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NOAA’s National Mussel Watch Program [USA]
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/pollution/mussel-watch/ <-- shared National Mussel Watch Program home page
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0676-9 <-- shared 2008 paper
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H/T @NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
“Major hurricanes bring more than just storm surge - they can shift coastal pollution in an instant. That’s when NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program steps in!
“For 40 years, MWP has provided critical baseline data to assess how severe storms impact our coastal environments. Following major hurricanes like Katrina, Rita, and Idalia, MWP researchers deployed to collect tissue and sediment samples, comparing before-and-after data to track pollution changes and safeguard coastal health…”
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“PAPER’S ABSTRACT: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005 and caused widespread devastation along the central Gulf Coast states. Less than a month later Hurricane Rita followed a similar track slightly west of Katrina’s. A coordinated multi-agency response followed to collect water, sediment and tissue samples for a variety of chemical, biological and toxicological indicators. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Status and Trends Program (NS&T) participated in this effort by measuring chemical contamination in sediment and oyster tissue as part of the Mussel Watch Program, a long-term monitoring program to assess spatial and temporal trends in a wide range of coastal pollutants. This paper describes results for contaminants measured in oyster tissue collected between September 29 and October 10, 2005 and discusses the results in the context of Mussel Watch and its 20-year record of chemical contamination in the region and the nation. In general, levels of metals in oyster tissue were higher then pre- hurricane levels while organic contaminants were at or near record lows. No contaminant reported here exceeded the FDA action level for food safety…”
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