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NCCOS Assessment: Chemical contaminants data from the Faga’alu Bay and Watershed, American Samoa before and after best management practices from 2014-01-18 to 2022-04-06 (NCEI Accession 0302885)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-04-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset represents a “before and after” sediment sampling effort from Faga’alu Bay and watershed, American Samoa, to evaluate the effectiveness of best management practices at a quarry site. A suite of organic and inorganic parameters was quantified at twelve randomly selected and one targeted marine sites and four targeted stream site in 2014, including: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), trace elements, carbon, Clostridium perfringens abundance, and sediment grain size. Five of these sites were re-sampled in 2022 and analyzed for trace elements.

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0302885 bacteria CARBON ORGANIC CHEMICALS Pesticides POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE TOTAL CARBON TRACE METALS mass spectrometer spectrophotometer swimmer/diver in situ laboratory analyses manual sample collection Coral Reef Conservation Program National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES South Pacific Ocean oceanography American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 917 Comprehensive baseline assessment and pilot test of outcome performance measures in Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa NCCOS Project, Land Based Sources of Pollution in Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa Numeric Data Sets > Chemical Contaminants EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality > Contaminants EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality > Contaminants > Chemical EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Chemistry EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chemistry Monitoring and Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > InOrganic Carbon EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > InOrganic Matter EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Organic Matter EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Trace Elements > Metals EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > PESTICIDES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation NCCOS Research Priority > Stressor Impacts and Mitigation NCCOS Research Topic > Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients MASS SPECTROMETERS > MASS SPECTROMETERS OPTSPEC > Optical Spectrometer COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN NCCOS Research Locations > Region > Pacific Ocean NCCOS Research Locations > U.S. States and Territories > American Samoa Coastal Ocean Faga'alu Tutuila 8D5XFU

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