Book chapter
Cycling of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) during the pilot year of the Episodic Events-Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) project
IAGLR '99. International Association for Great Lakes Research: Great Lakes, Great Science, Great Cities. Program and Abstracts, pp.A-10
01/01/1999
Abstract
Atmospheric deposition is an important component of the whole-lake cycling of many organic compounds in Lake Michigan. We hypothesize that the magnitude of atmospheric deposition of persistent organic compounds (POPs) is at least partly dependent on the partitioning behavior of the compounds between water and sediment in the water column as well as seasonal meteorological/hydrological events. To test this hypotheses, we have collected air, water and sediment trap samples before (Jan. 1998) and during (March 1998) a major sediment plume event in Lake Michigan. These samples were collected in coordination with EEGLE (Episodic Events - Great Lakes Experiment), a large multidisciplinary study in its pilot year designed to assess the biogeochemical importance of the plume event. The air, water, and sediment trap samples were analyzed for a suite of PAHs and PCBs. Concentrations of these compounds were highly variable in space during the two sampling periods. For example, total dissolved phase PAHs ranged from 407.82 and 27,550.57 ng/m super(3). Some of this variation may be attributed to the plume event.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cycling of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) during the pilot year of the Episodic Events-Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE) project
- Creators
- J J BogdanK C Hornbuckle
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- IAGLR '99. International Association for Great Lakes Research: Great Lakes, Great Science, Great Cities. Program and Abstracts, pp.A-10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983997969502771
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