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OAS accession Detail for 0146168, meta_version: 7. Current meta_version is: 9
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Title: | NCCOS National Status and Trends Bioeffects Assessment: Chemical contaminant data in the St. Thomas East End Reserves, U.S. Virgin Islands, from 2010-05-04 to 2012-06-22 (NCEI Accession 0146168) |
Abstract: | As part of a project requested by St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) managers and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), NOAA scientists conducted field missions to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to collect samples under the NOAA National Status and Trends Program (NS&T) as a Bioeffects Assessment. A broad suite of chemical contaminants were analyzed in sediment, coral (Porites asteroides) and conch (Strombus gigas) samples including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated pesticides including DDT and its metabolites, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), major and trace elements, and butyltins. This analysis provides valuable baseline data on sediment chemical contamination that is georeferenced and posted on the internet through the NS&T data portal. Partners in the CRCP project “Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)” included the Coastal Oceanographic Assessment, Status and Trends (COAST) Branch, and the Biogeography Branch of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) in Silver Spring, MD, the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). |
Date received: | 20160331 |
Start date: | 20100504 |
End date: | 20120622 |
Seanames: | Caribbean Sea |
West boundary: | -64.8821 |
East boundary: | -64.82621 |
North boundary: | 18.3225 |
South boundary: | 18.30095 |
Observation types: | benthic, biological, chemical, composition & location, laboratory analyses |
Instrument types: | chromatograph, laboratory analysis, mass spectrometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab |
Datatypes: | AMPHIPODA, BENTHIC SPECIES, METALS, SEDIMENTS, TOTAL CARBON, Total Organic Carbon (TOC) |
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Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
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Contributing projects: | NS&T |
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Number of observations: | |
Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: W8CFG1 |
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Metadata version: | 7 |
Keydate: | 2016-04-07 18:15:04+00 |
Editdate: | 2016-04-19 14:45:16+00 |