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The Fate of Particle-Reactive Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments

EPA Grant Number: R827785E03
Title: The Fate of Particle-Reactive Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments
Investigators: McKee, Brent , Powell, Rodney
Institution: Tulane University of Louisiana , Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
EPA Project Officer: Winner, Darrell
Project Period: March 17, 2002 through March 16, 2003
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (1999)
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)

Description:

Objective:

This research project seeks to integrate information obtained from physical, geochemical, and remote-sensing measurements to better understand the fate of particle-reactive contaminants in a shallow coastal environment: Lake Pontchartrain, LA. The contaminants examined (e.g., Cu, Cr, Mo, Zn, Pb, U, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]) represent a spectrum of pollutants that enter the coastal zone primarily as particulates (i.e., contaminated sediments). We will examine the fate of these contaminants on daily, monthly, seasonal, and decadal timescales.

Publications and Presentations:

Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 11 publications for this project

Journal Articles:

Journal Articles have been submitted on this project: View all 3 journal articles for this project

Supplemental Keywords:

monitoring, contaminants. , Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, Water, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Scientific Discipline, Waste, RFA, ECOSYSTEMS, Water & Watershed, Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem, Chemicals, Biochemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Fate & Transport, Watersheds, Monitoring/Modeling, Ecology and Ecosystems, heavy metals, ecological impact, fate and transport, watershed management, watershed restoration, particle reactive contaminants, ecological research, ecology assessment models, coastal ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, environmental stress, sediment transport, watershed sustainablility, water circulation, hydrology, watershed influences, restoration strategies, ecosystem stress, integrated watershed model, source load modeling

Progress and Final Reports:
2002 Progress Report
Final Report

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