Investigating the significance of dissolved organic contaminants in aquatic environments: Coupling passive sampling with in vitro bioassays

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-219

  Emelogu, Emmanuel S ^a,b   Pollard, Pat ^b   Robinson, Craig D ^a   Smedes, Foppe ^c,d   Webster, Lynda ^a   Oliver, Ian W ^e   McKenzie, Craig ^b   Seiler, T B ^f   Hollert, Henner ^f   Moffat, Colin F ^a,b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic organic contaminants; Monitoring; Passive sampling; Silicone rubber; Toxic equivalency (TEQ); Water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DETERIORATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUBBER; RUNOFF; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONES; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PASSIVE SAMPLING DEVICES; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY; WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

ACID; DIOXIN; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; RUBBER; SILICONE; UREA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERBICIDE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SILICON;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; POLLUTANT; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 84869873009     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.041     Document Type: Article

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