Polychlorinated Biphenyl Release from Resuspended Hudson River Sediment

dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Abby R.
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Elka T.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Joel E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T14:32:01Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T14:32:01Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThree shear turbulence resuspension mesocosms (STORM tanks) were used to examine the release of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from resuspended Hudson River sediment. Twenty-two percent of the resuspended PCBs desorbed after 2 h, and 35% ( 8% of PCBs were in the dissolved phase after apparent steady state was reached in 2 days. After the first resuspension event, the solids were allowed to settle and the quiescent time was varied to determine whether the labile pool of PCBs is recharged during sediment consolidation. The steady-state log Koc values for the third subsequent resuspension were higher than for the first event due to lower dissolved PCB concentrations; the particulate PCB concentrations were constant between events. With 1 day of consolidation between resuspension events, the dissolved concentration of all congeners decreased an average of 8% ( 5% between subsequent resuspension events. With 4 days between events, only the dissolved pentachlorinated PCBs decreased significantly (p ) 0.002), suggesting that the easily desorbable PCBs recharge when there is sufficient time between resuspension events.en_US
dc.format.extent7 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M28865
dc.identifier.citationSchneider AR, Porter ET, Baker JE (2007) PCB release from resuspended Hudson River sediment. Environmental Science and Technology 41(4): 1097-1103.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3938
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.titlePolychlorinated Biphenyl Release from Resuspended Hudson River Sedimenten_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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