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Ecological Risk Assessment of Riverine Contamination in the Caspian Sea Basin: A Conceptual Model for Persistent Organochlorinated Compounds

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A conceptual model of the ecological risk assessment for persistent organochlorinated compounds (POCs), like DDT, HCH, and PCBs, which contaminate reservoirs and river waters entering into the Caspian Sea is presented. The model can be used to evaluate the toxicity of POCs in these environments. Examples of this model application using POCs monitoring data for water and bottom sediments of different reservoirs and rivers of the Caspian Sea basin are presented.

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  1. Institute of Basic Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia

    Rauf V. Galiulin, Vladimir N. Bashkin & Rosa A. Galiulina

  2. Geography Faculty, Moscow State University, Vorobyovy Gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    Vladimir N. Bashkin

  3. Institute of Urban Ecology, Moscow, Russia

    Vladimir N. Bashkin

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Galiulin, R.V., Bashkin, V.N. & Galiulina, R.A. Ecological Risk Assessment of Riverine Contamination in the Caspian Sea Basin: A Conceptual Model for Persistent Organochlorinated Compounds. Water Air Soil Pollut 163, 33–51 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-005-8134-6

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