Predicting the toxicity of metal-contaminated field sediments using interstitial concentration of metals and acid-volatile sulfide normalizations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2080-2094

  Hansen, D J ^a   Berry, W J ^a   Mahony, J D ^b   Boothman, W S ^a   Di Toro, D M ^b,c   Robson, D L ^d   Ankley, G T ^a   Ma, D ^e   Yan, Q ^e   Pesch, C E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^e Inst of Mar Environ Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Interstitial water; Metals; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; NEANTHES ARENACEODENTATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 10544225377     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620151204     Document Type: Article

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