BIOL 5720 - Sediment Toxicology

3 hours

Mechanisms of contaminant transport and fate in freshwater and marine sediments and pollutant effects at the individual, population and biotic community levels. Sediment contaminant bioavailability and bioaccumulation into food webs and the scientific aspects of legal control and remediation of hazardous sediments.

Prerequisite(s): One year of chemistry and biology or consent of department.