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Nationwide review of oxygen depletion and eutrophication in estuarine and coastal waters: Executive summary
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Abstract
The Status and Trends Program of the Ocean Assessment Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracted with Brookhaven National Laboratory to assess the health of the estuarine and coastal environments in the US as indicated by low oxygen concentrations, eutrophication or mass mortalities of biological organisms. This intensive eutrophication or mass mortalities of biological organisms. This intensive but brief survey was accomplished through subcontracts to five regional investigators and represented the (1) Northeast, (2) Southeast, (3) Florida, (4) Gulf Coast, and (5) West Coast regions of the country. Each principal investigator was responsible for a subset of the 196 estuaries or embayments in his region. Additional information on other contaminants were also included in the reports when such information was deemed important. An exhaustive search of all literature was not possible owing to the time and money constraints; however, significant data were located for most of the estuaries. 1 fig.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6157099
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-37144
ON: DE89012387
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; COASTAL REGIONS; OXYGEN; ESTUARIES; USA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED GASES; ECOSYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; SOLUTES; SURFACE WATERS; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 510200 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
Citation Formats
Whitledge, T. E. Nationwide review of oxygen depletion and eutrophication in estuarine and coastal waters: Executive summary. United States: N. p., 1985.
Web. doi:10.2172/6157099.
Whitledge, T. E. Nationwide review of oxygen depletion and eutrophication in estuarine and coastal waters: Executive summary. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6157099
Whitledge, T. E. 1985.
"Nationwide review of oxygen depletion and eutrophication in estuarine and coastal waters: Executive summary". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6157099. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6157099.
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title = {Nationwide review of oxygen depletion and eutrophication in estuarine and coastal waters: Executive summary},
author = {Whitledge, T. E.},
abstractNote = {The Status and Trends Program of the Ocean Assessment Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracted with Brookhaven National Laboratory to assess the health of the estuarine and coastal environments in the US as indicated by low oxygen concentrations, eutrophication or mass mortalities of biological organisms. This intensive eutrophication or mass mortalities of biological organisms. This intensive but brief survey was accomplished through subcontracts to five regional investigators and represented the (1) Northeast, (2) Southeast, (3) Florida, (4) Gulf Coast, and (5) West Coast regions of the country. Each principal investigator was responsible for a subset of the 196 estuaries or embayments in his region. Additional information on other contaminants were also included in the reports when such information was deemed important. An exhaustive search of all literature was not possible owing to the time and money constraints; however, significant data were located for most of the estuaries. 1 fig.},
doi = {10.2172/6157099},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6157099},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}