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 Other Documents https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
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
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
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

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  • 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

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