| estimating sediment quality thresholds to prevent restrictions on fish consumption: application to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins-furans in the canadian great lakes. | sediment quality thresholds (sqts) are used by a variety of agencies to assess the potential for adverse impact of sediment-associated contaminants on aquatic biota, typically benthic invertebrates. however, sedimentary contaminants can also result in elevated fish contaminant levels, triggering consumption advisories that are protective of humans. as such, sqts that would result in fish concentrations below consumption advisory levels should also be considered. to illustrate how this can be add ... | 2010 | 20872645 |