Evaluating the risk to aquatic ecosystems posed by leachate from tire shred fill in roads using toxicity tests, toxicity identification evaluations, and groundwater modeling

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 400-411

  Sheehan, Patrick J ^a   Warmerdam, John M ^b   Ogle, Scott ^c   Humphrey, Dana N ^d   Patenaude, Stacey M ^e  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^c Pacific EcoRisk   (United States)

^d University of Maine   (United States)

^e Management Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Groundwater modeling; Leachate; Tire shreds; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING; TIRES; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER MODELING; LEACHATE; TIRE SHREDS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIRE; TOXICITY TEST;

ADVECTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CRUSTACEA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; NONHUMAN; PH; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 31144446573     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-532R2.1     Document Type: Article

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