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The use of bioassay and associated tests in dredged material and disposal management

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Ecological Effects of In Situ Sediment Contaminants

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 39))

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Abstract

Plant bioassays and simulated rainfall-surface runoff tests have been developed and are being refined to assist in the evaluation of the environmental impact of dredged material disposal alternatives. Plant bioassay tests have been used to give appropriate information to describe the potential for contaminant mobility from dredged material into plants colonizing wetland and upland disposal environments. Index plants have shown elevated contents of Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr and Pb when grown on contaminated dredged material placed in a terrestrial disposal environment. Simulated rainfall-surface runoff water quality tests are being developed to determine the potential for contaminant mobility resulting from physicochemical changes in dredged material following upland disposal.

A management strategy has been developed that incorporates the above test results for a selection of environmentally acceptable dredged material disposal alternatives.

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  1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA

    Charles R. Lee, Richard K. Peddicord, Bobby L. Folsom Jr. & John G. Skogerboe

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  1. International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office, 100 Ouellette Avenue, 8th Floor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9A 6T3

    Richard L. Thomas  & Trefor B. Reynoldson  & 

  2. International Joint Commission, 8th Floor, 100 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 5M1

    A. L. Hamilton

  3. Great Lakes Fisheries Research Branch, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6

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    M. Husain Sadar

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Lee, C.R., Peddicord, R.K., Folsom, B.L., Skogerboe, J.G. (1987). The use of bioassay and associated tests in dredged material and disposal management. In: Thomas, R.L., Evans, R., Hamilton, A.L., Munawar, M., Reynoldson, T.B., Sadar, M.H. (eds) Ecological Effects of In Situ Sediment Contaminants. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4053-6_9

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