Bioavailability assessment of a contaminated field sediment from Patrick Bayou, Texas, USA: Toxicity identification evaluation and equilibrium partitioning

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 742-750

  Perron, Monique M ^a   Burgess, Robert M ^b   Kay, T H O ^b   Pelletier, Marguerite C ^b   Cantwell, Mark G ^b   Shine, James P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Equilibrium partitioning; Sediment toxicity; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASSESSMENT TOOL; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CATIONIC METALS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; NONIONIC; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHASE I; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; TEST ORGANISMS; TEXAS , USA; TOXIC UNIT; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

TOXICITY;

METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT YIELD; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

PATRICK BAYOU; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAMYSIS BAHIA; AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; MYSIDA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951136730     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.62     Document Type: Article

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