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| Title | Sediment Quality in the San Juan Islands, Changes over a 10-Year Period |
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Sediment Quality in the San Juan Islands, Changes over a 10-Year Period (Number of pages: 8) (Publication Size: 2174KB)
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| Author(s) | Partridge, V., S. Weakland, M. Dutch, and K. Welch | ||||
| Description | In 2012, the Washington State Department of Ecology surveyed surface sediment conditions throughout the San Juan Islands and compared them to results from a similar survey conducted with the same methods in 2002 and 2003. Sediment condition was assessed using four indices of sediment contamination, toxicity to laboratory animals, sediment-dwelling invertebrate communities (benthos), and combined Sediment Quality Triad Index. Overall sediment quality was high and remained largely unchanged from 2002-2003 to 2012. This report gives the primary results of the 2012 survey and comparisons to the 2002-2003 survey, all of Puget Sound, and the Puget Sound Partnership's “Vital Signs” indicator targets. Data and supporting information are available on Ecology's Marine Sediment Monitoring website linked below. |
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| Contact | Valerie Partridge at 360-407-7217 or valerie.partridge@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | San Juan Islands, sediment, Puget Sound | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Marine Sediment Monitoring | ||||
| WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Area 02 San Juan | ||||
| DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #PSAMP_SP |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
2012 Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program/Urban Waters Initiative: Sediment Monitoring in the San Juan Islands and Port Gardner/Everett Harbor Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program Sediment Monitoring Component. |
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