Fig. 2From: Toxizität und Risk Assessment fluvialer Sedimente und Schwebstoffe: Eine kurze Übersicht bisheriger und neuerer EntwicklungenToxicity and risk assessment of fluvial sediments and suspended matter: a short overview of past and recent developments in sediment toxicity assessment(a) Methodology of bioassay-directed fractionation of toxicants from complex environmental samples (redrawn from Brack 2003) and (b) conceptual combination of the Sediment Quality Triad (SQT) according to Chapman et al. (1990) and bioassay-directed fractionation techniques (Brack 2003; Hollert et al. 2009) to identify single substances causing effects in the environment (redrawn from Hecker and Hollert 2009)Back to article page