Gulfwatch Contaminant Monitoring Program

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Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring Program > Mapping Tool
An interactive map for displaying data on contaminants in blue mussels since 1993

Select Data:
Year:	Contaminant:

Zoom to region:

Gulfwatch is a chemical contaminants monitoring program organized and administered by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment.

Gulfwatch sites
Scientists collect blue mussels at sites around the Gulf of Maine and analyze the mussel tissues for contaminants.


Click any site on the map for detailed information.

Graphs

Please select a contaminant and a year to view graphs.

Click any site on map for a graph of site data over time.

Click plot thumbnail for full-size image

About Gulfwatch

Overview
Findings
Mussels as biomonitors

Links

Contaminated sediments in the Gulf of Maine
NOAA Mussel Watch Program
Environmental Contaminants Program (USFWS Maine Field Office)

Contact us

Dr. Stephen Jones
Program Manager and Monitoring Committee Co-Chair
Phone: (603) 862-5124 Email: shj@cisunix.unh.edu

Dr. Peter G. Wells
Phone: (902) 426-1426 Email: Peter.Wells@ec.gc.ca
Monitoring Committee Co-chair

Louise White
Monitoring Committee Co-ordinator
Phone: (902) 455-9737 Email: ecoresearch@hfx.eastlink.ca

How to use this map:

Select year and contaminant using menus at upper right. Then click "Update Map" button to display data.

Use the tool buttons at upper left to zoom in or out and to pan right, left, up or down.

To magnify key portions of the map, click the Zoom to region menu.

Click the Graphs tab to graph the data for the selected year and contaminant.

Click the Map Layers button to map additional geographic information such as rivers, watersheds, and urban areas.

If you have zoomed on the map, the locator map at left indicates the area being displayed in the main map. You can click the locator map to pan.

Locator map

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Programming, database and user interface design by GoMOOS & me3 - This application was developed using Chameleon