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Mercury distribution in sediments and uptake into an aquatic food web at Cottage Grove Reservoir, Oregon

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Morgans, Donna L.

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The Cottage Grove Reservoir has been impacted by a point source (Black Butte Mine), where mercury mining and processing has occurred within its watershed from the 1890's to the late 1960's. Total mercury concentrations in surface sediments transect samples, core samples, tributary samples, and representative food web species were measured...

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Masters Thesis

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thank my committee members (Cathy Neumann and Staci Simonich) for their valuable input. My special
Assessing mechanisms of immunotoxicity for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Creator:

Bravo, Claudia F.

Abstract:

During the past 30 years, numerous studies have focused on the toxicities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Laboratory and field studies have helped elucidate the detrimental effects of these chemicals on growth, reproduction and immune response. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are in the priority list of chemicals to be studied by...

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Dissertation

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Ylitalo, Jon Buzitis, Dr. Don Brown, Dr. Margaret Krahn, Cathy Laetz, William Reichert, Bernadita