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We have reorganized our Research Programs. Most of
the research projects from this program are now organized under the Ecological
Prediction Research Program.
GLERL AQUATIC CONTAMINANTS and BIOGEOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH
PROGRAMS
There are two primary components within this research program:AQUATIC
CONTAMINANTS and BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
AQUATIC CONTAMINANTS RESEARCH
Task Leader: Peter Landrum
The Aquatic Contaminants Research Program combines process studies
and mathematical modeling focused on toxic organic contaminants to increase
our understanding of the dynamics and effects of pollutants in the ecosystem.
The purpose of this research is to 1) determine processes
that govern contaminant fluxes into and out of sediments, that mix contaminants
within sediments, and that control the transfer of contaminants from sediments
into the food chain, 2) develop methods for assessing the extent or degree
of sediment contamination and for determining bioavailability and bioaccumulation
of sediment associated contaminants, and 3) improve methods for interpreting
the hazard of bioaccumulated contaminants by developing the time-dose
response relationships based on accumulated body residue.
Current Projects
2004
Hwang, H., S.W. Fisher, K. Kim, and P.F. LANDRUM. 2004. Comparison of
the toxicity using body residues of DDE and select PCB congeners to the
midge, Chironomus riparius, in partial-life cycle tests. Archives of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology 46:32-42.
LANDRUM, P.F., M. Leppanen, S.D. ROBINSON, D.C. GOSSIAUX, G.A. Burton,
M. Greenberg, J.V.K. Kukkonen, B.J. EADIE, and M.B. LANSING. 2004. Comparing
behavioral chronic endpoints to evaluate the response of Lumbriculus
variegatus to 3,4,3´,4´-Tetrachlorobiphenyl sediment exposures.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23(1):187-194.
LANDRUM, P.F., M. Leppanen, S.D. ROBINSON, D.C. GOSSIAUX, G.A. Burton,
M. Greenerg, J.V.K. Kukkonen, B.J. EADIE, and M.B. LANSING. 2004. Effect
of 3,4,3´,4´-Tetrachlorobiphenyl on the reworking behavior
of Lumbriculus variegatus exposed to contaminated sediment. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 23(1):178-186.
2003
Burton, G. A. and P. F. LANDRUM. 2003. Toxicity of sediments. In Encyclopedia
of Sedments and Sedimentary Rocks. G.V. Middleton, M.J. Church, M. Corigilo,
L.A. Hardie, and F.J. Longstaffe (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht,
748-751. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030008.pdf
Hwang, H., S. W. Fisher, K. Kim, P. F. Landrum, R. J. Larson, and D.
J. Versteeg. 2003. Assessing the toxicity of dodecylbenzene sulfonate
to the midge Chironomus riparius using body residues as the dose
metric. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22(2):302-312.
Ingersoll, C. G., E. L. Brunson, N. Wang, F. J. Dwyer, G. T. Ankley, D.
R. Mount, J. Huckins, J. Petty, and P. F. Landrum. 2003. Uptake and depuration
of nonionic organic contaminants from sediment by the oligochaete, Lumbriculus
variegatus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22(3):872-885.
Landrum, P. F., G. R. Lotufo, D. C. Gossiaux, M. L. Gedeon, and J.-H.
Lee. 2003. Bioaccumulation and critical body residue of PAHs in the amphipod,
Diporeia spp.: Additional evidence to support toxicity additivity
for PAH mixtures. Chemosphere 51:481- 489.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030002.pdf
Landrum, P. F., L. L. Sano, M. A. Mapili, E. Garcia, A. M. Krueger and
R. A. Moll. 2003. Degradation of chemical biocides with application to
ballast water treatment. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-123. NOAA, Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 37 pp. ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-123/tm-123.pdf
Lozano, S. J., M. L. Gedeon, and P. F. Landrum. 2003. The effects of
temperature and organism size on the feeding rate and modeled chemical
accumulation in Diporeia spp. for Lake Michigan sediments. Journal
of Great Lakes Research 29(1):79-88.
Nuurinen, S., P. F. Landrum, L. J. Schuler, J. V. K. Kukkonen and M.
J. Lydy. 2003. Toxicokinetics of organic contaminants in Hyalella azteca.
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 44:467-475.
Wilcoxen, S. E., P. G. Meier, and P. F. Landrum. 2003. The toxicity of
fluoranthene to Hyalella azteca in sediment and water-only exposures
under varying light spectra. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 54:105-117.
Yoo, L. J., J. A. Steevens and P. F. Landrum. 2003. Development of a
new bioaccumulation testing approach: The use of DDE as a challenge chemical
to predict contaminant bioaccumulation. EEDP Technical Notes Collection,
ERDC/TN EEEDP-01-50. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Vicksburg, MS, 11 pp. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030006.pdf
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH
(Task Leader: John Robbins)
The Biogeochemistry Research Program is designed to help answer
questions and address issues about the ecosystem's biogeochemical response
to stressors.
Employ radioactive and stable isotopes to establish geochronologies and
probe major Great Lakes and coastal ecosystem processes and their alteration
by anthropogenic stresses such as contamination and climatic variations,
with emphasis on the carbon and nitrogen cycles, and the use of natural
and fall-out radioisotopes.
Current Project
This project is divided into the following sub-projects:
Kerfoot, W. C., S. L. Harting, R. Rossmann, and J. A. Robbins. 2003.
Elemental mercury in copper, silver, and gold ores: an unexpected contribution
to Lake Superior sediments with global implications. Geochemistry: Exploration,
Environment, Analysis 2:185-202 .
Cook, P. M., J. A. Robbins, D. D. Endicott, K. Lodge, P. D. Guiney, M.
K. Walker, E. W. Zabel and R. E. Peterson. 2003. Effects of Aryl Hydrocarbon
receptor-mediated early life stage toxicity on Lake Trout populations
in Lake Ontario during the 20th Century. Environmental Science and Technology
37(17):3864-3877.
Past Aquatic Contaminants Projects
Past Biogeochemistry Projects
Last updated: 2004-05-15 jjs
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