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Title: US Environmental Protection Agency National Coastal Assessment for Hawaii 2002: Water Quality, Fish Taxon, Sediment Chemistry Data (NODC Accession 0061250)
Abstract: In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) National Coastal Assessment (NCA), in conjunction with state agencies, Region 9, and the University of Hawaii, conducted the first comprehensive survey of the condition of estuarine resources in Hawaii. The survey sampled 79 stations on islands of the Hawaiian chain and included all of the indicators of the NCA surveys. The Hawaiian surveys, however, did not produce estimates of sediment toxicity because of insufficient soft sediments, and rather than assessing contaminant levels in fish, it assessed the body burdens of sea cucumbers. The Western Pilot-Coastal Monitoring is a large-scale, comprehensive environmental monitoring strategy designed to provide regional characterization of estuarine conditions along the West and Pacific Coasts of the United States.
Date received: 20100113
Start date: 20020401
End date: 20021030
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Hawaii, Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180)
West boundary: -160.144
East boundary: -155.062
North boundary: 22.217
South boundary: 19.723
Observation types: benthic, biological, chemical, geological, physical, sediment analysis, survey - biological, water chemistry
Instrument types: bag - collection, conductivity sensor, oxygen sensor, sediment sampler - grab
Datatypes: AMMONIUM (NH4), BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, BENTHIC SPECIES, BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA IDENTITIES, CHLOROPHYLL A, CONDUCTIVITY, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FISHERY SURVEY, FISH SPECIES, NITRATE, nitrate + nitrite content (concentration), NITRITE, pH, SALINITY, SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE, SEDIMENTS, turbidity, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Nelson, Walter G.
Submitting institution: US EPA; Western Ecology Division - Newport OR
Collecting institutions: US EPA; National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US EPA; Western Ecology Division - Newport OR
Contributing projects: NCA
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Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2010-01-14 17:34:03+00
Editdate: 2019-03-17 15:25:25+00