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Volume 21, Issue 1

January 2014

Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems

Issue Editors:

Kenneth M. Y. Leung,
Graham Merrington,
Michael St. J. Warne,
Richard J. Wenning

74 articles in this issue

Scientific derivation of environmental quality benchmarks for the protection of aquatic ecosystems: challenges and opportunities
Kenneth M. Y. Leung
Graham Merrington
Richard J. Wenning
Editorial 23 August 2013 Pages: 1 - 5
Water quality guidelines for chemicals: learning lessons to deliver meaningful environmental metrics
Graham Merrington
Youn-Joo An
Kenneth M. Y. Leung
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 26 April 2013 Pages: 6 - 16
Sediment quality guidelines: challenges and opportunities for improving sediment management
Kevin W. H. Kwok
Graeme E. Batley
Shirley Lee
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 15 May 2013 Pages: 17 - 27
Tissue-based environmental quality benchmarks and standards
James P. Meador
Michael St. J. Warne
Kenneth M. Y. Leung
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 23 April 2013 Pages: 28 - 32
Issues to consider in the derivation of water quality benchmarks for the protection of aquatic life
Uwe Schneider
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 15 October 2013 Pages: 33 - 50
Revisions to the derivation of the Australian and New Zealand guidelines for toxicants in fresh and marine waters
M. St. J. Warne
G. E. Batley
R. Van Dam
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 25 June 2013 Pages: 51 - 60
Development of aquatic life criteria in China: viewpoint on the challenge
Xiaowei Jin
Yeyao Wang
Zijian Wang
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 02 April 2013 Pages: 61 - 66
Deriving environmental quality standards in European surface waters: when are there too few data?
G. Merrington
P. Van Sprang
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 16 April 2013 Pages: 67 - 76
Development and implementation of surface water quality standards for protection of human health in Korea
Youn-Joo An
Jin Kwak II
Myung Sook Jung
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 02 April 2013 Pages: 77 - 85
Development of freshwater sediment management standards for organic matters, nutrients, and metals in Korea
In Ae Huh
Yong Seok Kim
Hyun Woo Kim
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 11 September 2013 Pages: 86 - 94
Is an assessment factor of 10 appropriate to account for the variation in chemical toxicity to freshwater ectotherms under different thermal conditions?
Edward Tak Chuen Lau
Mana Man Na Yung
Kenneth Mei Yee Leung
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 03 May 2013 Pages: 95 - 104
Accounting for both local aquatic community composition and bioavailability in setting site-specific quality standards for zinc
Adam Peters
Peter Simpson
Alessandra Moccia
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 02 May 2013 Pages: 105 - 117
Site-specific water quality guidelines: 1. Derivation approaches based on physicochemical, ecotoxicological and ecological data
R. A. van Dam
C. L. Humphrey
A. W. Storey
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 12 July 2013 Pages: 118 - 130
Site-specific water quality guidelines: 2. Development of a water quality regulation framework for pulse exposures of mine water discharges at a uranium mine in northern Australia
A. Sinclair
K. Tayler
A. Hogan
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 06 July 2013 Pages: 131 - 140
Derivation of site-specific surface water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic ecosystems near a Korean military training facility
Seung-Woo Jeong
Youn-Joo An
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 29 May 2013 Pages: 141 - 147
Aquatic predicted no-effect concentration for three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and probabilistic ecological risk assessment in Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea, China
Ying Wang
Juying Wang
Zhongsheng Lin
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 23 April 2013 Pages: 148 - 158
A comparison of statistical methods for deriving freshwater quality criteria for the protection of aquatic organisms
Liqun Xing
Hongling Liu
Hongxia Yu
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 15 January 2013 Pages: 159 - 167
Comparison of species sensitivity distributions for species from China and the USA
Xiaonan Wang
Zhenguang Yan
Handong Li
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 08 September 2013 Pages: 168 - 176
Deriving field-based sediment quality guidelines from the relationship between species density and contaminant level using a novel nonparametric empirical Bayesian approach
Gilbert C. S. Lui
W. K. Li
Kenneth M. Y. Leung
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 15 June 2013 Pages: 177 - 192
Assessment of the effects of nickel on benthic macroinvertebrates in the field
Adam Peters
Peter Simpson
Emily Rogevich-Garman
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 09 June 2013 Pages: 193 - 204
Contamination assessments of surface water in coastal lagoon (Maluan Bay, China) incorporating biomarker responses and bioaccumulation in hepatopancreas of exposed shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)—an integrative approach
Zaosheng Wang
Xiaoxia Dong
Qiaoqiao Chi
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 16 April 2013 Pages: 205 - 219
Status of metal levels and their potential sources of contamination in Southeast Asian rivers
Penradee Chanpiwat
Suthipong Sthiannopkao
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 27 June 2013 Pages: 220 - 233
Effects of multigenerational exposures of D. magna to environmentally relevant concentrations of pentachlorophenol
Yi Chen
Jin Huang
Xiaowei Zhang
Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems 02 May 2013 Pages: 234 - 243
Cardiovascular effects of arsenic: clinical and epidemiological findings
Francesco Stea
Fabrizio Bianchi
Rosa Sicari
Review Article 10 September 2013 Pages: 244 - 251
Why air quality in the Alps remains a matter of concern. The impact of organic pollutants in the alpine area
P. Schroeder
C. A. Belis
M. Catinon
Review Article 18 September 2013 Pages: 252 - 267
Valorization of solid waste products from olive oil industry as potential adsorbents for water pollution control—a review
Amit Bhatnagar
Fabio Kaczala
Mika Sillanpää
Review Article 26 September 2013 Pages: 268 - 298
Integrated evaluation of aerogenic pollution by air-transported heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, Mn and Cu) in the analysis of the main deposit media
Edita Baltrėnaitė
Pranas Baltrėnas
Eglė Zuokaitė
Research Article 10 August 2013 Pages: 299 - 313
Selected chloro and bromo derivatives of triclosan—syntheses and their occurrence in Canadian sewage and biosolid samples
Hing-Biu Lee
Jagmohan Kohli
Nien Nguyen
Research Article 14 June 2013 Pages: 314 - 324
Phytoremediation potential of Pteris vittata L. under the combined contamination of As and Pb: beneficial interaction between As and Pb
Xiao-ming Wan
Mei Lei
Rui-xiang Xu
Research Article 14 June 2013 Pages: 325 - 336
Simazine degradation in bioaugmented soil: urea impact and response of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and other soil bacterial communities
Qingwei Guo
Rui Wan
Shuguang Xie
Research Article 15 June 2013 Pages: 337 - 343
Dynamic behaviour of Cd²⁺ adsorption in equilibrium batch studies by CaCO₃ ⁻-rich Corbicula fluminea shell
Farhah Amalya Ismail
Ahmad Zaharin Aris
Puziah Abdul Latif
Research Article 16 June 2013 Pages: 344 - 354
Phosphorus and cadmium interactions in Kandelia obovata (S. L.) in relation to cadmium tolerance
Jingna Du
Chongling Yan
Zhaodeng Li
Research Article 18 June 2013 Pages: 355 - 365
Risk assessment of inhalation exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in school children
Darpa Saurav Jyethi
P. S. Khillare
Sayantan Sarkar
Research Article 19 June 2013 Pages: 366 - 378
Physicochemical and biological quality of soil in hexavalent chromium-contaminated soils as affected by chemical and microbial remediation
Yingping Liao
Xiaobo Min
Yangyang Wang
Research Article 20 June 2013 Pages: 379 - 388
Effects of submerged macrophytes on the abundance and community composition of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in a eutrophic lake
Da-yong Zhao
Juan Luo
Qinglong L. Wu
Research Article 20 June 2013 Pages: 389 - 398
Adsorption of multi-heavy metals Zn and Cu onto surficial sediments: modeling and adsorption capacity analysis
Shanshan Li
Chen Zhang
Yu Li
Research Article 20 June 2013 Pages: 399 - 406
Organo-modified sericite in the remediation of an aquatic environment contaminated with As(III) or As(V)
Seung Mok Lee
Diwakar Tiwari
Research Article 21 June 2013 Pages: 407 - 418
Spatial and temporal variations of nitrous oxide flux between coastal marsh and the atmosphere in the Yellow River estuary of China
Zhigao Sun
Lingling Wang
Wanlong Sun
Research Article Open access 21 June 2013 Pages: 419 - 433
Temporal variations of benthic diatom community and its main influencing factors in a subtropical river, China
Xiang Tan
Xiaoling Xia
Quanfa Zhang
Research Article 21 June 2013 Pages: 434 - 444
Aquatic biomonitoring of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in peninsular Malaysia
Soo Ching Lee
Romano Ngui
Yvonne AL Lim
Research Article 21 June 2013 Pages: 445 - 453
A combined approach of physicochemical and biological methods for the characterization of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil
Kanaji Masakorala
Jun Yao
Martin M. F. Choi
Research Article 25 June 2013 Pages: 454 - 463
Relationship of metal enrichment with adverse biological effect in the Yangtze Estuary sediments: role of metal background values
Shou Zhao
Chenghong Feng
Zhenyao Shen
Research Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 464 - 472
Combining stable isotope (δ¹³C) of trace gases and aerobiological data to monitor the entry and dispersion of microorganisms in caves
E. Garcia-Anton
S. Cuezva
S. Sanchez-Moral
Research Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 473 - 484
Alternative solid carbon source from dried attached-growth biomass for nitrogen removal enhancement in intermittently aerated moving bed sequencing batch reactor
Jun-Wei Lim
Poh-Eng Lim
Rohana Adnan
Research Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 485 - 494
The removal of arsenate from water using iron-modified diatomite (D-Fe): isotherm and column experiments
M. L. Pantoja
H. Jones
M. Burkitbayev
Research Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 495 - 506
Decontamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nonylphenol from sewage sludge using hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and evaluation of the toxicity of leachates
Maria Antonia Sánchez-Trujillo
Silvia Lacorte
Esmeralda Morillo
Research Article 27 June 2013 Pages: 507 - 517
Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soils under different land use types
Haizhen Wang
Taoxiang Zhang
Jianming Xu
Research Article 28 June 2013 Pages: 518 - 524
Involvement of abscisic acid in regulating antioxidative defense systems and IAA-oxidase activity and improving adventitious rooting in mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] seedlings under cadmium stress
Shi-Weng Li
Yan Leng
Xiao-Ying Zeng
Research Article 28 June 2013 Pages: 525 - 537
Relationship of extinction coefficient, air pollution, and meteorological parameters in an urban area during 2007 to 2009
Samaneh Sabetghadam
Farhang Ahmadi-Givi
Research Article 29 June 2013 Pages: 538 - 547
Specificity of LSU rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for Pseudo-nitzschia species tested through dot-blot hybridisation
Lucia Barra
Maria Valeria Ruggiero
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra
Research Article 30 June 2013 Pages: 548 - 557