Use of biological detection methods to assess dioxin-like compounds in sediments of Bohai Bay, China

• Main Authors: Dong, Wenjing, Wang, Feng, Fang, Mingliang, Wu, Jie, Wang, Shuaiyu, Li, Ming, Yang, Jingfeng, Chernick, Melissa, Hinton, David E., Pei, De-Sheng, Chen, Hongxing, Zheng, Na, Mu, Jingli, Xie, Lingtian, Dong, Wu
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Maritime studies; Zebrafish; Marine Sediments
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151498
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bohai Bay, in the western region of northeastern China's Bohai Sea, receives water from large rivers containing various pollutants including dioxin-like compounds (DLCs). This study used the established zebrafish (Danio rerio) model, its known developmental toxicity endpoints and sensitive mole...