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664210 
Technical Report 
Assessment of Environmental Effects of Ordnance Compounds and their Transformation Products in Coastal Ecosystems 
Carr, RS; Nipper, M 
2003 
Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, 
Port Hueneme, CA 
NTIS/02929304 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
This study was undertaken to help understand the fate and effects of two munitions and explosives of concern 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) and 2,4,6- trinitrophenol (picric acid) in marine environments Specifically biotransformation and degradation in marine sediments and photo-transformation in seawater were assessed. Studies were conducted with sediments spiked in the laboratory with the two chemicals of concern for the biotransformation assessments and by spiking filtered seawater with these chemicals for the photo- transformation assessments. 
Environmental impact; *Ammunition; *Ecosystems; *Ocean environments; *Dnt; *Picric acid; Coastal regions; Chemical contamination; Photochemical reactions; Toxicity; Water pollution; Biodegradation; Sea water; Sediments; Transformations; Environmental impact assessment; Heterotrophic bacteria; Schiopera knabeni; Ulva fasciata; Phototransformation; Biotransformation