troleum hydrocarbons, and heavy metals in marine organisms, 

 sea surface films, seawater, and sediments. In May 1972, a 

 scientific meeting was convened to review and appraise the base- 

 line findings. Among those considered significant was the dis- 

 covery that polychlorobiphenyls and DDT were present in most 

 coastal and open ocean marine organisms examined and that 

 petroleum hydrocarbons were detected in plant and animal com- 

 munities in the open ocean at concentrations frequently exceed- 

 ing natural background levels. As a result of these two major 

 findings, the scientists unanimously agreed that halogenated and 

 petroleum hydrocarbons potentially constitute pollutants of 

 global concern. They recommended that research be initiated 

 immediately to determine inputs, dispersal paths, and the effects 

 of the existing levels of these substances on living organisms. 



The U. S. IDOE baseline program is essentially complete 

 although analytical studies are being continued as part of the 

 pollutant transfer investigations. Studies of the fate of pollutants 

 are planned. 



The list below delineates plots, graphs, lists, or tables sub- 

 mitted to EDS National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) 

 under the 1971 Baseline Studies. 



NODC Accession No.: 72-0735 



Organization: University of Rhode Island 



Investigator: J. A. Knauss 



Project Title: A Study Program to Identify Problems Related 

 to Oceanic Environmental Quality in the North Atlantic 



Grant No.: GX-28340 



Subproject: Atmosphere and Sea Surface Microlayer 



1. Tables of data from surface microlayer samples from 

 estuarine Narragansett Bay (3 samples), New York Bight (5 

 samples), and North Atlantic open ocean (8 samples), analyzed 

 for chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants. 



Subproject: Trace Metal Measurements in the Marine Atmos- 

 phere and Sea Surface Microlayer 



1. Table of data from air samples collected over the 

 North Atlantic analyzed for Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, 

 Pb, Sr, and V. 



2. Table of data from atmosphere samples collected over 

 Hawaii and analyzed for Al, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, 

 Na, Ni, Pb, Sr, and V. 



3. Table of the general meteorological situation at each 

 of the air sampling locations. 



4. Table of data from surface microlayer samples from 

 Narragansett Bay analyzed for Cu, Fe, Ni, and Pb. 



5. Table of data from surface microlayer samples from 

 New York Bight analyzed for Al, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, and V. 



6. Table of data from surface microlayer samples from 

 open ocean North Atlantic analyzed for Al, Fe, Mn, Pb, and V. 



Subproject: Lipid Measurements in the Marine Atmosphere 

 and Sea Surface Microlayer 



1. Tables of fatty acid and hydrocarbon concentrations in 

 surface and subsurface samples from Narragansett Bay and 

 the open North Atlantic Ocean. 



2. Table of fatty acid concentration in surface and sub- 

 surface samples from New York Bight. 



3. Tables of fatty acid and hydrocarbon concentrations in 

 atmospheric samples over the North Atlantic. 



NODC Accession No.: 72-0735 



Organization: University of Connecticut 



Investigator: 



Project Title: Pb, Cu, and Hg Studies: Quantities Associated 

 vi/ith Zooplankton of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 



Grant No.: GX-28340 



1. Table of concentration of Pb, Cu, and Hg in mixed 

 zooplankton along a transect from Bermuda to New York Bight. 



NODC Accession No.: 72-0737 



Organization: Texas A. and M. University 



Investigators: W. M. Sackett, C. S. Giam, B. J. Presley 



Grant No.: GX-30196 



Organization: University of Texas 



Investigator: P. L. Parker 



Grant No.: GX-30108 



Organization: Puerto Rico Nuclear Center 



Investigator: W. 0. Forster 



Grant No.: AG-272 



Project Title: A Study Program to Identify Problems Related 

 to Oceanic Environmental Quality in the Gulf of Mexico and 

 Caribbean 



1. Graphs of hydrocarbon fluctuations in the Western 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



2. Graph of hydrocarbon fluctuations in the Mississippi 

 Delta. 



3. Table of chlorinated hydrocarbons' in Gulf of Mexico 

 organisms (fishes, penaeid shrimp, plankton, squid, and tuni- 

 cates). 



4. Table of chlorinated hydrocarbons in Gulf and Carib- 

 bean plankton. 



5. Table of chlorinated hydrocarbons in serranid fishes. 



6. Table of percent composition of n-paraffins in Tricho- 

 desmium blooms in the Gulf of Mexico. 



7. Table of percent composition of n-paraffins in Sargas- 

 suin sp. in the Gulf of Mexico. 



8. Table of percent composition of n-paraffins in Carib- 

 bean water samples. 



9. Tables of percent composition of n-paraffins in plank- 

 ton and fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. 



10. Table of percent composition of n-paraffins in Gulf 

 of Mexico water samples. 



11. Tables of As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn concentrations 

 in the muscles of fishes collected in Gulf of Mexico and Ba- 

 hamian waters. 



