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Project Publications: University of Albany - SUNY: Bioremediation of PCB-contaminated Sediments in the St. Lawrence River

Superfund Research Program

Bioremediation of PCB-contaminated Sediments in the St. Lawrence River

Project Leader: G-Yull Rhee (Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health)
Grant Number: P42ES004913
Funding Period: 1995 - 2000

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Publications

2001

  • Cho YC, Kwon O, Sokol RC, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 2001. Microbial PCB dechlorination in dredged sediments and the effect of moisture. Chemosphere 43(8):1119-1126. PMID:11368228

1999

  • Cho YC, Kim J, Sokol RC, Rhee G. 1999. Biotransformation of PCBs in St. Lawrence River sediments: reductive dechlorination and dechlorinating microbial populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57(1):95-100.
  • Kim J, Rhee G. 1999. Interactions of polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating microorganisms with methanogen and sulfate reducers. Environ Toxicol Chem 18:2696-2702.
  • Lee D, Rhee G. 1999. Circadian rhythm in growth and death of the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae. Journal of Phycology 35(4):694-699.
  • Lee D, Rhee G. 1999. Kinetics of growth and death in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae under light limitation and supersaturation. Journal of Phycology 35(4):700-709. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3540700.x
  • Rhee G, Cho YC, Ostrofsky EB. 1999. Microbial degradation of PCBs in contaminated sediments. Remediation (N Y) 11:69-82.
  • Rhee G, Sokol RC. 1999. Reductive dechlorination of PCBs in contaminated sediments: microbiology, kinetics, and potential for cleanup. In: Proceedings of Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste. Honolulu, HI.

1998

  • Lee D, Rhee G. 1998. Specific death rate of the cyanobacteria Anabaena flos-aquae and production of dissolved organic carbon from cell death. Journal of Phycology 33:991-998.
  • Pagano JJ, Scrudato RJ, Sumner G. 1998. Utilization of anaerobic bioreactor and sampling systems for long-term bioremediation research. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds. pp.420-424.
  • Sokol RC, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 1998. Effect of Aroclor 1248 concentration on the rate and extent of PCB dechlorination. Environ Toxicol Chem 17:1922-1926.
  • Sokol RC, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 1998. Reductive dechlorination of pre-existing sediment PCBs with long-term laboratory incubation. Environ Toxicol Chem 17(6):982-987.

1997

  • Kim J, Rhee G. 1997. Population dynamics of polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating microorganisms in contaminated sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 63(5):1771-1776. PMID:16535594

1996

  • Kim J, Sokol RC, Liu X, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 1996. Population dynamics of dechlorinators and factors affecting the level and products of PCB dechlorination in sediments. In: Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste, November 4-8, 1996, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. East-West Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp.196-210.
  • Liu X, Sokol RC, Kwon O, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 1996. An investigation of factors limiting the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:1738-1744.

1995

  • Kwon O, Tulve N, Sokol RC, Liu X, Rhee G. 1995. Effect of different sediment sources and bioavailability on PCB dechlorination. In: Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 7-12 May, 1995. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Pagano JJ, Scrudato RJ, Roberts RN, Bemis JC. 1995. Reductive dechlorination of PCB-contaminated sediments in an anaerobic bioreactor system. Environ Sci Technol 29:2584-2589. PMID:22191958
  • Sokol RC, Bethoney CM, Rhee G. 1995. Effect of PCB concentration on reductive dechlorination and dechlorination potential in natural sediments. Water Res 29:45-48.
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