Seasonally and regionally determined indication potential of bioassays in contaminated river sediments

• Authors: HILSCHEROVÁ Klára; DUŠEK Ladislav; ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ Tereza; JÁLOVÁ Veronika; ČUPR Pavel; GIESY John; NEHYBA Slavomír; JARKOVSKÝ Jiří; KLÁNOVÁ Jana; HOLOUBEK Ivan
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Water pollution and control
• Keywords: Sediment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Organic carbon; In vitro bioassays
• Description: The study demonstrates the strength of the specific bioassays in indicating the changes in contamination and emphasizes the crucial role of a well-designed sampling plan, in which both spatial and temporal dynamics should be taken into account, for the correct interpretations of information in risk assessments.

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