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Query Manager and MARPLOT
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Query Manager
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Query Manager is a database program that can be used to access sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity data, and tissue chemistry data from a relational database for individual watersheds. Query Manager organizes data sets from multiple studies into a consistent and standardized structure, thereby improving data delivery and ease of interpretation for coastal resource managers.
Users can sort and examine data in a variety of ways by selecting from a menu of preprogrammed queries that evaluate individual contaminants, contaminant groups, comparisons to common toxicological benchmarks, user-defined ranges, and many other filters.
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MARPLOT
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These queries sort and analyze the data to produce summary output tables. The query output then can be immediately displayed in the integrated mapping program, MARPLOT, or it can be exported to a variety of formats for use with other mapping software (e.g., ArcView) or applications (e.g., spreadsheets, statistical software packages, and word processors). Additional features in Query Manager allow users to print study notes, export all data, or list the database structure.
Query Manager and MARPLOT are tools designed to assist coastal resource managers by providing a rapid, convenient way to create watershed-based maps that display analyzed, sorted, and summarized data.
These tools can be used to:
- Evaluate multiple data sets within a geographic area;
- Identify chemical concentration and toxicity gradients;
- Prioritize problem areas based on sediment chemistry, sediment toxicity, and/ or tissue chemistry; and
- Identify important data gaps
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