Sarasota Bay
Shellfish Contamination
Type: Condition
of habitat and sources affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or
functionality of the habitat) and stressors affecting habitat
(i.e., which sources have contributed to its degradation and whether
they are direct or indirect factors).
Category: Submerged
Cost: $ 100,000
Description: The study entails assessing shellfish contamination
within the Sarasota Bay Estuary.
Outcome: The results of the study have found that the bay
is clean. Hudson Bayou, a part of the Sarasota Bay Estuary watershed,
is contaminated and an assessment of the source of that contaminate
is on-going.
Contact: Kellie Dixon, Mote Marine Laboratories, (941) 388-4441.
Citation: Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program Technical
Studies: Dixon, Mote Marine Laboratories, "Bivalved Shellfish Contaminant
Assessment," 1993; "Identifying Sources of Metal, Hydrocarbon, and
Pesticide Pollution in Bay Tributaries."
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