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Contaminated sediments represent an ongoing threat to the health of aquatic ecosystems. The assessment of sediment quality is, therefore, an important concern for environmental regulators. Sediment quality guidelines are now well established in regulatory frameworks worldwide; however, practical guidance that covers all of the key aspects of sediment quality assessment is not readily available.
Written by experts in the field, it provides coverage of: sediment sampling; sample preparation; chemical analysis; ecotoxicology; bioaccumulation; biomarkers; and ecological assessment. In addition, detailed appendices describe protocols for many of the tests to be used.
Contents
Preface
About the editors
About the authors
Other contributors
1. Introduction
2. Sediment sampling, sample preparation and general analysis
3. Chemistry of sediment contaminants
4. Sediment ecotoxicology
5. Bioaccumulation
6. Biomarkers
7. Ecological assessment
8. Summary
Appendices
Appendix A. Sediment quality guideline values
Appendix B. Preparation of contaminant-spiked sediments
Appendix C. Acid Volatile Sulfide (AVS) analysis
Appendix D. Protocol for whole-sediment bioassay using the marine microalga Entomoneis cf punctulata
Appendix E. Protocol for 10-day whole-sediment sub-lethal (reproduction) and acute toxicity tests using the epibenthic amphipod Melita plumulosa
Appendix F. Protocol for whole-sediment sub-lethal (reproduction) toxicity tests using the copepod Nitocra spinipes (harpacticoid)
Appendix G. Protocols for 10-day whole-sediment lethality toxicity tests and 30-day bioaccumulation tests using the deposit-feeding benthic bivalve Tellina deltoidalis
Appendix H. Protocol for 10-day whole-sediment sub-lethal and acute toxicity tests using the freshwater chironomid Chironomus tepperi
Appendix I. Protocol for whole-sediment acute and sub-lethal toxicity tests using the freshwater pond snail Physa acuta
Appendix J. Protocol for whole-sediment bivalve biomarker assays using Tellina deltoidalis and Anadara trapezia
Appendix K. Ecotoxicogenomics: microarray analysis of gene expression in sediment biota
Glossary of terms and acronyms
Index
