Assessment of sediment contaminants, toxicity, and benthic community structure in Massachusetts bass
Conference
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OSTI ID:31752
- NOAA/NOS, Charleston, SC (United States). Carolinean Province Office
- Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sediments samples were collected during July 1993 at 12 stations in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays along the Massachusetts coastline. The stations consisted of foursites from shallow subtidal depths in each of three harbor systems: Wellfleet Harbor, Boston Harbor, and Salem/Beverly Harbors. Synoptic measurements were made of pollutant concentrations, sediment/porewater toxicity, and benthic community structure as a basis for examining potential linkages between sediment contamination and adverse impacts on living benthic resources of the Massachusetts Bay/Cape Cod Bay nearshore ecosystem. Results from this application of the Sediment Quality Triad approach will be presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 31752
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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