About NCA
To answer broad-scale questions on environmental conditions, EMAP and
its partners have collected estuarine and coastal data from hundreds of
stations along the coasts of the continental United States. Types of data
include water column parameters, sediment chemistry and toxicity, benthic
communities, demersal fish, and tissue contaminants. EMAP's National Coastal
Assessment comprises all the
estuarine and
coastal sampling done by EMAP beginning in 1990. This includes the
sampling done in the
biogeographic provinces
as well as data from the
Regional EMAP
(REMAP) studies done by EPA Regional Offices. Click on the image of the
EPA boat above to view a representative
photo
album of sampling crews in action.
Coastal 2000 will be a continuation of this Assessment. Coastal 2000 is
a five-year effort to survey the condition of the Nations's coastal resources
by creating an integrated, comprehensive coastal monitoring program among
the coastal states.
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