ReviewIntegrated environmental assessment and management2019
Review of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Benthic Life.
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- Integrating ex situ biomimetic extraction analyses into contaminated sediment assessment and management decisions.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2025Article
- PAH contamination in coastal surface sediments and associated bacterial communities.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Review of Mechanistic Models for Predicting Adverse Effects in Sediment Toxicity Testing.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2024Review
- Biosensor applications in contaminated estuaries: Implications for disaster research response.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Comparison of Species Sensitivity Distributions for Sediment-Associated Nonionic Organic Chemicals Through Equilibrium Partitioning Theory and Spiked-Sediment Toxicity Tests with Invertebrates.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Article
- Urbanizing with or without nature: pollution effects of human activities on water quality of major rivers that drain the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2021Article
- A 110 Year Sediment Record of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Related to Economic Development and Energy Consumption in Dongping Lake, North China.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Emerging contaminants and priority substances in marine sediments from Cartagena Bay and the Grand Marsh of Santa Marta (Ramsar site), Colombia.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2021Article
- Distribution, sources, and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia, China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a rapid biosensor tool for measuring PAH availability in petroleum-impacted sediment.Environmental advances · 2021Article
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Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments can pose harm to the benthic community. Numerous sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) for the protection of benthic life are available to assess the risk of individual PAHs and PAH mixtures in sediments. Sediment quality guidelines are derived using empirical or mechanistic approaches. Empirically based guidelines are derived using databases of paired sediment chemistry and biological responses and relating sediment concentration to the frequency of an adverse response. Mechanistically based SQGs are derived by considering the inherent aqueous toxicity of the chemical to different biota coupled with site-specific sediment characteristics (i.e., organic C) known to influence PAH bioavailability. Additionally, SQGs are derived to be either protective or predictive of adverse effects in benthic organisms. The objective of this critical review was to evaluate SQGs for use in screening-level risk assessments to identify sediments that may pose a risk to the benthic community. SQGs for PAHs were compiled and compared, and performance evaluated for predicting the presence and absence of toxicity using an extensive field data set. Furthermore, a 2-carbon equilibrium partitioning model and direct measurement of porewater via passive sampling were evaluated for improved performance in higher tiered risk assessments. Recommendations for the use of SQGs in screening evaluations, enhancements to current approaches, and opportunities to refine site risk estimate assessments using passive sampling measurements are discussed. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;15:505-518. © 2019 SETAC.
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