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National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Chemistry Data, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Published by National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 08, 2025 | Last Modified: 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
The National Status and Trends (NSandT) Benthic Surveillance Project Chemistry data file reports the trace concentrations of a suite of chemical contaminants in marine sediment and benthic fish tissue samples collected from all U.S. coastal regions from 1984 to 1992. The sediment and tissue samples were analyzed for major and trace elements and a suite of organic chemical constituents, including butyltins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides. The Benthic Surveillance Project Tissue Chemistry file is constructed as a vertically formatted table.

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OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA DDTs NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation NCCOS Research Priority > Long-term Monitoring NCCOS Research Priority > Stressors, Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration (SIMR) NCCOS Research Topic > Bioeffects/Toxicity NCCOS Research Topic > Chemical Contaminants NCCOS Research Topic > Monitoring NSandT PAHs PCBs POPs Persistent Organic pollutants TBTs TIC TOC butyltins chemical contaminants of benthic fish chemical contaminants of marine sediments coastal monitoring grain size inorganic analytes metals oceans organic analytes organochlorine pesticides pollution polychlorinated biphenyls polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons total inorganic carbon total organic carbon Apalachicola Bay, St. George Island Arroyo Colorado, Arroyo City Baltimore Harbor, Brewerton Channel Baltimore Harbor, Fort McHenry Channel Barataria Bay, Barataria Pass Beaufort Sea, Oliktok Point Beaufort Sea, Prudhoe Bay Bering Sea, Dutch Harbor Bering Sea, Kuskokwim River Bering Sea, Kvichak Bay Bering Sea, Port Moller Bering Sea, Yukon River Biscayne Bay, Chicken Key Biscayne Bay, North Bay Boca de Quadra, Bacrian Point Bodega Bay, North Boston Harbor, Deer Island Boston Harbor, Hull Bay Boston Harbor, Mystic River Boston Harbor, President Roads Boston Harbor, Quincy Bay Buzzards Bay, West Island Calcasieu River, Bayou d Inde Calcasieu River, Prien Lake Calcasieu River, West Cove Cape Elizabeth, Richmond Island Cape Fear River, Horseshoe Shaol Casco Bay, Cousins Island Casco Bay, Great Chebeague Island Charleston Harbor, Coastal Charleston Harbor, South Channel Charlotte Harbor, Cape Haze Chesapeake Bay, Chester River Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth River Chesapeake Bay, Gibson Island Chesapeake Bay, James River Chesapeake Bay, Kent Island Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River Chesapeake Bay, Smith Island Chesapeake Bay, York River Choctawhatchee Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay Choctawhatchee Bay, Destin Harbor Chukchi Sea, Red Dog Mine Columbia River, Desdemona Sands Columbia River, Youngs Bay Coos Bay, North Bend Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi Channel Corpus Christi Bay, Long Reef Dana Point Harbor, Outside Dana Point, Inside Harbor Delaware Bay, Brandywine Shoal Delaware Bay, Cherry Island Range Delaware Bay, The Shears Estero Bay, Estero Bay Farallon Islands, Farallon Islands Frenchmans Bay, Long Porcupine Island Galveston Bay, Boggy Bayou Galveston Bay, Cedar Bayou Galveston Bay, Clear Lake Galveston Bay, Eagle Point Galveston Bay, East Bay Galveston Bay, Goat Islands Galveston Bay, Greens Bayou Galveston Bay, Morgans Point Galveston Bay, Texas City Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay Great Bay, Intracoastal Waterway Great Bay, Seven Island Great Bay, Wells Island Gulf of Alaska, Kamishak Bay Gulf of Mexico Heron Bay, Heron Bay Hudson River, Englewood Cliffs Humboldt Bay, Indian Island Johns Bay, Pemaquid Neck Lake Pontchartrain, North Shore Lake Pontchartrain, South Shore Lavaca Bay, Lavaca Bay Lavaca Bay, Point Comfort Long Island Sound, Lloyd Point Long Island Sound, Long Sand Shoal Long Island Sound, New Haven Long Island Sound, Norwalk Long Island Sound, Oak Neck Point Long Island Sound, Rocky Point Lower Laguna Madre, Laguna Heights Lower Laguna Madre, Long Island Lutak Inlet, Chilkoot River Mouth Machias Bay, Chance Island Machias Bay, Hog Island Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Entrance Merrimac River, Plum Island Mission Bay, Mission Bay Mission Bay, Outside Mississippi River Delta, Head of Passes Mississippi River Delta, Off Shore Mississippi River Delta, Southeast Pass Mobile Bay, Mobile River Mobile Bay, North Point Monterey Bay, Indian Head Beach Monterey Bay, Moss Landing NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean NCCOS Research Location > Region > Alaska NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico NCCOS Research Location > Region > West Coast NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alabama NCCOS Research Location > U.S. 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Territories > Rhode Island NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Texas NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Virginia NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Washington Nahku Bay, East Side Narragansett Bay, Conanicut Island Narragansett Bay, Prudence Island New Bedford Harbor, Clarks Point Niantic Bay, Black Point Norton Sound, Nome Oceanside Harbor, Outside Pamlico Sound, Jones Bay Pascagoula River, Escatawpa River Pascagoula River, Pascagoula River Penobscot Bay, Colt Head Island Penobscot Bay, Islesboro Island Penobscot Bay, Job Island Pensacola Bay, Pensacola Bay Prince William Sound, Port Valdez Puget Sound, Commencement Bay Puget Sound, Elliott Bay Puget Sound, Nisqually Reach Raritan Bay, East Reach Raritan Bay, Gravesend Bay Raritan Bay, Lower Bay Raritan Bay, Upper Bay Raritan Bay, West Reach Round Island, Round Island Salem Harbor, Folger Point San Antonio Bay, Mosquito Point San Antonio Bay, San Antonio Bay San Diego Bay, Harbor Island San Diego Bay, National City San Diego Bay, North San Diego Bay, Outside San Diego Bay, Shelter Island San Diego Bay, Twenty Eighth Street San Francisco Bay, Castro Creek San Francisco Bay, Hunters Point San Francisco Bay, Islais Creek Channel San Francisco Bay, Oakland Enterance San Francisco Bay, Oakland Estuary San Francisco Bay, Redwood City San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay San Francisco Bay, Southampton Shoal San Luis Obispo Bay, San Luis Obispo Bay San Pedro Bay, Cerritos Channel San Pedro Bay, Long Beach San Pedro Bay, Mid Harbor San Pedro Bay, Outer Harbor San Pedro Bay, Outside San Pedro Bay, Seal Beach Santa Monica Bay, Deep Santa Monica Bay, Manhatten Beach Santa Monica Bay, North Santa Monica Bay, South Santa Monica Bay, Southeast Santa Monica Bay, West Sapelo Sound, Barbour Island River Sapelo Sound, Dog Hammock Sapelo Sound, High Point Sapelo Sound, Inlet Sapelo Sound, Johnson Creek 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