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Extrapolation of the Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors (BSAFs) across Species, Ecosystems, and/or Time
Project Summary
Currently, at Superfund sites, bioaccumulation is assessed by performing field measurements and/or developing a mechanistic food web model. Food web models require field data for calibration and verification. Field measurements are costly to perform and time consuming. The development of extrapolation techniques will (if successful) reduce costs and allow quicker assessments of bioaccumulation in the risk assessments performed by EPA’s risk assessors.
Key products
Burkhard, L.P. and D.R. Mount. Partitioning behavior of polychlorinated biphenyls at contaminated sediment sites. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, in press.
Burkhard, L.P., D.R. Mount, T.L. Highland, J.R. Hockett , T.J. Norberg-King, and N. Billa. Bioaccumulation of PCBs across concentration gradients in sediments. SETAC, Boston, MA, November 13-17, 2011.
Sappington, K., K. Garber, and L.P. Burkhard. Incorporating bioaccmulation into USEPA's ecological risk assessment of pesticides: Recent advances and research needs. SETAC, Boston, MA, November 13-17, 2011.
Burkhard, L.P. and D.R. Mount. Variability in biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) across contamination gradients. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (submitted)
Walters, D., M. Mills, B. Cade, and L.P. Burkhard. 2011. Trophic magnification of PCBs and its relationship to the octanol-water partition coefficient. Environmental Science & Technology 45:3917-3924.
Billa, N., L.P. Burkhard, T.J. Norberg-King, T.L. Highland, J.R. Hockett, D.R. Mount, D.J. Hoff, and T. Lahren. Effects of feeding and organism loading rate on the bioaccumulation of PCBs in oligochaetes (Lumbriculus variegatus). Midwest SETAC/SRA Meeting, Lake Geneva, WI, March 23-24, 2011.
Burkhard, L.P. Fish tissue data for monitoring remedy effectiveness. Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, New Orleans, LA, February 7-10, 2011.
Burkhard, L.P., D.R. Mount, and P.M. Cook. Contaminant partitioning and biota-sediment accumulation factors. Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, New Orleans, LA, February 7-10, 2011.
Burkhard, L.P., J.A. Arnot, M.R. Embry, K.J. Farley, R.A. Hoke, M. Kitano, H.A. Leslie, G.R. Lotufo, T.F. Parkerton, K.G. Sappington, and Tomy Greg T. Comparing laboratory and field measured bioaccumulation endpoints. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.
Burkhard, L.P., J.A. Arnot, M.R. Embry, K.J. Farley, R.A. Hoke, M. Kitano, H.A. Leslie, G.R. Lotufo, T.F. Parkerton, and K.G. Sappington. Comparing laboratory and field measured biota-sediment accumulation factors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.
Hawthorne, S.B., L.P. Burkhard, D.R. Mount, T.L. Highland, J.R. Hockett, T.J. Norberg-King, N. Billa, and T.D. Dawson. Comparing sediment and pore-water measurements as predictors of PCB uptake by oligochaetes from sediments. SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November 7-11, 2010.
Burkhard, L.P., P.M. Cook, and M.T. Lukasewycz. 2008. Organic carbon-water column concentration quotients (Psocs and ppocs): Measuring apparent chemical disequilibria and exploring the impact of black carbon in Lake Michigan. Environmental Science & Technology 42(10):3615-3621.
Parkerton, T., J. Arnot, K. Woodburn, A. Weisbrod, C. Russom, R. Hoke, T. Traas, M. Bonnell, L. Burkhard, and M. Lampi. 2008. Guidance for evaluating in-vivo fish bioaccumulation data. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 4(2):139-155.
Weisbrod, A.V., L.P. Burkhard, J. Arnot, O. Mekenyan, P.H. Howard, C. Russom, R. Boethling, Y. Sakuratani, T. Traas, T. Bridges, C. Lutz, M. Bonnell, K. Woodburn, and T. Parkerton. 2007. Workgroup report: Review of fish bioaccumulation databases used to identify persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic substances. Environmental Health Perspectives (2):255-261.
Burkhard, L.P., P.M. Cook, and M.T. Lukasewycz. 2006. A hybrid empirical-mechanistic modeling approach for extrapolating biota-sediment accumulation factors and bioaccumulation factors across species, time, and/or ecosystems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25:1946-1952.
Burkhard, L.P., P.M. Cook, and M.T. Lukasewycz. 2005. Comparison of biota-sediment accumulation factors across ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology 39:5716-5721.
Burkhard, L.P., P.M. Cook, and M.T. Lukasewycz. 2004. Biota-sediment accumulation factors for polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins, and dibenzofurans in southern Lake Michigan lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Environmental Science & Technology 38:5297-5305.
Project personnel
| Name | Phone | |
| Lawrence Burkhard | burkhard.lawrence@epa.gov | 218-529-5164 |
| Philip Cook | ||
| Joseph Fernandez |
Research project update date
June 22, 2011