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Data on Sediment Quality and Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Lower Neponset River, Massachusetts, 2002–03By Robert F. Breault, Matthew G. Cooke, and Michael Merrill
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The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Department of Fish and Game Riverways Program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, studied sediment and water quality in the lower Neponset River, which is a tributary to Boston Harbor. Grab and core samples of sediment were tested for elements and organic compounds including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorine pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls. Physical properties of sediment samples, including grain size, were also measured. Selected sediment-core samples were tested for reactive sulfides and metals by means of the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure, which are sediment-disposal-related tests. Water quality, with respect to polychlorinated biphenyl contamination, was determined by testing samples collected by PISCES passive-water-column samplers for polychlorinated biphenyl congeners. Total concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls were calculated by congener and by Aroclor.
Abstract
Introduction
Methods of Collecting Data of Sediment Quality and Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Sample-Collection Techniques
Laboratory Analysis
Bias and Variability
References Cited
1. Map showing the study area, sediment-grab and sediment-core sampling locations, and the locations where PISCES passive-water-column samplers for the detection of polychlorinated biphenyls were deployed, lower Neponset River, Massachusetts
1.Sediment-grab and sediment-core sampling locations and time of sampling, lower Neponset River, Massachusetts
2.Laboratories and analytical methods
3.Locations, deployment intervals, and physical properties of water at sites sampled for polychlorinated biphenyls by PISCES passive-water-column samplers, lower Neponset River
4.Concentrations of total organic carbon and elements in sediment-grab samples collected from the lower Neponset River
5.Concentrations of total organic carbon and elements in sediment-core samples collected from the lower Neponset River
6.Concentrations of constituents measured in a composited sediment-grab sample collected from the estuarine part of the lower Neponset River just downstream of the Walter Baker Dam
7.Concentrations of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in sediment-grab samples collected from the lower Neponset River
8.Concentrations of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in sediment-core samples collected from the lower Neponset River
9.Results from tests using the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure for selected sediment cores collected from the lower Neponset River
10.Grain-size distribution of sediment-grab and sediment-core samples collected from the lower Neponset River
11.Total concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, by congener and Aroclor, in hexane samples collected in PISCES samplers, lower Neponset River
12.Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in hexane samples collected in PISCES samplers, lower Neponset River
13.Homolog data for polychlorinated biphenyls in hexane samples collected in PISCES samplers, lower Neponset River
14.Total concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls by congener and Aroclor in selected sediment samples, lower Neponset River
15.Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in selected sediment samples, lower Neponset River
16.Homolog data for polychlorinated biphenyls in selected sediment samples, lower Neponset River
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The citation for this report, in USGS format, is as follows:
Breault, R.F., Cooke, M.G., and Merrill, M., 2004, Data on sediment quality and concentrations of polychlorinated
biphenyls from the lower Neponset River, Massachusetts, 2002–03: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1280, 55 p.
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