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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan: Surface Sediment and Fish Tissue Chemistry in Greater Elliott Bay (Seattle) | |||
| Month-Year Published | February 2008 | |||
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| Short Description |
This is the plan for the Surface Sediment and Fish Tissue Chemistry in Greater Elliott Bay (Seattle) study. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 08-03-103 | |||
| Author(s) | Gries, T. | |||
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| Number of pages | 43 pp. | |||
| Keywords | fish, quality, quality assurance, quality assurance project plan, sediment, tissue | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Assessment of Sediment Toxicity near Post Point (Bellingham Bay) | similar topic | |||
| Dioxins, Furans, and other Contaminants in Surface Sediment and English Sole Collected from Greater Elliott Bay (Seattle) | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
This project is designed to assess sediment quality and, to a lesser extent, fish tissue quality in greater Elliott Bay, Seattle. Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) staff will collect samples of surface sediment from 30 locations. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) staff will collect English sole caught in trawl samples from two areas. Most sampling will take place in Elliott Bay proper, but some will occur in waterways that border Harbor Island and in the Lower Duwamish Superfund cleanup site. This project will focus on measuring levels of: Some sediment samples will be tested for various indicators of chemical and biological sediment quality by staff of Ecology′s Marine Sediment Monitoring Program (MSMP). Results from this project will augment MSMP findings. The results will also be used to estimate levels of contaminants in areas that might be deemed local area background. This will be the first sediment survey to collect data that will enable a comparison of 0-3 cm and 0-10 cm contaminant levels. Results from this project will add to the very limited data available for levels of dioxins and furans in English sole tissue. Each study conducted by Ecology must have an approved Quality Assurance Project Plan. This plan describes the objectives of the study and the procedures to be followed to achieve those objectives. After completion of the study, a final report describing the study results will be posted to the Internet. |
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