A Synthesis of Ten Years of Chemical Contaminants Monitoring in National Park Service - Southeast and Southwest Alaska Networks, a collaboration with the NOAA National Mussel Watch Program
Rider M, Apeti DA, Jacob AP, Kimbrough KL, Davenport ED, Bower M, Coletti HA, Esler D. 2020. A Synthesis of Ten Years of Chemical Contaminants Monitoring in National Park Service - Southeast and Southwest Alaska Networks, a collaboration with the NOAA National Mussel Watch Program. noaa:25520. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 277. Silver Spring, MD. https://doi.org/10.25923/dbyq-7z17
This report summarizes the contaminant results from marine sampling conducted between 2007 and 2018 by the National Park Service (NPS Southeast Alaska Network (SEAN and Southwest Alaska Net-work (SWAN) and their partners in association with the NOAA National Mussel Watch Program (MWP). As part of their monitoring efforts to determine the status and trends of chemical contaminants in near-shore and coastal areas within their park boundaries, the SEAN and SWAN have partnered with the MWP to measure a comprehensive suite of contaminants in bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus) at targeted sites across the networks. Sampling also occurred outside of parks through external partnerships with the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) marine monitoring program and the Municipality of Skagway to provide a regional perspective on contaminant levels. The goal was to create a robust baseline of contaminant concentrations from this region and to compare these concentrations to national MWP data. This report represents a rich source of information to help support the parks' responses during unforeseen catastrophic marine pollution events and guide future sampling site choices and frequency.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rider, Mary; Apeti, Dennis; Jacob, Annie; Kimbrough, Kimani; Davenport, Erik; Bower, Mike; Coletti, Heather; Esler, Dan
- Date of Issue
- 2020
- Publisher
- NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 277
- DOI
- 10.25923/dbyq-7z17
- Units
- GLBA , KATM , KEFJ , KLGO , SEAN , SITK , SWAN
- Keywords
- Alaska, Data Curation, Effect Of Water Pollution On, Focused Condition Assessment (FCA), Monitoring, Mussels, Natural Resource Condition Assessment (NRCA), North Pacific Ocean, Quantitative Research
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Toxics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities