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Use of elemental signatures to detect and trace contaminant entry to the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal food web: managing multiple stressors

Implementing Organization

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$231,671

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Funding Program

The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 4: NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Monitoring and Observations

Targeted Resources

Oysters/Reefs

Project Description

Oysters can serve as a record of water conditions at a particular site because they are stationary filter feeders with a hard shell that continually grows. The shell can even serve as a long-term recorder of water conditions in the past that may remain a

Contact

Ruth Carmichael
251-861-7555
rcarmichael@disl.org
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Project Partners

The Nature Conservancy

Affiliated Institutions

None

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