Sediments

[Park]
[Barazar in Gorbea Natural Park, Bizkaia, Spain]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Tubifex tubifex (ref. ID; 6636)

[River]
[Comprehensive sediment monitoring network which is operated by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology, German]
Sampling site; 62 sediment samples from totally eight sites of the catchments of the rivers Elbe, Order, and Rhine.
Toxicants; PCBs, HCB, HCHs, DDTs, PAHs, Hg, Cd, Ni, Cr, As, Pb, Cu, Zn
Test organisms;
Nematoda: community (ref. ID; 6740)

[River Elbe, Hamburg, Germany]
Test organisms;
Nematoda: Caenorhabditis elegans (ref. ID; 6855)

[Flanders, Belgium]
Sampling site; Surficial sediments (top 10 cm layer) of four different river basins in Flanders: Neerpelt and Overpelt (Dommel basin), Mol en Geel (Molse Nete basin), Westerlo, Westmeerbeek and Herenthout (Grote Nete basin), Mol and Lauw (Jeker basin), and Oudenburg and Middelkerke (Plassendael canal), 65 sampling site.
Toxicants; Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: tubificid worms (ref. ID; 6106)

[Huntsville Spring Branch, Little Scioto River, Pequaywan Lake (USA)]
Toxicants; DDT and its metabolites (DDD, DDE), PAHs
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 4478)

[Little Scioto River in north-central Ohio, USA]
Note; Its location downstream from an abandoned railroad yard suspected to be a source of creosote contamination (40 degrees 34.3'N, 83 degrees 12.23'W).
Toxicants; PAHs (pyrene, Benzo[a]pyrene)
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 6013)

[Upper Mississippi River, USA]
Toxicants; PAHs (naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, biphenyl, 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, fluorene, 1,6,7-trimethylnaphthalene, phenanthrene, 1-methylphenanthrene, pyrene, fluoranthene, chrysene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b,k)fluoranthene, perylene, benzo(e)pyrene)
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 6937)

[Lake]
[Lake Erie, USA]
Test Organisms;
Oligochaeta: tubificid worms (ref. ID; 6805)

[Lake Erie, Big Creek Marsh]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Branchiura sowerbyi (ref. ID; 6632)
Oligochaeta: Tubifex tubifex (ref. ID; 6632, 6636)

[Lake Michigan, USA]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Stylodrilus heringianus (ref. ID; 2164)
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 1323, 2166, 2169)

[Lake Ontario, USA]
Toxicants;
[ref. ID; 6961]: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, 2,3,6-trichlorotoluene, 2,4,5-trichlorotoluene, 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorotoluene, 2,4-dichlorobenzotrifluoride, 3,4-dichlorobenzotrifluoride, Hexachlorobutadiene, 2,3,4-trichloranisole, 1,2,3,4-tetrachloronaphthalene, Octachlorostyrene, alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma-chlordan, 2,5,2'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,5,4'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,3,2',3'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',6'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,2',3',4'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5',3',4'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,6,2',4',6'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,6,2',3',4'-heptachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5,2',3',4',5'-octachlorobiphenyl, Mirex, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane
[ref. ID; 6969]: Chlorinated contaminant 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobutadiene, Octachlorostyrene, 2,5,2'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,3,2',3'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2'5'-pentachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5,2',3',4',5'-octachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,6-trichlorotoluene, 2,4,5-trichlorotoluene, Pentachlorotoluene, Mirex, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri & Tubifex tubifex (ref. ID; 6780, 6969)
Oligochaeta: community (ref. ID; 6961)

[Lake Palestine, Indiana, USA]
Toxicants; Effluent of electroplating plant (mainly Cd, Zn, and Cr).
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Limnodrilus sp. (ref. ID; 6082)

[Estuary]
[Hudson-Raritan estuarine area]
Toxicants; Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH), Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn.
Test organisms;
Nematoda: Chromadorina germanica (ref. ID; 1759)
Nematoda: Diplolaimella punicea (ref. ID; 1759)

[Humber Estuary (UK)]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Tubificoides benedeni (ref. ID; 6089)

[Swartkops Estuary, South Africa]
Test organisms;
Nematoda: community (ref. ID; 6847)

[Stormwater sediment] (ref. ID; 6132)
[Trout farm sediment, Mexico]
Toxicants; Ni
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (ref. ID; 6782)
[Dredge]
[Dredge disposal site]
Sampling site; The dredge disposal site is located on the north bank of the R Yare opposite the Whitlingham
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6872)

[Dredged sediment-derived soils and overbank sedimentation]
Toxicants; Heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn).
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: community (ref. ID; 6128)

[Bayou Manchac, Baton, Rouge, La. USA]
Toxicants; PAHs (pyrene, phenanthrene and dibenzofuran)
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: tubificid worms (ref. ID; 6007)

[Puget Sound, Washington]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Monopylephorus cuticulatus (ref. ID; 6604)

[Westwouderpolar & Ellandspolder, North of Amsterdam]
Toxicants; PAHs (Naphthalene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene, Benzo[a]pyrene).
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta; community (ref. ID; 3302)

[Sweden]
Lake Hjalmaren
Lake Malaren (eutrophy)
Lake Rogsjon
Lake Runn
Toxicants; Heavy metal (Hg, Cu, Zn et al.).
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Tubifex tubifex (ref. ID; 6606)
[The Netherland]
45 contaminated sites
Toxicants; PAHs (Acenaphthalene, Anthracene, Chrysene, Fluoranthene, Fluorene, Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, Benzo[ghi]perylene)
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Eisenia andrei (ref. ID; 4479)

[Oostwaardhoeve VOF, Ecotechnic Research Centre, at Wieringerwerf in the northwestern part of The Netherlands]
Toxicants; PAH-contaminated dredged sediment (Anthracene, Chrysene, Fluoranthene, Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[ghi]perylene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Indenopyrene)
Test organisms; Oligochaeta: community (ref. ID; 6874)

[Volgermeerpolder, The Netherlands]
Toxicants; Chlorobenzenes (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene; 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene; 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene; pentachlorobenzene; hexachlorobenzene), PCBs (2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB101); 2,3,3',4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB105); 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB118); 2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB138); 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153); 2,3,3',4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB156); 2,3,3',4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB157); 2,3',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB167); 2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB180))
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Eisenia andrei (ref. ID; 2170)

[Unknown sampling site]
Toxicants; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (Acenaphthalene, Anthracene, Chrysene, Fluoranthene, Fluorene, Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Benzo[e]pyrene, Benzo[a]pyrene)
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 2172)

[Unknown sampling site, USA]
Test organisms;
Oligochaeta: Lumbriculus variegatus (ref. ID; 6853)