Reference-area performance standards for Puget Sound

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5269776

Chemical and biological conditions in the sediments at sites in three areas of Puget Sound were analyzed as part of the study. Analysis of sediments from Samish Bay, Holmes Harbor, and Carr Inlet included chemical concentrations, total organic carbon, acid-volatile sulfides, total solids, grain size distribution, and sediment toxicity as measured by amphipod mortality, bivalve larvae mortality and abnormality, echinoderm embryo mortality and abnormality, juvenile polychaete mortality and biomass, and saline Microtox bacterial luminescence bioassays. The performance standards developed for Puget Sound sediment reference sites will provide a consistent basis for comparison and use of sediment data collected by various programs. Based on the performance standards developed, the report found specific stations in Carr Inlet, Holmes Harbor, and Samish Bay to be suitable as sediment reference areas.

• Research Organization: PTI Environmental Services, Bellevue, WA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5269776
• Report Number(s): PB-92-166917/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-D8-0085
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB85-238053. Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA. Puget Sound Estuary Program
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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