Observations of limited secondary effects to benthic invertebrates and macrophytes with activated carbon amendment in river sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1504-1515

  Beckingham, Barbara ^a   Buys, David ^b   Vandewalker, Heather ^b   Ghosh, Upal ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Benthic invertebrate community; Ecotoxicity; Sediment remediation; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; ECOTOXICITY; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SEDIMENT REMEDIATION; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BULK DENSITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIPID; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878682248     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2231     Document Type: Article

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