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Calcasieu Estuary Initiative Executive Summary Figures

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Figure ES-1 Map of study area (PDF, 1 pp, 634K)
Figure ES-2 Map of study area showing major discharging facilities (USEPA 2000) (PDF, 1 pp, 342K)
Figure ES-3 A flowchart of the general remedial process for contaminated sites (from Suter et al. 2000) (PDF, 1 pp, 136K)
Figure ES-4 The framework for ecological risk assessment (modified from USEPA 1997)(PDF, 1 pp, 119K)
Figure ES-5 The ecological risk assessment framework, with an expanded view of each phase. Within each phase, rectangles designate inputs, hexagons indicate actions, and circles represent outputs (from USEPA 1997) (PDF, 1 pp, 148K)
Figure ES-6 Map showing the chemicals of potential concern identified for each reach within the Calcasieu Estuary (PDF, 1 pp, 187K)
Figure ES-7 The Calcasieu Estuary food web showing the principal routes of exposure to contaminated water, sediment and biota (PDF, 1 pp, 177K)
Figure ES-8 Overview of the approach that was used to assess exposure of aquatic receptors to chemicals of potential concern in the Calcasieu Estuary (PDF, 1 pp, 79K)
Figure ES-9 Overview of the approach that was used to assess the effects on aquatic receptors associated with exposure to chemicals of potential concern in the Calcasieu Estuary (PDF, 1 pp, 81K)
Figure ES-10 Overview of the approach that was used to characterize risks to aquatic receptors associated with exposure to chemicals of potential concern in the Calcasieu Estuary (PDF, 1 pp, 111K)
Figure ES-11 Conceptual model diagram illustrating exposure pathways and potential effects for all categories of chemicals of potential concern (PDF, 1 pp, 216K)
Figure ES-12 Map of the Upper Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations of samples (surface water and surface sediments) that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to the microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish (PDF, 1 pp, 429K)
communities considering multiple lines of evidence
Figure ES-13 Map of the Bayou d'Inde AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations of samples (surface water and surface sediments) that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to the microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 904K)
Figure ES-14 Map of the upper Middle Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations of samples (surface water and surface sediments) that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to the microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 752K)
Figure ES-15 Map of the lower Middle Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations of samples (surface water and surface sediments) that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to the microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 494K)
Figure ES-16 Map of the Reference Areas, showing the reach boundaries and locations of samples (surface water and surface sediments) that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to the microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 304K)
Figure ES-17 Map of the Upper Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to aquatic receptors (i.e., microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities) considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 729K)
Figure ES-18 Map of the Bayou d’Inde AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to aquatic receptors (i.e., microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities) considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 524K)
Figure ES-19 Map of the upper Middle Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to aquatic receptors (i.e., microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities) considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 478K)
Figure ES-20 Map of the lower Middle Calcasieu River AOC, showing the reach boundaries and locations that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to aquatic receptors (i.e., microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities) considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 494K)
Figure ES-21 Map of the Reference Areas, showing the reach boundaries and locations that pose low, indeterminate or high risk to aquatic receptors (i.e., microbial, aquatic plant, benthic invertebrate, and fish communities) considering multiple lines of evidence (PDF, 1 pp, 243K)


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