| Cores from Tampa Bay will assist in defining the historic trends and current status of the health of Tampa Bay by establishing a preanthropogenic baseline with which to compare historic and current levels of contaminants in sediments and in the water column.
The results of sediment studies in the bay will identify suitable techniques to be applied to the sediments to render the most useful results that can be applied to crafting a template for integrated research in other Gulf of Mexico estuaries.
In addition to these activities related to the evaluation of the health of the bay, the results also provide a better understanding of events leading to the formation of the bay during the last post-glacial sea level rise, and in particular monitoring the transition from a fresh-water environment to that of an estuary.
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