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DOI 10.1016/S1872-1990(07)80074-2
Titel (primär) Characterisation of contaminants in sediments - effects of bioavailability on impact
Titel (sekundär) Sediment quality and impact assessment of pollutants
Autor Parsons, J.; Belzunce Segarra, M.J.; Cornelissen, G.; Gustafsson, Ö.; Harms, H.; Janssen, C.R.; Kukkonen, J.; van Noort, P.; Ortega Calvo, J.J.; Solaun Etxeberria, O.
Herausgeber Barceló, D.; Petrovic, M.
Quelle Sustainable Management of Sediment Resources
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
Department UMB
Band/Volume Vol. 1
Seite von 35
Seite bis 60
Sprache englisch
UFZ Bestand Magdeburg, Bibliothek, 00471589, 12-1446 MA : Ch 35
Abstract

This chapter discusses the methods for impact assessment of contaminants in sediment. An assessment of the risks of sediment contaminants should include consideration of the bioavailability of the contaminants. Sediment quality criteria are often derived from water quality criteria by multiplication of the latter by sediment to water partition coefficients. Although, this equilibrium-partitioning model has been successful in accounting for the distribution of functionally diverse chemicals in many laboratory-based sorption studies on a wide range of soils and sediments, the ability of this procedure to account for the toxicity of the chemical has been less successful. Despite this latter observation, this simple approach has received broad recognition and formed the basis for several environmental quality standards. These widely employed phase-distribution models based on partitioning with bulk sediment or organic carbon for hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) developed in simplified laboratory systems are frequently unable to accurately predict the actual solid-water distribution of chemicals in aquatic field environments.

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Parsons, J., Belzunce Segarra, M.J., Cornelissen, G., Gustafsson, Ö., Harms, H., Janssen, C.R., Kukkonen, J., van Noort, P., Ortega Calvo, J.J., Solaun Etxeberria, O. (2007):
Characterisation of contaminants in sediments - effects of bioavailability on impact
In: Barceló, D., Petrovic, M. (eds.)
Sediment quality and impact assessment of pollutants
Sustainable Management of Sediment Resources Vol. 1
Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 35 - 60 10.1016/S1872-1990(07)80074-2