DOTS

BSAF

Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Database

US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC Dredging Operations Technical Support

USACE

Source: Tlili K, P Labadie, C Bourges, A Desportes, M Chevreuil. 2012. Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by the freshwater benthic amphipod Gammarus pulex. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63:69-76.

Study aim: "This study reports on the relationship between polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) levels in water, sediment, and the benthic macroinvertebrate Gammarus pulex, which plays a major ecological role in freshwater ecosystems."

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
Gammarus pulex BDE 153 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 0.5 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 68631-49-2 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 154 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 0.5 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 207122-15-4 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 028 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 2.1 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 41318-75-6 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 066 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 2.6 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 189084-61-5 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 100 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 0.9 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 189084-64-8 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 099 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 0.8 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 60348-60-9 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 049 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 0.9 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 243982-82-3 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar
Gammarus pulex BDE 047 Field 4.4 N/R N/R N/R 1.8 -- whole body (N/I) (organism/sediment) Natural Orge River Ile-de-France, France No N/A Table 1 near Paris, France 5436-43-1 BSAF2985 doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9751-x Google Scholar