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NATIONAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM 



MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 



Recent Trends in Coastal 



Environmental Quality: 



Results from the Mussel 



Watch Project 



Thomas P. O'Connor 

 Benoit Beliaeff 





us Department of Commerce , 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



National Ocean Service 



Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment 



Coastal Monitoring and Bioeffects Assessment Division 



Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3281 



