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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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Sublethal effects of heavy metal contaminated sediments on the bivalve Macoma balthica (L.)
TL;DR: An active threshold avoidance response by burrowed M. balthica was demonstrated as clams showed a significant avoidance of the sediment containing the highest metal levels, and both behavioural responses were considered useful sublethal tests to assess the impact of polluted sediments.
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Effect of sediment organic carbon on survival of hyalella azteca exposed to DDT and endrin
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted toxicity tests with the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca using sediments ranging in total organic carbon (TOC) concentration from 3 to 11 % and spiked with either DDT or endrin.
Accumulation of PCBs, mercury, and cadmium by Nereis virens, Mercenaria mercenaria, and Palaemonetes pugio from contaminated harbor sediments
TL;DR: In this article, the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, and cadmium by sandworms (Nereis virens), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria ), and grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio ) exposed to contaminated sediments from four sites in New York Harbor was studied for a 100-day period.
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Effects of contaminated sediments and sediment-exposed effluent water on an estuarine fish: Acute toxicity
TL;DR: In this article, a bottom-feeding sciaenid and naturally occurring spring-summer migrant of the Elizabeth River whose juveniles adapt readily to laboratory conditions was examined to examine some of the effects of sediment from a particularly noxious location.
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Behavioral responses of a phoxo-cephalid amphipod to organic enrichment and trace metals in sediment
TL;DR: Une forte mortalite dans les sediments recevant de fortes concentrations en zinc (610 μg b −1 ) ou en cadmium (190 μg g −1) ou par des elements trace (zinc, Cadmium) are revealed.