39254
National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Assessment Program Sites (1986 to present) Compiled from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
bioeffects_sites
Data Set
Published / External
37215
NSandT
Project
In Work
2002-05-03
This dataset contains sample collection location information for the National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project. The Bioeffects Assessment Sites data files report information regarding the planned sampling locations designated by the planners for the monitoring program. At present about thirty Bioeffects Assessments have been conducted as part of NSandT's Bioeffects Assessment Project. This SITES file only contains site information for the St. Lucie Estuary Study (2001). Site information for the other studies will be added over time beginning with the Chesapeake Bay Study (1998, 1999, 2001). One record is presented per site. Each record reports the planned values of latitude and longitude and the actual values recorded at the time of sampling, 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 northernmost site on the U.S. East coast and continue counter-clockwise around the country.
In response to concerns over environmental quality of the Nation's coastal and estuarine ecosystems, NOAA initiated the National Status and Trends (NSandT) Program in 1984, to determine the current status of, and to detect changes in, the environmental quality of our Nation's estuarine and coastal waters. The Bioeffects Assessment Program is an ongoing project of intensive regional studies, of 2 to 4-year duration, to assess bioeffects associated with contaminant exposure. Many of the studies were designed around a "Sediment Quality Triad" in order to diagnose relationships among measures of sediment contamination, sediment toxicity, and macrobenthic community response to degraded environment. Approximately thirty regional studies have been undertaken as part of the Bioeffects Assessment Project. Each study is designed to provide unbiased assessments of the condition of selected resources over the study region. A key feature of the program is a probabilistic sampling strategy that randomly selects sampling sites and assigns weighting factors based on area to all measured results.
979
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
Theme
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
Environmental Monitoring
Theme
Bioeffect
Theme
Bioeffects
Theme
Coastal
Theme
Contaminant
Theme
Date
Theme
Estuarine drainage area
Theme
Estuary name
Theme
Latitude
Theme
Longitude
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
Region
Theme
Site
Theme
Site acronym
Theme
Site location
Theme
Species
Theme
State
Theme
Toxicity
Spatial
Apalachicola Bay
Spatial
Biscayne Bay
Spatial
Boston Harbor
Spatial
Charleston Harbor
Spatial
Chesapeake Bay
Spatial
Choctawhatchee Bay
Spatial
Delaware Bay
Spatial
Florida Bay (South Florida)
Spatial
Galveston Bay
Spatial
Gulf Breeze
Spatial
Hudson Raritan Estuary
Spatial
Leadenwah Creek
Spatial
Long Island Sound
Spatial
Mission Bay
Spatial
Moss Landing
Spatial
NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean
Spatial
NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast
Spatial
NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida
Spatial
New York
Spatial
Newark Bay
Spatial
Pamlico Bay
Spatial
Pensacola Bay
Spatial
Puget Sound
Spatial
Sabine Lake
Spatial
Saint Andrew Bay
Spatial
Saint Lucie Estuary
Spatial
Saint Simons Sound
Spatial
San Diego Bay
Spatial
San Diego River
Spatial
San Francisco Bay
Spatial
San Pedro Bay
Spatial
Savannah River
Spatial
Southern California Bight
Spatial
Tampa Bay
Spatial
Tijuana River
Spatial
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
Spatial
Winyah Bay
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
As Needed
map
None
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Dataset Parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites
Dataset Parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites
Published / External
In Work
The Bioeffects Assessment Sites data file reports information regarding the planned sampling locations designated by NSandT planners in addition to the actual locations. The geographical information provided for a site (the names of the estuary, sub-region, and state containing the site) is useful when interpreting the results of other data files. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
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NST_SITE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
NSandT Site- A code that defines the name of an NSandT sampling site. The first three characters of Bioeffect Assessment site codes define the study region (e.g. SLE=St Lucie Estuary). | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
2
SAMPLED
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Sampled- Indicates whether or not this site, which was identified a priority was in fact sampled. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
3
ORIGSITE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Original Site- Original site name or number assigned during the planning stages of the project. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
4
RANXCOORD
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random X-Coordinate- The X coordinate in Albers Projection | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
5
RANYCOORD
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random Y-Coordinate- The Y coordinate in Albers Projection. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
6
RANLONDD
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random Longitude (Decimal Deg)- The randomly selected longitude in decimal degrees. Latitude in decimal degrees for the proposed sampling site (a priori). This value is the target latitude or nominal latitude for the site center. The actual latitude of the sampled location may differ. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
7
RANLATDD
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random Latitude (Decimal Deg)- The randomly selected latitude in decimal degrees. This value is the target longitude or nominal longitude for the site center. The actual longitude of the sampled location may differ. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
8
RANLON
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random Longitude- The randomly selected longitude in degrees, minutes and decimal seconds. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
9
RANLAT
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Random Latitude- The randomly selected latitude in degrees, minutes and decimal seconds. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
10
HEXSIZE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Hexagon Size- The size of the hexagon used in the random site selection process in units of square kilometers. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
11
SQKM
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Stratum Size (km2)- The size of the stratum in units of square kilometers. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
12
DESIGN
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Identifies the type of sample with respect to sampling design, which has been collected at a site. The sample may be random or non random. See look-up table. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
13
STRATUM
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Stratum- A code which identifies one of many geographic sub-areas within a study region, which have been defined by their logical geomorphical characteristics. Often the strata have been identified as part of a stratified random sampling design (see "Design"). | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
14
DATUM
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Datum Code- A code that identifies the geodetic datum of the coordinate systems used to map the earth. Commonly used datums: North American Datum 1927 or 1983 (NAD27, NAD83). Referencing geodetic coordinates to the wrong datum can result in position errors of hundreds of meters. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
15
LATITUDE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Latitude- Degrees latitude to 5 decimal places This value is the actual latitude at which the sample was collected and may differ from the nominal latitude determined a priority. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
16
LONGITUDE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Longitude- Degrees longitude to 5 decimal places. This value is the actual longitude at which the sample was collected and may differ from the nominal longitude determined a priority. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
17
STATION
VARCHAR
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: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
18
STDYAREA
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Study Area- General Location. Name of the estuary, lagoon or bay where the study was conducted. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
19
CHART
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
NOAA Nautical Chart- NOAA nautical chart number. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
20
ST_CD
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
State Code - The two letter code that defines the State name. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
21
REGCODE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Region Code- Region code is a 1 or 2 character code which defines the geographic region. Examples: G=Gulf Coast; E=East Coast | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
22
REGION
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Geographic Region- The geographic region name. Examples include: Gulf coast, West coast, Great lakes, North, Middle and South Atlantic, Alaska etc. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
23
EDASUB
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Estuarine Drainage (sub. code), NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) 5-digit Watershed Code | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
24
EDASUBNM
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Estuarine Drainage (sub. name), NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) 5-digit Watershed Name | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
25
EDACDA
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Estuarine Drainage (maj. code), NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) 4-digit Watershed Code | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
26
EDACDANM
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
No, Estuarine Drainage (maj. name), NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF) Major Watershed Name | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
27
D_Chem
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Chemistry Data (Y/N)- Data availability flag for chemistry data (e.g. sediment chemistry; tissue chemistry; water chemistry; etc.) | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
28
D_Tox
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Toxicology Data (Y/N)- Data availability flag for toxicology data (e.g. MicroTox; Sea Urchin Fertilization; Marine Amphipod; etc) | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
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D_Bio
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biology Data (Y/N)- Data availability flag for biology data (e.g. benthic community; pathology; etc.) | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
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REV_SITE
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
File Revision Date- The date of the last revision to the SITE file. | Description Source: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/dictionaries/ba_sites_dictionary.aspx
Dataset parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites: National Status and Trends, Bioeffects Assessment Project
Data Steward
2002-05-03
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Distributor
2002-05-03
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
2002-05-03
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
2002-05-03
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Principal Investigator
2002-05-03
Person
Piniak, Greg
greg.piniak@noaa.gov
Ground Condition
-166.5
-67.333
70.5
25.615
Continuing
1986
Yes
Unclassified
Bioeffects Assessment Program data for the St. Lucie Estuary can be obtained on line at http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/. Please contact the NSandT program directly to obtain information about data availability for other sites within the Bioeffects Assessment study area.;
None
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."
https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
Downloadable Data
ASCII
Text (Unstructured)
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=238
Online Resource
https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/data2.aspx
Online Resource
https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx
Online Resource
2016-11-16
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-04-05
Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.
2017-09-13
Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.
2017-11-01
Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.
2018-02-08
Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Each study is designed to provide unbiased assessments of the condition of selected resources over the study region. A key feature of the program is a probabilistic sampling strategy that randomly selects sampling sites and assigns weighting factors based on area to all measured results. NSandT's Bioeffects Assessment Project include partners from Federal, State and Local sectors of government and the private sector. The list of partners varies by study area and for most the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and NOAA have shared data and collaborated on the sampling design and quality assurance aspects of the studies. Each partner had a role in planning, collecting, processing, and/or reviewing data. The NSandT Program was responsible for final assembly and review of all data.
The actual sampling coordinates (LATITUDE and LONGITUDE) reported in this data set vary in accuracy. Some coordinates are estimates based on NOAA nautical charts while others site locations were determined using Loran-C and GPS units. 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.
The Bioeffects Assessment Project Sites dataset does not include data relating to the chemistry, quality assurance, or pathology data that is associated with each site.
Data in this file were acquired both in the field and assigned by program planners. No analytical processing was involved with the Bioeffects Assessment Sites parameters
Marine Pollution Bulletin, "General Guidelines for using the Sediment Quality Triad"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA)
1997-01-01
Discrete
1997
The Guidelines for Sediment Quality provides background information on the National Status and Trends Bioeffects Assessment Project Sites. | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: paper
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Approximately thirty regional studies have been undertaken as part of the Bioeffects Assessment Project. This is an ongoing project of intensive regional studies, of 2 to 4-year duration, to assess bioeffects associated with contaminant exposure. Biological responses to contamination have been examined and monitored in a number of ways, including toxicity tests of sediments using multiple laboratory species, several biochemical and histo-pathological assays of bottom-dwelling fishes and bivalve mollusks, and assessments of the in situ biological community assemblage to determine the significance of exposure to toxicants. The Bioeffects Assessment Project also allow a comparison of the validity and responses of different indicators of biological effects, leading to improved NOAA survey techniques for subsequent study areas. Many of the studies were designed around a "Sediment Quality Triad" in order to diagnose relationships among measures of sediment contamination, sediment toxicity, and macrobenthic community response to degraded environment. A secondary criterion for selecting these areas is the likelihood of collaborative or complementary efforts with other Federal, state, and local agencies, assuring the direct and immediate use of study results.The Sediment Quality Triad, developed in the mid-1980s, is now widely used for conducting integrated assessments of sediment quality based on measures of chemistry, toxicity and benthos. If the appropriate tools are used in the Triad approach, users can identify those contaminants which have the strongest associations with toxicity and benthic effects and those that may not immediately appear to be of concern (Chapman, et al., 1997)
41235
Entity
Dataset Parameters for Bioeffects Assessment Sites
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39254
Tyler Christensen
2017-04-05T12:51:29
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:11
2018-02-08
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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2018-02-08
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2019-02-08