An evaluation of cause-effect relationships between polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations and sediment toxicity to benthic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2601-2612

  Fuchsman, Phyllis C ^a   Barber, Timothy R ^a   Lawton, Jennifer C ^a   Leigh, Katrina B ^a  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Equilibrium partitioning; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediment toxicity; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; SEDIMENT-QUALITY GUIDELINES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHOS; DATA SET; FISH; ORGANIC CARBON; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT YIELD; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CHLORINATION; INVERTEBRATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845414044     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-614R.1     Document Type: Article

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