NIST/NOAA NS and T/EPA EMAP intercomparison exercise program for organic contaminants in the marine environment: Description and results of 1997 organic intercomparison exercises. National status and trends program for marine environmental quality: Technical memo

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:305707

Parris, R M; Schantz, M M; Wise, S A

In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, NIST, in cooperation with the NOAA National Status and Trends Program (NS and T), and the EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), conducts yearly interlaboratory comparison exercises to provide one mechanism for participating laboratories/monitoring programs to evaluate the quality and comparability of their performance in measuring selected organic contaminates in environmental samples. In the report, results of the 1997 exercises of the NIST/NOAA NS and T/EPA EMAP Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment are described in which selected polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, chlorinated pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were determined in Mussel Tissue Homogenate VIII and Marine Sediment VII exercise materials. The analytical methods used by each participating laboratory in this performance-based program are summarized.

• Research Organization: National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Analytical Chemistry Div., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 305707
• Report Number(s): PB--99-119323/XAB; NOAA-TM-NOS-ORCA--134
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS
MEASURING METHODS
MUSSELS
PESTICIDES
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION