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Marine Sediment Monitoring Studies (80 publications 1988-2024)


Title (link to summary)NumberDate (released or updated)
Focus on: Sediment Quality in Elliott Bay 24-03-008March 2024
Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan: The 2023-2028 Puget Sound Sediment Monitoring Program 23-03-104March 2023
Results of Validation Exercise for Marine Benthic Index 23-03-009March 2023
Focus on: Sediment Quality in East Possession Sound 22-03-025July 2022
Focus on: Sediment Quality in Budd Inlet 22-03-024July 2022
Focus on: Sediment Quality in Bellingham Bay 22-03-023July 2022
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound Focus on Story Map Collection 22-03-022July 2022
Standard Operating Procedure EAP027 Version 4.1: Seawater Dissolved Oxygen Analysis 22-03-205April 2022
Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Puget Sound Sediments: 2010-2019 Data Summary 21-03-015December 2021
2021 Addendum to Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan: The Puget Sound Sediment Monitoring Program.2021 Addendum to Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan: The Puget Sound Sediment Monitoring Program. 21-03-101February 2021
POSTER: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Puget Sound Sediments, An Update: 2010 – 2015 19-03-012June 2019
Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan: The Puget Sound Sediment Monitoring Program 18-03-109March 2018
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound, 1989-2015 18-03-006February 2018
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound: Changes in chemical contaminants and invertebrate communities at 10 sentinel stations, 1989–2015 18-03-005February 2018
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound: Changes in chemistry, toxicity, and benthic invertebrates at multiple geographic scales, 1989–2015 18-03-004February 2018
Copper, Zinc, and Lead Concentrations at Five Puget Sound Marinas 18-03-001January 2018
Urban Bays Monitoring 2015: Sediment Quality in the Bainbridge Basin 17-03-028November 2017
Addendum 9 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program: Sediment Monitoring Component, 2017 17-03-109April 2017
Urban Bay Monitoring 2014: Sediment Quality in Commencement Bay, Tacoma WA 16-03-011August 2016
Urban Bay Monitoring 2013: Sediment Quality in Elliott Bay, Seattle WA 16-03-010August 2016
Addendum 8 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program: Sediment Monitoring Component, 2016-2017 16-03-109April 2016
Sediment Quality in Admiralty Inlet, Changes Over Time 16-03-008February 2016
Sediment Quality in the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Changes over a Ten-Year Period 15-03-034December 2015
Budd Inlet Sediment Dioxin Source Study 16-09-101September 2015
POSTER: The Changing Benthic Community in Puget Sound’s Commencement Bay from 1989-2014 15-03-014May 2015
Sediment Quality in Port Gardner Bay, 2012 14-03-035September 2014
Sediment Quality in the San Juan Islands, Changes over a 10-Year Period 14-03-034September 2014
Sediment Quality in South Puget Sound, Changes from 1999 to 2011 14-03-006March 2014
Sediment Quality in Budd Inlet, 2011 14-03-005March 2014
Quantification of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Marine Sediments of Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Article in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 13-03-038September 2013
Sediment Quality in Bellingham Bay, 2010 13-03-034July 2013
Sediment Quality in Central Puget Sound, Changes over a Ten-Year Period 13-03-021June 2013
Port Gardner East Waterway Sediment Monitoring, 2012 13-03-023May 2013
Sediment Quality in the Bainbridge Basin, Changes from 1998 to 2009 13-03-010February 2013
Sediment Quality in the Whidbey Basin, Changes from 1997 to 2007 13-03-003February 2013
2013 Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program/Urban Waters Initiative: Sediment Monitoring in the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Elliott Bay 12-03-129December 2012
POSTER: 2011 Sediment Quality Assessment of the South Puget Sound Region and Budd Inlet, Including Comparisons with 1999 Regional Conditions 12-03-054November 2012
Addendum 4 to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program: Port Gardner Sediment Monitoring Component 12-03-113July 2012
Marine Sediment Monitoring: Sediment Quality Changes in the Strait of Georgia 1997-2006 12-03-002February 2012
Sediment Quality Assessment of the Southern Strait of Georgia, 2006: Spatial/Temporal Sediment Monitoring Element of the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program 12-03-001February 2012
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 09-03-121-Addendum3December 2011
POSTER: South Sound Sediment Quality and Partnership Opportunities for 2011 Sediment Monitoring in South Puget Sound and Budd Inlet 10-03-067November 2010
2010 Addendum to Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program Sediment Monitoring Component. 09-03-121-Addendum1August 2010
Focus on Puget Sound’s Urban Bays: Sediment Quality in Commencement Bay, 1999 to 2008 10-03-021April 2010
Urban Waters Initiative 2008: Sediment Quality Changes in Commencement Bay Since 1999 (Summary document) 10-03-020April 2010
Urban Waters Initiative, 2008: Sediment Quality in Commencement Bay 10-03-019April 2010
Sediment Quality Assessment of Puget Sound’s Hood Canal Region, 2004 10-03-006February 2010
Sediment Quality Assessment of the Hood Canal Region of Puget Sound, 2004: Spatial/Temporal Sediment Monitoring Element of the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program 10-03-005February 2010
Focus on Puget Sound's Urban Bays: Sediment Quality in Elliott Bay, 1998 to 2007 09-03-043September 2009
Urban Waters Initiative, 2007: Sediment Quality Changes in Elliott Bay since 1998 (Summary) 09-03-031September 2009
Urban Waters Initiative, 2007: Sediment Quality in Elliott Bay 09-03-014September 2009
POSTER: The Sediment Quality Triad Index: An Indicator for Puget Sound & A Baseline (1997-2003) Update 09-03-024May 2009
POSTER: Sediment Quality in the Bays and Inlets of the San Juan Islands, Eastern Strait of Juan De Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet 09-03-023May 2009
POSTER: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDES) in Puget Sound Sediments (2004-2008) 09-03-022May 2009
Sediment Quality in the Bays and Inlets of the San Juan Islands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet (2002-2003) - Summary Report 08-03-031December 2008
Sediment Quality Assessment of the Bays and Inlets of the San Juan Islands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet, 2002-2003 08-03-030November 2008
Assessment of Sediment Toxicity near Post Point (Bellingham Bay) 08-03-016June 2008
Condition of Coastal Waters of Washington State, 2000-2003: A Statistical Summary 07-03-051December 2007
Focus on Hood Canal: Relationships Between Sediment Quality, Dissolved Oxygen, and Benthic Invertebrates in Hood Canal 07-03-048December 2007
The Influence of Sediment Characteristics and Dissolved Oxygen on Benthic Invertebrate Communities in Hood Canal 07-03-047December 2007
Relationships between the Composition of the Benthos and Sediment and Water Quality Parameters in Hood Canal: Task IV - Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Program 07-03-040December 2007
Condition of Outer Coastal Estuaries of Washington State, 1999 - A Statistical Summary 07-03-012March 2007
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Feasibility of using Sediment Profile Imaging Technology to Evaluate Sediment Quality and Impacts to Benthic Communities found at two Contaminated Sediment Cleanup Sites in the Puget Sound. 06-03-119December 2006
Post Point (Bellingham Bay) Sediment Sulfide and Toxicity Assessment 06-03-002January 2006
Changes and Trends in Puget Sound Sediments: Results of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program, 1989-2000 05-03-024August 2005
Temporal Monitoring of Puget Sound Sediments: Results of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program, 1989-2000 05-03-016July 2005
Sediment Quality Triad Index in Puget Sound 04-03-008March 2004
Chemical Contamination, Acute Toxicity in Laboratory Tests, and Benthic Impacts in Sediments of Puget Sound: A summary of results of the joint 1997-1999 Ecology/NOAA survey 03-03-049November 2003
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound: Year 3, Southern Puget Sound 02-03-033July 2002
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound: Year 2, Central Puget Sound 00-03-055December 2000
PCB Levels in Bottom Sediments from Lower Sinclair Inlet 00-03-019June 2000
Sediment Quality in Puget Sound: Year 1, Northern Puget Sound 99-347December 1999
Marine Sediment Monitoring Program II - Distribution and Structure of Benthic Communities in Puget Sound - 1989-1993 98-328September 1998
Marine Sediment Monitoring Program I - Chemistry and Toxicity Testing. 1989-1995 98-323August 1998
Final Quality Assurance Project & Implementation Plan: Measures of Bioeffects Associated with Toxicants in Puget Sound: Survey of Sediment Contamination, Toxicity, and Benthic Macroinfaunal Community Structure 98-03-001March 1998
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program, Marine Sediment Monitoring Task Annual Report 1991 94-93June 1994
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program 1992: Marine Sediment Monitoring Task Annual Report 1992 93-87October 1993
Appendices for Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program: Marine Sediment Monitoring Program 1990 92-47aJuly 1991
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program 1989: Marine Sediment Monitoring 90-e76January 1990
Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program Marine Sediment Quality Implementation Plan 88-e37November 1988