Description
In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) National Coastal Assessment (NCA), in conjunction with state agencies, Region 9, and the University of Hawaii, conducted the first comprehensive survey of the condition of estuarine resources in Hawaii. The survey sampled 79 stations on islands of the Hawaiian chain and included all of the indicators of the NCA surveys. The Hawaiian surveys,however, did not produce estimates of sediment toxicity because of insufficient soft sediments, and rather than assessing contaminant levels in fish, it assessed the body burdens of sea cucumbers.The Western Pilot-Coastal Monitoring is a large-scale, comprehensive environmental monitoring strategy designed to provide regional characterization of estuarine conditions along the West and Pacific Coasts of the United States.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- ammonia
- benthic data
- benthic grab
- benthic grab summary
- benthic infauna replicate abundance
- benthic infauna station abundance
- central pacific ocean
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyll a
- coastal data
- conductivity
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- dissolved oxygen
- earth science
- fish
- fish community summary by station
- fish taxon abundance by station
- fish taxon and length abundance by station
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hawaii island
- hawaii island (19n155w0003)
- honolulu
- hydrosphere
- island of hawaii
- kauai
- kauai island
- kauai island (22n159w0001)
- marine biology
- marine sediments
- maui
- maui island
- maui island (20n156w0004)
- mhi
- molokai
- molokai island
- molokai island (21n157w0001)
- ni'ihau
- niihau island
- niihau island (21n160w0001)
- nitrate
- nitrate/nitrite
- nitrite
- north pacific
- numeric data sets
- nutrient data
- nutrients
- oahu
- oahu (21n157w0003)
- oahu island
- ocean basin
- ocean chemistry
- ocean optics
- oceans
- oxygen
- pacific ocean
- ph
- phosphorus
- physical data
- presence/absence and type of trash and debris
- salinity
- salinity/density
- sediment chemistry
- sediment chemistry data
- sediment grain analyses data
- sediment toxicity data
- silicate
- surface and benthic
- temperature
- tissue chemistry data
- turbidity
- united states of america
- water quality