Gulfwatch Sites

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring |

site# site name location site code latitute longitude years sampled basin name basin area substrate exposure tidal range 1 Sandwich Massachusetts MASN 41’45.0’N 70’24.0’W “92,93,94,95” Mill Creek 4 sand 0 2.7 2 “Plymouth,...

Gulfwatch Committee

by | Jun 10, 2017 | Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring |

Jamie Aube Environment Canada 506.851.2892 jamie.aube@ec.gc.ca Andrew Bagnal Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries 902.424.4560 bagnalag@gov.ns.ca Wayne Fairchild Fisheries and Ocean Canada 506.851.2056 Kevin Gardner University of New Hampshire...

Data Reports

by | Jun 9, 2017 | Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring |

Documents and reports: QC Organic Results 2012 PCB (PDF, < 1 mb) QC Organic Results 2012 OC-DDT-PYR (PDF, < 1 mb) QC Organic Results 2012 Alkyl PAH (PDF, < 1 mb) Gulfwatch 2010 Data Report (PDF, 1.8 mb) Gulfwatch Bibliography, October 2014 (DOCX, < 1 mb)...

Mussels as Biometers

by | Jun 9, 2017 | Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring |

Blue mussels are widely used for monitoring pollution Gulfwatch monitors coastal pollution by analyzing contaminants in the tissues of the blue mussel Some animals are called sentinel species because they act as local monitors of contaminant levels. Contaminants...

Findings

by | Jun 9, 2017 | Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring |

Gulfwatch provides findings on pollution in the Gulf of Maine Result: Nearly all measured metal contaminants were detected in mussels from each of the sampling sites. Explanation: Some chemicals may be at natural levels due to local geomorphology, whereas others may...