Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Publication_Date: 1994 Title: National Status and Trends Program: Long Island Sound Contaminants Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Online_Linkage: http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm80.pdf Description: Abstract: "Survey of sediment toxicity was carried out by NOAA's National Status and Trends Program in the coastal bays that surround Long Island Sound in New York and Connecticut. Samples were talen using either a Smith-MacIntyre grab or a Van Veen grab; respectively. At each station, samples of surficial (1-3cm) sediments were taken from the grabs for the following analyses or tests: 1) acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) and simultaniously extracted metals (SEM); 2) inorganic and organic contaminants and total organic carbon (TOC); 3) grain size; and 4) sediment toxicity. Sediment samples from three stations in each of 20 coastal bays and one Long Island Sound site were tested for toxicity with three independant protocols: 1) a 10-day amphipod survival test of the whole, solid-phase sediments with Ampelisca abdita, 2) a 48-hour exposure of clam larvae, Mulinia lateralis, to sediment elutriates, with normal development and survival as the endpoints, and 3) a microbial boiluminescence test (MicrotoxR) using solvent extracts of the sediments. Seperate samples from these same stations were analyzed chemically for a broad suite of potentially toxic contaminants, including heavy metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. Additional sediment samples were obtained from up to six additional stations in a few of the coastal bays; these samples were examined only for heavy metals contamination and the data are included in an appendix to this report." Purpose: The survey objectives were to determine the spatial distribution and severity of toxicity, and to analize the relationships between toxicity and chemical contamination in the sediments. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1994 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.903500 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.076500 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.353000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.760000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: analyses Theme_Keyword: contaminant studies Theme_Keyword: geochemistry Theme_Keyword: grab samples Theme_Keyword: grain size Theme_Keyword: sediment data Theme_Keyword: texture Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: U.S. East coast Place_Keyword: Atlantic coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: None. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Phil Caldwell Contact_Organization: NOAA Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Phil.Caldwell@noaa.gov Data_Set_Credit: Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit to Wolfe, et al, 1994. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Douglas A. Wolf Originator: Suzanne B. Bricker Originator: Edward R. Long Originator: K. John Scott Originator: Glen B. Thursby Publication_Date: August 1994 Title: NOAA National Status and Trends Biological effects of Toxic Contamination in Sediments from Long Island Sound and Environs Series_Information: Series_Name: NOAA Technical Memorandum Issue_Identification: NOS ORCA 80 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD Publisher: National Ocean Service, Coastal Ocean Program Online_Linkage: http://www.ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/tm80.pdf Data_Quality_Information: Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Digital data were checked, formatted to dbSEABED input format, then processed using dbSEABED software to produce a range of output formats. The processing contained quality checking that may have declined to pass faulty or suspect data to outputs. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA.exe Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Chris Jenkins Contact_Organization: Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1560 30th Street Address: Campus Box 450 City: Boulder State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80309-0450 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 492-6387 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 492-6388 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.jenkins@colorado.edu Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 122 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: liscont Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. 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City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2204 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreid@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata was written by a user of this data set. Information on the NOAA website is authoritative and supercedes any information given in this document. Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile