National Status and Trends, Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment and Comparison of Chemical Contaminants in Surficial Sediments from Hudson-Raritan Estuary from 1991 and 2018

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• Personal Author:
  Warner, R.A. ; Apeti, D.A. ; Rider, M. ; Hartwell, I. ; Arzayus, F. ; Swam, L.M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
• Description:
  In 1991-92, a survey of chemical contamination and toxicity of sediments performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program found elevated concentrations of organic and metal contaminants throughout the Hudson-Raritan Estuary (HRE). In 2018, a subset of the sediment stations previously sampled in 1991 were re-surveyed by the national Mussel Watch Program to assess changes in the sediment contamination levels in the HRE after more than two decades of cleanups and restorations.
• Keywords:
  Chemicals Coastal Ecosystem Health Contaminated Sediments Estuarine Ecology Monitoring Mussels Coastal Ecosystem Health Contaminated Sediments Estuarine Ecology
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS   315
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/dee6-pz25
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:771ec2391c22042ebff713f503286621a2fa38983cf9a459f0f1322a95b9ac342490f95910613a1df084e1cbfdd5091305b610e9dec23ecba448a7f6e01e1fe7
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/48945/noaa_48945_DS1.pdf
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