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A fugacity approach for assessing the bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic compounds from estuarine sediment

scientific article published in May 2008

A novel method using sedimentary metals and GIS for measuring anthropogenic change in coastal lake environments

scientific article published on 8 October 2009

A proteomic analysis of the effects of metal contamination on Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) haemolymph.

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

A review and critical assessment of sedimentary metal indices used in determining the magnitude of anthropogenic change in coastal environments

scientific article published in 2023

A review of chemical-based sediment quality assessment methodologies for the marine environment

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Accumulation of trace metals in grey mangrove Avicennia marina fine nutritive roots: the role of rhizosphere processes

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

An assessment of aluminum and iron in normalisation and enrichment procedures for environmental assessment of marine sediment

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Anthropogenic trace metals in sediment and settling particulate matter on a high-energy continental shelf (Sydney, Australia)

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Application of sediment quality guidelines in the assessment and management of contaminated surficial sediments in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), Australia

scientific article published on June 2002

Assessment of biotic response to heavy metal contamination in Avicennia marina mangrove ecosystems in Sydney Estuary, Australia

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

Assessment of future anthropogenic change and associated benthic risk in coastal environments using sedimentary metal indicators ⬇️

scientific article published on May 11, 2012

Assessment of human-induced change and biological risk posed by contaminants in estuarine/harbour sediments: Sydney Harbour/estuary (Australia).

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Assessment of sediment quality in Avicennia marina-dominated embayments of Sydney Estuary: the potential use of pneumatophores (aerial roots) as a bio-indicator of trace metal contamination

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Baseline assessment of anthropogenic change and ecological risk of an estuary bordered by an urbanized catchment and a pristine national park (Port Hacking estuary, Australia)

scientific article published on 08 November 2020

Baseline physio-chemical characteristics of Sydney estuary water under quiescent conditions

scientific article published on 22 October 2018

Catchment condition as a major control on the quality of receiving basin sediments (Sydney Harbour, Australia)

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Comparison of heavy metal loads in stormwater runoff from major and minor urban roads using pollutant yield rating curves

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Complex relationships between shallow muddy benthic assemblages, sediment chemistry and toxicity in estuaries in southern New South Wales, Australia

scientific article

Correction: The biology of environmental stress: molecular biomarkers in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata).

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

Deepwater ocean outfalls: A sustainable solution for sewage discharge for mega-coastal cities (Sydney, Australia): A synthesis

scientific article published on 15 June 2019

Deepwater ocean outfalls: A sustainable solution for sewage discharge for mega-coastal cities (Sydney, Australia): Influence of deepwater ocean outfalls on shelf benthic infauna

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Deepwater ocean outfalls: A sustainable solution for sewage discharge for mega-coastal cities (Sydney, Australia): Influence of deepwater ocean outfalls on shelf sediment chemistry

scientific article published on 22 June 2019

Deepwater ocean outfalls: A sustainable solution for sewage discharge for mega-coastal cities (Sydney, Australia): Influences on beach water quality

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Detection of Anthropogenic Cu, Pb and Zn in Continental Shelf Sediments off Sydney, Australia – a New Approach Using Normalization with Cobalt ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Determination of sediment metal background concentrations and enrichment in marine environments - A critical review

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Development of an estuarine assessment scheme for the management of a highly urbanised catchment/estuary system, Sydney estuary, Australia

scientific article

Dietary ingestion of fine sediments and microalgae represent the dominant route of exposure and metal accumulation for Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata): A biokinetic model for zinc.

scientific article

Direct Toxicity Assessment of Volatile Chlorinated Hydrocarbon–Contaminated Groundwater and Derivation of a Site-Specific Guideline

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Distribution of heavy metals in surficial sediments of Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales

Effectiveness of remediation of metal-contaminated mangrove sediments (Sydney estuary, Australia).

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, a food additive and pesticides) in waters of Sydney estuary, Australia

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Estimates of potential childhood lead exposure from contaminated soil using the US EPA IEUBK Model in Sydney, Australia.

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Evaluation of Some Digestion Methods for the Determination of Heavy Metals in Sediment Samples by Flame-AAS

Evaluation of a Methodology for Toxicity Testing of Volatile Chlorinated Hydrocarbons on Marine Organisms

article

Fluctuating asymmetry as a pollution monitor: The Australian estuarine smooth toadfish Tetractenos glaber (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae).

scientific article

Growth and decline of shoreline industry in Sydney estuary (Australia) and influence on adjacent estuarine sediments

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Historic change in catchment land use and metal loading to Sydney estuary, Australia (1788-2010).

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Historical trends of PBDEs and HBCDs in sediment cores from Sydney estuary, Australia

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Investigation of the role of structural domains identified in sedimentary organic matter in the sorption of hydrophobic organic compounds

scientific article published in June 2005

Metal accumulation in the greentail prawn, Metapenaeus bennettae, in Sydney and Port Hacking estuaries, Australia ⬇️

scientific article published on July 13, 2013

Metal concentrations in Sydney Cockle (Anadara trapezia) tissue and ambient sediment in a highly-modified estuary (Sydney estuary, Australia)

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Metal concentrations in seagrass (Halophila ovalis) tissue and ambient sediment in a highly modified estuarine environment (Sydney estuary, Australia)

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Metal-contaminated resuspended sediment particles are a minor metal-uptake route for the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata)--A mesocosm study, Sydney Harbour estuary, Australia

scientific article published on 02 February 2016

Metallic and organic contaminants in sediments of Sydney Harbour, Australia and vicinity-- a chemical dataset for evaluating sediment quality guidelines

scientific article published on 5 December 2005

Metals, nutrients and total suspended solids discharged during different flow conditions in highly urbanised catchments ⬇️

scientific article published on March 30, 2011

Modelling drivers and distribution of lead and zinc concentrations in soils of an urban catchment (Sydney estuary, Australia).

scientific article

Modelling nutrient loads to Sydney estuary (Australia).

scientific article

Optimal acclimation periods for oysters in laboratory-based experiments

scientific article published in 2012

Partitioning of trace elements in contaminated estuarine sediments: the role of environmental settings

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

Pharmaceuticals, personal care products, food additive and pesticides in surface waters from three Australian east coast estuaries (Sydney, Yarra and Brisbane)

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Pollution and health risk of potentially toxic metals in urban road dust in Nanjing, a mega-city of China

scientific article published on February 2014

Possible biological significance of contaminated sediments in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Predictive abilities of numerical sediment quality guidelines in Sydney Harbour, Australia, and vicinity

scientific article published on 06 March 2006

Proteomic analysis of Sydney Rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) exposed to metal contamination in the field

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Proteomic discovery of biomarkers of metal contamination in Sydney Rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata).

scientific article published on 5 October 2011

Quantifying reduction in ecological risk in Penrhyn Estuary, Sydney, Australia, following groundwater remediation.

scientific article

Quantitative proteomics of heavy metal stress responses in Sydney rock oysters

scientific article published in March 2012

Relationships between dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dioxin-like biphenyls (dl-PCBs) congener concentrations in aquatic organisms from Sydney Estuary, Australia and physiology, spatial, seasonality, trophodynamic and life histo

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

Sediment metal enrichment and ecological risk assessment of ten ports and estuaries in the World Harbours Project

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Sediment quality guidelines for copper and zinc for filter-feeding estuarine oysters? ⬇️

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Sediment-bound metals as indicators of anthropogenic change in estuarine environments

scientific article

Selective chemical extraction and grainsize normalisation for environmental assessment of anoxic sediments: validation of an integrated procedure

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Sensitivity of an indigenous amphipod (Corophium colo) to chemical contaminants in laboratory toxicity tests conducted with sediments from Sydney Harbor, Australia, and vicinity

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Site-specific probabilistic ecological risk assessment of a volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon-contaminated tidal estuary.

scientific article published in May 2010

Stormwater metal loading to a well-mixed/stratified estuary (Sydney Estuary, Australia) and management implications

scientific article published on 27 October 2009

The biology of environmental stress: molecular biomarkers in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata).

scientific article

The discrepancy in concentration of metals (Cu, Pb and Zn) in oyster tissue (Saccostrea glomerata) and ambient bottom sediment (Sydney estuary, Australia)

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

The magnitude of variability produced by methods used to estimate annual stormwater contaminant loads for highly urbanised catchments

scientific article

The mismatch of bioaccumulated trace metals (Cu, Pb and Zn) in field and transplanted oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) to ambient surficial sediments and suspended particulate matter in a highly urbanised estuary (Sydney estuary, Australia).

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

The nature and source of irregular discharges to stormwater entering Sydney estuary, Australia

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

The recovery of oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) populations in Sydney estuary (Australia)

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

The relationship between metal concentrations in seagrass (Zostera capricorni) tissue and ambient fine sediment in modified and near-pristine estuaries (Sydney estuaries, Australia)

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

The source and distribution of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in sediments of Port Jackson, Australia

scientific article published on 27 November 2006

The use of sedimentary metal data in predictive modelling of estuarine contamination, assessment of environmental condition and pollutant source identification (Narrabeen Lagoon, Sydney, Australia)

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

The use of vintage surficial sediment data and sedimentary cores to determine past and future trends in estuarine metal contamination (Sydney estuary, Australia) ⬇️

scientific article published on April 9, 2013

Topical delivery of liposomally encapsulated interferon evaluated in a cutaneous herpes guinea pig model

scientific article

Trace metal and total suspended solids concentrations in freshwater: the importance of small-scale temporal variation

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Trace metal biogeochemistry in mangrove ecosystems: a comparative assessment of acidified (by acid sulfate soils) and non-acidified sites

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

Trace metals and organochlorines in sediments near a major ocean outfall on a high energy continental margin (Sydney, Australia)

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Traffic emission dominates the spatial variations of metal contamination and ecological-health risks in urban park soil

scientific article published in 2022

Use of sediment risk and ecological/conservation value for strategic management of estuarine environments: Sydney estuary, Australia

scientific article

Use of sedimentary metals to predict metal concentrations in black mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) tissue and risk to human health (Sydney estuary, Australia)

scientific article published on 22 February 2013

Using bivariate linear mixed models to monitor the change in spatial distribution of heavy metals at the site of a historic landfill

scientific article published on 29 June 2019

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