Survey of Galveston Bay bottom sediments and benthic communities

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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
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorCarr, Robert Scott, Duane C. Chapman, and Cynthia L. Howarden_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.accessioned2010-02-15T17:21:51Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:21:51Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 83-94en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to characterize the quality of sediments at key sites in the Galveston Bay Estuary (Table 1, Fig. 1). Synoptically collected sediment samples were taken for chemical and physical analyses, toxicity testing, and an assessment of benthic community structure in order to identify areas where sediment contamination is responsible for ecosystem degradation (Chapman, 1990). The chemical analyses included a suite of trace metals, petroleum aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated hydrocarbons, total organic carbon (TOC), and acid volatile sulfides (AVS), in order to normalize the organic and inorganic constituents, respectively. Solid-phase sediment toxicity tests with the benthic amphipod Grandidierella japonica were conducted (ASTM, 1990). In addition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) conducted a series of sediment porewater tests with gametes of the sea urchin, Arbacia puntulata (Carr and Chapman, 1992).en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history12/10/04 eas; 10/25/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24115
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; GBIC Reference Collection; GBIC OFFICEen_US
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dc.notesThe authors are representing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fisheries Contaminant Research Corpus Christi Field Research Station and School of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Houston - Clear Lakeen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherGalveston Bay National Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries6204.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/23/gbnep-23.htmlen_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesGBNEP-23en_US
dc.subjectsediment samplesen_US
dc.subjectsedimentsen_US
dc.subjectbenthic environmenten_US
dc.subjectanalysisen_US
dc.subjecttoxicityen_US
dc.titleSurvey of Galveston Bay bottom sediments and benthic communitiesen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueNo. 23en_US

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