Sediment is an important compartment in aquatic environments and acts as a sink for
environmental pollutants. Sediment toxicity tests have been suggested as critical …

Purpose Sediments serve as integral and dynamic parts of our aquatic systems. Within the
last 15 to 20 years, however, the scientific community has begun noticing deterioration of …

The determination of the real toxicity of sediments in aquatic ecosystems is challenging and
necessary for an appropriate risk assessment. Different approaches have been developed …

Abstract The Magdalena River is the most important river in Colombia, supplying over 70%
of the population of fish and drinking water, and it also is the main river transportation way of …

The toxicity of four polluted sediments and their corresponding reference sediments from
three European river basins were investigated using a battery of six sediment contact tests …

Understanding the effect of soil type on the overall toxicity of sewage sludge is one of the
most important issues concerning environmental risks associated with the sewage sludge …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive aims to achieve a good ecological and
chemical status in surface waters until 2015. Sediment toxicology plays a major role in this …

Purpose Basing decisions for the management of contaminated sediments on
ecotoxicological data is still often met with skepticism by European stakeholders. These …

A sediment contact test (SCT) battery consisting of five ecotoxicological test systems was
applied to 21 native freshwater sediments characterized by a broad variety of geochemical …

Freshwater sediments represent a sink for microplastic (< 5 mm) through various processes.
Thus, benthic organisms can be exposed to relatively high concentrations of microplastics …