ReviewIntegrated environmental assessment and management2014
Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: scientific rationale supporting use of freely dissolved concentrations.
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- Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: practical guidance for selection, calibration, and implementation.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2014Guideline
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- Role of Suspended Particulate Matter for the Transport and Risks of Organic Micropollutant Mixtures in Rivers: A Comparison between Baseflow and High Discharge Conditions.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Waterborne toxicity of several dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane congeners to Hyalella azteca and its implications for contaminated sediment assessment.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025Article
- Integrating ex situ biomimetic extraction analyses into contaminated sediment assessment and management decisions.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2025Article
- Passive sampling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with low-density polyethylene: Equilibration limitations in aqueous suspensions.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2024Article
- Assessing Aquatic Baseline Toxicity of Plastic-Associated Chemicals: Development and Validation of the Target Plastic Model.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2024Article
- Sediment Toxicity Tests: A Critical Review of Their use in Environmental Regulations.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2024Review
- Passive Sampling-Based versus Conventional-Based Metrics for Evaluating Remediation Efficacy at Contaminated Sediment Sites: A Review.Environmental science & technology · 2023Review
- Comparing Equilibrium Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Based on Passive Sampling and Bioaccumulation in Water Column Deployments.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2023Article
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- Comprehensive Multi-compartment Sampling for Quantification of Long-Term Accumulation of PAHs in Soils.ACS environmental Au · 2022Article
- A novel antibody-based biosensor method for the rapid measurement of PAH contamination in oysters.Environmental technology & innovation · 2022Article
- Aerobic Bioaugmentation to Decrease Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Emissions from Contaminated Sediments to Air.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- Uptake Mechanisms of a Novel, Activated Carbon-Based Equilibrium Passive Sampler for Estimating Porewater Methylmercury.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Article
- Interlaboratory Study of Polyethylene and Polydimethylsiloxane Polymeric Samplers for Ex Situ Measurement of Freely Dissolved Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Sediment Porewater.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Article
- Equilibrium Porewater Measurement of PCBs and PAHs Using Direct Water Extraction and Comparison with Passive Sampling.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- In Situ Passive Sampling to Monitor Long Term Cap Effectiveness at a Tidally Influenced Shoreline.Toxics · 2022Article
- Passive-Sampler-Based Bioavailability Assessment of PCB Congeners Associated with Aroclor-Containing Paint Chips in the Presence of Sediment.Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Extraction Procedure of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and Chlorobenzenes from Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs).Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Passive sampling methods (PSMs) allow the quantification of the freely dissolved concentration (Cfree ) of an organic contaminant even in complex matrices such as sediments. Cfree is directly related to a contaminant's chemical activity, which drives spontaneous processes including diffusive uptake into benthic organisms and exchange with the overlying water column. Consequently, Cfree provides a more relevant dose metric than total sediment concentration. Recent developments in PSMs have significantly improved our ability to reliably measure even very low levels of Cfree . Application of PSMs in sediments is preferably conducted in the equilibrium regime, where freely dissolved concentrations in the sediment are well-linked to the measured concentration in the sampler via analyte-specific partition ratios. The equilibrium condition can then be assured by measuring a time series or a single time point using passive samplers with different surface to volume ratios. Sampling in the kinetic regime is also possible and generally involves the application of performance reference compounds for the calibration. Based on previous research on hydrophobic organic contaminants, it is concluded that Cfree allows a direct assessment of 1) contaminant exchange and equilibrium status between sediment and overlying water, 2) benthic bioaccumulation, and 3) potential toxicity to benthic organisms. Thus, the use of PSMs to measure Cfree provides an improved basis for the mechanistic understanding of fate and transport processes in sediments and has the potential to significantly improve risk assessment and management of contaminated sediments.
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