evaluation of PCB bioaccumulation by Lumbriculus variegatus in field-collected sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1495-1503

  Burkhard, Lawrence P ^a   Mount, David R ^a   Highland, Terry L ^a   Hockett, J Russell ^a   Norberg King, Teresa ^a   Billa, Nanditha ^a   Hawthorne, Steven B ^b   Miller, David J ^b   Grabanski, Carol B ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Lumbriculus variegatus; Sediment testing

Indexed keywords

BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTORS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT SITES; FRESHWATER OLIGOCHAETES; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

ACETAL RESINS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA; DATA ACQUISITION; PARTITIONING; PCB; POLLUTANT; SUPERFUND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FOX RIVER [ILLINOIS]; GRASSE RIVER; HUDSON RIVER; ILLINOIS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 84878728739     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2207     Document Type: Article

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