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National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Sites, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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1992
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
39261
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39261
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Piniak, Greg
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This data set reports information regarding the nominal sampling locations for the National Status and Trends Benthic Surveillance Project sites. One record is presented per site. Each record reports the five letter site acronym, site sequence number, general and specific location information, state abbreviation, state name, degree-minute-second coordinates, decimal degree coordinates, and species information, among other things. The actual site coordinate information is recorded at the time of sampling, if samples were taken at a location other than the nominal site center. The five letter acronym is based on both the general location information and more specific location information (e.g. SFSM is San Francisco-San Mateo Bridge). The file also contains sequence numbers that facilitate geographic manipulation of the data. Sites are numbered sequentially from the northern most site on the U.S. East coast (i.e. Penobscot Bay-Pickering Island) and continue counter-clockwise around the country.
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 SurveillanceProject 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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Coastal Monitoring
NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation
NCCOS Research Priority > Long-term Monitoring
NCCOS Research Priority > Stressors, Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration (SIMR)
NCCOS Research Topic > Bioeffects/Toxicity
NCCOS Research Topic > Chemical Contaminants
NCCOS Research Topic > Monitoring
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Apalachicola Bay, Cape George
Apalachicola Bay, St. George Island
Arroyo Colorado, Arroyo City
Baltimore Harbor, Brewerton Channel
Baltimore Harbor, Fort McHenry Channel
Barataria Bay, Barataria Pass
Beaufort Sea, Oliktok Point
Beaufort Sea, Prudhoe Bay
Bering Sea, Dutch Harbor
Bering Sea, Kuskokwim River
Bering Sea, Kvichak Bay
Bering Sea, Port Moller
Bering Sea, Yukon River
Biscayne Bay, Chicken Key
Biscayne Bay, North Bay
Boca de Quadra, Bacrian Point
Bodega Bay, North
Boston Harbor, Deer Island
Boston Harbor, Hull Bay
Boston Harbor, Mystic River
Boston Harbor, President Roads
Boston Harbor, Quincy Bay
Buzzards Bay, West Island
Calcasieu River, Bayou d Inde
Calcasieu River, Prien Lake
Calcasieu River, West Cove
Cape Elizabeth, Richmond Island
Cape Fear River, Horseshoe Shaol
Casco Bay, Cousins Island
Casco Bay, Great Chebeague Island
Charleston Harbor, Coastal
Charleston Harbor, South Channel
Charlotte Harbor, Cape Haze
Chesapeake Bay, Chester River
Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth River
Chesapeake Bay, Gibson Island
Chesapeake Bay, James River
Chesapeake Bay, Kent Island
Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River
Chesapeake Bay, Smith Island
Chesapeake Bay, York River
Choctawhatchee Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay
Choctawhatchee Bay, Destin Harbor
Chukchi Sea, Red Dog Mine
Columbia River, Desdemona Sands
Columbia River, Youngs Bay
Coos Bay, North Bend
Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi Channel
Corpus Christi Bay, Long Reef
Dana Point Harbor, Outside
Dana Point, Inside Harbor
Delaware Bay, Brandywine Shoal
Delaware Bay, Cherry Island Range
Delaware Bay, The Shears
Estero Bay, Estero Bay
Farallon Islands, Farallon Islands
Frenchmans Bay, Long Porcupine Island
Galvestion Bay, Cedar Bayou
Galveston Bay, Boggy Bayou
Galveston Bay, Clear Lake
Galveston Bay, Eagle Point
Galveston Bay, East Bay
Galveston Bay, Goat Islands
Galveston Bay, Greens Bayou
Galveston Bay, Morgans Point
Galveston Bay, Texas City
Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay
Great Bay, Intracoastal Waterway
Great Bay, Seven Island
Great Bay, Wells Island
Gulf of Alaska, Kamishak Bay
Heald Point, Heald Point
Heron Bay, Heron Bay
Hudson River, Englewood Cliffs
Humboldt Bay, Indian Island
Johns Bay, Pemaquid Neck
Lake Pontchartrain, North Shore
Lake Pontchartrain, South Shore
Lavaca Bay, Lavaca Bay
Lavaca Bay, Point Comfort
Long Island Sound, Bridgeport
Long Island Sound, Lloyd Point
Long Island Sound, Long Sand Shoal
Long Island Sound, New Haven
Long Island Sound, Norwalk
Long Island Sound, Oak Neck Point
Long Island Sound, Rocky Point
Lower Laguna Madre, Laguna Heights
Lower Laguna Madre, Long Island
Lutak Inlet, Chilkoot River Mouth
Machias Bay, Chance Island
Machias Bay, Hog Island
Massachusetts Bay, Outside Boston
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Entrance
Merrimac River, Plum Island
Mission Bay, Mission Bay
Mission Bay, Outside
Mississippi River Delta, Head of Passes
Mississippi River Delta, Off Shore
Mississippi River Delta, Southeast Pass
Mobile Bay, Mobile River
Mobile Bay, North Point
Monterey Bay, Indian Head Beach
Monterey Bay, Moss Landing
NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean
NCCOS Research Location > Region > Alaska
NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast
NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico
NCCOS Research Location > Region > West Coast
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alabama
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alaska
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > California
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Connecticut
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Delaware
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Georgia
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Louisiana
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maine
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maryland
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Massachusetts
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Mississippi
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New Jersey
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New York
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > North Carolina
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Oregon
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Rhode Island
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Texas
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Virginia
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Washington
Nahku Bay, East Side
Narragansett Bay, Conanicut Island
Narragansett Bay, Prudence Island
New Bedford Harbor, Clarks Point
Niantic Bay, Black Point
Norton Sound, Nome
Oceanside Harbor, Outside
Pamlico Sound, Jones Bay
Pascagoula River, Escatawpa River
Pascagoula River, Pascagoula River
Penobscot Bay, Colt Head Island
Penobscot Bay, Islesboro Island
Penobscot Bay, Job Island
Pensacola Bay, Pensacola Bay
Prince William Sound, Port Valdez
Puget Sound, Commencement Bay
Puget Sound, Elliott Bay
Puget Sound, Nisqually Reach
Raritan Bay, East Reach
Raritan Bay, Gravesend Bay
Raritan Bay, Lower Bay
Raritan Bay, Upper Bay
Raritan Bay, West Reach
Round Island, Round Island
Salem Harbor, Folger Point
San Antonio Bay, Mosquito Point
San Antonio Bay, San Antonio Bay
San Diego Bay, Harbor Island
San Diego Bay, Mouth
San Diego Bay, National City
San Diego Bay, North
San Diego Bay, Outside
San Diego Bay, Shelter Island
San Diego Bay, Twenty Eighth Street
San Francisco Bay, Castro Creek
San Francisco Bay, Hunters Point
San Francisco Bay, Islais Creek Channel
San Francisco Bay, Oakland Enterance
San Francisco Bay, Oakland Estuary
San Francisco Bay, Redwood City
San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay
San Francisco Bay, Southampton Shoal
San Luis Obispo Bay, San Luis Obispo Bay
San Pedro Bay, Cerritos Channel
San Pedro Bay, Long Beach
San Pedro Bay, Mid Harbor
San Pedro Bay, Outer Harbor
San Pedro Bay, Outside
San Pedro Bay, Seal Beach
Santa Monica Bay, Deep
Santa Monica Bay, Manhatten Beach
Santa Monica Bay, North
Santa Monica Bay, South
Santa Monica Bay, Southeast
Santa Monica Bay, West
Sapelo Sound, Barbour Island River
Sapelo Sound, Dog Hammock
Sapelo Sound, High Point
Sapelo Sound, Inlet
Sapelo Sound, Johnson Creek
Sapelo Sound, South Newport River
Savannah River, Elba Island
Simpson Lagoon, Simpson Lagoon
Skagway, Skagway River
Soldana Beach, Soldana Beach
St. Andrews Bay, Military Point
St. Johns River, Arlington Channel
St. Johns River, Orange Point
St. Johns River, Ortega River
St. Johns River, Piney Point
St. Johns River, Quarantine Island
St. Johns River, Trout River
St. Johns River, W. Mill Cove
St. Lucie River, Stuart
Tampa Bay, Northern Tampa Bay
Tomales Bay, Tomales Bay
Treasure Island, Treasure Island
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
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Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Sites, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39261.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Use Constraints: The National Status and Trends Program (NSandT) requests that all individuals who download NSandT data acknowledge the source of these data in any reports, papers, or presentations. If you publish these data, please include a statement similar to: "Some or all of the data described in this article were produced by NOAA through its National Status and Trends Program."
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
39261
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39261.pdf
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy
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. When GPS was first available the signal wasintentionally degraded so earlier coordinate information, even if it resulted from GPS, is not as accurate as data would be today. 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. These concerns apply specifically to the first National Status and Trends sites document, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 70, National Status and Trends Program: Monitoring Site Descriptions (1984-1990) for the National Mussel Watch and Benthic Surveillance Projects.
Completeness Report
Using site selection criteria similar to those used for the Mussel Watch Project, the NBSP monitored contaminant exposure and bioeffects at more than 120 sites nationwide. The National Benthic Surveillance Program existed from 1984 through 1992. This was a cooperative effort between NOS and the National Marine Fisheries Service's Northwest, Southeast, and Northeast Fisheries Science Centers.The Benthic Surveillance Project Sites dataset does not include information relating to the chemistry, quality assurance, or pathology data that is associated with each site.
Conceptual Consistency
Field sample processing is minimal while laboratory sample processing is extensive. The same kind of field/site data have been supplied since the start of the Benthic Surveillance Project, in 1984.
A National Benthic Surveillance Project site bears the name of the general coastal or estuarine region sampled, and is defined by the individual stations in that area where bottom sediments are obtained. In most cases, threestations comprise a site. Trawls for bottomfish are conducted as close to the sediment stations as possible.Sediment samples are obtained by a specially constructed box core device or a standard Smith-MacIntyre bottom grab. National Benthic Surveillance Project sediment samples are analyzed for selected organic compounds, trace elements, total organic carbon, moisture content, and particle size. NOAA compiled a field sampling manual to ensure uniformity for sediment and fish sample collection.
Source Contribution: Benthic Surveillance Sampling Protocols. | Type of Source Media: document
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS OMA 40, "National Status and Trends Program for Marine Environmental Quality: Benthic Surveillance and Mussel Watch Projects Sampling Protocols"
1988-05-01
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA)
1988-05