An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants, Toxicity and Benthic Infauna in Sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)

An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants, Toxicity and Benthic Infauna in Sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)
Author: Anthony S. Pait
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2013
Genre: Benthic animals
ISBN:

This report contains a chemical and biological characterization of sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The STEER Management Plan (published in 2011) identified chemical contaminants and habitat loss as high or very high threats and called for a characterization of chemical contaminants as well as an assessment of their effects on natural resources. The baseline information contained in this report on chemical contaminants, toxicity and benthic infaunal community composition can be used to assess current conditions, as well as the efficacy of future restoration activities.

An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants Detected in Passive Water Samplers Deployed in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)

An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants Detected in Passive Water Samplers Deployed in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)
Author: Anthony S. Pait
Publisher:
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2013
Genre: Coral reef ecology
ISBN:

"This report is the second in a series from a project to assess land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) and effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, USVI, and is the result of a collaborative effort between NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, the University of the Virgin Islands, and The Nature Conservancy. Passive water samplers (POCIS) were deployed in the STEER in February 2012. Developed by the US Geological Survey (USGS) as a tool to detect the presence of water soluble contaminants in the environment, POCIS samplers were deployed in the STEER at five locations. In addition to the February 2012 deployment, the results from an earlier POCIS deployment in May 2010 in Turpentine Gut, a perennial freshwater stream which drains to the STEER, are also reported. A total of 26 stormwater contaminants were detected at least once during the February 2012 deployment in the STEER. Detections were high enough to estimate ambient water concentrations for nine contaminants using USGS sampling rate values. From the May 2010 deployment in Turpentine Gut, 31 stormwater contaminants were detected, and ambient water concentrations could be estimated for 17 compounds"--Abstract.

Occurrence, Toxicity & Analysis of Toxic Compounds in Oceanic Biota

Occurrence, Toxicity & Analysis of Toxic Compounds in Oceanic Biota
Author: Thomas Roy Crompton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-11-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1498701558

The presence of concentrations of organic substances and cations in sea water is a matter of increasing concern to the water industry, environmentalists and the general public alike. There is a threat of possible health hazards to both human, fish and crustacea. Occurrence, Toxicity and Analysis of Marine Biota discusses bioaccumulation in biota as well as occurrence and analysis of toxicants in biota. The main thrust of this book will be a review of the levels of toxicants found in the tissues of fish and invertebrates at various sites throughout the world. In addition, results will be reported on the levels of toxicants found in marine biota enabling ill health or death to occur. This will involve a discussion of toxicity index LC50 and percentile S95 concentration of toxicants and their implications on animal health and mortality, also that of humans who eat these sea creatures. The book will be a complete logical survey of this topic.