Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2014

Authors

Matthew A. Wood, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Abstract

Originally conducted by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment from 1993 to 2011, the Gulfwatch Program examined trends in the water quality of the Gulf of Maine by monitoring toxic contaminant concentrations in the tissues of shellfish. Starting in 2012 the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) continued this program in the Piscataqua Region. Each year, PREP collects blue mussels at three sites: Dover Point, NH (NHDP), Clark Cove on Seavey Island, ME (MECC), and Hampton-Seabrook Harbor (NHHS). The mussel tissue is analyzed to determine the concentrations of toxic contaminantss including heavy metals, chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Department

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

Publication Date

10-14-2015

Publisher

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

Document Type

Report

Recommended Citation

Wood, Matthew A., "Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2014" (2015). PREP Reports & Publications. 357.
https://scholars.unh.edu/prep/357