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Description:
Title:
Chemical contaminants in the coral Porites astreoides from southwest Puerto Rico
Alternate Title:
National Status and Trends Program for Marine Environmental Quality
Author(s):
Pait, Anthony S.
Jeffrey, Christopher Francis, 1965-
Caldow, Chris
Whitall, David R.
Hartwell, S. Ian
Mason, Andrew L.
Christensen, John David, 1968-
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2009
Abstract:
This report contains an initial characterization of coral contaminants in southwest Puerto Rico, and is the second report from a project to characterize chemical contaminants in the coral reefs in southwest Puerto Rico, and assess linkages between contaminants and coral condition. The first report (Pait et al., 2007) detailed chemical contamination in sediments and included an assessment of the correlations between chemical contaminants and coral species richness. The analysis of chemical contaminants in coral tissues represents an extension of the capabilities of NOAA's National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program which has monitored the Nation's coastal waters for over 20 years"--Introduction.
Keywords:
Conservation
Contaminated sediments
Coral reef conservation
Corals
Effect of chemicals on
Effect of pollution on
Environmental aspects
Monitoring
Place Keywords:
Puerto Rico
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Memorandum
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 91
Note:
This report contains an initial characterization of coral contaminants in southwest Puerto Rico, and is the second report from a project to characterize chemical contaminants in the coral reefs in southwest Puerto Rico, and assess linkages between contaminants and coral condition. The first report (Pait et al., 2007) detailed chemical contamination in sediments and included an assessment of the correlations between chemical contaminants and coral species richness. The analysis of chemical contaminants in coral tissues represents an extension of the capabilities of NOAA's National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program which has monitored the Nation's coastal waters for over 20 years"--Introduction.
2009
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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