Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2012

Authors

Matthew A. Wood, New Hampshire Department of Environmental ServicesFollow
Philip R. Trowbridge, New Hampshire Department of Environmental ServicesFollow

Abstract

Originally conducted by a committee of Canadian and US governments and university scientists, Gulfwatch examined the effects of decades of development and industrialization on the water quality of the Gulf of Maine as it relates to human health primarily through assessing contaminant exposure of marine organisms from 1993 to 2010. The NH Gulfwatch Program continues these efforts by collecting blue mussels at two sites in the Great Bay Estuary and one in the Hampron-Seabrook Estuary, and analyzes the organisms’ tissue for potentially harmful levels and concentrations of toxins including heavy metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). During the 2012 sampling season, mussels were collected at three sampling locations in New Hampshire and Maine (MECC, NHHS and NHDP).

Department

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

Publication Date

9-24-2013

Publisher

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

Document Type

Report

Recommended Citation

Wood, Matthew A. and Trowbridge, Philip R., "Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2012" (2013). PREP Reports & Publications. 254.
https://scholars.unh.edu/prep/254