RESEARCH ON EFFECTS
OF SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FATE AND PERSISTENCE
OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)
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PUBLICATIONS
Conference Papers
Wang, C., Araujo,
J., McGillen, J., VanBriesen,
J.M., Minkley, E., Jr., Brown, W. (2005). “Analysis
of three potential PCB dechlorinator communities in
two contaminated river sediments,” poster presented at the 105th Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Microbiology,
McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A.
(2004). “Temperature effects on PCB fate
and transport in anaerobic near-surface sediment.” In Proceedings of the
Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American Chemical
Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry,
VanBriesen, J.M., Blough, M.S., Brown, W.E., and Minkley,
E.G. (2004). “Critical oxygen
concentrations for biodegradation of PCBs.” In Proceedings of
the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th American
Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry,
Wang, C., VanBriesen, J.M., Brown,
W.E., and Minkley, E.G. (2004). “Microbial communities in two river sediments
demonstrate distinct anaerobic PCB dechlorination
patterns.” In
Proceedings of the Symposium on PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments, 228th
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental
Chemistry,
Wang, C., Minkley,
E.G., VanBriesen, J.M., Blough,
M.S., and Brown, M.S. (2004). “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,
Journal Articles
McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak,
D.A. (2005). “Microcosm experiments to assess the
effects of temperature and microbial activity on polychlorinated
biphenyl transport in anaerobic sediment,”Environmental Science & Technology, 39:9517-9522. Abstract as HTML.
McDonough,
K.M. and Dzombak, D.A. (2006). “Microcosm approach to study transport of polychlorinated
biphenyls in sediment,” Journal of
Environmental Engineering, 132(6):689-693.
Abstract
as PDF .
Karcher, S., VanBriesen, J.M., and
Small, M.J. (2006), “Numerical method to elucidate likely target positions of
chlorine removal in anaerobic sediments undergoing polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorination,” Journal
of Environmental Engineering, accepted for publication.
Wang, C., Blough,
M., Minkley, E., Jr., VanBriesen,
J.M., and Brown, W., “Effects of nutrient on microbial anaerobic dechlorination of PCBs in river sediments,” manuscript in
preparation.
Wang, C., VanBriesen, J.M., Minkley, E.,
Jr., and Brown, W., “Analysis of dechlorinating
microbial communities in PCB-contaminated river sediments by 16S rDNA library,” manuscript in preparation.
Technical Reports
McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A. (2006), “Analysis of processes and
environmental factors governing polychlorinated biphenyl transport from the
sediment to the water column under low-flow conditions in the Upper Hudson
River,” CEE Technical Report, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Report
as PDF.
PhD Theses
McDonough, K.M. (2005). “Temperature
effects on polychlorinated biphenyl fate and transport in near-surface river
sediment.” Ph.D.
thesis,
Wang, C. (2006). “Characterization
of microbial communities associated with anaerobic reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated
river sediments.” Ph.D. thesis,
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