Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title

Marine Water Column Ambient Monitoring Plan: Final Report

Month-Year Published

April 1992

Online Availability

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Short Description

The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) conducts several statewide monitoring programs including marine water, marine sediment, and freshwater monitoring. The marine water program, which encompasses Puget Sound and two coastal estuaries, was initiated in 1967. Since then, long-term monthly water quality data have been collected at over 55 stations. Recent development of a comprehensive environmental protection program for the Puget Sound Region has directed Ecology to conduct additional monitoring tasks, seasonal and solstice monitoring.

(Also see abstract below)

Publication Number

92-23

Author(s)

Janzen, C.

Print Availability

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Number of pages

65 pp. + app (117 total)

Keywords

ambient monitoring, goals, guidelines, laboratory, marine, marine sediment, marine waters, monitoring, Puget Sound, quality assurance, safety, sediment, water, water quality

Subject Waterbodies

Strait Of Georgia, Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Skagit Bay, Similk Bay, Port Susan, Possession Sound, Case Inlet, Dana Passage, Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet, Rosario Strait, Puget Sound, Great Bend, Lynch Cove, Dalco Passage, Poverty Bay, Bellingham Bay, West Sound, Harney Channel, & Lopez Sound, East Sound, Saratoga Passage, Penn Cove, Holmes Harbor, Port Gardner, Inner Everett Harbor, Elliott Bay, Commencement Bay, Henderson Inlet, Budd Inlet, Squaxin, Peale, Pickering passages, Eld Inlet, Oakland Bay, Totten Inlet, Port Madison, Sinclair Inlet, Dyes Inlet, Port Washington Narrows, Carr Inlet, Henderson Bay, Liberty Bay, Quartermaster Harbor, Dabob Bay, Quilcene Bay, Port Townsend, Kilisut Harbor, Port Townsend, Discovery Bay, Sequim Bay

Abstract

Long Description

The design of the additional monitoring components is intended to improve the understanding of water quality conditions in areas where water quality problems are episodic in nature, and to help define nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics throughout Puget Sound. The Ambient Marine Water Column Monitoring Plan details Ecology's marine water monitoring program, and includes a full description of the program's goals and objectives, monitoring strategies, field and laboratory procedures, data management, quality assurance and quality control, and safety guidelines.

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