Field Verification of Bioturbation Depths - San Diego

Germano & Associates, Inc. was part of a multidisciplinary research team assembled by the US Navy to evaluate Pathway Ranking for In-place Sediment Management (PRISM). The Navy is in the process of identifying, assessing, and remediating a large number of coastal facilities with contaminated sediments; as part of this effort, the PRISM project is developing a set of diagnostic tools for characterizing and quantifying in-place contaminant pathways to aid in the effective selection, permitting and monitoring of in-situ sediment management strategies. Investigators from Cornell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Germano & Associates, and the US Navy have combined forces to investigate contaminant flux mechanisms at two sites (east and west coast) and derive the most effective methods for evaluating remediation strategies.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
June, 2001 – December, 2002

CONTRACT NUMBER:
CSC S-1912