Addition of activated carbon to sediments to reduce PCB bioaccumulation by a polychaete (Neanthes arenaceodentata) and an amphipod (Leptocheirus plumulosus)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2880-2887

  Millward, Rod N ^a   Bridges, Todd S ^b   Ghosh, Upal ^c   Zimmerman, John R ^d   Luthy, Richard G ^d  

^a Analytical Services Incorporated   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; COKE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATES; SOLID COKE; SURFACE AREA;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

CARBON; COKE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PCB; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ADDITION REACTION; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PLUMULOSUS; NEANTHES ARENACEODENTATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 17644404812     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048768x     Document Type: Article

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