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Last updated: September 22, 2016

 

Bioaccumulation

Since 1995, Jonathan Clough has been the primary programmer for the AQUATOX bioaccumulation, toxicant fate, and effects model. Since 1998, Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Inc. has been programming and applying bioaccumulation models for EPA Region 1 in support of the Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River including formal reporting of model calibration and validation and response to peer-reviewer comments.

The Latest

  • Evaluated the AQEA Foodchain Model application for the Grasse River in support of USEPA Region 2 through AECOM. Work performed includes model benchmarking, diagnostics, model-to-data comparisons, examination of alternative calibration, and critical evaluation of the 2010 Analysis of Alternatives document.
  • Evaluated the AQEA Foodchain Model application of the Hudson River for USEPA Region 2, through Louis Berger.  Analysis includes model benchmarking, source code examination, diagnostics, and sensitivity analysis, and comments on the 2010 Upper Hudson River Modeling System document.
  • Technical Support Activities for AQUATOX, for U.S. EPA Office of Science and Technology, through AQUA TERRA Consultants (ATC)
  • Application of AQUATOX as part of BASINS Adaptation for Military Facilities, for U.S. Army (through ATC)
  • Parameterized, Calibrated, Validated new implementation of QEA Foodchain model for EPA Region 1 in support of the Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River. Co-authored Final Model Documentation and Peer Review Responsiveness Summary released in November 2006.


 

Foodchain Model Results


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