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Rubinstein, Norman I., Charles N. D'Asaro, Charnell Sommers and Frank G. Wilkes. 1980. Effects of Contaminated Sediments on Representative Estuarine Species and Developing Benthic Communities. In: Contaminants and Sediments, Vol. 1: Transport, Fate and Case Studies. EPA-600/J-80-154. Robert A. Baker, Editor. Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI. Pp. 445-461. (ERL,GB 406). (Avail. from NTIS, Springfield, VA: PB81-129447)

Bioassay techniques developed to examine acute and sublethal effects of dredged sediments on marine life are described. Results are reported for laboratory tests conducted to determine sublethal and acute effects of Kepone-sorbed sediment and dredged spoil material from the James River and the Houston Ship Channel on the mysid shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia; oyster, Crassostrea virginica; and polychaete, Arenicola cristata. Criteria established for the study include (1) survival of mysids; (2) shell deposition and bioaccumulation of contaminants; (3) substrate-reworking and bioaccumulation by lugworms; (4) resiliency of macrofaunal organisms that settled onto test sediments from planktonic larvae.

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