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New England Ocs Environmental Benchmark. Draft Final Report Volume II

Branch
Executive
Category
Executive Agency Publications
SuDoc Class Number
I 72.
Government Author
Interior Department, Bureau of Land Management
Personal Author
Energy Resources Company; Inc.
Series Title
BOEM Environmental Studies
Publication Title
New England Ocs Environmental Benchmark. Draft Final Report Volume II
Date Issued
1978
Subject
Marine Biodiversity
North Atlantic; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Maine; Baseline; Hydrocarbons; Trace Metals; Water Column; Sediment; Infauna; Foraminifera; Seasonality; Histopathology; Microfauna; Georges Bank; Gulf of Maine; Currents; Gyre; Biology; Chemistry; Geology; Hydrography
Obligation Number
AA550-CT6-51
Geographic Scope
Atlantic
Report Number
1978-2
CSE Reference
Energy Resources Company, Inc.. 1978. New England OCS environmental benchmark. Draft final report Volume II. US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 653 p. Obligation No.: AA550-CT6-51. Report No.: OCS Study 1978-2. URL: https://espis.boem.gov/Final%20Reports/4402.pdf
Abstract
This report contains the findings of the first year New England OCS Environmental Benchmark Study. The program was designed as a broad area, multi-year survey program that would provide a statistically and scientifically sound characterization of key environmental aspects including physical, biological, geological, and chemical parameters. Objectives include (1) to initiate seasonal studies to determine the range and variation in concentrations of hydrocarbons and selected trace metals in the water column, sediments, and selected benthic macrofauna species; (2) to determine natural ranges of selected parameters for benthic infaunal communities and foraminiferal populations; (3) to determine the health of benthic macrofaunal species; and (4) to study microbes in the surface film, near surface water, and sediment.