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Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments a...
Funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the goal of this project is to quantify the extent of chemical contamination in sediments and fish in Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Significant ...
Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Char...
Bristol Bay hosts the largest salmon fishery in the world, as well as a number of other important fisheries. We are studying sediment conditions that influence biodiversity and the distribution ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: Gulf of Mexico and Pue...
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal areas. Field studies examine the ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: Kachemak Bay, Alaska
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment and related research designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal areas. Over ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: Pacific Coast and Hawa...
Bioeffects Assessment Program identifies and assesses biological effects associated with contaminant exposure. Over forty intensive regional studies have been conducted since 1986 using the Sediment Quality Triad approach to determine ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: South Atlantic Region
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal areas. Field studies examine the ...
Characterization of Benthic Habitats and Contamina...
We conducted an environmental characterization of lagoons and estuaries in northwest Alaska prior to oil and gas development in the region. Our results will provide natural resource managers and residents ...
Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollutio...
We assessed the condition of the St. Thomas East End Reserves, establishing a baseline from which we can evaluate the effectiveness of restoration activities. This is the first reserve-wide integrated ...
Pollution and Biological Health Assessment of Fjor...
State managers must assess contamination at abandoned mines, sewage outfalls, harbors, and other sites. We are determining the physical and chemical properties of sediments; measuring the chemical contaminants in sediment, ...
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New Report Summarizes Magnitude and Effects of Con...
NOAA National Status & Trends Bioeffects Program: A Summary of the Magnitude and Effects of Contaminants in the Nation's Coastal Waters report cover. Credit: NOAA. The NCCOS Bioeffects Program has ...
NCCOS, Partners Publish Environmental Assessment o...
NCCOS and its partners have published an environmental assessment of Nushagak and Kvichak Bays, two of the most important salmon fishing grounds in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Bristol Bay supports the ...
NCCOS, Partners Publish Environmental Assessment o...
Map of Alaska, with inset map of Kenai Peninsula study area. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS and its partners have published an environmental assessment of the bays and fjords on the Kenai ...
Scientists Assess Contaminants, Fish Populations i...
NCCOS scientists Ian Hartwell and Tony Pait retrieve PONAR sediment grab from Salt River Bay, St. Croix, USVI. Credit: NOAA. Earlier this month, NCCOS scientists and their partners completed fieldwork ...
Environmental Assessment of Alaska's Estuaries Pro...
Scientists descend from NOAA Ship Ron Brown onto small boat used for sampling during 2015 Arctic research mission. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS aquatic toxicologist Ian Hartwell presented findings from his 2015 ...
NCCOS Leads Key Topics at International Coral Reef...
This week, staff from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) led special sessions and gave individual presentations at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ...
Arctic Estuaries Survey 2015: Blog 6
By Ian Hartwell, Senior Scientist for Aquatic Toxicology, NOAA National Status and Trends Program. Scientist Ian Hartwell on deck, overlooking the ice. Credit: NOAA The first day in Elson lagoon ...
Arctic Estuaries Survey 2015: Blog #5
By Ian Hartwell, Senior Scientist for Aquatic Toxicology, NOAA National Status and Trends Program. Monday is lost to bad weather. The other science crew gets a chance to run another ...
Assessing the Health and Quality of Arctic Estuari...
Ian Hartwell and Mark Bradley retrieving a Smith McIntyre grab sampler on the NOAA RV Ron Brown in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: NOAA NCCOSled a month-long sampling cruise in estuaries ...
Arctic Estuaries Survey 2015: Blog #4
By Ian Hartwell, Senior Scientist for Aquatic Toxicology, NOAA National Status and Trends Program. We continue to drill the sampling routine. Actually, there is little else to do. We have ...
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An Analysis of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments and Fish from Cocos Lagoon, Guam
As part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) jurisdictional priority gathering, local agencies in Guam identified Cocos Lagoon as an area potentially impacted by land-based sources of pollution. The US Coast Guard operated a Long Range Navigation (LORAN) ...
An assessment of chemical contaminants detected in passive water samplers deployed in the St. Thomas east end reserves (STEER)
This report is the second in a series from a project to assess land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) and effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, USVI, and is the result of a collaborative effort ...
An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in the Waters Around Cocos Island, Guam Using Polyethylene Passive Water Samplers
This report summarizes the results from a research project involving NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) along with local partners and with funding from NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), to characterize dissolved concentrations of chemical contamiants in ...
An assessment of chemical contaminants, toxicity and benthic infauna in sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)
This report contains a chemical and biological characterization of sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The STEER Management Plan (published in 2011) identified chemical contaminants and habitat loss as high ...
An assessment of contaminant body burdens in the coral (Porites astreoides) and Queen conch (Strombus gigas) from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)
As part of the joint effort between the US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the NOAA Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science (NCCOS), to conduct a Reserves-wide impact assessment of land-based sources of pollution and effects ...
An Assessment of Tributyltin and Metals in Sediment Cores From the St. Thomas East End Reserves
This is the sixth report in a series from a project to assess land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) and their effects, and to characterize the biological community within the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, USVI. Here ...
An integrated environmental assessment of the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)
The St. Thomas East End Reserves, or STEER, is a collection of Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries (MRWS) located on the southeastern end of the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. With an area of approximately 9.6 km2 , ...
Assessment of Hydrocarbon Carryover Potential for Six Field Cleaning Protocols
Sample collection in the field faces many challenges including, but not limited to, the equipment and materials that can be brought safely into the field. Field teams will often reuse sample collection gear by cleaning it between sampling sites to ...
Benthic habitat contaminant status and sediment toxicity in Bristol Bay, Alaska
A baseline environmental characterization of the northeastern reaches of Bristol Bay, Alaska was conducted using the National Status and Trends’ sediment quality triad approach. The study area was subdivided into 6 strata based on geophysical and hydrodynamic patterns (the upper ...
Benthic habitats of Fish Bay, Coral Bay and the St. Thomas East End Reserve
This report describes the development and assessment of shallow (0-40 m) benthic habitat maps for Fish Bay, Coral Bay and the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER) in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's ...
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Ecotoxicology
Since 1991, The Bioeffects Program has undertaken a series of regional environmental assessments designed to describe the magnitude and extent of toxic contaminant impacts in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...
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