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McGroddy, S.E., Farrington, J.W. (1995) Sediment porewater partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in three cores from Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29, 1542-1550. 

FIGURE 7. Effect of methyltins on total viable counts of natural populations from sediments in Boston Harbor (modified from Reference 68). Tin added as , CHsSnCRtMMT) , (CH3)2SnCl2(DMT) 0> (CH3)3SnCl(TMT)... 

Boston Harbor, MA, U.S.A.68. All three were toxic to organisms in these sediments, and the order of the toxicity was TMT > DMT > MMT as shown in Figure 7. 

Pain, A. and J.J. Cooney. 1998. Characterization of organotin-resistant bacteria from Boston Harbor sediments. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35 412-416. 

Massachusetts total PCBs Boston Harbor and Buzzards Bay 1984-89 New Bedford Harbor 1986 Salem Harbor 1984-89 Nebraska waterfowl production areas ... 

Boston Harbor outfall pipe at the Deer Island wastewater treatment plant. Source From Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Outfall, http //www.mwra.com/ harbor/graphic/diffuser linedrawing.git. Accessed July 2008. 

Illustrative Example 19.3 Release ofPCBs from the Historically Polluted Sediments of Boston Harbor... 

As shown in Illustrative Examples 19.3 and 19.4, often it is not immediately known whether an exchange process is controlled by transport across a boundary layer or by transport in the bulk phase. In Illustrative Example 19.3 we look at the case of resuspension of particles from the polluted sediments of Boston Harbor. We are interested in the question of what fraction of the pollutants sorbed to the particles (such as polychlorinated biphenyls) can diffuse into the open water column while the particles are resuspended due to turbulence produced by tidal currents in the bay. To answer this question we need to assess the possible role of the boundary layer around the particles. 

McGroddy, S. E., Sediment-pore water partitioning of PAHs and PCBs in Boston Harbor, MA , Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, 1993,255 p. 

In general, turnover rates tend to be faster in soils and sediments with long-term exposure to PAHs, but Shiaris (1989a,b) made the interesting observation that high rates of benzoMpyrene degradation in Boston Harbor sediments — with a significant history of PAH exposure - resulted in the production of considerable... 

Shiaris, M. P. (1989b). Phenanthrene mineralization along a natural salinity gradient in an urban estuary, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Microbial Ecology, 18, 135—46. 

Aubrey, D.G. and M.S. Connor "Boston Harbor Fallout Over the Outfall, ... 

In addition to a healthy diet, exercise is vital to keeping your body strong and full of energy. Above, Ivonne Borrero and her 11-year-old son, Jose Roman, walk along Boston Harbor in 2007 as part of a federal program to combat childhood obesity, called We Can It encourages subtle changes at home to help kids learn healthy habits. 

The 513C of fatty acids has also been used to determine sources of HMW DOM in estuaries from four different regions of the United States (Boston Harbor/Massachusetts Bay, Delaware/Chesapeake Bays, San Diego Bay, and San Francisco Bay) (Zou et al., 2004). This work demonstrated that a fraction of HMW DOM is derived from phytoplankton and bacteria, and that HMW DOM is formed from bacterial membranes and reworking of phytoplankton materials. Finally, isotopic ( 13C) discrimination between PLFA and smaller labile molecules (e.g., acetate, methane, methanol) is considerably greater (e.g., >20%o) than that found in comparison with complex substrates (Summons et al., 1994), making such distinctions even more apparent. 

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Figure 15.7 PAH concentrations in sediments and pore waters, in Boston Harbor (USA) at (a) Fort Point channel, (b) Spectacle Island, and (c) Peddocks Island. (Modified from McGroddy and Farrington, 1995.)...

Alber, T., and Chan, J. (1994) Sources of contaminants to Boston Harbor Revised loading estimates. In Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Environmental Quality Department Technical Report Series No. 94-1. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, MA. 

Giblin, A.E., Hopkinson, C.S., and Tucker, J. (1997) Benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Estuaries. 20, 346-364. 

Kelly, J.R., and Nowicki, B.L. (1992) Sediment denitrification in Boston harbor. MWRA Technical Report 92-2. 

Turner JT (1994) Planktonic Copepods of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay, 1992. Hydrobiologia 293 405-413... 

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