Mercury Concentrations in Surface Waters, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2006-2016
Dates
Publication Date
2020-08-28
Time Period
2006-03-31
Time Period
2016-04-27
Citation
Burns, D.A., 2020, Mercury Data from the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2004-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HRS2C3.
Summary
These data represent mercury (Hg), filtered total Hg (FTHg), filtered methylmercury (FMHg), particulate total Hg (PTHg), particulate methylmercury (PMHg), total mercury (THg), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations in surface water samples collected on Bad River Tribal lands. Several samples were collected at multiple locations on the Bad River and Tyler Forks Creek, and one location on Bull Gus Creek. Additionally, one sample was collected at each of four unknown locations on four Bad River tributaries and two samples at a lake of unknown location. All samples were collected during 2006 to 2016. Neither the collection of water samples nor the Hg analyses were performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, [...]
Summary
These data represent mercury (Hg), filtered total Hg (FTHg), filtered methylmercury (FMHg), particulate total Hg (PTHg), particulate methylmercury (PMHg), total mercury (THg), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations in surface water samples collected on Bad River Tribal lands. Several samples were collected at multiple locations on the Bad River and Tyler Forks Creek, and one location on Bull Gus Creek. Additionally, one sample was collected at each of four unknown locations on four Bad River tributaries and two samples at a lake of unknown location. All samples were collected during 2006 to 2016. Neither the collection of water samples nor the Hg analyses were performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center.
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Burns, D.A., 2020, Compilation of mercury data and associated risk to human and ecosystem health, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1095, 19 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201095.
Data were collected to quantify Hg sources and concentrations in environmental media on Bad River Tribal lands. The goal was to better understand risk to human health and to the health of other biota from consumption of Hg-contaminated food sources as Hg bioaccumulates and biomagnifies in aquatic food webs.
