45916 NCCOS Dataset: NS&T Special Study – Tinian Data Set Published / External 45915 NOAA's National Status and Trends Program Project Completed 2016 This tabular dataset is the result of field sampling of coral tissues (Pocillopora damicornis) and subsequent laboratory chemical analysis for pollutant levels. The pollutants analyzed included trace elements (Al, Ar, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, Ni, Se, Ag, Sn, Zn), PAHs, PCBs, pesticides (chlordanes, DDT, HCH), and organotins. For a complete description of the field and laboratory techniques see Whitall et al. 2016. Keywords: Coral Reefs; Pollution; Metals; PCBs; PAHs; Pesticides; Mariana Islands; Tinian The overall goal of the assessment was to evaluate the spatial extent and magnitude of pollution (metals, PAHs, PCBs, pesticides) in coral tissues (Pocillopora damicornis) in and proximal to the Tinian Reserve Marine Protected Area. This work was completed in partnership with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Environmental Quality’s (now the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality) Marine Monitoring Team. These data can be used to assess potential pollution issues as well as serve as a baseline against which to measure future change. Whitall, D., A. Mason, S. Johnson, R. Okano, and J. Iguel. 2016. Chemical Contaminants in Corals (Pocillopora damicornis) in Tinian, CNMI. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 219. Silver Spring, MD. 57 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-219 Collaborators: Steven Johnson, CNMI DEQ; Ryan Okano, CNMI DEQ; John Iguel, CNMI DEQ. Partner Entity: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (formerly Division of Environmental Quality). Base Funding: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), NCCOS Project #244, “Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.” Other Funding: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). Other Project: CRCP Project #916, “Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian (CNMI).” Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > OCEAN CONTAMINANTS Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Theme CoRIS Discovery Geographic Information > Biology Theme CoRIS Theme EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Damage Assessment > Pollution Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Data Type > NCCOS Data Collection Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Priority > Long-term Monitoring Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Priority > Stressors, Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration (SIMR) Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Topic > Chemical Contaminants Theme NCCOS NCCOS Research Topic > Coral Reefs Theme Coral Reefs Theme Tinian Marine Reserve Spatial CoRIS Place COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (18N146E0000) Spatial CoRIS Place OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (18N146E0000) Spatial NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean Spatial NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coral Reefs Spatial NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Region > Western Pacific Spatial NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Spatial Mariana Archipelago Spatial Western Pacific National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Silver Spring MD Data Set Table (digital) Data Steward 2017 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Distributor 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS https://ror.org/05ba43f71 1305 East West Highway, Rm 8110 Silver Spring MD 20910 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ Metadata Contact 2017 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2017 Person Whitall, Dave dave.whitall@noaa.gov Principal Investigator 2017 Person Whitall, Dave dave.whitall@noaa.gov Principal Investigator 2017 Person Mason, Andrew andrew.mason@noaa.gov 145.59953 145.63106 14.99107 14.94379 Range 2013-08-27 2013-08-30 Unclassified Download from website None https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Sites_Tinian.txt 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://ror.org/05ba43f71 NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Sites txt Text (Unstructured) https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Tinian_Organics_Coral.txt 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://ror.org/05ba43f71 NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Organics - Coral txt Text (Unstructured) https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Tinian_Trace_Elements_Coral.txt 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://ror.org/05ba43f71 NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Trace Elements - Coral txt Text (Unstructured) https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dictionaries/AllElse_Data_Dictionary.pdf 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://ror.org/05ba43f71 NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Data Dictionary PDF PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dictionaries/Sites_Data_Dictionary.pdf 2017 Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://ror.org/05ba43f71 NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Sites Data Dictionary PDF PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/csmedia/2017/09/NCCOS-with-tag-to-side-wht-bld.png Browse Graphic: NCCOS Browse Graphic Browse Graphic: NCCOS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-land-based-sources-pollution-tinian-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands/ Online Resource NCCOS Project Page https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/ Online Resource NOAA's National Status and Trends 2021-09-22 Metadata review Morgan, Jessica Reviewed metadata, edited keywords (switched from uncontrolled to controlled), Distributions, URLs, Lineage, Data Quality. For details of data completeness, see Lineage Sources. For details of data quality control methods, see Lineage Sources. All users should independently analyze the datasets according to their own needs and standards to determine data usability. Coral samples were collected using standard NOAA National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program protocols. Briefly, samples were collected by SCUBA divers using steel clippers. Coral samples were frozen (-15°C) at the CNMI DEP or the CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife labs in Saipan and were kept frozen during shipment to the contract laboratories in Texas (contaminants Laboratory analyses were conducted following the protocols of the National Status and Trends Program. For a complete description of the methods see Whitall et al. 2016. Whitall, D., A. Mason, S. Johnson, R. Okano, and J. Iguel. 2016. Chemical Contaminants in Corals (Pocillopora damicornis) in Tinian, CNMI. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 219. Silver Spring, MD. 57 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-219 http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-219 Publication NCCOS Tech Memo 219 1 This tabular dataset is the result of field sampling of coral tissues (Pocillopora damicornis) and subsequent laboratory chemical analysis for pollutant levels. The pollutants analyzed included trace elements (Al, Ar, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, Ni, Se, Ag, Sn, Zn), PAHs, PCBs, pesticides (chlordanes, DDT, HCH), and organotins. Data QA/QC occurred in two phases. First, there is a previously articulated laboratory QA/QC procedure, including blanks, standards and standard reference materials. Second, data is evaluated by the NCCOS scientific staff, looking specifically for outliers. Outliers then need to be evaluated as to whether they are likely to be real data or a problematic data point which should be discarded or flagged. Person Whitall, Dave dave.whitall@noaa.gov Whitall, D., A. Mason, S. Johnson, R. Okano, and J. Iguel. 2016. Chemical Contaminants in Corals (Pocillopora damicornis) in Tinian, CNMI. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 219. Silver Spring, MD. 57 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-219 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:45916 Jessica Morgan 2017-04-29T07:55:33 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2017-06-29 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS 1002 Public No No 2017-06-29 1 Year 2018-06-29