Trace organic contamination in Galveston Bay oysters: results from the NOAA National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Program

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dc.acquisition-srcGBNEPen_US
dc.call-noQH 541.5 .E8 G32 no. 23 c.1-2 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noREF QH 541.5 .E8 G32 no. 23 GBAYen_US
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dc.contributor.authorWade, Terry L., Thomas J. Jackson, James M. Brooks, Jose L. Sericano, Bernardo Garcia-Romero, and Dan L. Wilkinsonen_US
dc.contributor.editorJensen, Richard W. Russell W. Kiesling, and Frank S. Shipleyen_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings: The Second State of the Bay Symposium. February 4 - 6, 1993en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:21:52Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:21:52Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 109-111en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractIt is important to determine the current status of contaminant concentrations in order to assess the environmental response to management decisions that reduce or stop the input of selected contaminants. To fill this information gap with high quality data for U.S. coastal areas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established the National Status and Trends (NS&T) Mussel Watch Program. As part of the NS&T Program, sediment and oyster samples have been collected and analyzed from over 70 estuarine sites in the Gulf of Mexico representing all major Gulf Coast estuaries. Sampling sites were located in areas not influenced by known point sources of contaminant inputs, including Galveston Bay. Oysters were employed as sentinel organisms because they are cosmopolitan, sedentary, bioaccumulate, able to provide an assessment of bioavailability, not readily capable of metabolizing contaminants, able to survive pollution loading, transplantable, and commercially valuable. Oysters are, therefore, excellent biomonitors for contamination in estuarine areas.en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeOffatts Bayouen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas Cityen_US
dc.geo-codeBaytownen_US
dc.geo-codeGalvestonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Channelen_US
dc.geo-codeHannahs Reefen_US
dc.history12/10/04 eas; 10/25/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24119
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; GBIC Reference Collection; GBIC OFFICEen_US
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dc.notesThe authors are representing Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Texas A&M Universityen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherGalveston Bay National Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries6208.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/23/gbnep-23.htmlen_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesGBNEP-23en_US
dc.subjecttoxicity testsen_US
dc.subjectoystersen_US
dc.subjectindicator speciesen_US
dc.titleTrace organic contamination in Galveston Bay oysters: results from the NOAA National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Programen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueNo. 23en_US

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