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Organic Chemicals In Sediments From The Lower Chesapeake Bay, R. J. Huggett, P. O. Defur
Organic Chemicals In Sediments From The Lower Chesapeake Bay, R. J. Huggett, P. O. Defur
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Many of the toxic organic chemicals affecting the marine environment are hydrophobic and associate with sediments. Sediments can accumulate the substances over long intervals and store them after the original source of the toxic material has been eliminated. Contaminated sediments can provide small but damaging amounts of the to.xicant to the overlying water for decades. For example, more than 10 years after the discovery of Kepone in the James River, Virginia, much of the James' fisheries ·is still closed because Kepone levels are above federal action levels.
Abundance Of Virginia Shellfish And Finfish, Herb Austin
Abundance Of Virginia Shellfish And Finfish, Herb Austin
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Water temperature, which has been measured from the pier at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) since 1946, has shown a steady upward trend since 1975-1976. This trend has been most dramatic during the fall-winter period, with October and November of 1984 and 1985 being two of the warmest periods in the 30-year record. The fall of 1985 was the warmest in 30 years. Winter (January-March) temperatures have also shown a steady rise since the record cold January-February of 1977-1978.