Biological data associated with skin and liver neoplasm monitoring at the Sheboygan River and Lower Green Bay/Fox River Areas of Concern, Wisconsin, 2021
April 11, 2025
Datset includes necropsy-based observations including length, weight, sex, visible abnormalities; cellular or histopathological changes including neoplastic and preneoplastic skin and liver lesions; age; transcript abundance of hepatic genes associated with contaminant exposure, carcinogenesis, stress and immune responses and the white sucker hepatitis B virus. These were documented in 200 adult white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) collected in the Lower Green Bay/Fox River Area of Concern and 200 from the Sheboygan River Area of Concern, both on Lake Michigan.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Title | Biological data associated with skin and liver neoplasm monitoring at the Sheboygan River and Lower Green Bay/Fox River Areas of Concern, Wisconsin, 2021 |
| DOI | 10.5066/P1SHMAZP |
| Authors | Vicki S Blazer, Heather L Walsh, Cheyenne Simpson, Patricia M Mazik |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Leetown Research Laboratory |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |