Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program - (BPTCP)

BPTCP Screening (Region 2-San Francisco Bay) and Confirmation (All Regions)

  • Legs
    • 38 through 46

  • Sampling Dates and Regions - Fieldata.dbf
    • Leg 38 - 4/17/95 through 4/19/95 - Region 2
    • Leg 39 - 5/1/95 through 5/2/95 - Region 2
    • Leg 40 - 10/25/95 through 10/27/95 - Region 2
    • Leg 41 - 12/5/95 through 12/7/95- Region 2
    • Leg 42 - 4/17/96 through 4/18/96 - Region 1 (Humboldt Bay)
    • Leg 43 - 5/9/96 - Region 3 (Monterey Bay ports/harbors)
    • Leg 44 - 6/10/96 through 6/11/96 - Region 2 (S.F. Bay)
    • Leg 45 - 6/19/96 through 6/20/96 - Regions 4 & 8
    • Leg 46 - 7/17/96 through 7/18/96 - Region 4 (Port of L.A.)

  • Number
    • Legs 38-41: 95 sed. samples screening (no replicates); 3 stations collected for TIE project
    • Leg 42: 10 sed. samples; 10 resident organism tissue samples
    • Leg 43: 9 sed. samples; 1water column sample
    • Leg 44: 10 sed. cores for sediment/water interface tests
    • Leg 45: 12 sed. samples
    • Leg 46: 15 sed. samples, including core samples

  • Chemical Analysis
    • Chemistry data in dBase IV format - Chem3846.dbf
    • Subsurface water organic chemistry in dBaseIV format - L00018e2.dbf
    • Porewater organic chemistry data in dBase IV format - L00017e3.dbf
    • Tissue chemistry in dBase IV format - Reg1tiss.dbf
    • PAH, PCB and pesticide analyses completed on 62 sediment samples; PCB only analyses completed on 83 additional sediment samples.
    • Metal analysis completed on 65 sediment samples; Mercury only analyses were completed on 71 additional sediment samples.
    • AVS/SEM analyses completed on 29 sediment samples.
    • TOC & grain size analysis completed on all 151 sediment samples.
    • Pore water metal analyses were completed on 8 pore water samples.
    • Pesticide, PCB and PAH analyses were performed on 11 pore water sample.
    • Pesticide and PCB analyses were performed on 1 subsurface water sample.
    • Metal and organic analyses were performed on 10 tissue samples.

  • Toxicity Testing: Toxicity data in dbase IV format - Tox3846.dbf
    • Amphipod survival (Eohaustorius) in solid phase completed on 136 samples.
    • Urchin larvae development in pore water completed on 107 samples.
    • Urchin larvae development in sediment/water interface core completed on 1 9 core samples.
    • Mussel shell development in subsurface water was completed on one sample.

  • Benthic Community - Ben1-56.dbf
    • Analyses on 32 samples pending

  • Products
    • Hard copy data reports for Legs 38 through 46 submitted to SWRCB december 1997;
      includes all analytical data, cruise reports; QA/QC reports for chemistry, toxicity, TOC,
      and grain size data.