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Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Technical Support Document for the Procedure to Determine Bioaccumulation Factors.

PB95187290

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	202
Abstract	The purpose of the document is to provide the technical information and rationale in support of the methods to determine bioaccumulation factors. Bioaccumulation factors, together with the quantity of aquatic organisms eaten and the percent lipid, determine the extent to which people and wildlife are exposed to chemicals through the consumption of aquatic organisms. Bioaccumulation factors are needed to determine both human health and wildlife Tier I water quality criteria and human health Tier II values. Also, they are used to define Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern among the Great Lakes Initiative universe of pollutants.
Keywords	Biological accumulation Food chains Water pollution effects Chemical compounds Mercury(Metal) Polychlorinated biphenyls Organic chemicals Inorganic chemicals Bioavailability Ecological concentration Aquatic ecosystems Sediments Fishes Aquatic plants Aquatic animals Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance Bioaccumulation factors Great Lakes Region(United States) Bioconcentration Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Bioaccumulation Equivalency Factor
Source Agency	Office of Water Planning and Standards
NTIS Subject Category	57H - Ecology 57Y - Toxicology 68D - Water Pollution & Control 43F - Environment 91A - Environmental Management & Planning
Corporate Authors	Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB95-187282 and PB95-187308.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199513

Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Technical Support Document for the Procedure to Determine Bioaccumulation Factors.

Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Technical Support Document for the Procedure to Determine Bioaccumulation Factors.
PB95187290

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	202
Abstract	The purpose of the document is to provide the technical information and rationale in support of the methods to determine bioaccumulation factors. Bioaccumulation factors, together with the quantity of aquatic organisms eaten and the percent lipid, determine the extent to which people and wildlife are exposed to chemicals through the consumption of aquatic organisms. Bioaccumulation factors are needed to determine both human health and wildlife Tier I water quality criteria and human health Tier II values. Also, they are used to define Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern among the Great Lakes Initiative universe of pollutants.
Keywords	Biological accumulation Food chains Water pollution effects Chemical compounds Mercury(Metal) Polychlorinated biphenyls Organic chemicals Inorganic chemicals Bioavailability Ecological concentration Aquatic ecosystems Sediments Fishes Aquatic plants Aquatic animals Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance Bioaccumulation factors Great Lakes Region(United States) Bioconcentration Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Bioaccumulation Equivalency Factor
Source Agency	Office of Water Planning and Standards
NTIS Subject Category	57H - Ecology 57Y - Toxicology 68D - Water Pollution & Control 43F - Environment 91A - Environmental Management & Planning
Corporate Authors	Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB95-187282 and PB95-187308.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199513