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Special Purpose Areas In Virginia's Coastal Zone, J. B. Pleasants
Special Purpose Areas In Virginia's Coastal Zone, J. B. Pleasants
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is charged with the responsibility of advising state management agencies on matters relating to the environments and resources of the coastal zone of Virginia. Under this broad requirement, we have been specifically assigned the task of recommending an ocean-dumping policy for the Commonwealth. This paper, a survey of specially designated areas in coastal waters of the state, is designed to provide some of the background material required in the development of such a policy.
Study Of Channel Sediments, James River & Hampton Roads Area, R. J. Huggett
Study Of Channel Sediments, James River & Hampton Roads Area, R. J. Huggett
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Bottom sediment samples were collected from 3 locations transecting the channel in the lower James and Elizabeth rivers.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls In The Elizabeth River : Final Report, Robert J. Huggett
Polychlorinated Biphenyls In The Elizabeth River : Final Report, Robert J. Huggett
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For the past eight years, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has been a participant of the National Pesticide Monitoring Program. Within the framework of this program, oyster samples have been collected from areas throughout the Chesapeake Bay.and analyzed for chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides. The data from the last three years show that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) are being concentrated by the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. The highest concentrations found were always from one station, Hospital Point, in the Elizabeth River. Samples from this station, collected during the spring of 1971, contained residues of the PCB, Aroclor(R) 1254 of 2.8 ppm. For …