Magnitude and extent of sediment toxicity in selected estuaries of South Carolina and Georgia. Technical memo
Surficial sediment samples were collected from 162 locations within five estuaries -- Charleston Harbor, Winyah Bay, Leadenwah Creek, Savannah River, and St. Simons Sound -- in coastal South Carolina and Georgia in a survey of sediment toxicity performed in 1993 and 1994. All samples were tested for toxicity with a battery of complimentary laboratory bioassays. The laboratory bioassays consisted of amphipod survival tests in solid-phase sediments, microbial bioluminescence (Microtox{trademark}) tests of organic solvent extracts, and sea urchin fertilization and embryo development tests of porewaters. Some samples also were tested in copepod reproduction and cytochrome P-450 RGS bioassays. Chemical analyses for a suite of trace metals, organic compounds, and sedimentological factors were performed with portions of most samples.
- Research Organization:
- National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD (United States); Columbia Analytical Services, Carlsbad, CA (United States); Florida State Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 305789
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-119166/XAB; NOAA-TM-NOS-ORCA--128
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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