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A 2014–2015 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contamina...
NCCOS scientist deploying caged oysters at a Severn River site in Chesapeake Bay. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 ...
A 2015–2016 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contamina...
One of the Gulf of Maine mussel beds sampled by the Mussel Watch team. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since ...
A 2017 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...
Mussel Watch team preparing to load supplies on NOAA small boat for sampling. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 ...
A 2018 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...
Mussel Watch Program collaborators from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) collecting Mytilus mussels. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical ...
Great Lakes Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment an...
NOAA's Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986. These monitoring efforts now include contaminants of emerging concern, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
NOAA Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment of Contam...
Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality. The program is being redesigned to adopt a rotating ...
NOAA Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment of Contam...
Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality. The program is being redesigned to adopt a rotating ...
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Your Couch is Trying to Kill You | The Scientist M...
Some homes in the United States still teem with potentially dangerous chemicals that were banned years ago, researchers have found. And they're coming from the most comfortable seat in the ...
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An Assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Chesapeake Bay, MD and Charleston Harbor, SC
NOAA’s National Status and Trends (NS&T) Mussel Watch Program conducted regional pilot studies to assess the magnitude and distribution of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) in shellfish and sediment from different coastal zones. In 2015, oyster and surficial sediment samples ...
An Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Sediments and Bivalves of the U.S. Coastal Zone
This report, which represents the first national assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the U.S. coastal zone, shows that they are widely distributed. PBDE concentrations in both sediment and bivalve tissue correlate with human population density along the U.S ...
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern
NCCOS conducts research to evaluate and predict the effects of chemical contaminants and other environmental stressors on coastal ecosystems. Estuarine environments can serve as sinks for many chemical contaminants bound ...
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