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equired to validate <strong>the</strong> sensitivity (I.e., predictive ability) of<br />

<strong>the</strong> values.<br />

The AET approach estimates concentrations of sedimentary contaminants<br />

above which biological effects (e.g., amphipod mortality during<br />

bioassays, depressions in abundances of indigenous benthic Infauna)<br />

are always expected to occur. An AET for a given chemical is derived<br />

from matched chemical/biological data as <strong>the</strong> concentration above<br />

which significant (p

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