Utility of the Soft Coral, Sinularia polydactyla as a Biomonitor of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters

This data package was created 2025-12-03 11:06:28 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data. Data are from Paulina M. Welch, Peter J. Schupp, and Gary R.W. Denton's (University of Guam Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific) 2015 Technical Report #151 entitled "Utility of the Soft Coral Sinularia polydactyla, as a Biomonitor for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters: A Preliminary Assessment" funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Guam Coastal Management Program. This study was intended to thoroughly examine Sinularia polydactyla, a soft coral later reclassified as Sclerophytum polydactylum, as a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) biomonitor in the field. Additionally, comparative studies were conducted to determine the effects of age, gender, season and water column position on tissue concentrations. Note: Only data for PCB variations within and between colonies, and concentrations measured at time zero for the transplant research are reported here.

Data contained in WAPA_NPSTORET_BE.ACCDB (NPSTORET back-end file) were filtered to include:

Organization:
- WAPA: War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Project:
- WAPA0028: Utility of the Soft Coral, Sinularia polydactyla as a Biomonitor of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into six data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results
- Taxon.csv - enumerates the domain of taxa available in NPSTORET to identify the organism sampled for Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2007-05-10 to 2007-09-03. This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:

https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=WAPA0028&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET