50
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Marine Management Considerations

A Geochemical and Biological Basis for Marine Sediment Quality Guidelines

, , &
Pages 173-196 | Received 28 Jan 1998, Accepted 09 Feb 1998, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

References

  • Adams , W. J. , Kimerie , R. A. and Barnett , J. W. Jr. 1992 . Sediment quality and aquatic life assessment. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 26 : 1865 – 1875 .
  • Ankley , G. T. 1996 . Evaluation of metal/acid-volatile sulfide relationships in the prediction of metal bioaccumulation by benthic macroinvertebrates. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 15 : 2138 – 2146 .
  • Ankley , G. T. , DiToro , D. M. , Hansen , D. J. and Berry , W. J. 1996a . Technical basis and proposal for deriving sediment quality criteria for metals. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 15 : 2056 – 2066 .
  • Ankley , G. T. , DiToro , D. M. , Hansen , D. J. and Berry , W. J. 1996b . Assessing the ecological risk of metals in sediments. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 15 : 2053 – 2055 .
  • Beak Consultants Ltd. 1987 . Development of sediment quality objectives: Phase I - options Prepared for Ontario Ministry of Environment, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  • Beak Consultants Ltd. 1988 . Development of sediment quality objectives: Phase II - guidelines development Prepared for Ontario Ministry of Environment. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  • Brothers , D. E. 1990 . Benthic sediment chemistry west coast survey Phase I and II Environment Canada Conservation and Protection, Environmental Protection, Pacific and Yukon Region. Regional Data Reports DR-90-04.
  • CCME (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment) . 1995 . Protocol for the derivation of Canadian sediment quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life 38 Report CCME EPC-98E, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • CCREM (Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers) . 1987 . Canadian water quality guidelines Task Force on Water Quality Guidelines, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Chapman , P. M. 1989 . Current approaches to developing sediment quality criteria. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 8 : 589 – 599 .
  • DiToro , D. M. , Mahony , D. J. , Hansen , D. J. , Scott , K. J. , Hinks , M. B. , Mayr , S. M. and Redmond , M. S. 1990 . Toxicity of cadmium in sediments: the role of acid volatile sulfide. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 9 : 1487 - 1502.
  • DiToro , D. M. , Zarba , C. , Hansen , D. J. , Swartz , R. C. , Cowan , C. E. , Allen , H. E. , Thomas , A. N. A. , Paquin , P. R. and Berry , W. J. 1991 . Technical basis for establishing sediment quality criteria for non-ionic organic chemicals using equilibrium partitioning. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 10 : 1541 -1583.
  • Environment Canada . 1995 . Report on ocean disposal consultations - winter 1995 Prepared for client circulation by Marine Environment Division, Environmental Protection Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 26
  • Environment Canada . 1996 . Canadian sediment quality guidelines for cadmium 93 Prepared by the Guidelines Division, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (prepublication draft).
  • Environment Canada . 1997 . Canadian sediment quality guidelines Fact sheet prepared by Soil and Sediment Quality Section, Science and Policy Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Gaudet , C. L. , Keenleyside , K. A. , Kent , R. A. , Smith , S. L. and Wong , M. P. 1995 . How should numerical criteria be used? The Canadian approach. . Human and Ecological Risk Assessment , 1 : 19 – 28 .
  • Gobeil , C. 1991 . Inventaire de la contamination des sédiments du Chenal Laurentien: Données sur les métaux et les éléments nutritifs 854 Rapport Statistique Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques
  • Gobeil , C. , Paton , D. , Mclaughlin , F. A. , Macdonald , R. W. , Paquette , G. , Clermont , Y. and Lebeuf , M. 1991 . Cadmium diagenesis in Laurentian Trough sediments. . Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. , 51 : 589 – 596 .
  • Goyette , D. 1990 . Trace metal concentrations in sediment samples from Loughborough Inlet, Belize/Seymour Inlets and Port Hardy, British Columbia Unpublished data.
  • Goyette , D. and Christie , P. 1982 . Environmental studies in Alice Arm and Hastings Arm, British Columbia Part III: Initial production period-Amax/Kitsault Minesediment and tissue trace metals, May-June and October 1981. Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada, Pacific Region. Regional Program Report, 82–14.
  • Hare , L. R. , Carigan , R. and Huerta-Diaz , M. A. 1994 . A field study of metal toxicity and accumulation by benthic invertebrates: implications for the acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) model. . Limnology and Oceanography , 39 : 1653 – 1668 .
  • Howard , D. E. and Evans , R. D. 1993 . Acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) in a seasonally anoxic mesotrophic lake: seasonal and spatial changes in sediment AVS. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 12 : 1051 – 1057 .
  • Lamberson , J. O. and Swartz , R. 1992 . “ Spiked-sediment toxicity test approach ” . In Sediment Classification Compendium , Washington, D. C., , USA : U. S. EPA, Office of Water . In, EPA 823-R-92-006.
  • Leonard , E. N. , Mattson , V. R. , Benoit , D. A. , Hoke , R. A. and Ankley , G. T. 1993 . Seasonal variation of acid volatile sulfide concentration in sediment cores from three northeastern Minnesota lakes. . Hydrobiologia , 271 : 87 – 95 .
  • Long , E. R. 1992 . Ranges in chemical concentrations in sediments associated with adverse biological effects. . Marine Pollution Bulletin , 24 : 38 – 45 .
  • Long , E. R. , Macdonald , R. W. , Smith , S. L. and Calder , F. D. 1995 . Incidence of adverse biological effects within ranges of chemical concentrations in marine and estuarine sediments. . Environmental Management , 19 : 81 – 97 .
  • Long , E. R. and Morgan , L. G. 1990 . The potential for biological effects of sediment-sorbed contaminants tested in the National Status and Trends Program 175 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Memo NOS OMA 52. Seattle, Wash., USA + app.
  • Loring , D. H. 1990 . The Li solution - a new approach for the granulometric normalization of trace metal data. . Marine Chemistry , 19 155–168.
  • Loring , D. H. 1991 . Normalization of heavy-metal data from estuarine and coastal sediments. . ICES Journal of Marine Science , 48 : 101 – 115 .
  • MacDonald , D. D. 1993 . Development of an approach to the assessment of sediment quality in Florida coastal waters. Prepared for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection , Edited by: Ladysmith , B. C. Vol. 1 , 128 Canada : MacDonald Environmental Sciences, Ltd. . pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 117.
  • MacDonald , R. W. , MacDonald , D. M. , O'Brien , M. C. and Gobeil , C. 1991 . Accumulation of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd) carbon and nitrogen in sediments from Strait of Georgia, B.C. Canada . Marine Chemistry , 34 : 109 – 135 .
  • MacDonald , D. D. , Smith , S. L. , Wong , M. P. and Mudroch , P. 1992 . The development of Canadian marine environmental quality guidelines 50 Report prepared for the Interdepartmental Working Group on Marine Environmental Quality Guidelines and the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canadapp. + app.
  • Mantal , N. 1967 . The detection of disease clustering and generalized regression approach . Cancer Research , 27 : 209 – 220 . ;Environment Toxicology and Chemistry 15 2050 2318, (Whole issue).
  • Mudroch , P. , Yellowknife , N. and Western , W. T. 1987 . “ Conservation and Protection, Environmental Protection, Northwest Territories, District Office ” . In Distribution of metals and hydrocarbons in the nearshore zone of the southern Beaufort Sea and Northern Region, USA, 86/87 - CP (EP) - 9.
  • Pederson , T. F. , Waters , R. D. and Macdonald , R. W. 1989 . On the natural enrichment of cadmium and molybdenum in the sediment of Ucluelet Inlet, British Columbia. . Sci. Tot. Environ. , 79 : 125 – 139 .
  • Persaud , D. , Jaagumagi , R. and Hayton , A. 1992 . Guidelines for the protection and management of aquatic sediment quality in Ontario 26 Water Resources Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, Canada
  • Porebski , L. M. , Doe , K. G. , Lee , D. , Pocklington , P. , Zajdlik , B. and Atkinson , G. 1998 . Interpretative guidance for bioassays using pollution gradient studies - first year report Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Manuscript Report WM-20).
  • Sediment Criteria Subcommittee . 1989 . Review of the apparent threshold approach to setting sediment criteria 18 Report of the Science Advisory Board. U. S. EPA. Washington, D. C., USA, pp., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,15,2053–2318 (Whole issue devoted to subject of AVS and SEM).
  • Smith , S. L. , MacDonald , D. D. , Keenleyside , K. A. and Gaudet , C. L. 1996 . The development and implementation of Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines. Development and Progress in Sediment Quality Assessment: Rationale, Challenges , 233 – 249 . Amsterdam, , Netherlands : Techniques and Strategies .
  • Thomas , D. J. and Erickson , P. E. 1983 . The concentrations of zinc, cadmium and lead in sediment cores from Crozier Strait, N. W. T. A data report prepared for: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development by Arctic Laboratories Ltd 21 DIAND File No. A1632-N2.pp. + appendices.
  • Thomas , D. J. , Macdonald , R. W. and Cornford , A. B. 1982 . “ Arctic compilation data and appraisal ” . In Chemical Oceanography. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and ocean Sciences Vol. 2 , 243 Vol. Beaufort Sea:5
  • UNEP . 1995 . UNEP/IOC/IAEA manual for the geochemical analyses of marine sediments and suspended particulate matter Reference Methods of Marine Pollution Studies No. 63. United Nations Environment Programme.
  • Zhuang , Y. , Allen , H. E. and Fu , G. 1994 . Effect of aeration of sediment on cadmium binding. . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , 13 : 717 – 724 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.