by John A. Colman
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Abstract
Introduction
Description of the Study Area
Previous Investigations
Acknowledgments
Sampling and Analysis
Sampling Procedures
Analytical Laboratory Procedures
Statistics for Evaluating Changes in Congener Patterns
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Data
Data Quality
Sampling Results
Identification of Sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyl
Sources Upstream from Birch Hill Dam
Conceptual Model of Source
Correspondence with Aroclors
Congener Pattern Weathering and Sources Downstream from Birch Hill Dam
Exposure of Fish to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Millers River Basin
Summary and Conclusions
References
Appendix A. Polychlorinated biphenyl congener names and International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) numbers in gas-chromatograph domain order
Appendix B. Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners from 31 stations in the Millers River Basin, Massachusetts
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