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National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) long-term monitoring: Regional Ecological Assessments and National Benthic Inventory (NCEI Accession 0202842)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2019-09-23T00:00:00.000+00:00
The NCCOS Regional Ecological Assessments (REA) and NOAA National Benthic Inventory (NBI) include observations of water quality, sediment quality, fish and shellfish tissue chemical contaminants, and benthic infaunal abundance obtained from studies conducted since 1991 by NOAA and partnering institutions in estuarine and coastal-ocean areas of the United States. Measured parameters include: location and date of the sampling event, measures of water quality (e.g., temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients), sediment quality (e.g., grain size, total organic carbon, chemical contaminant concentrations, toxicity), fish and shellfish tissue chemical contaminants (e.g., concentrations of metals, PAHs, PCBs, PBDEs, organic pesticides), and infaunal assemblages (e.g., taxon, abundance).

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0202842 BENTHIC SPECIES CTD Niskin bottle in situ NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NOAA Ship Pisces RV Joe Ferguson NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations South Carolina Department of Natural Resources University of North Carolina - Charlotte NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Biscayne Bay - Florida Chesapeake Bay Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coastal Waters of Texas Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Delaware Bay Florida Bay - Florida Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Great Lakes Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico Massachusetts Bay North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Puget Sound Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OMAO > NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce SCDNR > South Carolina Department of Natural Resources NCCOS Project #139: Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development NCCOS Regional Ecological Assessments NOAA National Benthic Inventory EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Field Observation Long-term Monitoring Abundance Benthic Coastal Coastal Monitoring Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Invertebrates Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Community Dynamics > Community Structure Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Ecosystem Functions Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Ecotoxicology > Toxicity Levels Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Benthic; Coastal; Estuary Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry Earth Science > Oceans > Water Quality > Ocean Contaminants Grain size Infauna Infaunal assemblages Macroinfauna Salinity Sediment quailty Sediment quality Species Taxa Taxonomic serial number Temperature Tissue Chemistry Tissue chemical contaminants Water quality CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth NISKIN BOTTLES Box corer Cylindrical, hand-operated push corer Hook-and-line fishing In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > BOX CORE; SEDIMENT CORERS In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Bottles/Flasks/Jars > NISKIN BOTTLES In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Samplers > Grabbers/Traps/Collectors > GRAB SAMPLERS Large Van Veen grab sampler Seabird CTD Vacuum suction sampler apparatus YSI multiparameter sonde Young-modified Van Veen grab sampler Ships JOE FERGUSON (ICES code: 33YT, 2008-) NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) PISCES (call sign: WTDL, ICES code: 334B, 2009-) CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Great Lakes Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Ashtabula River Coastal Waters of Eastern U.S. Continent > North America > United States Of America > Alabama; California; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Great Lakes; Hawaii; Louisiana; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mississippi; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Texas; Virginia; Washington; Wisconsin Dry Tortugas Florida Keys Galveston Bay Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Hudson River Manatee Bay Milwaukee Estuary Neuse River North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Northwest Hawaiian Islands Raritan Bay Rookery Bay Sabine Lake San Francisco Bay Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Southeastern U.S. Estuaries St. Johns River St. Lucie River LWJ7A5

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