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Toxicity Data for Groundwater Contaminated by Petroleum Hydrocarbons near Bemidji, MN (2016)

October 25, 2022

Management of petroleum-impacted waters by monitored natural attenuation (MNA) requires an understanding of the toxicology of both the original compounds released as well as the transformation products formed during natural breakdown. Here, we report data from a groundwater plume consisting of a mixture of crude oil compounds and transformation products resulting from a crude-oil release in August, 1979 near Bemidji, MN, USA. Water samples were characterized for activation of 52 human nuclear receptor (NR) activities and 50 transcriptional pathways associated with toxic responses. Five replicate analyses were performed for each solution at strengths of 1, 3, and 10 times the sample concentration. Radar plots of the results for each sample and strength are provided.

Publication Year 2022
Title Toxicity Data for Groundwater Contaminated by Petroleum Hydrocarbons near Bemidji, MN (2016)
DOI 10.5066/P9TU6W80
Authors Barbara A Bekins, Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt, Jennifer T. McGuire, Isabelle M Cozzarelli
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization National Research Program
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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