Physico-chemical and toxicological characterization of the historic estuarine sediments: A multidisciplinary approach

Azur Environmental, 1998 Campisi, 2005, Effect of sediment turbidity and color on light output measurement for Microtox® Basic solid phase test, Chemosphere, 60, 9, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.12.052 Chapman, 2001, Utility and relevance of aquatic oligochaetes in ecological risk assessment, Hydrobiologia, 463, 149, 10.1023/A:1013103708250 DelValls, 1997, Comparative ecotoxicity of interstitial waters in litoral ecosystems using Microtox® and the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, Environ Toxicol Chem, 16, 2323, 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2323:CEOIWI>2.3.CO;2 DelValls, 1998, Integrative assessment of sediment quality in two littoral ecosystems from the Gulf of Cadiz, Spain, Environ Toxicol Chem, 17, 1073, 10.1002/etc.5620170613 DelValls, 2004, Chemical and ecotoxicological guidelines used for the management of dredged material disposal, TrAC, Trends Anal Chem, 23, 819, 10.1016/j.trac.2004.07.014 European Union (EU), 2003, Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC Giere, 1980, The impact of crude oil and oil dispersants on the marine oligochaete Marionina subterranea, Cah Biol Mar, 21, 51 Grant, 2002, Toxicity of sediments from around a North Sea oil platform: are metals or hydrocarbons responsible for ecological impacts?, Mar Environ Res, 53, 95, 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00114-3 Guzella, 1998, Comparison of test procedures for sediment toxicity evaluation with Vibrio fischerie bacteria, Chemosphere, 37, 2895, 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00331-2 ISO (International Organization for Standardization), 1999, Water quality. Determination of the inhibitory effect of water samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischerie (luminescent bacteria test). Part 3: method using freeze-dried bacteria Karuppiah, 1998, Chronological changes in toxicity of and heavy metals in sediments of two Chesapeake Bay tributaries, J Hazard Mater, 59, 159, 10.1016/S0304-3894(97)00142-8 Kwan, 1995, Comparative assessment of two solid-phase toxicity bioassays: the Direct Sediment Toxicity Testing Procedure (DSTTP) and the Microtox® Solid-Phase Test (SPT), Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 55, 338, 10.1007/BF00206670 Mowat, 2001, Correlation of field-measured toxicity with chemical concentration and pollutant availability, Environ Int, 27, 479, 10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00105-2 Onorati, 1999, The suitability of Corophium orientale (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in harbour sediment toxicity bioassessment, Aquat Ecosyst Health Manag, 2, 465, 10.1080/14634989908656984 Ortega J. Cantabria 1886–1986. Formación y Desarrollo de una Economía Moderna. Santander, Spain: Ediciones de Libria Estudio; 1986 [500 pp.]. Rodriguez, 2006, Ecotoxicity of sediments from Santander Bay to the euryhaline freshwater oligochaete Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, Hydrobiologia, 564, 157, 10.1007/s10750-005-1716-x Salizzato, 1998, Sediment toxicity measured using Vibrio fischerie as related to the concentrations of organic (PCBs, PAHs) and inorganic (metals, sulphur) pollutants, Chemosphere, 36, 2949, 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00001-0 Skowronek, 1994, Evolution of heavy-metal profiles in River Weser Estuary sediments, Germany, Environ Geol, 24, 223, 10.1007/BF00766892 Swartz, 1999, Consensus sediment quality guidelines for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures, Environ Toxic Chem, 18, 780, 10.1002/etc.5620180426 Swartz, 1991, Vertical profiles of toxicity, organic carbon and chemical contaminants in sediment cores from the Palos Verdes Shelf and Santa Monica Bay, California, Mar Environ Res, 31, 215, 10.1016/0141-1136(91)90012-W Van Beelen, 2003, A review of the application of microbial toxicity test for deriving sediment quality guidelines, Chemosphere, 53, 795, 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00716-1 Viguri, 2002, Environmental assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) in surface sediments of the Santander Bay, Northern Spain, Chemosphere, 48, 157, 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00105-4 White, 2005, Abundance, composition and vertical transport of PAHs in marsh sediments, Environ Sci Technol, 39, 8273, 10.1021/es050475w