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Determination of Percent Dissolved Metals in Freshwater using Simulation Tests
(1994-02-28)The animals used in the copper simulation tests were cultured at the UWS culture facilities. Fathead minnows, (Pimephales promelas) were cultured in dechlorinated water from the City of Superior municipal water supply. ... -
Analysis of Spiked Sediment Samples for Zinc and Acid Volatile Sulfide and for Fluoranthene
(1994-09)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has a congressional mandate to develop and publish criteria for sediment quality to identify the potential for pollutant effects on aquatic life under 340 (a) (1) of ... -
VALIDATION OF SEDIMENT QUALITY CRITERIA DRIVED FROM EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING THEORY
(1993-01-12)The equilibrium partitioning theory (EPT) approach in conjunction with existing water quality criteria (YQC) has been adopted by EPA for establishing sediment quality criteria (SQC) for nonionic organic chemicals (Di ... -
ANALYSIS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES FROM CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
(1993-01-12)This task was a continuation of work for the EPA-ERL-Duluth sediment program designed to evaluate the toxicity of aquatic sediments. Staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute ... -
TOXICITY OF ALUMINUM TO FRESHWATER ORGANISMS IN WATER OF pH 6.5 - 8.5
(1984-11-26)Most studies on the toxicity of aluminum (Al) to aquatic life have been conducted in acidic waters, due to concerns centered around surface water acidification. Fewer studies have been conducted in waters of neutral ... -
Report to Murphy Oil USA, Inc. Hog Island - Newton Creek Sampling Project
(1990-10-18)This project involved the collection of water samples and field measurement of several water quality parameters from 10 locations in the vicinity of Hog Island and four locations on Newton Creek (maps attached). Field ... -
WATER QULITY STUDY ON THE FLAMBEAU RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM A PROPOSED MINE SITE NEAR LADYSMITH, WICONSIN
(1991-03-19)The Kennecott Copper Corporation has developed plans for construction of an open pit copper and gold mine immediately adjacent to the Flambeau River near Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife ... -
Analytical Methodologies for the Characterization of Metabolites of Aromatic Amines in Fish
(1990-06-29)The research staff from the Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSES, University of Wisconsin-Superior) and the U.S. EPA Environmental Research Laboratory-Duluth (ERL-D) have developed and implemented a ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY, LITTLE SAND BAY HEADQUARTERS SITE, APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, WISCONSIN
(1974-10-30)These investigations were to include topographic relief, drainage and reconnaissance soil analyses (type and depth) and a determination of the water quality of the streams and inland bodies of water of the specific study ... -
RED CLAY SLOPE STABILITY FACTORS FINAL REPORT
(1976)Data collected in this investigation outlines the mineralogical character and range of mechanical behavior of the red clay and establishes the Little Balsam drainage as representative of many of the geologic and engineering ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF HARBOR DREDGING DULUTH-SUPERIOR
(1973-12-15)The Duluth-Superior harbor is a natural port created as a result of the formation of a unique bay mouth sand bar which, over a period of years, has been modified into two points .of land termed Minnesota and Wisconsin ... -
RED CLAY PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT
(1977-06-01)The Wisconsin Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (BSWCD) has provided services to the Red Clay Project in two program areas: the information-education program and the soil and water conservation district ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF HARBOR DREDGING ASHLAND HARBOR
(1973-12-15)Unlike the semi-protected harbor located in the Duluth and Superior area, the Ashland Harbor lies open to Lake Superior. Geographically it is sited on the southeast border of Chequamegon Bay, a natural embayment wedged ... -
WISCONSIN'S LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN WATER QUALITY STUDY
(1974-04-30)During the period extending from May 1972 through April 1973 a joint investigation of the overall water quality conditions of streams flowing into Lake Superior from the entire State of Wisconsin was conducted by the ... -
Report of the flow-through and static acute test comparisons with fathead minnows and acute test with an amphipod and a cladoceran
(1987-08)The Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, Wisconsin 54880 has completed acute toxicity tests with eighteen organic compounds. Fathead minnows, Pimephales ... -
Results of acute exposures to aluminum at pH>6.5 with Planaria and daphniids
(1985-07-25)Acute, static exposures with aluminum were completed at the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UW-S) using two species of freshwater organisms (brown Planaria, Dugesia tigrina; daphnid, Daphnia magna). The ... -
Red Cliff Fish Consumption
(1992-02-12)We are pleased to submit this six month report to the Great Lakes Protection Fund. Overall we have made good progress and although some portions are more difficult than we originally anticipated, we believe the study is ... -
NDS Phase II: Bioaccumlative Pollutant Study
(1989-04-07)Enclosed is the data for ten of the Great Lakes National Program Office fish samples analyzed for biosignificant polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs). -
TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES WITH HERBICIDES, SELECTED EPA PRIORITY POLLUTNATS AND RELATED CHIMCALS IN AQUATIC ORGANISMS
(1982-11)Toxicological studies were conducted in two areas: (l) the toxicity, bioconcentration potential and metabolism of five herbicides in fish; and (2) the toxicity and/or metabolism of priority pollutants and related chemicals ... -
Toxicity of Silver to the Fathead Minnow and an Invertebrate in Aged Toxicant Solutions with Laboratory Water and St. Louis River Water
(1993-10-10)Acute toxicity tests with silver nitrate (AgN0₃) were conducted with two species of test organisms. The fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, and a cladoceran, Daphnia magna, were used to determine the effects ...
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