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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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Incidence of adverse biological effects within ranges of chemical concentrations in marine and estuarine sediments
TL;DR: In this article, matching biological and chemical data were compiled from numerous modeling, laboratory, and field studies performed in marine and estuarine sediments, and two guideline values (an effects range low and an effects range median) were determined for nine trace metals, total PCBs, two pesticides, 13 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and three classes of PAHs.
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Development and evaluation of consensus-based sediment quality guidelines for freshwater ecosystems.
TL;DR: It was concluded that the consensus-based SQGs provide a reliable basis for assessing sediment quality conditions in freshwater ecosystems.
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Development and evaluation of sediment quality guidelines for Florida coastal waters.
TL;DR: The weight-of-evidence approach to the development of sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) was modified to support the derivation of biological effects-based SQGs for Florida coastal waters, which were demonstrated to provide practical, reliable and predictive tools for assessing sediment quality.
Methods for measuring the toxicity and bioaccumulation of sediment-associated contaminants with freshwater invertebrates
Christopher G. Ingersoll,Gerald T. Ankley,G.A. Burton,F.J. Dwyer,Robert A. Hoke,Teresa J. Norberg-King,P. V. Winger +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe protocols for testing freshwater organisms in the laboratory to evaluate the toxicity or bioaccumulation of contaminants associated with whole sediments, including the amphipod Hyalella azteca and midge Chironomus tentans.
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Sediment quality criteria from the sediment quality triad: An example
TL;DR: Broad-scale comparative data for sediment chemistry, sediment bioassays and bottom fish histopathology are used to derive quantitative site-specific sediment criteria for three representative chemical contaminants in Puget Sound, Washington.
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Toxicity of fluoranthene in sediment to marine amphipods: A test of the equilibrium partitioning approach to sediment quality criteria
Richard C. Swartz,Donald W. Schults,George R. Ditsworth,Janet O. Lamberson,Theodore H. DeWitt +4 more
TL;DR: Sediment quality criteria derived from the equilibrium partitioning model and water quality criteria would protect sensitive benthic invertebrates, and there was a close correspondence between estimates of sediment quality for fluoranthene based on distinctly different methodologies.
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Effect of sediment copper on benthic fauna
TL;DR: The negative correlation between diversity and Cu is interpreted as a cause-effect correlation, with high copper concentrations being toxic to a number of species, thus lowering diversity.
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Effects of natural sediment features on survival of the phoxocephalid amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of sediment particle size and water content on the survival of an amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius, were examined by manipulating these natural sediment features within static laboratory microcosms.
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Toxicity of copper-spiked sediments to freshwater invertebrates
TL;DR: Natural freshwater sediments from two Oregon sites were spiked with copper in the laboratory and two static toxicity tests were conducted with series of copper concentrations ranging from 59 to 10,600 mg/kg of dry sediment to introduce test animals in solid-phase sediment toxicity bioassays.