Tidal salt marsh sediment in California, USA: Part 3. Current and historic toxicity potential of contaminants and their bioaccumulation

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2139-2149

  Hwang, Hyun Min ^a   Green, Peter G ^a   Young, Thomas M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Longjaw mudsucker (Gillichthys mirabilis); Probable effects level quotient (PELQ); Surface and core sediments; Toxicity potential

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY;

LONGJAW MUDSUCKER (GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS); PROBABLE EFFECTS LEVEL QUOTIENT (PELQ); TOXICITY POTENTIAL;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEALTH RISK; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; SALT MARSH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PERCIFORMES; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GILLICHTHYS; GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS;

EID: 42749083032     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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