Bar Harbor Cruise Ship Monitoring 2004-2022

Study Extent

Water quality monitoring reports from the port of Bar Harbor, Maine collected by staff and volunteers of the Community Lab at MDI Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, ME. Water samples were analyzed for phytoplankton, biological oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, transparency, turbidity, and Enterococcus bacteria.

Sampling

The water quality monitoring protocol will be similar to the one described in the MDI Water Quality Coalition Cruise Ship Water Quality Report (2005) and detailed in the DEP-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan used at the Community Environmental Health Laboratory. Variables assessed in water samples taken from the pier or in cruise ship anchorages will include Enterococcus and phytoplankton occurrence. Samples for bacterial analysis will be collected using a Whirl-Pak sample bags and then tested using the Enterolert Protocol from IDEXX.

Method steps

1. The water quality monitoring protocol will be similar to the one described in the MDI Water Quality Coalition Cruise Ship Water Quality Report (2005) and detailed in the DEP-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan used at the Community Environmental Health Laboratory. Variables assessed in water samples taken from the pier or in cruise ship anchorages will include Enterococcus and phytoplankton occurrence. Samples for bacterial analysis will be collected using a Whirl-Pak sample bags and then tested using the Enterolert Protocol from IDEXX.

Bar Harbor, Maine