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Microplastics in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 2017-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2017-03-20
End Date
2018-03-06

Citation

Baldwin, A.K., Spanjer, A.R., Rosen, M.R., and Thom, T., 2019, Microplastics in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 2017-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V1MNHH.

Summary

This dataset describes the quantity and morphology of microplastics in water, surficial sediment, sediment core, fish, and shellfish samples from Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Nevada/Arizona). Water and surficial sediment samples were collected once at 9 locations. A sediment core (33 cm long) was extracted from Las Vegas Bay to assess changes in microplastic deposition over time. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis), and Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) were sampled at a subset of locations to assess biological uptake of microplastics. Sampling and analysis methods are described in the Processing Steps section of the metadata. All samples were collected in March [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Austin K Baldwin
Originator :
Austin K Baldwin, Andrew R Spanjer, Michael R Rosen, Theresa Thom
Metadata Contact :
Austin K Baldwin
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Idaho Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey

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Mead_microplastics4.xml
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“Collecting a microplastics sample at the water surface, Virgin Basin, Lake Mead” 		thumbnail 2.68 MB image/jpeg
Mead_microplastics.xlsx 47.67 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

These data were obtained as an initial assessment of the occurrence and biological uptake of microplastics in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. This study was funded by the Water Quality Partnership Program of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service.

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Collecting a microplastics sample at the water surface, Virgin Basin, Lake Mead
Collecting a microplastics sample at the water surface, Virgin Basin, Lake Mead

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9V1MNHH

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