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Responses of Lumbriculus variegatus to Activated Carbon Amendments in Uncontaminated Sediments Inna Nybom,*,† David Werner,‡ Matti T. Leppan̈ en,§ George Siavalas,∥ Kimon Christanis,∥ Hrissi K. Karapanagioti,⊥ Jussi V. K. Kukkonen,†,# and Jarkko Akkanen† †
Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom § Research and Innovation Laboratory, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), P.O.Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland ∥ Department of Geology, University of Patras, GR-265.04 Rio-Patras, Patras, Greece ⊥ Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR-265.04 Rio-Patras, Patras, Greece # Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O.Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland ‡
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ABSTRACT: Activated carbon (AC) amendment is a recently developed sediment remediation method. The strong hydrophobic organic contaminant sorption efficiency of AC has been shown in several studies, but effects on benthic organisms require more investigation. The AC induced effects on egestion rate, growth and reproduction of Lumbriculus variegatus were studied by applying bituminous coal based AC in three different particle size fractions, namely
