Exposure Pathways

• Direct exposure to fish and higher animals by COC release from resuspended contaminated sediment or by incidental ingestion of contaminated bed sediments.

• Indirect exposure to higher animals by predation and harvesting of plants and animals living directly exposed at the contaminated sediment-water interface.

• Direct exposure to fish and higher animals by COC release from bed sediment to the overlying water or through consumption of filter-feeding or benthic infaunal organisms that obtain their food via the water column

• Contaminants permanently buried beneath biologically active zone - no exposure to fish and higher animals

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