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Gulf of Maine Contaminated Sediments Database Bibliography:


Citations for sources of data entered in the Contaminated Sediments Database for the Gulf of Maine

(As of October 25, 2001)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division (ACE_NED) Permit File #09-89-2777, Revere Shipyard & Marina, Pines/Saugus River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #09-89-0530, Boston Edison Co., trench project, Boston Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198400053, Nat'l Data Verification Services, Dorchester Bay, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198400695, Crystal Cove Marina, Boston Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198490258, O&M, Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500260, MA DEM, Bass River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500488, MA DEM, Hingham Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500636, S. Essex Sewage Dist., Beverly Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500674, MA DEM, Essex River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500777, Polarized NE, Mystic River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198500814, Blue Circle Atlantic, Inc., Mystic River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198590261, Sec. 107, Gloucester Harbor, Smith Cove, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198600094, Joinery Shop Assoc., Little Mystic Channel, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198600684, MA DEM, Manchester Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198600757, Welch Co., Scituate Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198600857, Citgo Oil, Fore River, Weymouth, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198600873, Hingham Y.C., Hingham, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198601198, Darbie Marina, Salem Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198601369, Boston Harbor Marina, Boston Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198601625, Distrigas, Mystic River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198700097, Flatley Co., Mystic River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198702075, MA DPW, Scituate Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198800332, City of Gloucester Sewer Ext., Gloucester Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198800342, Fan Pier, Boston Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198801357, Town Pier, Duxbury Bay, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198801644, DOB, JFK Library, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #198802103, Water St. Realty Trust, Beverly Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #1989-2911, Coastal Oil, Revere, Chelsea River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #199010924, Port Norfolk Y.C., Dorchester Bay, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #199100473, Cohasset Cove, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #20-88-0744, Gulf Oil, Chelsea River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #21-199100419, Essex River Sites, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #23-90-0562, Bridge marine-Salisbury MA, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #24-89-1180, DEM/MWRA Squantum Point, Dorchester Bay, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #25-84-639, Rowes and Foster Wharf, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #25-85-864, Marshfield Town Pier, Green Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #25-86-1007, Mill Creek, Boston.  MA DPW Drainage Improvement, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #25-86-290E, MDC, Victory Road Park, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #25-87-686, Amstar Corp. Mystic River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #727-3160, Long Wharf, Boston, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #83-1064, Old Colony RR, Neponset River Bridge, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198802905, Plymouth Y.C., unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198900227, City of Manchester, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198900404 North Shore Boat Works, Pines River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198900659 USCG Merrimack, Merrimack River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198901630, Mobile Oil, Chelsea, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File 198902674, Mared Corp., Belle Island Inlet, Winthrop Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File CENED-OR (1145-2-303b); 25-89-1807, Bridgeway Inn, Inc. South River, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File HULL-72-CHA30, Weymouth Fore and Town Rivers, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File MA DPW Beverly-Salem Bridge and By-Pass Project, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File MA HULL-72-160, Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club, Cottage Park, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File MA-HULL-81-180, Allerton Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File MA-HULL-84-210, Mass DEM Division of Waterways: Town of Hull, Winthrop Harbor, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File Massport Bird Island Flats - Harborwalk phase III, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File MWRA- Stoney Brook Conduit, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File Navigation Improvement Study Dredge Material Disposal Plan Supplement to Feasibility Report Supporting Documentation, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #08-88-3511, MDC Town River, Quincy, MA, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED Permit File #23-89-2587E, Town of Danvers, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED: Navigation Improvement Study Dredge Material Disposal Plan Supplement to Feasibility Report Supporting Documentation, August 1990, unpublished data records.

ACE_NED: Navigation Improvement Study Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment;  Mystic River, Chelsea River and Reserved Channel, August, 1988, unpublished data records.

Armstrong, P.B., 1974, Copper, Zinc, Chromium, Lead, and Cadmium in the Unconsolidated Sediments of Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire: Durham, University of Hew Hampshire, M.S., 85 p.

Bajek, 1983, Original document unknown. Reported in: Cahill, J., and Imbalzano, K., 1991, An Inventory of Organic Metal Contamination in Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, and Boston Harbor Sediments and Assessment of Regional Sediment Quality: National Network of Environmental Management Studies Interns, Environmental Protection Agency Region I, Water Management Division, Massachusetts Bays Program.

Battelle, 1984, The State of Organic Polluted Contaminants of Boston Harbor, Mass. Bay and Cape Cod.

Boehm, P.D., 1984, Organic Pollutant Biogeochemistry Studies Northeast U.S. Marine Environment. Final Report Contract No. NA-83-FA-C00022: Battelle, New England Marine Research Laboratory.

Boehm, P.D., and J.W. Farrington, 1984, Aspects of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Geochemistry of Recent Sediments in the Georges Bank Region: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 18, no. 11, p. 840-845.

Boehm, P.D., W.G. Steinhauer, D.L. Fiest, N. Mosesman, J.E. Barak, and G.H. Perry, 1979, A Chemical Assessment of the Present Levels and Sources of Hydrocarbon Pollutants in the Georges Bank Region, in Oil Spill Conference, Sensing, Monitoring, and Enforcement, p. 333-341.

Bothner, M., R. Rendigs, et al., USGS Marine Program Geochemical Database, Unpublished data from several years of field work, prior to 1994

Bothner, M.H., R.R. Rendigs, E. Campbell, M.W. Doughten, P.J. Aruscavage, A.F. Dorrzapf Jr., R.G. Johnson, C.M. Parmenter, M.J. Pickering, D.C. Brewster, and F.W. Brown, 1982, The Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments: U.S. Geological Survey AA851-IA2-18.

Bothner, M.H., R.R. Rendigs, E. Campbell, M.W. Doughten, C.M. Parmenter, C.H. O'Dell, G.P. DiLsio, R.G. Johnson, J.R. Gillison, and N. Rait, 1986, The Georges Bank Monitoring Program 1985: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments During the Third Year of Monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey 988.

Bothner, M.H., R.R. Rendigs, E. Campbell, M.W. Doughten, C.M. Parmenter, M.J. Pickering, R.G. Johnson, and J.R. Gillison, 1984, The Georges Bank Monitoring Program 1984: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments During the Second Year of Monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey 936.

Bothner, M.H., Buchholtz ten Brink, M., Parmenter, C.M., d'Angelo, W.M., and Doughten, M.W., 1993, The distribution of silver and other metals in sediments from Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays: USGS 93-725.

Bothner, M.H., M. Buchholtz ten Brink, and F.T. Manheim, 1998, Metal concentrations in surface sediments of Boston Harbor - changes with time: Marine Environmental Research, v. 45, no. 2, p. 127-155.

Cahill, J., and Imbalzano, K., 1991, An Inventory of Organic Metal Contamination in Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, and Boston Harbor Sediments and Assessment of Regional Sediment Quality: National Network of Environmental Management Studies Interns, Environmental Protection Agency Region I, Water Management Division, Massachusetts Bays Program.

Camp Dresser and McKee, 1980, Volume II-Environmental Assessment Report: Dorchester Bay Area Consultant.  Metropollitan District Commission Combined Sewer Overflow Project.

Capuzzo, J.M., and F.E. Anderson, 1973, The Use of Modern Chromium Accumulations to Determine Estuarine Sedimentation Rates: Marine Geology, v. 14, p. 225-235.

Chesmore, A.P., D.J. Brown, and R.D. Anderson, 1972, A Study of the Marine Resources of Lynn-Saugus Harbor: Division of Marine Fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 11.

Chesmore, A.P., D.J. Brown, and R.D. Anderson, 1973, A study of the Marine Resources of Essex Bay: Department of Natural Resource Division of Marine Fisheries 13.

Chesmore, A.P., S.A. Testaverde, and F.P. Richards, 1971, A Study of the Marine Resources of Dorchester Bay: Division of Marine Fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 10.

Chin, Y.P., and P.M. Gschwend, 1992, Partitioning of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Marine Porewater Organic Colloids: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 26, no. 8, p. 1621-1626.

Cudmore, J.R., Schumacher, R., and Poole, B., 1988, Ecological Evaluation of proposed oceanic discharge of dredged material from Harbor View Marina. Town River, Quincy MA for Quinoil Industries, Inc.: SP. Inc.

Dallaire, T.R., 1991, Preliminary Analysis of Weymouth Neck-Upper Neck Cove Shellfish and Sediment Data, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Department of Environmental Protection, Water Pollution Control Technical Services.

Durell, G.S., L.C. Ginsburg, and D. Shea, 1991, CSO Effects on Contamination of Boston Harbor Sediments: Battelle Ocean Sciences 91-8.

Eaton, P., and V. Zitko, 1978, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments and Shellfish near Creosoted Wharf Structures in Eastern Canada: Fisheries and Environment Canada, Environmental Protection Service C.M. 1978/E:25.

Enseco, 1986(b), Chemical and Physical Evaluation of Dredged Material from Cohassett Harbor and Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts: ERCO Division of Enseco, Incorporated.

Enseco, 1987(b), Ecological Evaluation of Proposed Oceanic Discharge of Dredged Material from Little Mystic Channel/Charlestown Navy Yard.: Enseco, Inc.

Enseco, 1987(d), Chemical and Physical Evaluation of Dredged Material from the J. Dion Yacht Yard in Salem, Massachusetts: Enseco Incorporated.

Enseco, 1987(c), Chemical and Physical Evaluation of Proposed Dredge Material from the Island End River, Everett, Massachusetts: Enseco Incorporated.

Enseco, 1987(a), Ecological Evaluation of Proposed Oceanic Discharge of Dredged Material from Marina Bay/Squantum Point, Quincy, Massachusetts--Results of Toxicity and Bioaccumulation Tests, Bulk Analyses, and Elutriate Analyses: Enseco Incorporated.

Enseco, 1986(a), Ecological Evaluation of Proposed Oceanic Discharge of Dredged Material from Deer Island and Nut Island: ERCO/A sion of ENSECO Incorporated.

Farrington J., E.G., G. Wallace, and P. Gschwend, 1990, Boston Harbor Study of Sources and Transport of Harbor Sediment Contamination, Part II: Sediment-Water Exchange of Contaminants in Boston Harbor: University of Massachusetts-Boston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Farrington, J.W., N.M. Frew, P.M. Gschwend, and B.W. Tripp, 1977, Hydrocarbons in Cores of Northwestern Atlantic Coastal and Continental Margin Sediments: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, v. 5, p. 793-808.

Foley, E., C. Bleczinski, H. Eustace, C. Howell, A. Kronick, S. O'Neil, K. Palmer, W. Wong, and M. Rigatti, 1990, Final Data Report for Evaluation of the Reference Site Suitability for the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site: Arthur D. Little, Inc. Reference 64942.

Gardner, G.B., R.P. Eganhouse, and G.T. Wallace, 1986, Baseline Assessment of Salem Harbor- Salem Sound and Adjacent Waters: University of Massachusetts.

Gardner, G.R., and R.J. Pruell, 1988, A Histopathological and Chemical Assessment of Winter Flounder, Lobster and Soft-Shelled Clam Indigenous to Quincy Bay, Boston Harbor and an in situ Evaluation of Oysters Including Sediment (Surface and Cores) Chemistry: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory.

GCA Corporation, 1982, Analysis of Sediment Samples for Priority Pollutants and General Parameters: GCA Corporation, Technology Division 5-177-054.

Gilbert, T., G.C. McLeod, R. Maehl, K.V. Ladd, A. Clay, and A. Barker, 1972, Trace Metal Anaylsis of Boston Harbor Water and Sediments: New England Aquarium, Research Department Contract #70-26.

Gilbert, T.R., A.M. Clay, and C.A. Karp, 1976, Distribution of Polluted Materials in Massachusetts Bay: New England Aquarium, Research Department.

Gilbert, T.R., 1975, Studies of the Massachusetts Bay Foul Area: New England Aquarium, Research Department 1-75.

Gowen, E., 1992, MWRA Braintree-Weymouth Relief Facilities, Contract No. 5324, Subtask 3.6- Sediment Sampling, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc.

Hathaway, J.C., 1971, Data File, Continental Margin Program, Atlantic Coast of the United States, Volume 2: Samples Collection and Analytical Data: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference Number 71-15.

HMM Associates Inc., 1991(b), Summary Report of Chemical and Physical Analyses of Sediment-CITGO Dredging Project, Weymouth Fore River, Braintree, MA: HMM Associates, Inc. 5665-305/ENV-6669 and 6644 and 6386 and 5665-304/ENV-6232.

HMM Associates Inc., 1991(a), Weymouth Fore River Crossing Boring Program-Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline: HMM Associates, Inc. 5268-312/HAZ/6057.

Hurst, J.W., J.S. Kahl, E. Patry, D. Nelson, 197?, Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements in Selected Marine Organisms; An Examination of Mined and Unmined Areas in Mid-Coastal Maine: State of Maine, Department of Marine Resources, Fisheries Research Laboratory R802656.

Isaac, R.A., and J. Delaney, 1975, Toxic Element Survey in Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Environmental Protection Research and Demonstration Project, 71-06.

Isaza, J., Schwalbe, C., and J. Smith, 1989, Preliminary Metals and Organics Survey of Shellfish from the Great Bay Estuarine System, New Hampshire: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services, and the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game Joint Report PHS/FWS/FG 89-1.

Iwanowicz, H.R., R.D. Anderson, and B.A. Ketschke, 1973, A Study of the Marine Resources of Hingham Bay: Division of Marine Fisheries, Department of Natural Resouces, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 14.

Iwanowicz, H.R., R.D. Anderson, and B.A. Ketschke, 1974, A Study of the Marine Resouces of Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury Bay: Division of Marine Fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 17.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1994(a), Sediment Quality Between Spectacle Island and Long Island, Central Artery (I-93)/ Third Harbor Tunnel (I-90) Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1994(b), Sediment Quality in South Bay, Central Atery (I-93)/Third Harbor Tunnel (I-90) Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1994(c), Application for Water Quality Certification, South Boston Piers/Fort Point Channel Transit Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1990, The Aquatic Resources of Spectacle Island: Central Artery (I-93)/Third Harbor Tunnel (I-90) Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1989, Soil Characterization Report, Central Artery (I-93)/Third Harbor Tunnel (I-90) Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1982, Appendix 7: Water Resources, Dredge Material Disposal, Vegetation, Wildlife, and Wetlands--Third Harbor Tunnel Project, Interstate 90, Boston, Massachusetts: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., FHWA-MA-EIS-82-02-D.

Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc., 1992, Tier II- Chemical Evaluation Report, Logan International Airport, Runway-End Safety Improvements Project: Jason M. Cortell and Associates Inc.

Jerome, W.C.J., A.P. Chesmore, and C.O. Anderson Jr., 1969, A Study of the Marine Resources of the Annisquam River-Gloucester Harbor Coastal System: Department of Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries 8.

Johnson, A.C., P.F. Larsen, D.F. Gadbois, and A.W. Humason, 1985, The Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Surficial Sediments of Penobscot Bay (Maine, USA) in Relation to Possible Sources and to Other Sites Worldwide: Marine Environmental Research, v. 15, p. 1-16.

Johnston, R.K., W.R. Munns Jr., F.T. Short, and H.A. Walker, 1994, Estuarine Ecological Risk Assessment for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, Phase I: Problem Formulation: Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division, U.S. Navy TR 1627.

JRB Associates, 1984, May 1983 Benthic Site Assessment Survey for Dredge Material Disposal in Cape Cod Bay: JRB Associates Contract 68-01-6388, Work Assignment 39.

Kennicutt, M.C., T.L. Wade, and B.J. Presley, 1992, Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, Appendix C (Trace Metal Analytical Results) and Appendix D (Standard Operating Procedures): Geochemical and Environmental Research Group and the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University 92-159.

Kennicutt, M.C., T.L. Wade, and B.J. Presley, 1992, Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, Interpretive Report and Appendix A (Quality Assurance Data Summaries): Geochemical and Environmental Research Group and the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University 92-157.

Kennicutt, M.C., T.L. Wade, and B.J. Presley, 1992, Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, Appendix B (Trace Organic Analytical Results): Geochemical and Environmental Research Group and the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University 92-158.

Larsen, P.F., V. Zdanowicz, A.C. Johnson, and L.F. Doggett, 1983(f), Trace Metals in New England Marine Sediments: Casco Bay, Maine, in relation to Other Sites: Chemistry in Ecology, v. 1, p. 191-200.

Larsen, P.F., D.F. Gadbois, A.C. Johnson, and L.F. Doggett, 1983(d), Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Surficial Sediments of Casco Bay, Maine: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 30, p. 530-535.

Larsen, P.F., V. Zdanowicz, and A.C. Johnson, 1983(e), Trace Metal Distributions in the Surficial Sediments of Penobscot Bay, Maine: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 31, p. 566-573.

Larsen, P.F., Unpublished data files, personal communication, Gulf of Maine Metals

Larsen, P.F., 1991, Results of a Seasonal Survey of Trace Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Casco Bay, Maine: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences 87.

Larsen, P.F., and H.E. Gaudette, 1995, Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Sedimentary Trace Metal Concentrations in Mid-Coast Maine: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 30, no. 7, p. 437-444.

Larsen, P.F., D.F. Gadbois, and A.C. Johnson, 1986, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Gulf of Maine Sediments: Distributions and Mode of Transport: Marine Environmental Research, v. 18, p. 231-244.

Long, E.R., G.M. Sloane, R.S. Carr, K.J. Scott, G.B. Thursby, and T.L. Wade, 1996(a), Sediment Toxicity in Boston Harbor: Magnitude, Extent, and Relationships with Chemical Toxicants: National Status and Trends Program for Marine Environmental Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service NOS ORCA 96.

Lord, S.M., McAnspie, B.C., and Dore, P.A., 1973, Boston Harbor pollution survey, 1972.  Part A- Data Records of Water Quality and Wastewater Discharges. Publication #6703 (145-68-4-73-CR): Mass Water Resources Commission, Division of Water Pollution Control.

Lyons, W.B., M.E. Hines, G.M. Smith, and A.D. Hewitt, 1980, The Biogeochemistry of Sediments in Two Gulf of Maine Basins: Marine Chemistry, v. 9, p. 307-320.

MacDonald, D.A., 1991, Status and Trends in Concentrations of Selected Contaminants in Boston Harbor Sediments and Biota: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service NOS OMA 56.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), 1987, Boston Harbor, 1986, Water Quality and Wastewater Discharge Data: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch Publication #15,063-75-75-10-87-CR.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), 1977, Water Quality Certification to Old Colony Yacht Club to Dredge Boston Harbor.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), 1986, Boston Harbor, 1985, Water Quality and Wastewater Discharge Data: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch Publication #14,471-80-20-10-86-CR.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), 1978, Water Quality Certification to Bethlehem Steel Corporation to Dredge Boston Harbor.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (MA DEQE), 1975, Water Quality from Quincy Bay.

Massachusetts Department of Public Works (MADPW), 1991, Evaluation of Third Harbor Tunnel Dredge Material Disposal at MBDS Central Artery Tunnel Project.

Mayer, L.M., and L.K. Fink Jr., 1980, Granulometric Dependence of Chromium Accumulation in Estuarine Sediments in Maine: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, v. 11, no. 5, p. 491-503.

McGroddy, S.E., 1993, Sediment-Porewater Partitioning of PAHs and PCBs in Boston Harbor, Mass.: Boston, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Dissertation, 130(?) p.

Metcalf and Eddy, Boston Harbor Data Management File (BHDMF), unpublished data.

Metcalf and Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown. In: Boston Harbor Data Management File, Electronic data file in SAS format, with supplementary hard copy bibliography (prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I; coding incomplete; Available from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harbor studies, JFK Building, Boston MA, 02128

MWRA/BHSOFT, Boston Harbor Soft-Bottom Monitoring; unpublished data files.

MWRA/BMBSOFT, Mass Bay baseline soft-bottom monitoring; unpublished data files.

MWRA/MBCS, Mass Bay Clostridium study; unpublished data files.

National Environmental Testing Inc. (NET) Atlantic, 1991, 1990 Annual Report for: Engineering Services for the 301(h) Effluent Monitoring Program- Biological/Sediment Monitoring Program, Section 4: NET Atlantic, Cambridge Division.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1992, National Status and Trends Program for Marine and Environmental Quality: Historical Reconstruction of Contamination using Sediment Cores: A Review: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service NOS/ORCA 65.

NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, 1994, National Status and Trends (NS & T) SQL Data, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, Silver Spring, MD, ONLINE at http://ccmaserver.nos.noaa.gov/ccma/data.html

Nelson, J.I., Jr., 1986, The Presence of Mercury, Chromium, Lead, Nickel, Copper, and Zinc in the Great Bay Estuarine System, New Hampshire-Maine: Durham, University of New Hampshire, Master of Science, 159 p.

New England Aquarium, 1979, Chemical and Physical Characterization of Boston Harbor Sediments.

Nolan, P.M., M.D. Bilger, J. Paar III, 1981, Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Boston Harbor Sediments, July 1980: New England Regional Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Normandeau Associates, I., 1987, An Environmental Assessment for the Construction of a Containment Area and Pier in Cutts Cove: Granite State Minerals Company R-1131.

Normandeau Associates Inc., 1994, A Dredged Material Management Study for Coastal Maine and New Hampshire: Normandeau Associates Inc. R-13116.08.

Overton, E.B., and J.L. Laseter, 1978, Distribution of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Selected Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) Areas, in Symposium on Analytical Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine/Aquatic Environment, Miami Beach, American Chemical Society, p. 935-941.

Payne, J.R., J.L. Lambach, R.E. Jordan, C.R. Phillips, G.D. McNabb Jr., M.K. Beckel, G.H. Farmer, R.R. Sims Jr., J.G. Sutton, and A. Abasumara, 1983, Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments and Analysis of Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals in Benthis Fauna During the Second Year of Monitoring: JRB Associates, a Company of Science Applications, Inc. SAI/JRB-045-83.

Penney, B., and Kakareka, J., 1981, Chemical Evaluation of Sediment from a Proposed Dredge Site near Bird Island Flats: Edgerton Laboratory, New England Aquarium, unpublished report.

Phillips, 1985, Letter to Atkinson ACOE 10/31/85.

Poppe, L.J., ed., 1981, The 1976 Atlantic Margin Coring (AMCOR) Project of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 81-239.

Pruell, R.J., R.A. McKinney, W.S. Boothman, D.J. Cobb, J.A. LiVolsi, R.D. Bowen, and F.A. Osterman, 1989, Contaminant Concentrations in Sediments from the Foul Area Disposal Site in Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

Ravizza, G.E., and Bothner, M.H., 1996, Osmium isotopes and silver as tracers of anthropogenic metals in sediments from Massachusetts and Cape  Cod bays.: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 60, no. 15, p. 2753-2763.

Ray, L.E., H.E. Murray, and C.S. Giam, 1983, Organic Pollutants in Marine Samples from Portland, Maine: Chemosphere, v. 12, no. 7, p. 1031-1038.

Ryan, D.K., A.J. Barker, P.J. Boyle, T.J. Coffey, and C. Freeman, 1984, Physical, Chemical and Biological Characterization of Bottom Sediments from Jeffries Cove, East Boston: Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium.

Ryan, D.K., Wayne, S.A., and Kakareka, J.P., 1982, Physical and chemical characterization of bottom sediments at the Borth Jetty, Massport Marine Terminal, Boston Marine Industrial Park.: Edgerton Research Lab, New England Aquarium, unpublished report.

Salmond, D.A., 1971, An Analysis of Pesticides in Boston Harbor, Northeastern University, MS, 68 p.

Science Applications International Corporation, 1988, Monitoring Surveys at the Foul Area Disposal Site, February 1987: Science Applications International Corporation SAIC-87/7516 & C64.

Science Applications International Corporation, 1994, Chemical Analyses of Sediment Sampling at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site, 5-7 June 1989: Science Applications International Corporation C98.

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