Trace metal and ancillary data in the open waters of Puget Sound: 1980-1985. Data report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5164100

Paulson, A J; Curl, H C; Feely, R A; Geiselman, T; Krogslund, K A

In the second of three data reports, the complete data set between 1980 and 1985 for the open waters of Puget Sound is presented. The water column data are divided geographically. The information gained from these data has been interpreted by PMEL scientists and is published in a variety of scientific journals that are listed within each section. Building on research then underway at PMEL on estuarine circulation, laboratory scientists began a coordinated study that began with the description of the distribution of properties (salinity, temperature, trace metals and trace organics) in the water column and underlying sediments. The objectives of the Marine Environmental Quality trace metal program were (1) to quantify the sources and sinks of selected trace metals for Puget Sound, (2) to determine geochemical mechanisms that transform trace metals between the dissolved and particulate phases and (3) to determine to what extent these geochemical mechanisms alter the fate of trace metals entering Puget Sound. The water column data are divided geographically in the following manner: Duwamish River, Duwamish Waterway, Elliott Bay and Commencement Bay and other rivers discharging into Puget Sound. In addition to the water column data, sediment trap, sediment column solid phase and sediment column interstitial phase (pore water) data are presented. The text of the data report consists of the sampling and analytical methods with the accompanying quality control/quality assurance data. The text of the data sections are a summary of the data and published literature in which the data are interpreted along with a catalogue of the data available on microfiche located in the back pocket of the data report. In most cases, a table consists of one station with the parameters as columns and the depths as rows.

• Research Organization: Pacific Marine Environmental Lab., Seattle, WA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5164100
• Report Number(s): PB-91-201582/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
BAYS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMISTRY
COASTAL WATERS
CONTROL
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTION
GEOCHEMISTRY
METALS
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PACIFIC OCEAN
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
PUGET SOUND
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
SALINITY
SAMPLING
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SINKS
SITE SURVEYS
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACE WATERS
TRACE AMOUNTS
WATER POLLUTION
WATERSHEDS
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY