Updated 2000-12-06
Establish a benchmark to gauge the efficacy of legislation restricting the use of marine antifoulants containing TBT on the Pacific coast of the US
This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project
Time frame
- Status
- Completed
- Project time span
- 1986 - 1987
- Data collection
- 1986 - 1987
- Data processing
- 1986 - 1987
- Data reporting
- 1987 - 1988
Geography
- Regions studied
- Marine TDC
- Stations or areas where observations are made
Juneau, Alaska; Kodiak, Alaska
Data availability
- Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
- yes-all
- Data centres
- Marine TDC
References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports
Short, J. W., and Sharp, J. L. 1989. Tributyltin in bay mussels (Mytilus edulis) of the Pacific coast of the United States. Environ. Sci. Technol. 23:740-743.
- Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
- No
Methods & Procedures
- Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.
Samples stored at -20 C within 12 h of collection. Samples were analyzed by two independent methods; see published reference for details
- QA/QC Information (what QA/QC procedures are implemented, laboratories involvment in QA/QC activities, model verification/validation routines, etc.)
Participation in international intercalibration exercize conducted by Stephenson et al., International Organotin Symposium, Marine Technology Society, IEEE Ocedan Engineering Society, 1987, pp 1334-1338
Additional Information
- Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
- No