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

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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.

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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).

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  1. Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain

    M. L. Martín-Díaz, T. A. DelValls & I. Riba

  2. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain

    M. L. Martín-Díaz, I. Riba & J. Blasco

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Martín-Díaz, M.L., DelValls, T.A., Riba, I. et al. Integrative sediment quality assessment using a biomarker approach: review of 3 years of field research. Cell Biol Toxicol 24, 513–526 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10565-008-9062-1

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