How does the Granite State fit into ESIP?

New Hampshire data is presented in the aquaculture fact sheet, climate change fact sheet, aquatic habitats fact sheet, and eutrophication fact sheet. In addition you can find information in the Indicator Reporting Tool and Monitoring Map for the state.

How does New Brunswick fit into ESIP?

Information on New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy is presented in the aquaculture fact sheet, climate change fact sheet, aquatic habitats fact sheet, and the eutrophication fact sheet. In addition you can find information in the Indicator Reporting Tool and Monitoring Map for the province.

How does the The Bay State fit into ESIP?

Massachusetts is presented in the aquaculture fact sheet, climate change fact sheet, aquatic habitats fact sheet, and the eutrophication fact sheet. In addition you can find information in the Indicator Reporting Tool and Monitoring Map for the state.

How does Maine fit into ESIP?

The great state of Maine is presented in the aquaculture fact sheet, climate change fact sheet, aquatic habitats fact sheet, and the eutrophication fact sheet. In addition you can find information in the Indicator Reporting Tool and Monitoring Map for the state.

How does Nova Scotia fit into ESIP?

Information on Nova Scotia's seacoast is presented in the aquaculture fact sheet, climate change fact sheet, aquatic habitats fact sheet, and the eutrophication fact sheet. In addition you can find information in the Indicator Reporting Tool and Monitoring Map for the province.

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Contaminants Fact Sheet

Jocelyne Hellou, Michel Lebeuf and Marilynn Rudi. 2013. Review on DDT and metabolites in birds and mammals of aquatic ecosystems. Environmental Reviews. In Press. Available online at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/er

Risk Assessment on Norovirus in Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish: Request for Scientific Data and Information: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-N-0731-0001

Jason Rohr, Jacob L. Kerby, and Andrew Sih. 2006. Community ecology as a framework for predicting contaminant effects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Volume 21, Number 11, pages 607 – 612.

For more information on Casco Bay:

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. 2007. Toxic Pollution in Casco Bay. Edited by Diane Gould. February 2007. Portland, Maine: CBEP, 2007.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. 2010. The State of the Bay Report. Portland, Maine: CBEP, 2010.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. 2011. Reducting Toxic Pollution. CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #4. Portland, Maine: CBEP, 2011

All available at: http://www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu/toxics.html

Friends of Casco Bay. 2005. Sediment PAH Concentration from the 2004 Study of Portland Harbor.

Wade, T. L. and S.T. Sweet. 2005. Texas A & M University. Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay. Casco Bay Estuary Project. Portland, Maine: CBEP, 2005. Available at: http://www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu/pdfs/GERG_sediment_ report_2005.pdf

Priority Indicators

Aquatic Habitats

Extent of salt marsh
Indicator Reporting Tool
Extent of eelgrass
Indicator Reporting Tool, April/May 2011 Journal, May/June 2010 Journal
Number of tidal restrictions
Indicator Reporting Tool

Aquaculture

The economic value of aquaculture
Indicator Reporting Tool, May 2013 Journal, August/September 2009 Journal, March/April 2009 Journal
Acres of permitted aquaculture
Indicator Reporting Tool, August/September 2009 Journal, March/April 2009 Journal

Climate Change

Sea level
Indicator Reporting Tool, October 2012 Journal, July/August 2012 Journal, April/May 2011 Journal, December 2007/January 2008 Journal
Air temperature trends
Indicator Reporting Tool, August/September 2009 Journal, October 2012 Journal, July/August 2012 Journal, December 2007/January 2008 Journal
Precipitation trends
Indicator Reporting Tool, October 2012 Journal, July/August 2012 Journal, December 2007/January 2008 Journal

Coastal Development

Population and employment density
Indicator Reporting Tool, November/December 2011 Journal
Impervious surface
Indicator Reporting Tool, April/May 2011 Journal
Known locations of point sources
Indicator Reporting Tool

Contaminants

Sediment contaminants and toxicity
Indicator Reporting Tool, April/May 2011 Journal
Chemical contaminants in mussels
Indicator Reporting Tool, April/May 2011 Journal, October/November 2009 Journal
Percentage of approved shellfish beds for harvesting
Indicator Reporting Tool, August 2013 Journal, April/May 2011 Journal

Eutrophication

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loading
Indicator Reporting Tool, January 2013 Journal
Chlorophyll a
Indicator Reporting Tool
Water clarity
Indicator Reporting Tool
Dissolved Oxygen
Indicator Reporting Tool

Fisheries

Ocean jobs
Indicator Reporting Tool
Dominant species metric
Indicator Reporting Tool
Diversity by subregion
Population by subregion