The aim of the study was to conduct a critical examination of the various approaches discussed in the scientific literature for characterizing the environmental risk of contaminated sediments and of individual substances for benthic organisms. It is shown that the specific properties of sediments and benthic organisms justify treating sediments as a specific environmental compartment. Neither the fate of a substance in sediments nor its effects on benthic organisms can be extrapolated from the fate and effect in the aquatic or terrestrial compartment. It is proposed that an 'ecological approach' be used for the risk characterization of contaminated sediments in order to take into account the complexity of the physico-chemical properties of ...
This study focuses on the discussion of different lines of evidence (LoEs) applied to a sediment-qua...
An integrated approach for the assessment of coastal sediment quality was utilised in three areas of...
The aim of the present work is to demonstrate the practical importance of a multidisciplinary approa...
A broadly accepted framework for prospective environmental risk assessment (ERA) of sediment-bound o...
Sediment toxicity tests play an important role in prospective risk assessment for organic chemicals....
A broadly accepted framework for prospective environmental risk assessment (ERA) of sediment-bound o...
Sediments are a sink and a source for contaminants discharged directly or indirectly (e.g., via rive...
An exploratory model study has been carried out in order to evaluate the possibility that, upon disc...
Bottom sediments around the world store large amounts of legacy hydrophobic organic contaminants (HO...
A bioassay battery was validated with sediments of the rivers Elbe and Rhine in order to establish a...
The presented report gives a description of the results of the international workshop 'Bioaccumulati...
Quality assessments are crucial to all activities related to removal and management of sediments. Fo...
The whole-sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) approach is a useful technique that allo...
The findings of this report were thought to be a useful contribution to the current knowledge of the...
More than 70% of the Earth is covered by water, and most of the sea floor consists of soft sediments...
This study focuses on the discussion of different lines of evidence (LoEs) applied to a sediment-qua...
An integrated approach for the assessment of coastal sediment quality was utilised in three areas of...
The aim of the present work is to demonstrate the practical importance of a multidisciplinary approa...
A broadly accepted framework for prospective environmental risk assessment (ERA) of sediment-bound o...
Sediment toxicity tests play an important role in prospective risk assessment for organic chemicals....
A broadly accepted framework for prospective environmental risk assessment (ERA) of sediment-bound o...
Sediments are a sink and a source for contaminants discharged directly or indirectly (e.g., via rive...
An exploratory model study has been carried out in order to evaluate the possibility that, upon disc...
Bottom sediments around the world store large amounts of legacy hydrophobic organic contaminants (HO...
A bioassay battery was validated with sediments of the rivers Elbe and Rhine in order to establish a...
The presented report gives a description of the results of the international workshop 'Bioaccumulati...
Quality assessments are crucial to all activities related to removal and management of sediments. Fo...
The whole-sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) approach is a useful technique that allo...
The findings of this report were thought to be a useful contribution to the current knowledge of the...
More than 70% of the Earth is covered by water, and most of the sea floor consists of soft sediments...
This study focuses on the discussion of different lines of evidence (LoEs) applied to a sediment-qua...
An integrated approach for the assessment of coastal sediment quality was utilised in three areas of...
The aim of the present work is to demonstrate the practical importance of a multidisciplinary approa...