Integrative sediment quality assessment using a biomarker approach: review of 3 years of field research

14 páginas, 4 figuras, 2 tablas.Recent research efforts in sediment and dredged material assessment research have focused on the inclusion of sublethal endpoints (biomarkers) in acute and long-term bioassays for dredged material characterisation and management. The incorporation of biomarkers as a new line of evidence in a weight of evidence approach allows the determination of more sensitive, longer-term biological information for use in laboratory and in situ sediment/tissue quality guidelines.This work was conducted under the framework of the projects INTEGRAL (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science; CTM2005-07282-C03-C01/TECNO; PHB2005-0100-PC) and was partially financed by the Master Erasmus Mundus (UNESCO/UNITWIN/WiCop and Unidad Asociada CSIC). Dr. Laura Martín-Díaz would like to thank the Juan de la Cierva Program (Ministry of Education and Science).Peer reviewe

Integrative sediment quality assessment using a biomarker approach: review of 3 years of field research

14 páginas, 4 figuras, 2 tablas.Recent research efforts in sediment and dredged material assessment research have focused on the inclusion of sublethal endpoints (biomarkers) in acute and long-term bioassays for dredged material characterisation and management. The incorporation of biomarkers as a new line of evidence in a weight of evidence approach allows the determination of more sensitive, longer-term biological information for use in laboratory and in situ sediment/tissue quality guidelines.This work was conducted under the framework of the projects INTEGRAL (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science; CTM2005-07282-C03-C01/TECNO; PHB2005-0100-PC) and was partially financed by the Master Erasmus Mundus (UNESCO/UNITWIN/WiCop and Unidad Asociada CSIC). Dr. Laura Martín-Díaz would like to thank the Juan de la Cierva Program (Ministry of Education and Science).Peer reviewe