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Main Title Predicting the Acute Toxicity of Copper in Freshwater Sediments: Evaluation of the Role of Acid-Volatile Sulfide.
Author Ankley, G. T. ; Mattson, V. R. ; Leonard, E. N. ; West, C. W. ; Bennett, J. L. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN. ;Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia.
Publisher c1993
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA/600/J-94/435;
Stock Number PB95-111837
Additional Subjects Sediments ; Copper ; Toxicity ; Acute exposure ; Pore water ; Water pollution monitoring ; Concentration(Composition) ; Risk assessment ; Metals ; Benthic fauna ; Amphipoda ; Lake Steilacoom ; Keweenaw Watershed ; Reprints ; AVS(Acid-volatile sulfide) ; Acid-volatile sulfide ; Sediment quality criteria ; Hyallela azteca
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NTIS  PB95-111837 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) has been proposed as an important partitioning phase determining the bioavailability of cationic metals in sediments. The objective of this research was to evaluate the role of AVS in determining copper toxicity in sediments from two sites heavily contaminated with copper: Steilacoom Lake, Washington, and the Keweenaw Watershed, Michigan. Sediments from the two sites were used in 10-d toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca and results of the toxicity tests were compared to bioavailability predictions based on copper and AVS concentrations in the test sediments, as well as copper concentrations in the sediment interstitial (pore) water. These results indicate that AVS alone is not an appropriate partitioning phase for prediting copper bioavailability in freshwater sediments.