Lake Champlain

Lester, D.C. and A. McIntosh. 1994. Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners from Lake Champlain sediments by My sis relicta. Envimn. Toxicol. Chem. 13 1825-1841. 

Watzin, M.C., McIntosh, A.W., Brown, E.A., Lacey, R., Lester, D.C., Newbrough, K.L. and Williams, A.R. (1997) Assessing sediment quality in heterogeneous environments a case study of a small urban harbor in Lake Champlain, Vermont, USA, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 16 (10), 2125-... 

Cai, W.J., Zhao, R, Theberge, S.M., Wang, Y., and Luther III, G (2002) Porewater redox species, pH and PCO2 in aquatic sediments—electrochemical sensor studies in Lake Champlain and Sapelo Island. In Environmental Electrochemistry Analysis of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (Taillefert, M., and Rozan, T., eds.), pp. 188-209, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. 

Mecray E. L., King J. W., Appleby P. G., and Hunt A. S. (2001) Historical trace metal accumulation in the sediments of an urbanized region of the Lake Champlain... 

The northernmost range of the mooneye extends northwest of the St. Lawrence River to the Hudson Bay and Manitoba. In the United States, these fish live in Lake Champlain west to the Great Lakes, mostly in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. In the Mississippi River, these fish occur as far south as Arkansas. The mooneye can also be found in the Mackenzie River system. 

Burke J, Hoyer M, Keeler G, et al. 1995. Wet deposition of mercury and ambient mercury concentrations at a site in the Lake Champlain basin. In Porcella DB, Wheatley B, eds. Mercury as a global pollutant. Proceedings of the Third International Conference held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 10-14, 1994. Boston, MA Kluwer Academic Publishers, 353-362. 

From the Chapter Resources menu, choose Web Works. Locate the Chapter 16 section, and click on the link to the executive summary of the Lake Champlain Basin Agricultural Watersheds Project. The report summarizes a project to improve water quality in Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York. Based on your reading of the report, what appears to be the primary general cause of the eutrophication of Lake Champlain What types of industry are the sources of the pollution What measures have been taken to reduce the pollution Briefly describe the experimental design to determine whether these measures have been effective. Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TPCN) determinations were one of the quantities measured in this study name three others. Explain how TKN provides a measure of pollution in the lake. Based on the TKN measurements and other data in the report, have the pollution abatement measures been effective What are the final recommendations of the report ... 

It was assumed that wood in the immediate vicinity of Burlington was not available likewise, it was assumed that no substantial supply of wood from Canada or across Lake Champlain is available. 

The higher mercury values in Onondaga Lake fish are caused, for the most part, by mercury contributions from a chlor-alkali plant during the 1960 s. Other areas identified, such as Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain, and the St. Lawrence River either have or have had in the past sources of mercury contamination. 

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