National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Program: Magnitude and Extent of Sediment Toxicity of South Carolina and Georgia

Description

Surficial sediment samples were collected from 162 locations within five estuaries - Charleston Harbor, Winyah Bay, Leadenwah Creek, Savannah River, and St. Simons Sound - in coastal South Carolina and Georgia in a survey of sediment toxicity performed in 1993 and 1994. All samples were tested for toxicity and a battery of complimentary laboratory bioassays. The laboratory bioassays consisted of amphipod survival tests in solid-phase sediments, microbial bioluminescence (Microtox) tests of organic solvent extracts, and sea urchin fertilization and embryo development tests of porewaters. Some samples were also tested in copepod reproduction and cytochrome P-450 RGS bioassays. Chemical analyses for a suite of trace metals, organic compounds and sedimentological factor were performed with portions of most samples.

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0 Live Data and Maps https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
0 Online Resource https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=238
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38741.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38741
0 Online Resource https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Live Data and Maps https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx

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  • analytes
  • location
  • latitude
  • nccos research priority
  • nccos research location
  • nccos research topic
  • pcb
  • date
  • national ocean service
  • east coast
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
  • longitude
  • and restoration (simr)
  • toxicity
  • station
  • microtox
  • environmental monitoring
  • geographic area
  • noaa
  • chemical
  • south atlantic
  • south carolina
  • bioassay
  • long-term monitoring
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • estuary
  • winyah bay
  • pah
  • monitoring
  • p450 hrgs
  • organic
  • nccos research data type
  • stressors
  • region
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • butyltins
  • sediment
  • leadenwah creek
  • pesticides
  • savannah river
  • polychlorinated biphenyls
  • parameter
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  • bioeffects/toxicity
  • site
  • u.s. states and territories
  • coastal ocean
  • organochlorines
  • chemical contaminants
  • charleston harbor
  • nsandt
  • inorganic
  • georgia
  • field observation
  • impacts
  • national status and trends
  • mitigation
  • sea urchin fertilization
  • amphipod
  • contaminants
  • st. simons sound

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