National Status and Trends (NS&T) SQL Data
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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
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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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Range_of_Dates/Time:
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