39259
National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds (FAC) Data, 1984-1991, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
bsfac_h
Data Set
Published / External
37215
NSandT
Project
Completed
1991
The National Status and Trends (NSandT) Benthic Surveillance Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds (FAC) file reports the trace concentrations of Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds. The presence of FACs in fish liver and bile indicate exposure to toxins, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The Benthic Surveillance Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds file is constructed as a horizontally formatted table.
In response to concerns over environmental quality of the Nation's coastal and estuarine ecosystems, NOAA created the National Status and Trends (NSandT) Program in 1984. From 1984 through 1993, the Benthic Surveillance Project monitored chemical concentrations in the livers (and for metabolites of PAH's in the bile) of bottom-dwelling fish and in sediments at the sites of fish capture. The Benthic Surveillance Project also measured the biological effects of contaminant exposure, primarily as prevalence's of toxicopathic liver diseases.
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Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
Theme
Bioindicator
Theme
Chemical contaminants of benthic fish
Theme
Coastal Monitoring
Theme
FAC
Theme
Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds
Theme
NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation
Theme
NCCOS Research Priority > Long-term Monitoring
Theme
NCCOS Research Priority > Stressors, Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration (SIMR)
Theme
NCCOS Research Topic > Bioeffects/Toxicity
Theme
NCCOS Research Topic > Chemical Contaminants
Theme
NCCOS Research Topic > Monitoring
Theme
NSandT
Theme
Oceans
Theme
Pollution
Spatial
Apalachicola Bay, St. George Island
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Baltimore Harbor, Brewerton Channel
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Barataria Bay, Barataria Pass
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Beaufort Sea, Oliktok Point
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Bering Sea, Dutch Harbor
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Biscayne Bay, Chicken Key
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Boca de Quadra, Bacrian Point
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Bodega Bay, North
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Boston Harbor, Deer Island
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Buzzards Bay, West Island
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Calcasieu River, Bayou d Inde
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Cape Elizabeth, Richmond Island
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Cape Fear River, Horseshoe Shaol
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Casco Bay, Great Chebeague Island
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Charleston Harbor, Coastal
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Charlotte Harbor, Cape Haze
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Chesapeake Bay, Chester River
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Choctawhatchee Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay
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Chukchi Sea, Red Dog Mine
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Columbia River, Desdemona Sands
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Coos Bay, North Bend
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Corpus Christi Bay, Long Reef
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Dana Point Harbor, Outside
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Dana Point, Inside Harbor
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Delaware Bay, Brandywine Shoal
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Estero Bay, Estero Bay
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Frenchmans Bay, Long Porcupine Island
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Galveston Bay, East Bay
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Great Bay, Intracoastal Waterway
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Gulf of Alaska, Kamishak Bay
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Heron Bay, Heron Bay
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Hudson River, Englewood Cliffs
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Humboldt Bay, Indian Island
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Johns Bay, Pemaquid Neck
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Lavaca Bay, Point Comfort
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Long Island Sound, Lloyd Point
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Lower Laguna Madre, Laguna Heights
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Lutak Inlet, Chilkoot River Mouth
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Machias Bay, Chance Island
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Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Entrance
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Merrimac River, Plum Island
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Mission Bay, Outside
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Mississippi River Delta, Head of Passes
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Mobile Bay, North Point
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Monterey Bay, Indian Head Beach
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NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean
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NCCOS Research Location > Region > Alaska
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NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast
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NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico
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NCCOS Research Location > Region > West Coast
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alabama
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alaska
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > California
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Connecticut
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Delaware
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Georgia
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Louisiana
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maine
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maryland
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Massachusetts
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Mississippi
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New Jersey
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New York
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > North Carolina
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Oregon
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Rhode Island
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Texas
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Virginia
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NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Washington
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Nahku Bay, East Side
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Narragansett Bay, Conanicut Island
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New Bedford Harbor, Clarks Point
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Niantic Bay, Black Point
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Norton Sound, Nome
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Pamlico Sound, Jones Bay
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Pascagoula River, Escatawpa River
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Penobscot Bay, Colt Head Island
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Pensacola Bay, Pensacola Bay
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Prince William Sound, Port Valdez
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Puget Sound, Commencement Bay
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Raritan Bay, East Reach
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Round Island, Round Island
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Salem Harbor, Folger Point
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San Antonio Bay, Mosquito Point
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San Diego Bay, Harbor Island
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San Francisco Bay, Castro Creek
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San Luis Obispo Bay, San Luis Obispo Bay
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San Pedro Bay, Cerritos Channel
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Santa Monica Bay, Manhatten Beach
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Sapelo Sound, Dog Hammock
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Savannah River, Elba Island
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Skagway, Skagway River
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St. Andrews Bay, Military Point
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St. Johns River, Arlington Channel
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St. Lucie River, Stuart
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Tampa Bay, Northern Tampa Bay
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U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
None Planned
Table (digital)
None
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Dataset Parameters for Benthic Surveillance Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds data
Dataset Parameters for Benthic Surveillance Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds data
Published / External
Completed
The BSfac_h data file reports information regarding study parameters. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
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NST_SITE
Unknown
No
No
Active
5 letter code site identifier | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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YEAR
Unknown
No
No
Active
Year the site was sampled | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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STATION
Unknown
No
No
Active
Station, a sample location within a sample site. A responsible laboratory will then assign a unique sample id to distinguish samples within a site. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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SPEC_CD1
Unknown
No
No
Active
Species Abbreviation: Usually a 2 or 3 letter code which identifies the common species name. For example AF is used to define Artic flounder. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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SAMP_NO
Unknown
No
No
Active
Unique Sample identification | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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REP
Unknown
No
No
Active
Sample replicate | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
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OTHER_CD
Unknown
No
No
Active
Another site identifier, Codes used by NSandT participating laboratories. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
8
FAC_HW
Unknown
No
No
Active
Fluorescent aromatic compounds-high weight: Aromatic compounds fluorescing at benzo(a)pyrene wavelengths. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
9
FAC_LW
Unknown
No
No
Active
Fluorescent aromatic compounds-low weight: Aromatic compounds fluorescing at naphthalene wavelengths. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
10
T_FAC
Unknown
No
No
Active
Total fluorescent aromatic compounds: Sum of aromatic compounds fluorescing at benzo(a)pyrene wavelengths and at naphthalene wavelengths. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
11
REV_FAC
Unknown
No
No
Active
Last revision date of the fluorescent aromatic compounds file. | Description Source: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project
User Defined
Data Steward
1991
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Distributor
1991
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
1991
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
1991
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Principal Investigator
1991
Person
Piniak, Greg
greg.piniak@noaa.gov
Publication Date
-166.5
-67.3
70.5
25.6
Range
1984
1991
Yes
Unclassified
None
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2016-11-16
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-04-05
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The quality of the analytical data generated by the NSandT Program is overseen by the QA Project component, which has been in operation since 1985 and is designed to document sampling and analytical procedures, and to reduce intralaboratory and interlaboratory variation. The QA Project documentation will facilitate comparisons among different monitoring programs with similar QA activities and thus will extend the temporal and spatial scale of such programs. To document laboratory expertise, the QA Project requires all NSandT laboratories to participate in a continuing series of intercomparison exercises utilizing a variety of materials. The organic analytical intercomparison exercises are coordinated by the NIST, and the inorganic exercises by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada. Details of quality assurance for the Benthic Surveillance Program can be found in Lauenstein and Cantillo, 1993. The analytical instruments were calibrated by standard laboratory procedures including: constructing calibration curves, running blank and spiked quality control samples, and analyzing standard reference materials.
The same kind of field/site data have been supplied since the start of the Benthic Surveillance Project, in 1984. Original site coordinates were derived from Loran-C time conversions. Early sites information resulting from Loran-C was converted from time delay information to latitudes and longitudes. These earlier data may be suspect when sites were located close to large structures that could have interfered with accurate time delays. When GPS was first available the signal was intentionally degraded so earlier coordinate information, even if it resulted from GPS, is not as accurate as data would be today.Because fish are not sessile, fish trawls have been made along different tracks in the water body of interest. The latitude/longitude coordinates provided in this file represent a site center and trawling occurs within a 1 km radius of this location.
Analytical protocols for the quantification of the NSandT organic contaminants were developed by MacLeod et al. (1984) at the NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA. These methods were prescribed for all NMFS laboratories participating in the Benthic Surveillance Program, when it began in 1984. Three NMFS laboratories used these methods in 1984: Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Gloucester, MA; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), Charleston, SC; and Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), Seattle WA. The philosophy associated with the development of exacting protocols for the quantification of organic contaminants was that the same analytical methods would increase the likelihood of data being comparable among laboratories. Even though interlaboratory comparisons were initiated at the start of the NSandT Program, it was felt that a method-driven QA and analytical effort for the quantification of organic contaminants was the best way to begin. In 1985, the protocols were updated by MacLeod et al., 1985. This method has been further edited and can be found in volume 1 of Technical Memorandum 71. The NSandT Mussel Watch Project (MWP) began in 1986. At that time, both the MWP and BSP laboratories were allowed to use any analytical method if it could be proven that the proposed alternate procedure was equal to or better than earlier MacLeod et al. (1984,1985) methods.
Fish in the correct size range were dissected in the onboard laboratory immediately after collection. This ensured that a determination could be made regarding whether sufficient material had been collected and whether the sample material was of high quality. If either one of these criteria was not met, the opportunity existed to continue sample collection. Also, field dissection minimizes contamination problems associated with dissection of frozen fish samples. Frozen fish tissues when thawed, may lose their integrity and one tissue type may contaminate another (e.g., a liver sample could be contaminated by PAH metabolites from the bile duct). Because most fish were dissected onboard ship, a special effort was made to develop an environment as close to clean-room conditions as possible. All fish were dissected in positive pressure laminar flow hoods. Air was drawn into the laminar flow hood from above and filtered by a high efficiency particle attenuator (HEPA) filter before it passed over the fish samples. Stainless steel tools were used to dissect fish for organic analysis. Titanium tools were used to dissect fish for trace metal analyses because tools made of this element do not pose the problem of introducing nickel, chromium, and/or iron into the specimens to be analyzed. Specimens were analyzed for the latter three elements by the NSandT Program. After knives had been sharpened, and before dissections began at a new site or of a new species, the dissection equipment was thoroughly cleaned with detergent solution, rinsed extensively with tap water, rinsed in distilled or high-purity water (i.e., milli-Q or HPLC-grade water), rinsed with isopropanol (dichloromethane before 1990) under a fume hood, followed by a rinse with distilled water, and placed on a similarly cleaned Teflon cutting board that was allowed to air-dry in the laminar-flow hood. Between individual fish of the same species at the same site, the tools were rinsed with distilled water before any fluid or tissue had a chance to dry on the knife. Sexually mature fish were primarily used in this program, determined by size of each species.
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The primary collection apparatus was Otter trawls. Occasionally, along the Southeast and Gulf Coasts, fish were taken with seine nets, gill nets, or with hook and line. These alternate collection methods were necessary because larger fish, such as older Atlantic croaker, were able to avoid an Otter trawl, or were found in untrawlable habitats such as shallow water, along marsh edges, and over oyster reefs. Fish in the correct size range were dissected in the onboard laboratory immediately after collection. This ensured that a determination could be made regarding whether sufficient material had been collected and whether the sample material was of high quality. If either one of these criteria was not met, the opportunity existed to continue sample collection. Because most fish were dissected onboard ship, a special effort was made to develop an environment as close to clean-room conditions as possible. All fish were dissected in positive pressure laminar flow hoods. Air was drawn into the laminar flow hood from above and filtered by a high efficiency particle attenuator (HEPA) filter before it passed over the fish samples. Stainless steel tools were used to dissect fish for organic analysis. Titanium tools were used to dissect fish for trace metal analyses because tools made of this element do not pose the problem of introducing nickel, chromium, and/or iron into the specimens to be analyzed. Specimens were analyzed for the latter three elements by the NSandT Program. After knives had been sharpened, and before dissections began at a new site or of a new species, the dissection equipment was thoroughly cleaned with detergent solution, rinsed extensively with tap water, rinsed in distilled or high-purity water (i.e., milli-Q or HPLC-grade water), rinsed with isopropanol (dichloromethane before 1990) under a fume hood, followed by a rinse with distilled water, and placed on a similarly cleaned Teflon cutting board that was allowed to air-dry in the laminar-flow hood. Between individual fish of the same species at the same site, the tools were rinsed with distilled water before any fluid or tissue had a chance to dry on the knife. Sexually mature fish were primarily used in this program, determined by size of each species.Process Date Range is 1984 - 1991
1991-01-01T00:00:00
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Dataset Parameters for Benthic Surveillance Fluorescent Aromatic Compounds data
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