Toxicological effects of short‐term resuspension of metal‐contaminated freshwater and marine sediments

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 676 - 686
• Main Authors: Fetters, Kyle J., Costello, David M., Hammerschmidt, Chad R., Burton Jr, G. Allen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Pergamon 01.03.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Animals; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic Organisms; Bioavailability; Bioluminescence; cadmium; chromium; Contaminated sediments; copper; Daphnia; Daphnia magna; Dinoflagellida; Ecological effects; Ecosystem; ecosystems; environmental impact; Fresh Water - analysis; freshwater; Freshwater pollution; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Hyalella azteca; Illinois; iron oxides; lakes; lead; life history; Maine; Marine pollution; Marine sediments; Metal bioavailability; Metal concentrations; Metals - toxicity; Neanthes arenaceodentata; nickel; Organic matter; Particulate matter; particulates; pollutants; Polychaeta; Propeller wash; Pyrocystis lunula; Resuspended sediments; Risk assessment; Sediment oxidation; Sediment pollution; Sediment resuspension; Speciation; Survival Analysis; Suspensions; Toxicity; Toxicology; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Water pollution; Waterways; zinc; Illinois; Maine; ANW, USA, Maine; USA, Illinois; Metal bioavailability; Hyalella azteca; Propeller wash; Sediment resuspension; Sediment oxidation

Sediments in navigation‐dominated waterways frequently are contaminated with a variety of particle‐associated pollutants and are subject to frequent short‐term resuspension events. There is little information documenting whether resuspension of metal‐contaminated sediments has adverse ecological eff...