Bioavailability of sediment-bound contaminants to marine organisms

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10103045· OSTI ID:10103045

Brown, B ^[1]; Neff, J ^[1]

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1. Battelle/Marine Sciences Lab., Sequim, WA (United States)

The bioavailability of sediment-bound contaminants to marine organisms indicates that there exists a potential for transfer of these contaminants through marine food webs to commercial fisheries products consumed by humans. However, there has been relatively little effort to combine and synthesize data on chemical/biological interactions between benthic animals and seagrasses and the sediments in which they reside on the one hand, and on the chemistry of bioaccumulation on the other. This report provides a conceptual basis for an approach to bioavailability and biomagnification of sediment-bound contaminants that reviews biological and chemical approaches.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10103045
• Report Number(s): PNL-8761; ON: DE93041318
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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