Partitioning and Toxicity of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants

The fate and transport of HOCs in aquatic systems are largely controlled by sorptive interactions with particulates (McCarthy et al., 1989 Santschi et al., 1999). In particular, 

The fate of HOCs and overall dynamics of their potential equilibrium partitioning has also been shown to be affected by the biogeochemical characteristics of the sorbing matrix as well as inherent differences in HOCs. For example, higher concentrations of 

PCBs (hexa- to deca-) Palaemontes pugio 0.04-0.5 Maruya and Lee (1998) 

PAH (total) Potamocorbula amurensis Tapes japonica Polychaetes3 0.06-5.4 0.01-2.1 0.4-2.0 Maruya et al. (1997) 

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