Standard Operating Procedures, Phytoplankton Monitoring Program

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Sea Grant College Program (U.S.) ; New Hampshire Coastal Program.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NHU (New Hampshire Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Great Bay Coast Watch volunteers monitor five sites in coastal New Hampshire to determine if the four toxic or potentially toxic phytoplankton species (i.e., "Alexandrium tamarense," "Dinophysis" spp., "Prorocentrum lima," and "Pseudonitzschi​a" spp.) are present and in what quantities. Monitoring is conducted weekly March through October at high slack tide. This manual contains instructions for: measuring water and air temperature, water transparency, salinity and dissolved oxygen; collecting and analyzing the phytoplankton; and maintaining testing equipment. There are also sample data sheets, salinity tables and phytoplankton identification color key sheets.
• Keywords:
  Management Marine Phytoplankton Monitoring Phytoplankton Shellfish Fisheries Water Quality Marine Phytoplankton Shellfish Fisheries Water Quality
• Series:
  UNHMP-​M-​SG-   05-​09
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NHU-H-05-002
• Document Type:
  Manuals & Handbooks
• Funding:
  Grant No. NA16RG1035 ; Grant No. NA03N054190091
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; Great Bay
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ea83b5c1f3192752e40ff71070230a9501c63dcdeadeea41de46c8d511f48ac2
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38409/noaa_38409_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.60 MB ]