National Status and Trends: Mussel Watch Program

Description

Mussel Watch is the longest running continuous chemical contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters and was created in response to concerns over environmental quality of the Nation's coastal and estuarine ecosystems. The Program analyzes chemical and biological contaminant trends in sediment and bivalve tissue collected at over 300 coastal sites from 1986 to present. Parameters monitored include over 150 organic and inorganic contaminants, in sediment and bivalve tissue and bivalve histology; and Clostridium perfringens (pathogen) concentrations. Some of the chemicals regularly quantified include: PAHs, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides including DDT and its metabolites, TBT and its metabolites, major andtrace elements. In addition to the aforementioned legacy contaminants, new contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) such as flame retardant polybrominated biphnyl ethers (PBDEs) and pharmaceutics are being analyzed.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39400
0 Online Resource https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39400.pdf
0 Other Documents https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
0 Other Documents https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • indiana
  • alaska
  • nccos research priority
  • nccos research location
  • delaware
  • nccos research topic
  • pcb
  • trace element
  • national ocean service
  • east coast
  • mercury
  • west coast
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • pbde
  • and restoration (simr)
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • environmental monitoring
  • virginia
  • united states
  • geographic area
  • north carolina
  • mississippi
  • noaa
  • hawaii
  • mussel
  • oyster
  • contaminant
  • south carolina
  • long-term monitoring
  • michigan
  • coastal monitoring
  • maine
  • new york
  • tbt
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • texas
  • u.s. caribbean
  • new jersey
  • mussel watch place keywords
  • connecticut
  • pah
  • monitoring
  • mussel watch
  • maryland
  • california
  • nccos research data type
  • stressors
  • region
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • butyltins
  • sediment
  • washington
  • pesticide
  • bioeffects/toxicity
  • florida
  • polychlorinated biphenyl
  • u.s. states and territories
  • coastal ocean
  • organochlorine
  • wisconsin
  • louisiana
  • chemical contaminants
  • metal
  • rhode island
  • nsandt
  • alabama
  • ohio
  • puerto rico
  • bivalve mollusk
  • polybrominated diphenyl ether
  • georgia
  • field observation
  • international
  • impacts
  • minnesota
  • illinois
  • coastal ecosystem science
  • great lakes
  • inorganic and organic analytes
  • oregon
  • massachusetts
  • mitigation
  • histopathology
  • gonadal index
  • gulf coast

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Human Health