Assessment of sediment contamination, acute toxicity, and population viability of the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus in baltimore harbor, maryland, USA

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: McGee, Beth L., Fisher,, Daniel J., Yonkos, Lance T., Ziegler, Gregory P., Turley, Steve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Back River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620181006; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.5620181006; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.5620181006

Abstract In Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, some of the most contaminated sediments are found in the highly industrialized Baltimore Harbor—Patapsco River area. As part of a comprehensive assessment of sediment quality in this system, sediment toxicity was assessed in 10‐d acute tests with the estuar...