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| Title | Marine Sediment Monitoring: Sediment Quality Changes in the Strait of Georgia 1997-2006 |
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Marine Sediment Monitoring: Sediment Quality Changes in the Strait of Georgia 1997-2006 (Number of pages: 4) (Publication Size: 1MB)
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| Author(s) | Partridge, V., E. Long, S. Weakland, K. Welch, and M. Dutch | ||||
| Description | In 2006 Ecology surveyed sediment quality in the embayments along the southern Strait of Georgia. The study characterized region-wide sediment quality and determined whether sediment quality had changed since a similar survey in 1997. Measurements of sediment chemistry, toxicity, and invertebrate community structure at 40 randomly selected stations indicated that: *Overall, chemical contamination declined. *Sediment toxicity results were mixed, with little net change. *Benthic invertebrate community health worsened significantly. *High sediment quality decreased region-wide, and intermediate sediment quality increased. This document is a 4-page summary of the full report linked below. |
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| Keywords | monitoring, toxic, marine sediment, benthic | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Marine Sediment Monitoring | ||||
| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Sediment Quality Assessment of the Southern Strait of Georgia, 2006: Spatial/Temporal Sediment Monitoring Element of the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program Sediment Monitoring Component. |
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