Description
This project assesses chemical contaminant status in sediment and coral tissues (Porites astroides) collected in and around Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in 2009. Parameters monitored include sediment and coral tissue chemistry for over 100 organic and inorganic contaminants; and Clostridium perfringens (pathogen) concentrations. NOAA's National Status and Trends program regularly quantifies PAHs, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides including DDT and its metabolites, TBT and its metabolites, and trace elements nationwide.
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| Web Resource | Unknown | data2.aspx | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | data2.aspx | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | data2.aspx | Open resource |
Tags
- 20641
- atlantic ocean
- butyltins
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- chemical contaminants
- coastal ecosystem science
- coastal monitoring
- contaminants
- coral
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- environmental impacts
- environmental monitoring
- estuary
- human dimensions
- inorganic and organic analytes
- l051 baseline assessment of guanica bay
- land based sources of pollution
- mercury
- metals
- nsandt
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- organochlorines
- pah
- pcb
- pesticides
- polychlorinated biphenyls
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- pr
- puerto rico
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- puerto rico in support of watershed restoration
- sediment
- tbt
- trace elements
- united states
- united states of america