{"id":9,"date":"2016-11-01T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avadawebsites.wpengine.com\/science\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:10:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the Tampa Bay Surveillance Project?<\/h2><\/div>
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The College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida<\/a> was awarded a project titled Surveillance of Pollution from Emerging Chemical Threats in Tampa Bay<\/i> through NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)<\/a>. We call this the Tampa Bay Surveillance Project<\/b>, or TBS<\/b> for short.<\/p>\n

TBS is a five-year study<\/b> (9\/1\/2023 to 8\/31\/2028), and includes a comprehensive spatial sampling program collecting sediment<\/b>, fishes<\/b> and invertebrates<\/b> of Tampa Bay to characterize the distribution of contaminants of emerging and known concern<\/a>. The study also includes a robust survey program of human populations<\/b> that interact with the Bay, particularly those that participate in subsistence fishing, to ascertain any toxicological risks from these interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sampling amidst the mangroves<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The full sampling regime of the TBS study<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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TBS sampling sub-regions<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\tWhy Study Contaminants in Tampa Bay?<\/h2><\/div>

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