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BSAF (Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor)
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| Resource Type: |
software --> database
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year: |
2009 |
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Web based
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| Producers or distributor |
US Environmental Protection Agency - US EPA
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Ecological
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Toxicological information
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Sediments
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| Short description: |
EPA MED researchers developed a data set of approximately 20,000 biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) from 20 locations (mostly Superfund sites) for nonionic organic chemicals, e.g., PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs, DDTs, PAHs, and pesticides. Fresh, tidal, and marine ecosystems are included in the data set, and species in the data set include fish and benthic species (e.g., lobster, crayfish, and benthic invertebrates). The purpose of the data set is fivefold: i) provides tools for evaluating the reasonableness of BSAFs from other locations, ii) provides a tool for building a BSAF data set for locations of your interest, iii) provides data for performing bounding assessments of risks for locations where limited or no bioaccumulation are available, iv) permits inquiry into underlying relationships and dependences of BSAFs upon ecosystem conditions and parameters, and v) allows comparison of PCB, PCDD, and PCDF residues to residue-effects data download from PCBRes
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 06/07/2009
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