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o-Anisidine / Hazardous Substance Ecological Fact Sheet
(1988-07-21)Q-Anisidine is a yellowish liquid which becomes brownish with exposure to air. It is used in the manufacture of azo dyes. It is moderately soluble in water, and may enter the aquatic environment via discharges from ... -
O-Cresol, 95-48-7 / Hazardous Substance Ecological Fact Sheet
(1988-09-21)2-Cresol (2-methylphenol) is a crystalline solid at temperatures up to 30° C, above which it is a yellowish liquid. It has a phenolic odor, and darkens with exposure to air and light. It is used as a disinfectant, ... -
O-Toluidine, 95-53-4 / Hazardous Substance Ecological Fact Sheet
(1988-07-21)Q-Toluidine (2-aainotoluene, Q-methylaniline, 2-methyl benzenamine) is a manufactured chemical. It is used in the manufacture of various dyes, printing textiles, blue-black, and making various colors fast to acids. ... -
O-Xylene, 95-47-6 / Hazardous Substance Ecological Fact Sheet
(1988-07-21)Q-Xylene is one of three isomers of commercial xylene. It is a flammable, colorless liquid of moderate solubility in water. Xylene is used as a solvent, as a raw material for the production of organic chemicals used ... -
THE OJIBWA HEALTH STUDY
(1995-09-30)Great Lakes fish are known dietary sources of persistent organochlorine and heavy metal toxicants. The Ojibwa of the upper Great Lakes have a long history of relying upon the Great Lakes fishery for subsistence and ... -
OPTIMIZING YIELD FROM WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR COMMERICAL FISHERIES THROUGH SMELT STOCK ASSESSMENT
(1982)Acoustical and net sampling was conducted throughout western Lake Superior during 1978-1980 to obtain information on rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) abundance, the factors controlling smelt abundance and the influence ... -
pH Dependency of 2,4,5-Trichlorosphenol Toxicity
(1993-09-30)Acute 96-h flow-through toxicity tests with the compound 2,4,5- trichlorophenol (TCP) were conducted using the annelid, Lumbriculus variegatus, as the test organism. Toxicity tests were conducted at three nominal pH ... -
PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS, LITTLE SAND BAY, APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO VARIOUS DOCKING DESIGNS
(1975-01-25)This report, the second of a sequence, was compiled during the period 4 September, 1974 to 31 January 1975, by personnel of the Center of Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSES) of the University of Wisconsin, ... -
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN HEAVY METAL UPTAKE FROM WATER WITH COAL PARTICLES
(1981)A survey was made and representative samples of vascular macrophytes from the Superior, Wisconsin-Duluth, Minnesota Harbor were collected in August 1975 and stored in a frozen condition until processed. The processed samples ... -
PROGRESS REPORT DULUTH SUPERIOR HARBOR FISHERY SURVEY
(1977-07-15)Field work for the Duluth-Superior Harbor Fishery Survey was initiated on 11 April. Sampling has been conducted with an electrofishing boat (generally using 250 volt, 11 amp D.C. current), fyke nets {3 x6' front hoop, 40' ... -
RAISIN RIVER/MONROE HARBOR SURVEY I / JULY 12-19, 1983
(1983-08-12)Fathead minnows, 24 hr old, were shipped air freight from the EPA laboratory in Newtown, OH. The larval fathead minnows were exposed to 10 water sources from the Raisin River/Monroe Harbor area of southeastern MI. They ... -
RED CLAY EROSION DEMONSTRATION RESEARCH FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
(1976-06-01)The central emphasis of this .study is to identify major vegetational components of the Little Balsam and Skunk Creek watersheds and to relate this cover to the erosion of the red clay soils. The examination of the ... -
RED CLAY EROSION DEMONSTRATION RESEARCH SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
(1977-06-09)Vegetation cover and related factors such as litter and organic content of soil, is known to be important in controlling and/or reducing erosion rates (Meeuwig 1971). Other factors such as slope, soil particle size, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
RED CLIFF FISH CONSUMPTION STUDY - ABBREVATED FINAL REPORT
(1993-02-19)Great Lakes fish are contaminated with numerous persistent environmental xenobiotics including methylmercury (meHg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). The Great Lakes states and Canadian officials have issued fish ... -
Repeat toxicity tests of the amphipod, Gammarus pseudolimnaeus, wtih selenite and selenate
(1987-07-20)The Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSES) of the University of Wisconsin-Superior has conducted two static acute toxicity tests with the amphipod Gammarus pseudolimnaeus exposed to sodium selenite(SeIV) ... -
Report of the flow-through and static acute test comparisons with fathead minnow and acute tests with an amphipod and a cladoceran
(1987-08-31)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 ... -
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 ...