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Florida Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines (SQAGs)
This report was
prepared to provide the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
biological effects-based sediment quality assessment guidelines (SQAGs)
for Florida coastal waters. A variety of approaches for deriving numerical
SQAGs were reviewed and evaluated. Using an approach recommended by Long
and Morgan (1990; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration),
preliminary SQAGs for 34 priority substances in Florida coastal waters
were derived and evaluated. These SQAGs are intended to assist sediment
quality assessment applications, such as identifying priority areas for
non-point source management actions, designing wetland restoration
projects, and monitoring trends in environmental contamination. They are
not intended to be used as sediment quality criteria.
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