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Title: Ecological evaluation of proposed discharge of dredged material from Oakland Harbor into ocean waters (Phase 3 A of -42-foot project)

Abstract

The Battelle/Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) conducted a study to detemine whether dredged sediments from Oakland Inner and Outer Harbors were, suitable for ocean disposal. Nineteen test treatments, six reference treatments, and control treatments were tested for physical/chemical parameters, water column effects, dredged sediment-toxicity, and bioaccumulation potential. Physical/chemical parameters were analyzed at each site and each composite sediment to a depth of -44 ft MLLW. These parameters included analysis for geological characteristics, conventional sediment measurements (grain size, total volatile solids, total organic carbon, oil and grease, and total petroleum hydrocarbons), metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, butyltins, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Physical/chemical data were used in support of the toxicological and bioaccumulation testing, but were not used in the decision-making criteria described iti the Draft Implementation Manual under Tier III testing. To evaluate water column effects, MSL conducted suspended-particulate-phase (SPP) tests using the mysid shrimp Holmesimysis sculpta, speckled sanddab Citharichtys stigmaeus, and larvae of the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas- Both a 48-h and a 96-h test were performed. The MSL evaluated dredgedsediment toxicity by conducting a total of eight solid-phase toxicity tests using the following organisms: the bivalve clam Macoma nasuta, the polychaste worm Nepthys caecoides, the speckled sanddab C. stigmaeus,more » and the arnphipod Rhepoxynius abronius. Test duration ranged From 10 to 28 days. Bioaccumulation potential was evaluated in the 28-day M. nasuta and N. caecoides solid-phase exposures by measuring the Contaminants of concern present in their tissues after exposure to test, reference, and control sediments.« less

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;  [1]
  1. Battelle/Marine Sciences Lab., Sequim, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOD; Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6913045
Report Number(s):
PNL-8302-Vol.1
ON: DE92041335
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HARBORS; DREDGING; SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TOXICITY; TOXIC MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ARSENIC; CLAMS; LARVAE; METALS; OYSTERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SAMPLING; SEAS; SHRIMP; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AROMATICS; ARTHROPODS; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CRUSTACEANS; DECAPODS; ELEMENTS; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; MATERIALS; MOLLUSCS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; SEMIMETALS; SURFACE WATERS; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology; 540310 - Environment, Aquatic- Basic Studies- (1990-); 540350 - Environment, Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Ward, J A, Word, J Q, Pinza, M R, Mayhew, H L, Barrows, E S, and Lefkovitz, L F. Ecological evaluation of proposed discharge of dredged material from Oakland Harbor into ocean waters (Phase 3 A of -42-foot project). United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/6913045.
Ward, J A, Word, J Q, Pinza, M R, Mayhew, H L, Barrows, E S, & Lefkovitz, L F. Ecological evaluation of proposed discharge of dredged material from Oakland Harbor into ocean waters (Phase 3 A of -42-foot project). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6913045
Ward, J A, Word, J Q, Pinza, M R, Mayhew, H L, Barrows, E S, and Lefkovitz, L F. 1992. "Ecological evaluation of proposed discharge of dredged material from Oakland Harbor into ocean waters (Phase 3 A of -42-foot project)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6913045. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6913045.
@article{osti_6913045,
title = {Ecological evaluation of proposed discharge of dredged material from Oakland Harbor into ocean waters (Phase 3 A of -42-foot project)},
author = {Ward, J A and Word, J Q and Pinza, M R and Mayhew, H L and Barrows, E S and Lefkovitz, L F},
abstractNote = {The Battelle/Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) conducted a study to detemine whether dredged sediments from Oakland Inner and Outer Harbors were, suitable for ocean disposal. Nineteen test treatments, six reference treatments, and control treatments were tested for physical/chemical parameters, water column effects, dredged sediment-toxicity, and bioaccumulation potential. Physical/chemical parameters were analyzed at each site and each composite sediment to a depth of -44 ft MLLW. These parameters included analysis for geological characteristics, conventional sediment measurements (grain size, total volatile solids, total organic carbon, oil and grease, and total petroleum hydrocarbons), metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, butyltins, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Physical/chemical data were used in support of the toxicological and bioaccumulation testing, but were not used in the decision-making criteria described iti the Draft Implementation Manual under Tier III testing. To evaluate water column effects, MSL conducted suspended-particulate-phase (SPP) tests using the mysid shrimp Holmesimysis sculpta, speckled sanddab Citharichtys stigmaeus, and larvae of the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas- Both a 48-h and a 96-h test were performed. The MSL evaluated dredgedsediment toxicity by conducting a total of eight solid-phase toxicity tests using the following organisms: the bivalve clam Macoma nasuta, the polychaste worm Nepthys caecoides, the speckled sanddab C. stigmaeus, and the arnphipod Rhepoxynius abronius. Test duration ranged From 10 to 28 days. Bioaccumulation potential was evaluated in the 28-day M. nasuta and N. caecoides solid-phase exposures by measuring the Contaminants of concern present in their tissues after exposure to test, reference, and control sediments.},
doi = {10.2172/6913045},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6913045}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
}