Bar Harbor Cruise Ship Monitoring Report 2015

Disney, J.E.; Farrell, J.E.

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Bar Harbor Cruise Ship Monitoring Report 2015

2015
By Disney, J.E. ; Farrell, J.E.

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Personal Author:

Disney, J.E. ; Farrell, J.E.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Sea Grant
Sea Grant Program:

MEU (Maine Sea Grant)
Description:

Water quality in the port of Bar Harbor was monitored between May and October 2015 by staff andvolunteers from the Community Environmental Health Laboratory at MDI Biological Laboratory inSalisbury Cove, ME. Sample sites included the Town Pier, offshore cruise ship anchorages designatedAlpha and Bravo, and control site Bell Buoy #7 (Figure 1). Water quality was also monitored weekly atthe Town Pier when no ships were present. The Bar Harbor harbormaster transported monitors to theoffshore anchorages. Water samples were analyzed for phytoplankton, biological oxygen demand,dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, transparency, turbidity, chlorine, and Enterococcus bacteria.
Sea Grant Document Number:

MEU-S-15-005
Document Type:

Technical Report
Rights Information:

Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:8e692f9bfcc26ef949e73e51462fc3c816b981f10732d9cbede62bb7785bf596
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/44815/noaa_44815_DS1.pdf
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