gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:38768 eng UTF8 dataset National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science resourceProvider NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-02-29T00:00:00 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 - Biological Effects of Toxic Contaminants in Sediments from Long Island Sound and Environs LIS_metadata 2007-10 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 38768 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38768 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=241 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download Biological Effects of Toxic Contaminants in Sediments from Long Island Sound and Environs. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 80. August 1994. Silver Spring, Maryland. A survey of sediment toxicity was carried out by NOAA's National Status and Trends Program in the coastal bays that surround Long Island Sound in New York and Connecticut. The survey objectives were to determine the spatial distribution and severity of toxicity, and to analyze the relationships between toxicity and chemical contamination in the sediments. Sediment samples from three stations in each of 20 coastal bays and one Long Island Sound site were tested for toxicity with three independent protocols: (1) a 10-day amphipod survival test of the whole, solid-phase sediments with Ampelisca abdita, (2) a 48-hour exposure of clam larvae, Mulinia lateralis, to sediment elutriates, with normal development and survival as the endpoints, and (3) a microbial bioluminescence test (MicrotoxR) using solvent extracts of the sediments. Separate samples from these same stations were analyzed chemically for a broad suite of potentially toxic contaminants, including heavy metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. Additional sediment samples were obtained from up to six additional stations in a few of the coastal bays; these samples were examined only for heavy metals contamination and the data are included in an appendix to this report.The survey results indicate that sediment toxicity is widespread in the coastal bays of Long Island Sound. Significant toxicity was indicated for the sediments from at least one of the stations in each of the 20 coastal bays sampled in this survey. Manhassett Bay, Oyster Bay, and Little Neck Bay, New York were the three most toxic bays, respectively, as indicated by the incidence of significant toxicity from the three tests on samples from three stations. Only 11 of the 60 stations showed no significant toxicity in any of the three tests. Branford Harbor and the Connecticut River were indicated as the least toxic bays by this approach. About one-fifth of the total area (79.1 km2) sampled within the 20 embayments was indicated as significantly toxic by all three tests (survival of amphipods and larval bivalves, and MicrotoxTM). 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. The partners in this project were: (1) National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); (2) The Toxic Contaminants Subcommittee of the Long Island Sound Study (EPA, National Estuary Program). completed NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned Environmental Monitoring theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Microtox 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 organic organochlorines parameter pesticides polychlorinated biphenyls polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons region sediment state station toxicity theme Long Island Sound NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Connecticut NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New York Northeast Region 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 - Biological Effects of Toxic Contaminants in Sediments from Long Island Sound and Environs [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38768. 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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Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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 38768 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38768.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 -73.81983 -72.0765 40.77833 41.353 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1991-08-01 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Ed Long (retired), NOAA Ocean Service, National Status and Trends Program SAMPLE COLLECTION INESTIGATORS Ed Long (retired), NOAA Ocean Service, National Status and Trends Program SAMPLE PROCESSING FACILITIES - Organic and inorganic chemicals in sediment: Battelle Ocean Sciences, Duxbury, Massachusetts SAMPLE PROCESSING FACILITIES - Toxicity assays:(1) Microtox Assay - Parametrix, Inc., Seattle, WA; (2) Amphipod Survival Assay - Science Applications International Corporation, Narragansett, RI; (3) Bivalve Larvae Tests - 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 MESUREMENT QUALITY OBJECTIVES Sampling sites were located with a global position system and a LORAN C unit. 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://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm71v1.pdf, http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm71v2.pdf, http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm71v3.pdf, http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm71v4.pdf Completeness Report All 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, data preparation and sampling processing procedures, and descriptions of data manipulations are described in the report, which can be found at: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/nsandt/. 1994-01-01T00:00:00