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Organic chemical contaminants measured by PED (polyethylene device) passive water samplers deployed at Cocos Island, Guam from 2017-09-18 to 2017-10-30 (NCEI Accession 0184259)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 11, 2026 | Last Modified: 2019-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Cocos Island, Guam PEDs (polyethylene device) passive water sampler data set contains results of the analysis from Project 31181 funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. The project involved NOAA National Center for Coastal Ocean Science, Guam Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The data resulted from the deployment of an array of PEDs passive water samplers in the waters around Cocos Island in Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Duplicate PEDs were deployed at 26 sites by NOAA and Guam EPA personnel in September 2017, and then retrieved one month later by Guam EPA personnel. At 22 sites, the PEDs were deployed in the water column along six transects on the northwest shore of Cocos Island; an additional PED was deployed in the water column along the southeast shore. At two sites (9-1 and 9-2), PEDs were embedded in the sand along the shore, with the remaining PED (4-3 #035) embedded in the sand underwater at site 4-3. The duplicate PEDs from each site were combined and analyzed as one sample, in an effort to increase the sensitivity of the analysis (lower detection limit). The PEDs were analyzed for a series of organic chemical contaminants including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides and petroleum hydrocarbons (PAHs), all of which are contaminants of concern in the area. The polyethylene sheets comprising the PEDs at each site was analyzed, and the results are reported as nanograms of contaminant per each analysis, or ng/ea.

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0184259 ORGANIC CHEMICALS chromatograph chemical laboratory analyses NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science US Environmental Protection Agency NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 31181 Cocos Island Guam Passive Water Sampler Study Numeric Data Sets > Chemical Contaminants EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Contaminants EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality > Contaminants EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality > Contaminants > Chemical EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chemistry Monitoring and Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY Stressor Impacts and Mitigation > Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients Field Observation Long-term Monitoring 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene 2,4'-DDD 2,4'-DDE 2,4'-DDT 4,4'-DDD 4,4'-DDE 4,4'-DDT Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Aldrin Alpha-Chlordane Alpha-HCH Anthracene Benz(a)anthracene Benzo(a)fluoranthene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(e)pyrene Benzo(g,h,i)perylene Benzo(k,j)fluoranthene Benzothiophene Beta-HCH Biphenyl C1-Benzothiophenes C1-Chrysenes C1-Decalins C1-Dibenzothiophenes C1-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C1-Naphthalenes C1-Naphthobenzothiophenes C1-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C2-Benzothiophenes C2-Chrysenes C2-Dibenzothiophenes C2-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C2-Fluorenes C2-Naphthalenes C2-Naphthobenzothiophenes C2-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C3-Benzothiophenes C3-Chrysenes C3-Decalins C3-Dibenzothiophenes C3-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C3-Fluorenes C3-Naphthalenes C3-Naphthobenzothiophenes C3-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C4-Benzothiophenes C4-Chrysenes C4-Decalins C4-Dibenzothiophenes C4-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C4-Naphthalenes C4-Naphthobenzothiophenes C4-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes Carbazole Chrysene/Triphenylene Cis-Nonachlor DDMU Decalins Delta-HCH Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene Dibenzofuran Dibenzothiophene Dieldrin Endosulfan I Endosulfan II Endosulfan Sulfate Endrin Endrin Aldehyde Endrin Ketone Fluoranthene Fluorene Fluorenes Gamma-Chlordane Gamma-HCH Heptachlor Heptachlor-Epoxide Hexachlorobenzene Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene Mirex datatypes-94: Chlorpyrifos Naphthalene Naphthobenzothiophene Oxychlordane PCB 1 PCB 100 PCB 101/89/113 PCB 102/98 PCB 104 PCB 105/127 PCB 108/107 PCB 109 PCB 11 PCB 110 PCB 111/115/87 PCB 112 PCB 114/122 PCB 116/117 PCB 118/106 PCB 119 PCB 12 PCB 120/83 PCB 121/93/95 PCB 123 PCB 124 PCB 126 PCB 128/167 PCB 129 PCB 13 PCB 130 PCB 132 PCB 134/133 PCB 135 PCB 136/154 PCB 137 PCB 138/160/158 PCB 14 PCB 140 PCB 141 PCB 142/146/161 PCB 143 PCB 144 PCB 147 PCB 148/145 PCB 149/139 PCB 15 PCB 150 PCB 151 PCB 152 PCB 153/168 PCB 155 PCB 156 PCB 157 PCB 159 PCB 16/32 PCB 162 PCB 164/163 PCB 165/131 PCB 166 PCB 169 PCB 17 PCB 170/190 PCB 171 PCB 173 PCB 174 PCB 175 PCB 176 PCB 177 PCB 179 PCB 18 PCB 180/193 PCB 181 PCB 183 PCB 184 PCB 185 PCB 186/178 PCB 187/182 PCB 188 PCB 189 PCB 19 PCB 191 PCB 192/172 PCB 194 PCB 195 PCB 197 PCB 198 PCB 199 PCB 2 PCB 200 PCB 201 PCB 202 PCB 203/196 PCB 204 PCB 205 PCB 206 PCB 207 PCB 208 PCB 209 PCB 21/20/33 PCB 22 PCB 23 PCB 24 PCB 25 PCB 26 PCB 27 PCB 28/31 PCB 29 PCB 3 PCB 30 PCB 34 PCB 35 PCB 36 PCB 37 PCB 38 PCB 39 PCB 4/10 PCB 40/57 PCB 42 PCB 43 PCB 44 PCB 45 PCB 46/69/73 PCB 48/75/47 PCB 49 PCB 50 PCB 51 PCB 52 PCB 53 PCB 54 PCB 55 PCB 56 PCB 58 PCB 59 PCB 6 PCB 60 PCB 61/74 PCB 62 PCB 63 PCB 65 PCB 66/80 PCB 67 PCB 68/41/64 PCB 7/9 PCB 71 PCB 72 PCB 76/70 PCB 77 PCB 78 PCB 79 PCB 8/5 PCB 81 PCB 82 PCB 84/90 PCB 85 PCB 88 PCB 91 PCB 92 PCB 94 PCB 96/103 PCB 97/125/86 PCB 99 Pentachloroanisole Pentachlorobenzene Perylene Phenanthrene Pyrene Total Chlordane Total DDT Total HCH Total PAHs Total PCB Trans-Nonachlor cis/trans Decalin GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS gas chromatograph/electron capture detection gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Cocos Island (13N144E0019) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Cocos Lagoon (13N144E0057) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Cocos Barrier Reef > Cocos Island (13N144E0019) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Cocos Lagoon (13N144E0057) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN U.S. States and Territories > Guam Waterbodies > Pacific Ocean T643WC

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0184259
issued 2019-01-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
[
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-235",
  "https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessment-chemical-contaminants-sediments-biota-cocos-lagoon-guam/",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/0bvz-p335"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial 144.661,13.234,144.643,13.2458
temporal 2017-09-18T00:00:00+00:00/2017-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

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