Bioaccumulation Potential of Contaminants from Bedded and Suspended Oakland Harbor Deepening Project Sediments to San Francisco Bay Flatfish and Bivalve Mollusks
Abstract
The Oakland Harbor Deepening Project (OHDP) has been on hold since 1987 due to public and resource agency concerns regarding further disposal of dredged sediments within San Francisco (SF) Bay. Dispersal of the fines fraction throughout the Bay was thought to occur following disposal operations at the Alcatraz site, resulting in transport of contaminants throughout the Bay system. The study described in this report was designed to address the potential for contaminant uptake in estuarine organisms through exposure to suspended and bedded OHDP sediments. Bioaccumulation that occurred from these sediments was put into perspective with bioaccumulation from sediments normally resuspended in the Bay by natural processes, and from a demonstrably contaminated sediment. Indigenous SF Bay organisms were exposed to either bedded or suspended sediment in replicate experimental units of the Flow-through Aquatic Toxicology Exposure System (FATES) at the WES. Sediments and tissues were analyzed for a suite of contaminants, including organotins, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides and DDE, and ten metals. Accumulation factors, AF, San Francisco Bay, Bioaccumulation, Suspended sediments, Contaminated sediments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA284095
Entities
People
- A. S. Jarvis
- Brian Mulhearn
- Charles H. Lutz
- Francis J. Reilly Jr.
- Joan U. Clarke
- Victor A. Mcfarland