Biota Sediment Accumulation Factors for Invertebrates: Review

52 Pages·1998·0.39 MB·English

BJC/OR-112
Biota Sediment Accumulation Factors
for Invertebrates: Review and
Recommendations for the
Oak Ridge Reservation
Thisd ocumenth asb eena pproved
forr eleaset ot hep ublic.D ate:8 /31/98

BJC/OR-112
Biota Sediment Accumulation Factors
for Invertebrates: Review and
Recommendations for the
Oak Ridge Reservation
DateI ssued—August1 998
Preparedf ort he
U.S.D epartmento fE nergy
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PREFACE
The purpose of this report is to acquire contaminant uptake data from published an d
unpublished literature, develop and present biota-sediment accumulation factors and regressio n
lacimehc gnitamitse rof snoitauqe concentrationsi nb enthici nvertebratesf oru seo nt heO akR idge
moc dna ,noitavreseR paret heset oc ontaminantu ptaked ataf ore mergenta dulti nsects.T hisw ork
erb kroW rednu demrofrep saw akd ownS tructure1 .4.12.2.3.04.05.03( ActivityD ataS heet8 304).
The equations and biota-sedimenta ccumulationf actorsp resentedi nt hisr eportw illf acilitatet he
estimation of contaminante xposuree xperiencedb yw ildlifec onsumingf lyingi nsectso nt heO ak
Ridge Reserva tion. This report also provides a foundation for the process of developing bod y
betrevni cihtneb ot stceffe rof skramhcneb nedrub ratesa ndb iota-sedimenta ccumulationf actorsf or
fish.T hisr eportw aso riginallyi ssueda sa d raftu ndern umberE S/ER/TM-214.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE ........................................................................ iii
TABLES .......................................................................... vii
FIGURES .......................................................................... ix
EXECUTIVES UMMARY ........................................................... xi
1.I NTRODUCTION ................................................................ 1
2.M ATERIALSA NDM ETHODS ................................................... 2
2.1.L ITERATURER EVIEW .................................................... 2
2.2.M ODELD EVELOPMENT .................................................. 6
2.2.1M etals ................................................................. 6
2.2.2P CBs .................................................................. 7
2.3V ALIDATION .............................................................. 7
3.R ESULTS ....................................................................... 8
3.1M ODELINGR ESULTS ...................................................... 8
4.D ISCUSSION .................................................................. 26
5.R ECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... 28
6.R EFERENCES ................................................................. 29
APPENDIXA :P ROCEDUREF ORC ALCULATIONO FP REDICTIONL IMITSF OR
ESTIMATESG ENERATEDB YT HER EGRESSIONM ODELS .................... 33
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TABLES
Table1 .S ummaryo fS ourcesf orS edimenta ndI nvertebrateC oncentrationD ata ........... 3
Table2 .S ummarys tatisticsf orl iterature-deriveds ediment-invertebratea ccumulation
factors ............................................................... 9
Table3 .S ummaryr esultsf orr egressiona nalyseso fl og-transformeds edimenta nd
invertebratem etalc oncentrationsr eportedi nt hel iterature a ............... 12
Table4 .Q ualityo f“ MostL ikely”e stimationm ethodsa sd eterminedb yt hep roportional
deviation( PD)o ft hee stimatedv aluesf romm easuredv alues a ............. 20
Table5 .Q ualityo fc onservativee stimationm ethodsa sd eterminedb yt hep roportional
deviation( PD)o ft hee stimatedv aluesf romm easuredv alues a ............. 25
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