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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 ... -
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 ... -
Results of acute exposures to aluminum at pH >6.5 with planaria and daphids
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Results of freshwater exposures with various chemicals
(1991-01-30)Acute flow-through and static renewal exposures with biphenyl, butachlor, carbazole, dibenzofuran, 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine, 1,2- epoxyethylbenzene (styrene oxide), isophorone, isopropalin, oxychlordane, pehtachloroanisole, ... -
SEDIMENT QUALITY EVALUATION IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER AND SOUTHERN GREEN BAY OF LAKE MICHIGAN
(1991-04)The quality of sediment from the Lower Fox River between the dam at DePere, Wisconsin, and the mouth of the river, and from the southern tip of Green Bay, Lake Michigan, was evaluated at 12 sites by a combination of ... -
SEDIMENT-ASSOCIATED POLLUTANTS AT SELECTED GREAT LAKES SITES AND THEIR EFFECTS UPON BIOTA
(1988-11-30)Progress was made during this quarter on (1) collection and culturing of test organisms, (2) development of an invertebrate and fish bioassay facility for sediments, (3) preparation for sediment mutagenicity assays ...