Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title

Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program Sediment Monitoring Component.

Month-Year Published

August 2009

Online Availability

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Appendices A-K

Short Description

This is the study plan for the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program Sediment Monitoring Component.

Appendices A-K are linked above as a zip file.

(Also see abstract below)

Publication Number

09-03-121

Author(s)

Dutch, M., V. Partridge, S. Weakland, K. Welch, E. Long

Print Availability

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Number of pages

98 pp.

Keywords

assessment, characterization, Ecology, Environmental Protection Agency, goals, marine, marine sediment, monitoring, ocean, Puget Sound, quality assurance project plan, sediment, trend, urban, Urban Waters Initiative, water

Subject Waterbodies

Strait Of Georgia, Drayton Harbor, Bellingham Bay, Padilla Bay, Fidalgo Bay, Guemes Channel, Saratoga Passage, Penn Cove, Port Gardner, Inner Everett Harbor, Steamboat Slough, Ebey Slough, Elliott Bay, Commencement Bay, Thea Foss, Henderson Inlet, Budd Inlet, Squaxin, Peale, Pickering passages, Eld Inlet, Shelton Harbor, Oakland Bay, Totten Inlet, Port Madison, Eagle Harbor, Port Orchard, Agate Passage, Rich Passage, Sinclair Inlet, Dyes Inlet, Port Washington Narrows, Carr Inlet, Port Gamble Bay, Quartermaster Harbor, Hale Passage, Dabob Bay, Quilcene Bay, Port Townsend, Kilisut Harbor, Port Townsend, Skagit Bay, Similk Bay, Port Susan, Possession Sound, Tacoma Narrows, Case Inlet, Dana Passage, Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Nisqually Reach, Drayton Passage, Balch, Cormorant passages

map of Washington state showing locations of subject waterbodies

Related Web Content

Marine Sediment Monitoring

Related Publications

Title

Relationship

Urban Waters Initiative, 2007: Sediment Quality in Elliott Bay

parent publication

Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program Marine Sediment Quality Implementation Plan

similar topic

Abstract

Long Description

Sediment quality monitoring in Puget Sound has been conducted by the Washington State Department of Ecology′s (Ecology′s) Marine Sediment Monitoring Team (MSMT) since 1989 as part of the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP). Quality assurance parameters for the Sediment Monitoring Component of PSAMP were described and published at the inception of the program.

Since then, the sediment monitoring program has evolved. Elements from both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration′s (NOAA) National Status and Trends (NS&T) Bioeffects Monitoring Program and the Environmental Protection Agency′s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (USEPA EMAP) have been incorporated. Portions of the original monitoring design have been retained on a small scale, while two new elements have been added.

Three distinct sampling elements, with different goals and sampling designs, are now conducted. They include the:

Long-Term/Temporal Monitoring Element – Characterization of change in sediment quality over time at 10 long-term stations.

Spatial/Temporal Monitoring Element – Characterization of the spatial extent of degraded sediment quality and change over time for sampling frames drawn at three geographic scales: Puget Sound, region, and stratum.

Focus Study Element (including Ecology′s Urban Waters Initiative) – Characterization of the spatial extent of degraded sediment quality and change over time at a small, local, geographic scale (e.g., embayment).

This Quality Assurance (QA) Project Plan describes the unique goals, study design, and methods for each element, as well as the common methods they still share.

Each study, or monitoring program, conducted by Ecology must have an approved QA Project Plan. The plan describes the objectives of the study, or monitoring program, and the procedures to be followed to achieve those objectives. Data and data summaries for each discrete segment of an ongoing monitoring element will be posted to the MSMT website as soon as they are generated and reviewed. A final report describing the results will be posted when complete.

Appendices A-K are linked above as a zip file.

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