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Main Title 1988 Reconnaissance survey of environmental conditions in 13 Puget Sound locations
Author Crecelius, E. A. ; Woodruff, D. L. ; Myers, M. S.
CORP Author Battelle Ocean Sciences, Duxbury, MA. ;National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA. Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center.;Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA. Region X.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10,
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA 910/9-89-005; EPA-68-03-3319
Stock Number PB90-164534
OCLC Number 55121920
Subjects Marine sediments--Evaluation ; Marine pollution--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region ; Fishes--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region ; Toxicity testing ; Toxicology
Additional Subjects Puget Sound ; Bays(Topographic features) ; Environmental surveys ; Sediments ; Reconnaissance ; Sites ; Industrial wastes ; Tables(Data) ; Concentration(Composition) ; Public health ; Food chains ; Pesticides ; Fishes ; Outfall sewers ; Sewage disposal ; Water pollution sampling ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Sediment-water interfaces
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ESAD  EPA 910-9-89-005 3 copies Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 06/06/2016
NTIS  PB90-164534 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 198 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
In the spring of 1988 a reconnaissance survey in non-urban bays and areas of Puget Sound was conducted. The objective was to characterize sediment quality, fish tissue chemistry, and fish disease to identify potential contamination problems in these areas. The survey focused on four bays (Dyes Inlet, Gig Harbor, Port Angeles Harbor, and Oak Harbor) which have not been examined extensively for contamination problems but which may be affected by contamination from local industry, marinas, sewage outfalls and military bases. Fish were also collected from nine additional areas for chemical analyses. The survey indicated the health of the areas sampled in Puget Sound was good. In the four non-urban bays where sediments were tested for chemicals, generally low concentrations were detected although anthropogenic sources cause contamination in these bays to be elevated compared to rural reference bays. A survey for 20 pesticides that are in current use in the Puget Sound area indicated that a few were detected at low levels in some locations.
Notes
"April 1989." "PB90-164534"--Cover. "EPA 910/9-89-005"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
In the spring of 1988 a reconnaissance survey in non-urban bays and areas of Puget Sound was conducted. The objective was to characterize sediment quality, fish tissue chemistry, and fish disease to identify potential contamination problems in these areas. The survey focused on four bays (Dyes Inlet, Gig Harbor, Port Angeles Harbor, and Oak Harbor) which have not been examined extensively for contamination problems but which may be affected by contamination from local industry, marinas, sewage outfalls and military bases. Fish were also collected from nine additional areas for chemical analyses. The survey indicated the health of the areas sampled in Puget Sound was good. In the four non-urban bays where sediments were tested for chemicals, generally low concentrations were detected although anthropogenic sources cause contamination in these bays to be elevated compared to rural reference bays. A survey for 20 pesticides that are in current use in the Puget Sound area indicated that a few were detected at low levels in some locations.