Improved method for estimating bioconcentration/bioaccumulation factor from octanol/water partition coefficient

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 664 - 672
• Main Authors: Meylan, William M., Howard, Philip H., Boethling, Robert S., Aronson, Dallas, Printup, Heather, Gouchie, Sybil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.04.1999; SETAC
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Bioconcentration; Bioconcentration factor; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Estimation; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Marine; Octanol/water partition coefficient; Techniques; Ecotoxicology; Investigation method; Estimation; Octanol; Chemical concentration; Water pollution; Biological accumulation

A compound's bioconcentration factor (BCF) is the most commonly used indicator of its tendency to accumulate in aquatic organisms from the surrounding medium. Because it is expensive to measure, the BCF is generally estimated from the octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow), but currently use...