National Status and Trends (NS&T) SQL Data

 

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA

Publication_Date: 1994

Title: National Status and Trends (NS&T) SQL Data [OL 72 18.7 -66.5 -168]

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD

Publisher: NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA

Online_Linkeage:

Description:

Abstract:

Since 1984, NOAA's National Status and Trends Program has monitored, on a national scale, spatial and temporal trends of chemical contamination and biological responses to that contamination. Temporal trends are being monitored through the Mussel Watch Program, which analyzes mussels and oysters collected annually at about 200 sites. Spatial trends have been described on a national scale from chemical concentrations measured in surface sediments collected by both the Mussel Watch and Benthic Surveillance Projects from 240 sites distributed throughout the coastal and estuarine United States. The data from these projects have been interpreted to indicate that chemical contamination, while universal in an absolute sense, is at high levels near centers of human population. Even in those areas, actual biological responses to chemical contamination are usually limited the extreme contamination found in hot spots of limited spatial extent. Temporal trends in chemical contamination are beginning to be evident from the Mussel Watch Program and, when trends exist, they are predominantly in the direction of decreasing concentrations.

 

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StartDate: 19940101

StopDate: 19941231

Obtain: http://ccmaserver.nos.noaa.gov/CCMA/data.html

Storage_Medium: online

 

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Beginning_Date:

Ending_Date: 1994

Currentness_Reference:

Publication_Date: 1994

 

Spatial_Domain

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -168

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.7

 

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Quality Monitoring

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: All Regional and National Information

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword:

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 1994

 

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: O'Connor, Thomas

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

1305 East West Hwy-10th Floor

SSMC IV,10th Floor, #10650

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301)713-3028 x151

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301)713-4388

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tom.oconnor@noaa.gov

 

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: O'Connor, Thomas

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

1305 East West Hwy-10th Floor

SSMC IV,10th Floor, #10650

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301)713-3028 x151

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301)713-4388

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tom.oconnor@noaa.gov

 

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 11/22/94

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: O'Connor, Thomas

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

1305 East West Hwy-10th Floor

SSMC IV,10th Floor, #10650

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301)713-3028 x151

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301)713-4388

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tom.oconnor@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940523