Sediment contact tests as a tool for the assessment of sediment quality in German waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-155

  Feiler, Ute ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^b   Ahlf, Wolfgang ^c   Gilberg, Daniel ^d   Hammers Wirtz, Monika ^e   Hollert, Henner ^f   Meller, Michael ^d   Neumann Hensel, Helga ^g   Ottermanns, Richard ^f   Seiler, Thomas Benjamin ^f   Spira, Denise ^a   Heininger, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Biodiversity Network   (Germany)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^e Research Institute for Ecosystem Analysis and Assessment   (Germany)

^f RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification system; Contact tests; Sediment quality assessment; Sediment toxicity; Test battery

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTACT TESTS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT TOXICITY; TEST BATTERIES;

POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TESTING; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GUIDELINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GERMANY; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CONTACT TEST; TOXICITY; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ARTHROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; EMBRYOPHYTA; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 84871339793     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2024     Document Type: Article

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