The following data files summarize the chemical contaminant data that were used in characterizing the status of chemical contaminant effects on living resources in the Chesapeake Bay's tidal rivers (Targeting Toxics: A Characterization Report - A Tool for Directing Management & Monitoring Actions in the Chesapeake Bay’s Tidal Rivers).

The DATA FILE SUMMARY provides a description of the pdf and comma delimited ascii (.asc) formats of the tables and maps. References for all datasets summarized in the tables are referred to by a reference number and are listed in the REFERENCE TABLE (in .pdf format).  Also see the LOCATIONS TABLE (in .pdf format)(also in .txt format) for station locations.