Bioeffects assessment in Kvichak and Nushagak Bays, Alaska : characterization of soft bottom benthic habitats, fish body burdens and sediment contaminant baseline assessment Bioeffects assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska

"A baseline environmental characterization of the northern reaches of Bristol Bay, Alaska was conducted using the sediment quality triad approach (sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity, and benthic invertebrate community structure), along with measures of contaminant body burdens and the characterization of parasites and disease in starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus, Pallas, 1788) and rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax, Mitchill, 1814). The study area was subdivided into 6 strata based on geophysical and hydrodynamic patterns (the upper and lower reaches of Nushagak and Kvichak Bays, Dillingham Harbor and the mouth of the Naknek River). Within each stratum, a stratified random sampling approach was used to select sampling sites for surficial sediment"--Executive Summary. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-227 (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-227)] S. Ian Hartwell, Dennis A. Apeti, Anthony. S. Pait, Tod Radenbaugh, Ron Britton. "January 2017." Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-49). 2017 2018-09-03T00:00:00Z NOS (National Ocean Service) NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) Library https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-227 Public Domain 1935