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General Listing
Title of Listing:
National Status and Trends Program
Category:
Research Centers
Subcategory:
Government, All Listings
Date:
Document #:
Web Site:
http://www-orca.nos.noaa.gov/../cgi-bin/orca_prod_details.pl?3_CMBAD_NSandTData
Email:
Abstract:

Since 1984, NOAA's National Status and Trends Program has monitored, on a national scale, spatial and temporal trends of chemical contamination and biological responses to that contamination. Temporal trends are being monitored through the Mussel Watch Program, which analyzes mussels and oysters collected annually at about 200 sites. Spatial trends have been described on a national scale from chemical concentrations measured in surface sediments collected by both the Mussel Watch and Benthic Surveillance Projects from 240 sites distributed throughout the coastal and estuarine United States.
Topics
Coastal Habitats/Estuaries/CZMA, Marine Biology

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Contaminants, Chemicals, Trends, Sediments, Shellfish

Organization:
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA)
Address:
1305 East-West Highway
Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Silver Spring
1.
Primary (301) 713-3032
State/Province/Territory:
MD
2.
(301) 713-3028
Zip/Postal Code:
20910
3.
Country:
United States
4.
Fax:(301) 713-4388
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