Importance of equilibration time in the partitioning and toxicity of zinc in spiked sediment bioassays

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Lee, Jung Suk ^a,b   Lee, Byeong Gweon ^b,c   Luoma, Samuel N ^b   Yoo, Hoon ^b,c  

^a NeoEnBiz Co   (South Korea)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfides; Equilibration time; Sediment aging; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOASSAY; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; PORE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; EQUILIBRATION TIME;

ZINC;

ACID; ACID VOLATILE SULFIDE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC;

BIOASSAY; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ZINC;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EQUILIBRATION TIME; ESTUARY; LC 50; METAL EXTRACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADSORPTION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; LETHAL DOSE 50; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFIDES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; ZINC;

AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOCHEIRUS; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS;

EID: 0347359307     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-176     Document Type: Article

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