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PARENT SESSION
WA5a Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals: Concepts, tools and consequences
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Wednesday, 09 May 2001
Session Chair: J.J. Ortega
Room 5

9:00 AM, 321 Limitations of equilibrium partitioning for estimating bioavailability to earthworms: lack of equilibrium and implications of feeding.
Jager, Tjalling1, Peijnenburg, Willie1, Hermens, Joop2, Van Leeuwen, Cees1, 1 2

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9:20 AM, 322 Influence of sediment organic carbon quality on bioavailability of Hexachlorobiphenyl and Nonylphenol to estuarine benthic amphipods.
Gunnarsson, Jonas1, Hecht, Scott2, Boese, Bruce3, Lamberson, Janet3, Weston, Donald1, Giger, Walter4, 1 2 3 4

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9:40 AM, 323 Importance of biogenic structures and sediment organic matter quality for the microbial degradation of pyrene.
Granberg, Maria 1, Hansen, Rikke2, Selck, Henriette2, 1 2

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10:00 AM, 324 Toxicity, toxicokinetics and metabolism of fluoranthene in Amphiura filiformis: impact of organic matter quality.
Selck, Henriette1, Granberg, Maria2, Forbes, Valery1, 1 2

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10:20 AM, 325 Microbial mechanisms affecting the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils.
Ortega-Calvo, Jose-Julio1, Garcia-Junco, Marta1, Niqui-Arroyo, Jose-Luis1, Olmedo, Elvira1, 1

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10:40 AM, 326 Differential uptake of a sediment-bound organic compound in four aquatic macroinvertebrates: potential mechanisms.
Gaskell, Paul1, Maltby, Lorraine1, Marshall, Stuart2, 1 2

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