Identification of the Sediment-Associated Contaminants in the Illinois River Complex using Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE)

摘要

The final report for this project “Identification of the Sediment-Associated Contaminants in the Illinois River Complex using a Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE)”, conducted by Dr. Michael Lydy and W. Tyler Mehler, is comprised of the thesis of W. Tyler Mehler submitted to the Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale in December 2009. In addition, two papers have been published which are based on this project: Mehler, W. Tyler, Jonathan D. Maul, Jing You, and Michael J. Lydy. 2009. "Identifying the causes of sediment-associated contamination in the Illinois River (USA) using whole-sediment toxicity identification evaluation." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(1): 158-167; Mehler, W. Tyler, Jing You, Jonathan D. Maul, and Michael J. Lydy. 2010. "Comparative analysis of whole sediment and porewater toxicity identification evaluation techniques for ammonia and non-polar organic contaminants." Chemosphere 78: 814-821. The thesis and research papers have been subjected to external scientific peer review and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.