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Bioeffects Assessment Project
What: Regional Studies Based on the Sediment Quality Triad.
- Relational database of seven studies (Biscayne Bay, Saint Lucie Estuary; Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, and Galveston Bay).
- Non-relational data from twenty three other study areas.
Information on:
- sediment, tissue, and water chemistry of over 80 organic and inorganic contaminants;
- toxicity assays [e.g. Sediment extract (MicroTox), Whole sediment (10-day survival Amphipod Assay), Sediment porewater (Sea urchin fertilization) and others] ;
- biomarker assays;
- biota histopathology;
- benthic community assesment;
- written reports available.
Where: Over a thousand sites in nearly 30 coastal locations (estuaries, bays, lagoons) in the United States.
Who: Various partnerships between NOAA's Ocean Service and Federal and State agences, and local stakeholders.
Address inquires to: NOAA Ocean Service. National Status & Trends Program, N/SCI-1, Building SSMC4, 9th Floor, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel. 301-713-3028.
When: 1986 to present
Why: This is an ongoing project of intensive regional studies, of 2 to 4-year duration, to assess bioeffects associated with contaminant exposure.