National Status & Trends Program for Marine Environmental Quality
| Author(s) | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration | |
| Date Accessioned | 2005-07-15T12:31:46Z | |
| Date Available | 2005-07-15T12:31:46Z | |
| Publication Date | 1991-04 | |
| Abstract | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program has analyzed samples of surface sediment collected at almost 300 coastal and estuarine sites throughout the United States since 1984. When the first NS&T report on sediments (NOAA, 1988) was written, only about 200 sites had been sampled. This second report is based on more data. Even with this larger data set, the original observation holds that most of the highest concentrations for any particular contaminant are found at sites nearthe urban areas of Boston, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The overall concentration distributions for each contaminant are approximately lognormal, allowing a definition of “high”concentrations as those exceeding the mean plus one standard deviation of the lognormal distribution. Those “high” concentrations are useful for comparisons within the NS&Tdata set and with other reports on sediment contamination. The “high” concentrations in units of pg/g of dry fine-grained sediment for each contaminant are (in parentheses): Ag (1.2), As (24), Cd (1.2), Cr (230), Cu (84), Hg (0.49), Pb (89), Sn (8.5), Zn (270), LMWPAH (l.O), HMWPAH (3.0), tDDT (0.037), and tPCB (0.20). | en |
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| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/1372 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Part of Series | Cⅇ23 | |
| Keywords | Data | en |
| Keywords | Chemical Contaminants | en |
| Title | National Status & Trends Program for Marine Environmental Quality | en |
| Type | Technical Report | en |