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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Selected methods for monitoring chemical contaminants and their effects in aquatic ecosystems
This document describes the suite of biological methods of the U.S. Geological Survey- Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends program for monitoring chemical contaminants and their effects on fish. The methods, which were selected by panels of experts, are being field-tested in rivers of the Mississippi River, Columbia River, and Rio Grande basins. General health biomarkers include a hea
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Vicki S. Blazer, Nancy D. Denslow, Gail M. Dethloff, Timothy S. Gross, Kelly K. McDonald, Christopher J. Schmitt, Donald E. Tillitt, Jeffrey J. Whyte
Trace elements in seep waters along Whitewood Creek, South Dakota, and their toxicity to fathead minnows
Whitewood Creek, located in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota, has a long history of contamination from mining activity. Gold exploration began in the 1870s, and has continued since that time. Whitewood Creek received direct releases of tailings from 1870 to 1977 from Gold Run Creek in Lead, SD. It has been estimated that approximately 100 million to 1 billion tons of mining, milling, a
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S. J. Hamilton, K.J. Buhl
Organochlorine residues and elemental contaminants in U.S. freshwater fish, 1976-1986: National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program
No abstract available.
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C. J. Schmidt, James L. Zajicek, Thomas W. May, Deborah Cowman
Discovery of a second population of white-collared seedeaters, Sporophila torqueola (Passeriformes: emberizidae) along the Rio Grande of Texas
The range of the white-collared seedeater (Sporophila torqueola), a tropical grassland species, extends from Central America northward along both coasts of Mexico (Eitniear, 1997), including Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon (Howell and Webb, 1995). White-collared seedeaters historically occurred commonly in extreme southern Texas (Oberholser, 1974; Rappole and Blacklock, 1994). However, since about 1950
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Marc C. Woodin, Mary K. Skoruppa, Gene W. Blacklock, Graham C. Hickman
Polychlorinated biphenyls and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents in tree swallows from the upper Hudson River, New York State, USA
The upper Hudson River of New York State, USA, is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as a result of industrial discharges throughout the latter half of this century. In 1994 and 1995, we monitored the transfer of PCBs from aquatic sediments to a terrestrial wildlife community using the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) as a model organism. Tree swallow eggs and nestlings were coll
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Anne L. Secord, John P. McCarty, Kathy R. Echols, John C. Meadows, Robert W. Gale, Donald E. Tillitt
Fishes of Missouri River, chute, and flood plain habitats: Chapter 4 in Initial biotic survey of Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
The Lisbon Bottom Unit of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is approximately 2,200 acres and is the first complete unit of the Refuge. Primary objectives of the Refuge are to create and restore diverse riverine aquatic habitats and reconnect the Missouri River to its flood plain where feasible. Management seeks to accomplish these objectives by encouraging natural processes
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Joanne Grady, Jim Milligan, Duane Chapman, Ellen A. Ehrhardt, Douglas J. Dieterman, David L. Galat, John Hooker, John Kubisiak, Aaron DeLonay, Edward E. Little, Jack Robinson, John Tibbs
Workshop introduction
No abstract available.
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Ellen Mihaich, Jay W. Gooch, P.L deFur, W.H. Benson, C. Tyler, L. Birnbaum, R.T. Di Giulio, D. E. Tillitt
Embryotoxicity of Great Lakes lake trout extracts to developing rainbow trout
Planar halogenated hydrocarbons (PHHs), such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls are present in aquatic systems, and are known to produce adverse effects in fish. This study investigated the embryotoxicity of PHH mixtures through the nanoinjection of environmental extracts into newly fertilized eggs from two strains of rainbow trout. Organic extracts were obtained fr
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Peggy J. Wright, Donald E. Tillitt
Physical setting: Chapter 1 in Initial biotic survey of Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Lisbon Bottom consists of approximately 875 ha of river bottom along the Missouri River in Howard County, Missouri, from approximately river mile (RM) 213 to RM 219. As used in this report, the Lisbon Bottom area also includes the main channel of the Missouri River adjacent to the Lisbon Bottom and portions of the adjacent flood plain in Saline County, Missouri.Before regulation and structuring of
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Robert B. Jacobson, Mark S. Laustrup, Ellen A. Ehrhardt, Curt Niebur, Raymond E. Arvidson
Workshop summary, conclusions and recommendations
No abstract available.
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W.H. Benson, R.T. Di Giulio, D. E. Tillitt, L. Birnbaum, P.L deFur, Jay W. Gooch, Ellen Mihaich, C. Tyler
Investigation of the distribution of organochlorine and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in the Lower Columbia River using semipermeable-membrane devices
Organochlorine and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds are of concern in the Columbia River Basin because of their adverse effects on fish and wildlife. Because these compounds can have important biological consequences at concentrations well below the detection limits associated with conventional water-sampling techniques, we used semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) to sample water, and
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Kathleen A. McCarthy, Robert W. Gale