A multidisciplinary weight of evidence approach for classifying polluted sediments: Integrating sediment chemistry, bioavailability, biomarkers responses and bioassays

Environment International

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Benedetti, Maura ^a   Ciaprini, Francesco ^b   Piva, Francesco ^a   Onorati, Fulvio ^b   Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Notti, Alessandra ^a   Ausili, Antonella ^b   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Bioavailability; Biomarkers; Pollutants; Sediments; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CHEMICALS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HAZARDS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL BIOASSAYS; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANE STABILITIES; POLLUTANTS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE APPROACH; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCES;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CYTOCHROME P450; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PAH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE MODEL;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 80052527641     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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