NOAA's Northeast Monitoring Program (NEMP): A Report on Progress of the First Five Years (1979-84) and a Plan for the Future
NOAA. 1987. NOAA's Northeast Monitoring Program (NEMP): A Report on Progress of the First Five Years (1979-84) and a Plan for the Future. NMFS-F/NEC-44. Woods Hole, MA
The Northeast Monitoring Program (NEMP) was initiated at the beginning of Fiscal Year (FY) 1980 (1 October 1979) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The objective of the NEMP Program is to coordinate and focus monitoring and research activities of NOAA studies of the marine environment in coastal and offshore waters of the northeastern United States. The pilot phase of the NEMP was from FY 1980 through 1984.Operational monitoring was to begin in FY 1985. This document describes the program's background, results of the pilot phase and plans for the operational phase. Information obtained from the pilot phase reveals a coastal marine environment generally free from high concentrations of pollutants, and from obvious biological effects of pollutants. However, in several small portions of the area there was evidence of pollution and related effects.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- NOAA
- Date of Issue
- 1987-05
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Assateague Island, Marine Resources, Monitoring, Sediment, Water Quality