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Environmental toxicology data collected by the NOAA, National Ocean Service, National Centers For Coastal Ocean Science, National Status and Trends Program for monitoring contaminants in coastal United States marine water bodies from 01 Jan 1960 to 05 May 2010 (NCEI Accession 0074376)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2016-03-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
The National Status and Trends Program is comprised of three nationwide programs: Benthic Surveillance, Mussel Watch, and Bioeffects. These programs are in place to observe estuarine and coastal waters nationwide to describe the current status and detect changes in the environmental quality using long-term, continuous monitoring. Special Studies is another program which assesses the environmental impacts of different events, such as Hurricane Katrina. Mussel Watch is the longest continuous, nationwide contaminant monitoring program, running from 1986 to present, analyzing sediment and bivalve tissue for organic contaminants and trace metals. Bioeffects Assessment Program has completed over 30 regional studies since 1991, studying sediment contaminants, toxicity, and the condition of benthic communities. Benthic Surveillance monitored chemical concentrations of bottom-swelling fish and sediments, as well as biological effects of contaminant exposure. This project was discontinued in 1993.

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0074376 BENTHIC COMMUNITIES BIOASSAY BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY - SEDIMENT METALS POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) TRACE METALS chromatograph laboratory analysis mass spectrometer benthic biological chemical laboratory analyses survey - biological US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment COASTAL OCEAN ADVANCES IN SHELF TRANSPORT (COAST) NATIONAL STATUS and TRENDS (NS&T) Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Chukchi Sea Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NS&T > National Status and Trends Program EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS MASS SPECTROMETERS > MASS SPECTROMETERS CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0074376
issued 2014-09-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
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  "https://www.coastalscience.noaa.gov/publications/handler.aspx?resource=Ay04NJkdMaDOr0lGNvkVv67XyspUc/Y8QigqfmzJePk=",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1687",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1507"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -66.1766,17.9034,173.2541,70.5
temporal 1960-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2010-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

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