Comparing polychaete and polyethylene uptake to assess sediment resuspension effects on PCB bioavailability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2865-2870

  Friedman, Carey L ^b   Burgess, Robert M ^a,c   Perron, Monique M ^a,c   Cantwell, Mark G ^a,c   Ho, Kay T ^a,c   Lohmann, Rainer ^b  

^a Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBONS; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; OXIDATION CONDITIONS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; POREWATER CONCENTRATIONS; RE SUSPENSIONS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER PARTITIONING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; HELIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER AERATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLACK CARBON; HELIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HARBOR; HELIUM; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PCB; POLYCHAETE; POLYMER; POREWATER; RESUSPENSION; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER COLUMN;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLYCHAETA; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHAETA; POLYETHYLENE;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW BEDFORD HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 65249176734     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803695n     Document Type: Article

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