Metal contaminant assessment for the Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts: results of the National Benthic Surveillance Project over the first four years 1984-87

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH 11 .A2 S65 no. 284 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Peter James, and David W. Evansen_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:12:12Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:12:12Z
dc.date.issued1991en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description120 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractSediment and fish tissue samples have been collected annually for contaminant analysis as part of NOAA's National Status and Trends Program, National Benthic Surveillance Project since 1984. The overall goals of the project are: 1) to develop a nationally uniform, long-term data base for contaminants in the U.S. coastal areas, 2) to establish the current status and future trends in contaminant levels in sediments and fish, 3) to establish and monitor indicators of harmful effects to fish from contaminants, and 4) to provide an information base for management action to control inputs, concentrations and harmful effects of contaminants. In this report, data are presented for the concentrations of 16 elements (Ag, Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Si, Sn, Tl, and Zn) in fish livers and surficial sediments collected annually during 1984-87 along the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts at 17 locations. Locations represent major estuarine - coastal systems within the Southeast region (e.g., Galveston Bay, Pamlico Sound and Tampa Bay). Data from annual surveys (one site sampled per location) and intensive surveys (five and six sites sampled per location) are used to present spatial distributions and temporal trends among and within locations, respectively.en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.geo-codeSoutheast Atlanticen_US
dc.history7/20/07 eas; 10/7/05 eas; 12/13/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22756
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesAlso available from the National Technical Information Serviceen_US
dc.placeBeaufort, NCen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort Laboratoryen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5011.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://unicorn.csc.noaa.gov/docs/czic/SH11.A2%5FS65%5Fno.284/5011.pdfen_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesNOAA Technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC no. 284en_US
dc.subjectmetalsen_US
dc.subjectchemical pollutionen_US
dc.subjectsediment analysisen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental surveysen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental aspectsen_US
dc.subjectmarine pollutionen_US
dc.titleMetal contaminant assessment for the Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts: results of the National Benthic Surveillance Project over the first four years 1984-87en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueNo. 284en_US

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