gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:38733 eng UTF8 dataset National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science resourceProvider NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2025-05-15T19:15:54 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Program - Magnitude and Extent of Sediment Toxicity in Four Bays of the Florida Panhandle: Pensacola, Choctawhatchee, St. Andrew and Apalachicola APB_metadata 2007-10 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 38733 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38733 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Piniak, Greg greg.piniak@noaa.gov principalInvestigator https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=237 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download Magnitude and Extent of Sediment Toxicity in Four Bays of the Florida Panhandle: Pensacola, Choctawhatchee, St. Andrew and Apalachicola. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 117. October 1997. Silver Spring, Maryland. The toxicity of sediments in Pensacola, Choctawhatchee, St. Andrew and Apalachicola Bays was determined as part of bioeffects assessments performed by NOAA's National Status and Trends Program. The objectives of the survey were to determine: (1) the spatial patterns in toxicity throughout each bay, (2) the spatial extent of toxicity throughout and among the bays, (3) the severity or degree of toxicity, and (4) the relationships between chemical contamination and toxicity. The survey was conducted over two years: Pensacola Bay and St. Andrew Bay were sampled in 1993; and Choctawhatchee Bay, Apalachicola Bay and Bayou Chico (a sub-basin of Pensacola Bay) were sampled during 1994. Surficial sediment samples were collected from 123 randomly-chosen locations throughout the five areas. Multiple toxicity tests were conducted on all samples, and chemical analyses were performed on 102 of the 123 samples. Toxicological tests were conducted to determine survival, reproductive success, morphological development, metabolic activity, and genotoxicity; all bays showed toxicity in at least some of the samples. Toxicity was most severe in Bayou Chico, an industrialized basin adjoining Pensacola Bay. Other developed bayous adjoining Pensacola Bay and the other bays also showed relatively severe toxicity. The main basins of the bays generally showed lower toxicity than the adjoining bayous. The different toxicity tests, however, indicated differences in severity, incidence, spatial patterns, and spatial extent in toxicity. The most sensitive test, a bioassay of metabolic activity of bioluminescent bacteria, indicated toxicity was pervasive throughout the entire study area. The least sensitive test, an acute bioassay performed with a benthic amphipod, indicated toxicity was restricted to a very small portion of the area. Causes of toxicity were not determined in the survey. However, mixtures of potentially toxic substances, including pesticides, petroleum constituents, trace metals, and ammonia, were associated statistically with the measures of toxicity. The concentrations of many substances were highest in Bayou Chico, where the most severe toxicity was observed. At these toxic sites, some of the substances had considerably elevated concentrations, often exceeding numerical guidelines or known toxicity thresholds. The relationships between toxicity and chemical concentrations differed among the bays and toxicity tests. Specific objectives of the study were to: (1) Determine the presence and severity of toxic responses;(2) Estimate the spatial extent of toxicity;(3) Identify spatial patterns of toxicity in each system; (4) Characterize the relationships between toxicity and the concentrations of potential toxicants in the sediments.The dataset objective is to report information about chemical residues in sediment and sediment toxicity characteristics of the system. completed NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Environmental Monitoring theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Microtox Mutatox 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 PAH PCB Site amphipod analytes bioassay butyltins chemical contaminants date estuary inorganic latitude location longitude national status and trends nsandt organic organochlorines parameter pesticides polychlorinated biphenyls polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons region sediment state station toxicity theme Apalachicola Bay Choctawhatchee Bay Gulf Coast Gulf of Mexico NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida Pensacola Bay St. Andrew Bay place DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NSandT project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Program - Magnitude and Extent of Sediment Toxicity in Four Bays of the Florida Panhandle: Pensacola, Choctawhatchee, St. Andrew and Apalachicola [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38733. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 38733 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38733.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota environment oceans -86.59117 -84.89967 29.6135 30.47383 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1993 1994 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Ed Long (retired), NOAA Ocean Service, National Status and Trends Program SAMPLE COLLECTION INVESTIGATORS Ed Long (retired), NOAA Ocean Service, National Status and Trends Program SAMPLE PROCESSING FACILITIES - Organic and inorganic chemicals in sediment: (1) - 1993 - Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, Georgia.(2) - 1994 - Battelle Ocean Sciences National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Charleston, SC.SAMPLE PROCESSING FACILITIES - Toxicity assays:(1) Microtox and Mutatox Assay - ABC Laboratories, Inc., Columbia, MO;(2) Sea Urchin Fertilization Assay - US Geological Survey, Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, Corpus Christi, TX;(3) Sea Urchin Embryological Development Assay - US Geological Survey, Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, Corpus Christi, TX;(4) Amphipod Survival Assay - 1993 - US Geological Survey, Marine Ecotoxicology Research Station, Corpus Christi, TX;(5) Amphipod Survival Assay - 1994 - Science Applications International Corporation, Narragansett, RI false eng false NOAA, National Status and Trends Program XML (Structured Text) Text (Unstructured) NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov distributor https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx Live Data and Maps download https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/ltmonitoring/nsandt/default.aspx Live Data and Maps download dataset Accuracy Sampling sites were located with a global position system (Trimble NavGraphic XL GPS) and a compensated LORAN C unit. Both units were calibrated and their accuracy verified each morning at a channel marker within the study area.Organic and Inorganic Contaminants - Analytical methods followed performance-based analytical protocols and employed quality-assurance steps of the National Status and Trends Program (NSandT) (Lauenstein and Cantillo, 1993). Available online: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/download.aspx Completeness Report Data are believed to be complete Conceptual Consistency All chemical contaminant values have been rounded to three significant digits. To accommodate the wide range of values, all concentration values have been formatted to the thousandth unit (0.001). The method detection limits (MDLs) within compound classes are listed in appendix B of the report http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/download.aspx) Sediment sampling procedures are described in the report, which can be found at:http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/download.aspx Data preparation and sampling processing procedures are described in the report, which can be found at:http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/download.aspx Descriptions of data manipulations can be found in the report at:http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/download.aspx 1994-01-01T00:00:00