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The Potential for Biological Effects of Sediments-Sorbed Contaminants Tested in the National Status and Trends Program
Edward R. Long,Lee G. Morgan +1 more
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Assessment of sediment quality in Avicennia marina-dominated embayments of Sydney Estuary: The potential use of pneumatophores (aerial roots) as a bio-indicator of trace metal contamination
TL;DR: A strong, positive relationship between metals in sediments and pneumatophores suggests potential use of these tissues as a bio-indicator of estuarine contamination and that metals are entering the biotic environment.
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Evaluation of heavy metal sediment toxicity in littoral ecosystems using juveniles of the fish Sparus aurata.
TL;DR: The histological and cellular damage revealed a more sensitive response to measured chemicals in sediments and they were found to be a powerful tool to evaluate sediment toxicity effects.
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An assessment of heavy-metal contamination in surface sediments of the Suez Gulf using geoaccumulation indexes and statistical analysis
TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of marine pollution due to metals was made in the Suez Gulf based on surface costal sediment collected from 18 locations along the Gulf and the metal contents (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were determined using a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (air-acetylene) with deuterium background correction.
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Evaluating sediment chemistry and toxicity data using logistic regression modeling
TL;DR: In this paper, a logistic-regression model was used to evaluate matching sediment chemistry and toxicity data for field-collected samples compiled from a number of different sources and geographic areas.
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Definition of baseline metal concentrations for assessing metal enrichment of sediment from the south-eastern Cape coastline of South Africa
B.K. Newman,R.J. Watling +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defined baseline metal concentrations in sediment from the coastal zone between the Kromme River estuary in St Francis Bay and the Nahoon River in East London on the south-eastern Cape coastline of South Africa are defined, for the purpose of differentiating between natural and anthropogenically introduced metal concentrations.
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Mercury Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates: A Synoptic Review
TL;DR: A review of the available literature on the ecological and toxicological aspects of mercury (Hg) in the environment, with special reference to fish and wildlife resources, is reviewed and summarized in this paper.
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Selenium Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates: A Synoptic Review
TL;DR: A review of the environmental and toxicological aspects of selenium in the environment is presented in this paper, including its chemistry, background residues in biological and other materials, and toxic, sub-lethal, and latent effects (including the effects of Se deficiency).
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Current approaches to developing sediment quality criteria
TL;DR: It is concluded that, for chemical-by-chemical criteria, the equilibrium partitioning method shows promise; for criteria that are also applicable to chemical mixtures, the apparent effects threshold/sediment quality triad approaches appear to be most appropriate.