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Accumulation of Dioxins and Furans in Sediment and Biota

Entry ID: BESTsed24

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Summary

Abstract: Monitoring of sediment and crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) was
conducted in order to satisfy monitoring requirements set forth in the
City of St. Helens National Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permit (Tetra Tech 1992). Samples were collected from five sites to
evaluate the accumulation of dioxins and furans in sediment and
crayfish. Sediment and crayfish sampling primarily focused on
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Description: Metadata in National Biological Information Infrastructure format.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 46.0

S: 45.0

E: -122.0

W: -123.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Accumulation of Dioxins and Furans in Sediment and Biota

Dataset Release Date: unknown

Dataset Release Place: Seattle, Washington

Dataset Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Data Presentation Form: database

Online Resource: http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/data/crbdata.html?dioxin+#first_hit

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-09-01

Stop Date: 1991-09-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WASHINGTON > Columbia River Basin

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > PESTICIDES

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Quality Data were reviewed by Dr. William Luksemburg of Alta Analytical
Laboratory. The review included all ion chromatograms, initial and
continuing calibrations, column performance check mixes, calculations
of positive values and detection limits, ion abundance ratios for
internal/surrogate/recovery standards and positive natives, ...

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Ancillary Keywords

BDP

BIOLOGICAL DATA PROFILE

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Pacific Northwest, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Data Center URL: http://www.epa.gov/region10/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DANA DAVOLI Phone: (206) 553-2135 Fax: (206) 553-0119 Email: davoli.dana at epa.gov Contact Address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 0ea095, 1200 6th Avenue City: Seattle Province or State: Washington Postal Code: 98101 Country: USA

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

STEVE ELLIS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (425) 775-4682

Fax: (425) 778-9417

Email: steve.ellis at pentecenv.com

Contact Address:

Pentec Environmental, A Division of Hart Crowser Inc.

120 Third Avenue South, Suite 110

City: Edmonds

Province or State: Washington

Postal Code: 98020

Country: USA

Publications/References

Tetra Tech. 1992. City of St. Helens discharge monitoring report:
Accumulation of dioxins and furans in sediment and biota. Prepared
for City of St. Helens, St. Helens, OR. Tetra Tech, Inc., Bellevue, WA.

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-05-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-12

Future DIF Review Date: 2002-05-27

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