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Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study - More Information
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LMMB Study
Overview- The Issue: Are sediments, air, land, and water sources or pathways of contamination that affect the integrity of the ecosystem?
- What is the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study?
- Sample Design and Sample Collection
- More information
- PCB Modeling Report
- Atrazine Modeling Report (PDF)
(162 pp, 4.7MB, About PDF) - LM3 Report (PDF)
(347 pp, 3.3MB, About PDF) - MICHTOX Report
- Modeling Quality Assurance Plan (PDF)
(243 pp, 2.2MB, About PDF)
Sources of Information Related to the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study
- Web pages:
Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/lmmb/index.htmlU.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
http://www.epa.gov/glnpoU.S. EPA Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting Research Branch
http://www.epa.gov/med/grosseile_site/index.htmlLake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/michigan.html- Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study Project Reports:
MICHTOX Report:
- Front pages (PDF) - Foreward, Abstract, Table of Contents, Executive Summary, etc. (18 pp, 46K)
- 1992 MICHTOX: A Mass Balance and Bioaccumulation Model for Toxic Chemicals in Lake Michigan (PDF) (71 pp, 2.7MB)
- 1.9 Appendix - Steady-state Model Output for Each Toxic Chemical (PDF) (12 pp, 444K)
- 2002 Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project: Modeling Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using the MICHTOX Model (PDF) (57 pp, 2.8MB)
Atrazine Modeling Report (PDF) (162 pp, 4.7MB)
LM3 Report (PDF) (347 pp, 3.3MB)
Quality Assurance Plan for Mathematical Modeling (PDF) (243 pp, 2.2MB)
Mass Balance: Adding It All Up (PDF) Atrazine and Mercury modeling in the Great Lakes Fact Sheet (1 pg, 15K)
A User's Guide to IPX, the In-place Pollutant eXport Water Quality Modeling Framework (PDF) (195 pp, 907K)
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Results of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: Polychlorinated Biphenyls and trans-Nonachlor Data Report. April 2004
Results of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: Mercury Data Report. February 2004
Results of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: Atrazine Data Report. December 2001