of their adverse
effects on humans and wildlife, and understanding the contribution of various matrices (ie …

The value of using multiple metrics to evaluate PCB exposure

MC Archer, AD Harwood, SA Nutile, KEH Hartz… - Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Current methods for evaluating exposure in ecosystems contaminated with hydrophobic
organic contaminants typically focus on sediment exposure. However, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking PCB contamination in Ontario Great Lakes Tributaries: development of methodologies and lessons learned for watershed based investigations

N Benoit, A Dove, D Burniston, D Boyd - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - scirp.org
Project Trackdown is an investigative environmental program aimed at tracking sources of
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in Great Lakes tributaries. The program uses …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in the Saginaw River using sediments, caged fish and SPMDs

KR Echols, RW Gale, TR Schwartz… - … —Proceedings of the …, 1999 - books.google.com
ABSTRACT The Saginaw River is contaminated with a number of industrial pollutants
including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Understanding of the risk posed by PCBs in the …

Polychlorinated biphenyls and Hudson River white perch: Implications for population‐level ecological risk assessment and risk management

LW Barnthouse, D Glaser… - … and Management: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Risk assessments and risk management decisions concerning risks to wild fish populations
resulting from exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and related chemicals have …