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Chapman, P.M., R.N. Dexter, S.F. Cross, and D.G. Mitchell. 1986. A Field Trial of the Sediment Quality Triad in San Francisco Bay. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS OPMA 25. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland. 127 pp. + appendixes. 

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, Version 1.5. As described elsewhere in this publication, the Worksheet can be used to identify chemical reactivity hazards and the general consequences of combining incompatible materials. Can be downloaded from the NOAA website at http //response.restoration.noaa.gov/chemaids/react.html. 

If chemical-specific information is not available, the consequences may be able to be predicted by methods using compatibility groups, or chemicals with similar chemical structures that are expected to have similar chemical reactivity characteristics. One computerized tool that uses this approach is the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet made available by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA 2002). This program has over 6000 chemicals, mixtures, and solutions included in its database. It also predicts chemical reaction consequences of combining two materials at a time (e.g., "Heat generation by chemical reaction, may cause pressurization"). Examples from the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet are shown in Section 4.2. It is critical that all chemicals be positively identified to have a complete evaluation of all potential incompatibilities. 

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Reactivity Worksheet, 76-77... 

Valigura, R., Luke, W., Artz, R., and Hicks, B. (1996). Atmospheric nutrient inputs to coastal areas reducing the uncertainty. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 9, Washington, DC. 

We thank C. P. Weisel (NRC postdoctoral fellow, NOAA) and R. Zika (University of Miami) for permission to cite their unpublished gel permeation chromatography work, and B. Wrenn for technical assistance. The C analyses were kindly provided by J. and P. Gearing of the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. This work was supported by the Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Tokar, J. M., Harvey, G. R., and Chesal, L. A. (1983). A portable system for extraction of organics from thousand liter volumes of seawater. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Memorandum ERL AOML-53. 

FIGURE 8.3 Global surface temperature variations compared to the 1960-1990 average as measured at Earth s surface indicating an upward trend since 1975. (Data from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center, http //www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global.)... 

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