DOTS

BSAF

Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Database

US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC Dredging Operations Technical Support

USACE

Source: Pickard SW, JU Clarke, GR Lotufo. 2005. Bioaccumulation and bioavailability of mirex from Lake Ontario sediments. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 74:1084-1091.

Study aim: "The objective of this study was to assess the bioavailability of mirex in surface sediments from a contaminated area of Lake Ontario using a standard freshwater bioaccumulation test with the aquatic oligochaete worm, Lumbriculus variegatus."

Genus Species analyte Study Lipid % ug/kg lipid TOC % ug/kg TOC BSAFR BSAFC Tissue Moisture Sediment Sediment Locale Subdivision, Country Chemical Spiked EXP duration Source; Station Note CAS Reference DOI exit
Lumbriculus variegatus Mirex Lab 0.58 722.41 2 835 0.85 0.865 whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2; B near Rochester Harbor 2385-85-5 BSAF2835 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-005-0692-1 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus Mirex Lab 0.55 740 2 835 0.87 0.886 whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2; C near Rochester Harbor 2385-85-5 BSAF2835 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-005-0692-1 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus Mirex Lab 0.56 789.29 2 835 0.95 0.945 whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2; D near Rochester Harbor 2385-85-5 BSAF2835 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-005-0692-1 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus Mirex Lab 0.67 595.52 2 835 0.71 0.713 whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2; E near Rochester Harbor 2385-85-5 BSAF2835 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-005-0692-1 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus Mirex Lab 0.64 654.69 2 835 0.78 0.784 whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2; A near Rochester Harbor 2385-85-5 BSAF2835 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-005-0692-1 Google Scholar