Biomarkers in integrated ecotoxicological sediment assessment - Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems - page 157

Sediment Sediment treatment Quality assessment

Contaminant Solvent Natural Collection Mass Sieved Stored Procedure Mixing Equillibration Effi ciency Degradation Reference

PCBs

PCB77 Acetone Yes - - 1 mm - Wet Mixing 6 wk - - Sormunen et al. (2008)

PAHs

BaP DMSO desal. - - 500 μ m - Wet Wet rolling - - - Looise et al. (1996)

Acetone Yes - - 125-

500

- Wet Stirring - 57 - Kolok et al. (1996)

μ m

Acetone Yes - 400 g 1 mm - Wet Blender 60 d; 4 °C - Mayer et al. (2001)

Flouranthene Acetone Yes Ekman

dredge

2 g 125-

500

Room
temp

Dried Mixed - - - Duan et al. (2000)

μ m

Chlorinated
hydrocarbons

dieldrin Acetone Desal. - - 500 μ m - Wet Wet rolling - - - Looise et al. (1996)

Organophosphates

TCP - Yes Kayak-type

corer

- - 4 mths,

4 °C

Wet Stirring 5-7 d 5-20 6 Penttinen et al. (1996)

Lindane Acetone Yes Grab 500 μ m < 14d,

4 °C

Wet Wet rolling 0 64 - Ciarelli et al. (1997)

Acetone Desal. - - 500 μ m - Wet Wet rolling - - - Looise et al. (1996)

Chlorpyrifos - Yes - - - - Wet wet rolling - - - Ankley et al. (1994)

TBT, tributyltin; PACS, polycyclic aromatic compounds; TCDD, 2,3,7,8-treatchloro-dibenzo- p -dioxin; HCBD, hexachlorobutadiene; PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons;
BaP, benzo[ a ]pyrene; DMSO, dimethyl sulphoxide; TCP, trichlorophenol; d, days; mth, months; wk, weeks.