From streets to streams: Assessing the toxicity potential of urban sediment by particle size

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 381-391

  Selbig, William R ^a   Bannerman, Roger ^b   Corsi, Steven R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle size; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Sediment; Toxicity; Trace metal; Urban

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BED SEDIMENTS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COARSE SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; RECEIVING WATERS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAMPLING SITE; SAND FRACTION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SOURCE TO SINKS; STORMWATERS; STREAMBEDS; TOXIC POTENTIAL; TOXICITY POTENTIAL; TRACE METAL; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; URBAN; URBAN STORMWATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STORMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA; URBAN SEDIMENT; WATER BED; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

COAL TAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84871761881     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.094     Document Type: Article

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