Quality Assurance Plan for Analyses of Environmental Samples for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Fatty Acids, Stable Isotope Ratios, Lipid Classes, and Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

摘要

This technical memorandum serves as the Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for analyses of marine biota and sediment samples by the Environmental Assessment Program (EAP) within the Environmental Conservation Division at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. This QAP describes the EAP's quality objectives, as well as policies implemented for achieving the objectives and procedures for assessing the completeness of the objectives. It also provides guidelines for monitoring and documenting the quality of analyses so that a desired level of performance can be demonstrated and maintained. These guidelines are based on protocols established previously for specific projects under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency and have been adapted to new types of analyses and current technologies.