Assessment of the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of sediment spiked with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 3239 - 3246
• Main Authors: Rončević, Srđan, Spasojević, Jelena, Maletić, Snežana, Jazić, Jelena Molnar, Isakovski, Marijana Kragulj, Agbaba, Jasmina, Grgić, Marko, Dalmacija, Božo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorbents; Adsorption; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Benzo(a)pyrene; Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Biodegradation; Biological Availability; Biosorption; Chemical extraction; Chrysene; Contaminated sediments; desorption; Dredging; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental degradation; Environmental Health; Environmental quality; Genetic transformation; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Germination - drug effects; human health; Metal concentrations; Metals; Methods; Pesticides; Phenanthrene; phenanthrenes; Phytotoxicity; Plants - drug effects; Pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - chemistry; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - toxicity; Polymers; Polystyrenes; Polyvinyls; Pyrene; Research Article; risk; Risk assessment; Sediments; Seeds; Spermatophyta; Spermatophytina; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Serbia; XAD4; Phytotoxicity; Tenax; Bioavailability; PAH

Large amounts of sediment are dredged globally every year. This sediment is often contaminated with low concentrations of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and other organic pollutants. Some of this sediment is disposed of on land, creating a need for risk assessment of the sedime...