DOTS

BSAF

Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Database

US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC Dredging Operations Technical Support

USACE

Source: Lotufo GR, SW Pickard. 2010. Benthic bioaccumulation and bioavailability of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from surficial Lake Ontario sediments near Rochester, New York, USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 85:348-351.

Study aim: "The objective of this study was to quantify and assess the bioavailability of PBDEs in surface sediments from select contaminated areas of the Lake Ontario watershed, 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 BDE 153 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 13.5 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 68631-49-2 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 066 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 13 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 189084-61-5 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 085 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 26 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 182346-21-0 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 099 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 13.6 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 60348-60-9 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 028 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 19.5 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 41318-75-6 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 154 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 14.3 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 207122-15-4 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 100 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 14.1 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 189084-64-8 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 047 Lab 2.56 N/R 2.5 N/R 13.6 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Lake Ontario New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester, NY 5436-43-1 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 028 Lab 1.14 N/R 0.9 N/R 11.1 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Genesee River New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester Harbor, NY 41318-75-6 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar
Lumbriculus variegatus BDE 154 Lab 1.14 N/R 0.9 N/R 3.95 -- whole body wet/dry (organism/sediment) Natural Genesee River New York, United States of America No 28 d Table 2 not fed; near Rochester Harbor, NY 207122-15-4 BSAF2945 doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-0088-8 Google Scholar