Sediment Toxicology

Sediments play an important role in aquatic ecosystems since they serve as a source and sink for organic and inorganic materials, and as habitat for many organisms in aquatic food webs.
Scientists at CERC develop and apply testing and data analysis tools for use by scientists, regulators and mangers interested in investigating sediment toxicity, bioaccumulation and bioavailability of chemicals to aquatic organisms, such as endangered fish, benthic invertebrates and freshwater mussels.

Research Studies

Publications

Integrative ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated sediment in a complex tropical estuarine system (91649)

Abessa, D.M.S., Carr, R.S., Sousa, E.C.P.M., Rachid, B.R.F., Zaroni, L.P., Gasparro, M.R., Pinto, Y.A., Bicego, M.C., Hortellani, M.A., Sarkis, J.E.S. and Muniz, P. 2008. Integrative ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated sediment in a complex tropical estuarine system. in: Hofer, T.N., ed. Marine Pollution, New Research: 125-159. (The online abstract is not available. You will be directed to Dr. Scott Carr's profile.)
Ecological impacts of lead mining on Ozark streams: Toxicity of sediment and pore water (91430)

Besser, J.M., Brumbaugh, W.G., Allert, A.L., Schmitt, C.J. and Ingersoll, C.G. 2009. Ecological impacts of lead mining on Ozark streams: Toxicity of sediment and pore water. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72(2): 516-526.
Ecological impacts of lead mining on Ozark streams: Toxicity of sediment and pore water (91430)

Besser, J.M., Brumbaugh, W.G., Allert, A.L., Schmitt, C.J. and Ingersoll, C.G. 2009. Ecological impacts of lead mining on Ozark streams: Toxicity of sediment and pore water. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72(2): 516-526.
Chronology of the development of sediment quality assessment methods in North America (91455)

Engler, R.M., Long, E.L., Swartz, R.C., Di Toro, D.M., Ingersoll, C.G., Burgess, R.M., Gries, T.H., Berry, W.J., Burton, G.A., O'Connor, T.P., Chapman, P.M., Field, L.J. and Porebski, L.M. 2005. Chronology of the development of sediment quality assessment methods in North America. In: Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Moore, D.W., eds. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments: 311-343.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix B

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix B: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 19 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix C

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix C: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 20 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix D

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix D: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 3 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix E

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix E: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 4 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix F

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix F: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 3 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix G

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix G: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 1 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix H

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix H: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 1 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix I

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix I: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 2 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix J

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix J: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 4 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix K

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix K: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 8 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix L

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow- Appendix L: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 1 p.
Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow (91271)

Hamilton, S.J., Holley, K.M., Buhl, K.J, Bullard, F.A., Weston, L.K., and MCDonald, S.F., 2003, Evaluation of Flushing of a Backwater Channel: Concentrations of Selenium and Other Inorganic Elements in Water, Sediment, Invertebrates, Forage fish, and Colorado Pikeminnow: U.S Geological Survey, Final Report to Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, 78 p.
Availability of SQGs to estimate effects of sediment-associated contaminants in laboratory toxicity tests or in benthic community assessments (91453)

Ingersoll, C.G., Bay, S.M., Crane, J.L., Field, L.J., Gries, T.H., Hyland, J.L., Long, E.R., MacDonald, D.D. and O'Connor, T.P. 2005. Availability of SQGs to estimate effects of sediment-associated contaminants in laboratory toxicity tests or in benthic community assessments. In: Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Moore, D.W., eds. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments: 497-556.
A field assessment of long-term laboratory sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca (91403)

Ingersoll, C.I., Wang, N., Hayward, J.M.R., Jones, J.R., Jones, S.B. and Ireland, D.S. 2005. A field assessment of long-term laboratory sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24(11): 2853-2870.
Water-quality, Bed-sediment, and Biological Data, for Streams in the Upper Prickly Pear Creek Watershed, Montana, 2001

Klein, T.L., Thamke, J.N., Harper, D.D., Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., and Fey, D.L., 2003, Water-quality, Bed-sediment, and Biological Data, for Streams in the Upper Prickly Pear Creek Watershed, Montana, 2001:U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia Missouri, Open-File Report 2003-32, 103 p.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydorcarbons in Water, Sediment and Snow from Lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, (91344)

Rhea, D.T., Gale, R.W., Orazio, C.E., Peterman, P.H., Harper, D.D., and Farag, A.M., 2005, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydorcarbons in Water, Sediment and Snow from Lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri, Final Report, 29 p.
Use of sediment quality guidelines and related tools for the asssessment of contaminated sediments: Executive summary booklet of a SETAC Pellston Workshop (91379)

Use of sediment quality guidelines and related tools for the asssessment of contaminated sediments: Executive summary booklet of a SETAC Pellston Workshop
Executive summary (in: Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments) (91457)

Wenning, R.J., Adams, W.J., Batley, G.E., Berry, W.J., Birge, W.J., Bridges, T.S., Burton, G.A., Chapman, P.M., Douglas, W.S., Engler, R.M., Ingersoll, C.G., Moore, D.W., Stahl, R.G. and Word, J.Q. 2005. Executive summary. in: Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Moore, D.W., eds. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments: 11-38.
Introduction to the workshop (in: Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments) (91456)

Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G. and Moore, D.W. 2005. Introduction to the workshop. In: Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Moore, D.W., eds. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments: 1-10.
Use of sediment quality guidelines and related tools for the assessment of contaminated sediments (SQG) (91378)

Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G. and Moore, D.W. 2005. Use of sediment quality guidelines and related tools for the assessment of contaminated sediments (SQG) Setac Press.
Predictive ability of sediment quality guidelines (91454)

Word, J.Q., Albrecht, B.B., Anghera, M.L., Baudo, R., Bay, S.M., Di Toro, D.M., Hyland, J.L., Ingersoll, C.G., Landrun, P.F., Long, E.R., Meador, J.P., Moore, D.W., O'Connor, T.P. and Shine, J.P. 2005. Predictive ability of sediment quality guidelines. In: Wenning, R.J., Batley, G.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Moore, D.W., eds. Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments: 121-161.
Integrative ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated sediment in a complex tropical estuarine system (91649)

Abessa, D.M.S., Carr, R.S., Sousa, E.C.P.M., Rachid, B.R.F., Zaroni, L.P., Gasparro, M.R., Pinto, Y.A., Bicego, M.C., Hortellani, M.A., Sarkis, J.E.S. and Muniz, P. 2008. Integrative ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated sediment in a complex tropical estuarin system. in: Hofer, T.N.., ed. Marine Pollution, New Research: 125-159. (The online abstract is not available. You will be directed to Dr. Scott Carr's profile.)
Biological and chemical characterization of metal bioavailability in sediments from Lake Roosevelt, Columbia River, Washington, USA (91548)

Besser, J.M., Brumbaugh, W.G., Ivey, C.D., Ingersoll, C.G. and Moran, P.W. 2008. Biological and chemical characterization of metal bioavailability in sediments from Lake Roosevelt, Columbia River, Washington, USA Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 54(4): 557-570.
An evaluation of selenium concentrations in water, sediment, invertebrates, and fish from the Solomon River Basin (91507)

May, T.W., Fairchild, J.F., Petty, J.D., Walther, M.J., Lucero, J., Delvaux, M., Manring, J. and Armbuster, M. 2008. An evaluation of selenium concentrations in water, sediment, invertebrates, and fish from the Solomon River Basin Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 137(1-3):213-232.