Data bases on ambient water and sediment quality of Galveston Bay

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dc.acquisition-srcGalveston Bay National Estuary Programen_US
dc.call-noTD 224 .T4 W27 1992 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorWard, George H. and Neal E. Armstrongen_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:19:06Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:19:06Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description102 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractFor many years, data relating to the quality of water and sediment in the Galveston Bay system have been collected by a variety of organizations and individual researchers. These data have greater potential value to the Galveston Bay National Estuary Program (GBNEP) and to future researchers. As a part of the GBNEP Water and Sediment Quality Status & Trends Study, which synthesized a historical depiction of the quality of the bay environments, these data were compiled into a machine-readable format. Specific parameters addressed are: nutrients (carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen); heavy metals; pesticides, herbicides and priority pollutants; chlorophyll a and pheophytin; pH; salinity; turbidity and total suspended solids (TSS); dissolved oxygen; fecal coliforms; temperature; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); oil & grease; volatile solids; coliforms. The digital data base is composed of water-quality and sediment-quality measurements from 28 ongoing and historical data collection programs. This compilation included data from the three most important current monitoring programs in Galveston Bay: the Texas Water Commission Stream (a.k.a., Statewide, a.k.a. Surface-water) Monitoring Network (SMN), the Texas Parks and Wildlife hydrographic observations from its Coastal Fisheries program, and the hydrographic and biochemical data of the Texas State Department of Health Shellfish Sanitation Program. The important surveys and research projects sponsored by the Texas Water Development Board and maintained in its digitized Coastal Data System are included.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeGalvestonen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history8/26/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23724
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Texas at Austin, Center for Research in Water Resourcesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5140.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectdatabasesen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectmarine sedimentsen_US
dc.subjectdataen_US
dc.subjectcollectionen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.titleData bases on ambient water and sediment quality of Galveston Bayen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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