Great Lakes Region

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Accumulation of atmospheric and sedimentary PCBs and toxaphene in a Lake Michigan food web. 
  • Comparing polybrominated diphenyl ether and polychlorinated biphenyl bioaccumulation in a food web in Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. 
  • Metabolism of PCBs by the deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsoni). 
  • Recent declines in PAH, PCB, and toxaphene levels in the northern Great Lakes as determined from high resolution sediment cores.