Limitations of reverse polyethylene samplers (RePES) for evaluating toxicity of field contaminated sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-254

  Perron, Monique M ^a   Burgess, Robert M ^b   Ho, Kay T ^b   Pelletier, Marguerite C ^b   Friedman, Carey L ^c   Cantwell, Mark G ^b   Shine, James P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonionic organic contaminants; Polyethylene samplers; Sediment toxicity; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; POLYETHYLENES; TOXICITY;

AQUEOUS PHASE TRANSFERS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; INTERSTITIAL WATER; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYETHYLENE;

BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ETHYLENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

MYSIDA;

EID: 79952453061     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.076     Document Type: Article

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