National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Pathology, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
In order to determine the current status of and to detect any long-term trends in the environmental quality of U.S. nearshore waters, NOAA initiated the National Status and Trends program in 1984 with its National Benthic Surveillance Project. The primary objective of the Benthic Surveillance Project was to quantify concentrations of a suite of organic and inorganic contaminants in the livers of fish and surficial sediments from selected sites in the coastal and estuarine waters of the United States. In addition, the levels of certain indicators of the biological effects of these contaminants were measured. Incidences of visible lesions, including fin erosion, have been noted and histopathological examinations of various tissues have been carried out. Originally histopathological examinations determined the prevalence of any identifiable disease conditions in samples of liver, kidney, and gill tissue. Beginning in 1987 examinations became more focused on determining the prevalence of necrotic and proliferative lesions in the liver.
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"Barataria Bay, Barataria Pass",
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"Biscayne Bay, Chicken Key",
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"Bodega Bay, North",
"Boston Harbor, Deer Island",
"Boston Harbor, Hull Bay",
"Boston Harbor, Mystic River",
"Boston Harbor, Quincy Bay",
"Buzzards Bay, West Island",
"Calcasieu River, Bayou d Inde",
"Calcasieu River, Prien Lake",
"Calcasieu River, West Cove",
"Cape Elizabeth, Richmond Island",
"Cape Fear River, Horseshoe Shaol",
"Charleston Harbor, South Channel",
"Charlotte Harbor, Cape Haze",
"Chesapeake Bay, Chester River",
"Chesapeake Bay, James River",
"Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River",
"Choctawhatchee Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay",
"Chukchi Sea, Red Dog Mine",
"Columbia River, Desdemona Sands",
"Columbia River, Youngs Bay",
"Coos Bay, North Bend",
"Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi Channel",
"Dana Point Harbor, Outside",
"Dana Point, Inside Harbor",
"Delaware Bay, Cherry Island Range",
"Estero Bay, Estero Bay",
"Galveston Bay, Eagle Point",
"Galveston Bay, East Bay",
"Galveston Bay, Goat Islands",
"Galveston Bay, Greens Bayou",
"Galveston Bay, Morgans Point",
"Great Bay, Intracoastal Waterway",
"Great Bay, Seven Island",
"Gulf of Alaska, Kamishak Bay",
"Gulf of Mexico",
"Heald Point, Heald Point",
"Heron Bay, Heron Bay",
"Hudson River, Englewood Cliffs",
"Humboldt Bay, Indian Island",
"Johns Bay, Pemaquid Neck",
"Lavaca Bay, Point Comfort",
"Long Island Sound, Bridgeport",
"Long Island Sound, Lloyd Point",
"Long Island Sound, New Haven",
"Long Island Sound, Norwalk",
"Long Island Sound, Rocky Point",
"Lower Laguna Madre, Laguna Heights",
"Lower Laguna Madre, Long Island",
"Lutak Inlet, Chilkoot River Mouth",
"Massachusetts Bay, Outside Boston",
"Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Entrance",
"Mission Bay, Mission Bay",
"Mission Bay, Outside",
"Mississippi River Delta, Head of Passes",
"Mississippi River Delta, Southeast Pass",
"Mobile Bay, North Point",
"Monterey Bay, Indian Head Beach",
"Monterey Bay, Moss Landing",
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"NCCOS Research Location > Region > East Coast",
"NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico",
"NCCOS Research Location > Region > West Coast",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alabama",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Alaska",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > California",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Connecticut",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Delaware",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Georgia",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Louisiana",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maine",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Maryland",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Massachusetts",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Mississippi",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New Jersey",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > New York",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > North Carolina",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Oregon",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Rhode Island",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Texas",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Virginia",
"NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Washington",
"Nahku Bay, East Side",
"Narragansett Bay, Prudence Island",
"New Bedford Harbor, Clarks Point",
"Niantic Bay, Black Point",
"Oceanside Harbor, Outside",
"Pamlico Sound, Jones Bay",
"Pascagoula River, Escatawpa River",
"Pascagoula River, Pascagoula River",
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"San Diego Bay, Twenty Eighth Street",
"San Francisco Bay, Castro Creek",
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"San Francisco Bay, Islais Creek Channel",
"San Francisco Bay, Oakland Enterance",
"San Francisco Bay, Oakland Estuary",
"San Francisco Bay, Redwood City",
"San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay",
"San Francisco Bay, Southampton Shoal",
"San Luis Obispo Bay, San Luis Obispo Bay",
"San Pedro Bay, Cerritos Channel",
"San Pedro Bay, Long Beach",
"San Pedro Bay, Mid Harbor",
"San Pedro Bay, Outer Harbor",
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"San Pedro Bay, Seal Beach",
"Santa Monica Bay, Manhatten Beach",
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"Savannah River, Elba Island",
"Simpson Lagoon, Simpson Lagoon",
"Skagway, Skagway River",
"Soldana Beach, Soldana Beach",
"St. Andrews Bay, Military Point",
"St. Johns River, Arlington Channel",
"St. Lucie River, Stuart",
"Tampa Bay, Northern Tampa Bay",
"Tomales Bay, Tomales Bay",
"Treasure Island, Treasure Island",
"U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone",
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| modified | 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | -66.181,17.939,-159.356,61.133 |
| temporal | 1984-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1992-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | National Status and Trends, Benthic Surveillance Project Pathology, 1984-1992, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
