{"id":716,"date":"2021-05-18T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avadawebsites.wpengine.com\/science\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:11:29","slug":"tbs-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/","title":{"rendered":"TBS Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-bg-parallax\" data-bg-align=\"center center\" data-direction=\"down\" data-mute=\"false\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-velocity=\"-0.3\" data-mobile-enabled=\"true\" data-break_parents=\"0\" data-bg-image=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/St-Pete-Skyline-scaled.jpg\" data-bg-repeat=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"var(--awb-color1)\" data-blend-mode-medium=\"color-dodge\" ><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background faded-background fusion-parallax-down hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" style=\"--awb-background-blend-mode-medium:color-dodge;--awb-border-radius-top-left:50px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:50px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:50px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:50px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;--awb-flex-wrap-medium:wrap;--awb-flex-wrap-small:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/St-Pete-Skyline-scaled.jpg\" ><div class=\"fullwidth-faded lazyload\" style=\"--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-background-blend-mode-medium:color-dodge;--awb-background-size:cover;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/St-Pete-Skyline-scaled.jpg\" ><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:90px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-margin-left:10px;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography5-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography5-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography5-font-style);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab'; font-weight: 500; font-size: 120px; --fontsize: 120; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left; color: rgba(37, 175, 180, 0.73);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto Slab\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"500\" data-fontsize=\"120\" data-lineheight=\"132px\"><span style=\"color: var(--awb-color1);\">Tampa Bay<\/span> <span style=\"color: var(--awb-color1);\">Surveillance Project<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-left:15px;\"><p style=\"font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 34px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Investigating contaminants for human and environmental health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:7px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-right:7%;--awb-padding-bottom:95px;--awb-padding-left:7%;--awb-padding-top-medium:60px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">TBS Objectives<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:100px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:16px;--awb-line-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-width:27.2px;--awb-icon-height:27.2px;--awb-icon-margin:11.2px;--awb-content-margin:38.4px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1 &#8211;<\/strong> <b>Sample <\/b>sediments, oysters, barnacles, fish, and fishers of Tampa Bay to assess concentrations and seasonal patterns of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and legacy pollutants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <b>Determine <\/b>relationships between contaminant body burdens and a range of health-related effects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3 &#8211;<\/strong> <b>Characterize <\/b>associations <i>between <\/i>chemical contaminants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4 &#8211; <\/strong><b>Survey <\/b><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">human consumption patterns focusing on subsistence-level fishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5 &#8211; <\/strong><b>Develop <\/b>quantitative risk assessments for seafood consumption.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>6 &#8211; <\/strong><b>Test <\/b>prototype remediation methodologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon science-flask\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">7 &#8211; Inform <\/b><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">various City, County, State and Federal agencies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:7px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span \" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:10px;--button-border-radius-top-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:10px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:10px;--button_margin-top:10px;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/about\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Learn More about our study<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div 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Image of Tampa Bay, Florida<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:1px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:27px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:2px;--awb-margin-top-small:29px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:0%;--awb-padding-bottom:3px;--awb-padding-left:0%;--awb-padding-top-medium:0px;--awb-padding-right-medium:1px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color4);--awb-bg-position:center top;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper lazyload fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/steve-murawski-usf-college-of-marine-science_edited.jpg\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/steve-murawski-usf-college-of-marine-science_edited.jpg\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-top:320px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: normal;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u201cThe Tampa Bay Surveillance Project combines the skills and knowledge of the region\u2019s foremost recreational fishing captains and world class scientists from USF\u2019s College of Marine Science and Eckerd College to evaluate pollution from a wide range of industrial, agricultural and personal care products.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Steven Murawski<\/b>, Principal Investigator<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-right:6%;--awb-padding-bottom:100px;--awb-padding-left:6%;--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:1;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">Trusted Collaborators<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:100px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our <b>Management Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) <\/b>is comprised of experts in water, environmental, wildlife and human health. The knowledge and perspectives from their respective disciplines and organizations will help guide our research to have the <b>biggest impact<\/b> on our local communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-fixed fusion-image-carousel-1 lightbox-enabled\"><div class=\"awb-carousel awb-swiper awb-swiper-carousel awb-carousel--carousel awb-swiper-dots-position-bottom\" data-layout=\"carousel\" data-autoplay=\"yes\" data-autoplayspeed=\"2500\" data-autoplaypause=\"no\" data-columns=\"3\" data-columnsmedium=\"1\" data-columnssmall=\"1\" data-itemmargin=\"18\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"drag\" data-freemode=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"fixed\" data-scrollitems=\"1\" data-centeredslides=\"no\" data-rotationangle=\"50\" data-depth=\"100\" data-speed=\"500\" data-shadow=\"no\" 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