Measuring and modeling reduction of DDT availability to the water column and mussels following activated carbon amendment of contaminated sediment

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4348-4356

  Tomaszewski, Jeanne E ^a   McLeod, Pamela B ^a   Luthy, Richard G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon amendment; Biodynamic modeling; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Mytilus edulis; Polyethylene device

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; MOLLUSCS; POLYETHYLENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

BIODYNAMIC MODELING; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; MYTILUS EDULIS; REACTIVATED CARBONS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYETHYLENE; SEA WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FILTER FEEDER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEDIMENT; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 53149083714     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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