CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

PITTSBURGH, PA      USA

 

RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL

FATE AND PERSISTENCE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A., “Processes governing increased PCB release from Hudson River sediments at low-flow during the summer months,” poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences-Water, Plymouth, NH, June 2002.

 

Karcher, S.C., Small, M.J., and VanBriesen, J.M, “Statistical method to evaluate the occurrence of PCB transformations in river sediments,” poster presented at Technology Benchmarking Workshop:  Risk Assessment and Remediation of Floodplains and Sediments,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, March, 2004.

Poster as PDF

 

McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A., “Temperature effects on PCB fate and transport in anaerobic near-surface sediment,” poster presented at the Technology Benchmarking Workshop: Risk Assessment and Remediation of Floodplains and Sediments, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 2004.

Poster as PDF

 

Araujo, J., Wang, C., and Brown, W., “Characterization of anaerobic dechlorinators in PCB-contaminated river sediments,” presented at the Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research Symposium, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2004.  Poster as PDF

 

Karcher, S.C., Small, M.J., VanBriesen, J.M.  “Statistical method to evaluate the occurrence of PCB transformations in river sediments,” presented at the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.  Extended abstract as PDF

 

McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A.  “Temperature effects on PCB fate and transport in anaerobic near-surface sediment,” presented at the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.  Extended abstract as PDF

 

VanBriesen, J.M., Blough, M.S., Brown, W.E., and Minkley, E.G.  “Critical oxygen concentrations for biodegradation of PCBs,” poster presented at the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.  Extended abstract as PDF  Poster as PDF

 

Wang, C., VanBriesen, J.M., Brown, W.E., and Minkley, E.G.  “Microbial communities in two river sediments demonstrate distinct anaerobic PCB dechlorination patterns,” presented at the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.  Extended abstract as PDF

 

Wang, C., Minkley, E.G., VanBriesen, J.M., Blough, M.S., and Brown, M.S.  “Characterization of the anaerobic dechlorinating microorganisms in two PCB-contaminated river sediments,” poster presented at the 104th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology,  New Orleans, LA, May 2004.  Abstract as PDF   Poster as PDF

 

 

 

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