NCCOS National Status and Trends Special Study: Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from 2013-08-27 to 2013-08-30

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Data Set (DS) | ID: 45916 | Published / External
Created: 2017-04-29   |   Last Modified: 2023-10-17

Parent: NOAA's National Status and Trends Program
Project (PRJ) | ID: 45915

ID: 45916
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* » Title NCCOS National Status and Trends Special Study: Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from 2013-08-27 to 2013-08-30
Short Name NCCOS Dataset: NS&T Special Study – Tinian
* Status Completed
Creation Date 2016
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* » Abstract

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
* Purpose

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.
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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
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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).”
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > OCEAN CONTAMINANTS
ISO 19115 Topic Category biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation
ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans
CoRIS Discovery Geographic Information > Biology
CoRIS Theme EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Damage Assessment > Pollution
NCCOS NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation
NCCOS NCCOS Research Data Type > NCCOS Data Collection
NCCOS NCCOS Research Priority > Long-term Monitoring
NCCOS NCCOS Research Priority > Stressors, Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration (SIMR)
NCCOS NCCOS Research Topic > Chemical Contaminants
NCCOS NCCOS Research Topic > Coral Reefs
None Coral Reefs
None Tinian Marine Reserve
   
   
   

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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
CoRIS Place COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (18N146E0000)
CoRIS Place OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (18N146E0000)
NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean
NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coral Reefs
NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > Region > Western Pacific
NCCOS NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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• » Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Organization National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Address 1305 East West Highway, Rm 8110
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Person Whitall, Dave
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* » N° Bound 14.99107
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* » Start 2013-08-27
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» Download URL https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Sites_Tinian.txt
Distributor National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) (2017 - Present)
File Name NS&T: Pacific - Tinian / Sites
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» Download URL https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Tinian_Organics_Coral.txt
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» Download URL https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dataFiles/ss/international/Tinian_Trace_Elements_Coral.txt
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» Download URL https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/nsandt/dictionaries/AllElse_Data_Dictionary.pdf
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URL https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-land-based-sources-pollution-tinian-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands/
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URL https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/csmedia/2017/09/NCCOS-with-tag-to-side-wht-bld.png
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Activity Time 2021-09-22
Activity Type Metadata review
Responsible Party Jessica Morgan
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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.

Sources

Citation Title 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
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NCCOS Tech Memo 219
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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.
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Source 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
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Catalog Item ID 45916
Metadata Record Created By Jessica Morgan
Metadata Record Created 2017-04-29 07:55+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By SysAdmin InPortAdmin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published 2017-06-29
Owner Org NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status Published Externally
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Metadata Last Review Date 2017-06-29
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