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Ecological Effects of In Situ Sediment Contaminants

Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Aberystwyth, Wales — 1984

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Richard L. Thomas

    1. International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office, Windsor, Canada

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  2. R. Evans
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  3. A. L. Hamilton

    1. International Joint Commission, Ottawa, Canada

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  4. M. Munawar

    1. Great Lakes Fisheries Research Branch, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Canada

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  5. Trefor B. Reynoldson

    1. International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office, Windsor, Canada

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  6. M. Husain Sadar

    1. Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office, Hull, Canada

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 39)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • R. L. Thomas, R. Frank
      Pages 1-4

  3. Processes Involved in Transfer and Cycling of Contaminants

    1. The physics of sediment transport, resuspension, and deposition

      • John R. Bennett
      Pages 5-12

    2. Sediments as a source for contaminants?

      • W. Salomons, N. M. de Rooij, H. Kerdijk, J. Bril
      Pages 13-30

    3. Biological processes involved in the cycling of elements between soil or sediments and the aqueous environment

      • John M. Wood
      Pages 31-42

    4. Partitioning of trace metals in sediments: Relationships with bioavailability

      • A. Tessier, P. G. C. Campbell
      Pages 43-52

  4. Impacts of Sediment Mediated Contaminants

    1. Interactions between sediment contaminants and benthic organisms

      • Trefor B. Reynoldson
      Pages 53-66

    2. Sediment-associated contaminants and liver diseases in bottom-dwelling fish

      • Donald C. Malins, Bruce B. McCain, Donald W. Brown, Usha Varanasi, Margaret M. Krahn, Mark S. Myers et al.
      Pages 67-74

    3. The human population - An ultimate receptor for aquatic contaminants

      • Harold E. B. Humphrey
      Pages 75-80

  5. Methods of Assessing Bioavailability and Impact Assessment

    1. The use of bioassay and associated tests in dredged material and disposal management

      • Charles R. Lee, Richard K. Peddicord, Bobby L. Folsom Jr., John G. Skogerboe
      Pages 81-86

    2. Phytoplankton bioassays for evaluating toxicity of in situ sediment contaminants

      • M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar
      Pages 87-105

    3. Assessing the bioaccumulation of contaminants from sediments by fish and other aquatic organisms

      • Wayne A. Willford, Michael J. Mac, Robert J. Hesselberg
      Pages 107-111

    4. In situ contaminants and environmental assessment - An ecological summary

      • G. E. Beanlands
      Pages 113-118

  6. The Social Implications and Context

    1. Introduction. The social context: an overview

      • E. Richmond Olson
      Pages 119-119

    2. The social and human relevance of in situ sediments

      • Léandre Desjardins
      Pages 121-124

    3. Assessment of socio-economic ramifications

      • G. R. Francis
      Pages 125-129

    4. Perceptions, paradigms and ethics: A perspective on the social context of environmental issues

      • C. J. Starrs
      Pages 131-135

    5. The leading question: In situ structures of thought?

      • Gail Ward Stewart
      Pages 137-140
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) was established between Canada and the United States under the Boundary Water Agreement in 1909. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the two countries (signed in 1972, revised and renewed in 1978) expresses the determination of each country to restore and en­ hance the water quality of the largest freshwater system in the world. The Agreement provides for two inter­ national boards to assist the IJC: the Great Lakes Water Quality Board and the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board. In 1982, the Dredging Subcommittee of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board was asked to investigate and provide an assessment of the environmental impacts of sediment-bound contaminants and to recom­ mend alternate strategies for solving ecological problems associated with the presence and removal of pollu­ tants. This issue however, was beyond the scope of the Dredging Subcommittee. It was then referred to the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board with a specific request that the Board focus on whether contaminated sediments located in areas with water quality problems and impaired uses should be removed and if so, under what conditions. The Science Advisory Board established a Task Force to address these issues with specific reference to: - provide the IJC with an assessment of the effects of sediment-bound contaminants on biota and water quality; - recommend appropriate remedies for possible application by the parties for remedial activities in the Great Lakes; and - identify gaps in knowledge and suggest appropriate investigations to provide this knowledge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office, Windsor, Canada

    Richard L. Thomas, Trefor B. Reynoldson

  • International Joint Commission, Ottawa, Canada

    A. L. Hamilton

  • Great Lakes Fisheries Research Branch, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Canada

    M. Munawar

  • Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office, Hull, Canada

    M. Husain Sadar

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