Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Tampa Bay, Florida Using the SedimentQuality Triad Approach

摘要

The overall objective of this project was to assess the extent and severity ofdocumented or likely sediment contamination in Tampa Bay: obtaining and verifying the usefulness of available data sets of sediment chemistry, toxicity testing, and benthic sampling in Tampa Bay; developing a series of maps using geographic information system (GIS) mapping techniques to illustrating the spatial extent of chemical contamination in Tampa Bay; and evaluating the triad approach for assessing Tampa Bay sediment contamination. Section 1.2 details the scope of work for this report, Section 2 describes the data that were obtained and used for mapping purposes, Section 3 summarizes development of the map series and results of the mapping activities, and Section 4 presents the conclusions and recommendations of this study. Section 5 includes the cited literature.