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  • Image 1 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 QH 104 .5 P32 E36 2008 Copy 2 FT MEADE GenCol1 I states inmental Protection ;y MMOSp, Ecological Condition of Coastal Ocean Waters along the U.S. Western Continental Shelf: 2003 EPA 620/R-08/001...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 2 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 3 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 EPA 620/R-08/001/ September 2008/ www.epa.gov Ecological Condition of Coastal Ocean Waters along the U.S. Western Continental Shelf: 2003 September 2008 Prepared By Walter G. Nelson 1 Jeffrey L. Hyland 2 Henry Lee...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 4 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Preface This document provides an assessment of the status of ecological condition in coastal-ocean waters along the U.S. continental shelf, from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, WA to the Mexican border,...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 5 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Acknowledgments The information in this document has been funded wholly or in part by EPA under Cooperative Agreements with the State of Washington Department of Ecology (CR 827869 Oregon Department of Environmental...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 6 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Appreciation is extended particularly to the following NWFSC individuals for their assistance: Tonya Ramsey, Dan Kamikawa, Erica Fruh, Eric Eisenhardt, Keith Bosley, Victor Simon, Chad Keith, Chante Davis, Keri York, Josie Thompson,...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 7 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 The members of the scientific crews for the EMAP 2003 survey of ecological conditions of the western U.S. continental shelf are listed below and their contributions to this study are gratefully acknowledged....
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 8 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 9 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Table of Contents Preface.ii Acknowledgments.iii List of Figures.x List of Tables.xv List of Appendix Tables.xvii List of Acronyms. xviii Executive Summary.xx 1.0 Introduction.1 1.1 Program Background.1 1.2 NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries.3 1.3...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 10 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 2.4.3 FRAM Groundfish Survey.12 2.5 Quality Assurance.12 2.5.1 Quality Assurance/ Quality Control of Chemical Analyses.12 2.5.2 Metals in Sediments.13 2.5.3 Organics in Sediments.14 2.5.4 Metals in Tissue.15 2.5.5 Organics in Tissue.15 2.6...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 11 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 3.3.2 Sediment Contaminants: Metals and Organics.62 3.4 Fish Tissue Contaminants.72 3.4.1 EMAP/NCA-West Survey.72 Cadmium .72 Other parameters .73 3.4.2 FRAM Groundfish Survey.77 Cadmium .77 Mercury .77 Other parameters .77 3.5 Status of...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 12 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 List of Figures Figure 2.2.1. CTD and Niskin bottle rosette sampler on the deck of the NOAA Ship mcarthur ii.8 Figure 2.3.1. Close up view of double Van Veen grab sampler used...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 13 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 3.1.10. Percent area (and 95% Cl) of West Coast Shelf sampling area vs. depth. 29 Figure 3.2.1. Distribution of surface salinity values for the West Coast Shelf sampling area, June 2003.31...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 14 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 3.2.11. Mean +1 SD surface Total Suspended Solids compared among (A) all, California, and Washington sample locations, and (B) California NMS, California non- NMS, Olympic Coast NMS, and Washington non-NMS sample...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 15 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 3.3.1. Percent area (and 95% confidence interval) of overall West Coast Shelf sampling area vs. sediment percent fines (silt/clay).58 Figure 3.3.2. Comparison of sediment percent silt/clay (mean 1 SD) by (A)...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 16 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 3.5.3. Comparison of benthic species richness (mean 1 SD) among (A) all, California, Oregon, and Washington sample locations, and (B) California NMS, California non-NMS, Olympic Coast NMS, and Washington-Oregon non-NMS sample...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 17 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 List of Tables Table 2.2.1. Equipment used for hydrographic profile measurements.9 Table 2.3.1. Compounds analyzed in sediments and fish tissues in the West Coast Shelf Assessment...10 Table 3.3.1. Comparison of sediment physical...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 18 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Table 3.5.4. Fifty most abundant benthic taxa in the West Coast shelf survey regionwide. 85 Table 3.5.5. Comparison of dominant (10 most abundant) taxa among (A) all, California, Oregon, and Washington sample...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 19 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 List of Appendix Tables Appendix Table 1. Sampling coordinates for the 2003 West Coast Shelf Assessment. .118 Appendix Table 2. Sampling coordinates for the 2003 FRAM Groundfish Survey stations from which fish...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 20 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 List of Acronyms CBNMS CDF CINMS CTD CRM CV CWA DO EAM EMAP EPA ERL ERM FRAM GAO GFNMS GIS GPS GRTS IEA LCM MBNMS MDL MOA MOU NCA NCA-West NCCOS NMFS...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 21 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 SCB Southern California Bight SCCWRP Southern California Water Resources Research Project SRM Standard Reference Material SD Standard Deviation SQG Sediment Duality Guideline TOC Total Organic Carbon TSS Total Suspended Solids WED Western...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 22 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Executive Summary The western National Coastal Assessment (NCA-West) program of EPA, in conjunction with the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), conducted an assessment of the status of ecological condition of soft sediment...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 23 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 concentrations were higher in WA and OR waters than in CA, and higher in the OC NMS than in the CA sanctuaries. An estimated 94.3% of the area had bottom-water DO concentrations...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 24 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Concentrations of cadmium in fish tissues exceeded the lower end of EPA’s non¬ cancer, human-health-risk range at nine of 50 EMAP/NCA-West and nine of 60 FRAM groundfish-survey stations, including a total of...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 25 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Thirteen (1.2%) of the 1,108 identified species are nonindigenous, with another 121 species classified as cryptogenic (of uncertain origin), and 208 species unclassified with respect to potential invasiveness. Despite uncertainties of classification,...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 26 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 significant direct influence on diversity (p 0.001) and inverse effect on density (p 0.01). None of these variables varied significantly in relation to sediment fines (at p 0.1), although in general there...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 27 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Program Background The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) both perform a broad range of research and monitoring activities to assess the...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 28 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 requirements under the CWA to report on the condition of each state’s aquatic resources. The information on the status of NMS resources, which has been derived from standard monitoring methods and indicators...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 29 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 partners included Washington Department of Ecology, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and the Southern California Water Resources Research Project (SCCWRP). Additional field support was provided by scientists from the three State partners,...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 30 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 1.3 Southern California Bight 2003 Regional Monitoring Program In response to the need for an integrated assessment of the condition of the southern California coastal ocean, SCCWRP brought together 58 organizations in...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 31 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 2.0 Methods Methods for the 2003 survey of condition of the continental shelf of the West Coast were in general the same as those developed for the EPA National Coastal Assessment (Nelson...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 32 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Washington, the 50 stations were partitioned into 30 stations randomly selected within the Olympic Coast NMS (OCNMS), and 20 stations in the remainder of the shelf waters. Similarly, in California, the 50...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 33 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 2.1.3 FRAM Groundfish Survey Samples from the West Coast Groundfish Surveys conducted by the Fisheries Resource Analysis and Monitoring (FRAM) Division of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) of NOAA were used...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 34 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) measured with PAR sensors. For the Western NCA, the vertical profile PAR data were used to calculate an estimate of the percent transmittance of incident PAR at a...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 35 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Table 2.2.1. Equipment used for hydrographic profile measurements. Parameter CTD or Sensor Salinity Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 9Plus Derived from conductivity (CTD) Temperature Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 9Plus Dissolved oxygen Sea-Bird Electronics SBE-43 sensor...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 36 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Table 2.3.1. Compounds analyzed in sediments and fish tissues in the West Coast Shelf Assessment. All compounds were analyzed in all three states in both sediment and fish with the exceptions that...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 37 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 2.3.1. Close-up view of double Van Veen grab sampler used for bottom sampling. 2.4 Fish Tissue 2.4.1 EMAP The NOAA Ship McARTHUR II had only recently entered service and was not...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 38 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 Figure 2.4.1. Hook-and-line fishing for fish tissue sampling aboard the NOAA ship mcarthur ii. 2.4.3 FRAM Groundfish Survey At the FRAM sites, bottom trawl operations were conducted by commercial fishing vessels chartered...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 39 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 blanks; 4) calibration standards; 5) analytical surrogates; and 6) laboratory and field replicates. The objective of this performance-based approach is to assist the laboratories in meeting desired Data Quality Objectives (DQOs) as...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008
  • Image 40 of Ecological condition of coastal ocean waters along the U.S. western continental shelf, 2003 0.1 |jg/g. Washington had a high MDL for tin (20 |jg/g) however due to the method of calculating the MDL for this compound the RL (0.2 pg/g was lower than the MDL...
    • Contributor: Nelson, Walter G. - Southern California Coastal Water Research Project - United States. National Marine Fisheries Service - Washington (State). Department of Ecology - United States. Environmental Protection Agency - United States. National Ocean Service - Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
    • Date: 2008