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A Synthesis of Chemical Contaminants Monitoring Da...
Between 2007 and 2018, the National Park Service and its partners in association with NOAA’s National Mussel Watch Program collected bay mussel (Mytilus trossulus) tissue samples from Alaska's southeast and ...
Comparison of Chemical Contaminants Found in Hudso...
In 2017, the New York–New Jersey Harbor and Estuary Program asked NCCOS’s National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program to survey the Hudson and Raritan Bays' bottom sediments for chemical contaminants ...
National Mussel Watch Program: 2022 Assessment of ...
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) — such as mercury, chlorinated paraffins, and per-and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances — are a threat to human and ecosystem health in the Great Lakes region ...
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 ...
Water and Sediment Quality Assessment at Cape Look...
In 2018, Hurricane Florence caused historic flooding in North and South Carolina, potentially affecting coastal environmental quality in the region due to salinity changes and redistributed contaminants and bacterial pathogens ...
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NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program Expands Coastal Contam...
Members of the NCCOS Mussel Watch Program and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center sample oysters near Corpus Christi, Texas, on January 26, 2024. Credit: NOAA. NOAA’s ...
Assessing Pollution in the Great Lakes Through Qua...
Scientists check on a cage of quagga mussels in the Milwaukee Estuary. Photo Credit: Ed Johnson (NOAA/NCCOS) When scientists from NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) examined invasive ...
NOAA Mussel Watch Assesses Condition of Coastal Co...
Report cover: A Synthesis of Ten Years of Chemical Contaminants Monitoring in National Park Service - Southeast and Southwest Alaska Networks in Collaboration with the NOAA National Mussel Watch Program ...
Study Finds Pharmaceuticals, Other Contaminants in...
NOAA scientists recently completed regional assessments of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) for Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, and Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Conducted as part of NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program, these ...
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