An evaluation of the ability of chemical measurements to predict polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated sediment toxicity to Hyalella azteca

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1545-1550

  McDonough, Kathleen M ^a   Azzolina, Nicholas A ^b   Hawthorne, Steven B ^c   Nakles, David V ^d   Neuhauser, Edward F ^e  

^a Foth Infrastructure and Environment ^*  (United States)

^b Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL GRID   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyalella azteca; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pore water; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORECASTING; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER;

BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; CHEMICAL METHOD; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; ESTIMATION METHODS; HYALELLA AZTECA; NON-TOXICITY; PAH COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

TOXICITY;

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PAH; POREWATER; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HYALELLA AZTECA; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PORE WATER METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955756491     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.182     Document Type: Article

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