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EVALUATION OF THE TOXICITY OF MARINE SEDIMENTS AND DREDGE SPOILS WITH THE MICROTOXR BIOASSAY
Citation:
Ankley, G., R. Hoke, J.P. Giesy, AND P. Winger. EVALUATION OF THE TOXICITY OF MARINE SEDIMENTS AND DREDGE SPOILS WITH THE MICROTOXR BIOASSAY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-89/095 (NTIS PB90117151), 1989.
Description:
The MicrotoxR bioassay was used to evaluate the toxicity of sediment and dredge spoil elutriates from several potentially-contaminated sites in Mobile and Pascagoula Bays. Elutriates were prepared using either local seawater or distilled deionized water (osmotically adjusted with NaCl prior to testing), and MicrotoxR assays were performcd with the elutriates and three reference toxicants. here were marked differences in the toxicity of several elutriates and reference toxicants in the two different waters, with the seawater generally resulting in the same or lesser toxicity than the osmotically-adjusted distilled deionized water.