Use of bioassays and sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations to assess toxicity at coastal sites impacted by Hurricane Katrina

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1409-1418

  Weston, James ^a   Warren, Crystal ^b   Chaudhary, Amit ^b   Emerson, Beth ^b   Argote, Kate ^b   Khan, Shabana ^b   Willett, Kristine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

H4IIE bioassay; Hurricane Katrina; Poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Yeast estrogen screen assay

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; BIOASSAY; HURRICANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TOXICITY; YEAST;

ALABAMA; BENZO [A] PYRENE; BIOASSAY RESPONSE; COASTAL SITES; CYCLIC AROMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; GULF COAST; H4IIE BIOASSAY; HURRICANE KATRINA; INDUCTION POTENTIAL; INTERTIDAL ZONES; KATRINA; MISSISSIPPI; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; STORM INTENSITY; STORM SURGES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER MATRICES; WATER SAMPLES; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN ASSAY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ESTROGEN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

BIOASSAY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLOODING; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PAH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORM SURGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

A WAVE; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; HURRICANE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LANDFILL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCREENING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST; ANIMAL; TOXICITY;

ALABAMA; GULFPORT; MISSISSIPPI; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYCLONIC STORMS; MISSISSIPPI; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; SEAWATER;

EID: 77955744526     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.216     Document Type: Article

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