Macroinvertebrate community and sediment toxicity data from the Niagara River Area of Concern, New York (ver. 2.0, May 2023)

Dates

Publication Date: 2021-12-16
Start Date: 2019
End Date: 2022
Last Revision: 2023-05-31

Citation

George, S.D., Baldigo, B.P., Duffy, B.T., and Reynolds K.A., 2021, Macroinvertebrate community and sediment toxicity data from the Niagara River Area of Concern, New York (ver. 2.0, May 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZI0EJL.

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A data release containing information on macroinvertebrate communities and sediment toxicity in the Niagara River and adjacent areas collected during a sampling effort conducted between 2019 and 2020, and a sampling effort conducted in 2022. During the first sampling effort, bed sediments were collected at 60 sites in the Niagara River, 5 sites on lower Smoke Creek, and 6 sites on Hoyt Lake for use in sediment toxicity testing and determination of grain size distribution and total organic carbon concentration. Additionally, macroinvertebrate samples were collected from the 60 sites on the Niagara River. During the second sampling effort, bed sediments were collected at 10 sites on lower Smoke Creek (5 of which were repeated from the [...]

Summary

A data release containing information on macroinvertebrate communities and sediment toxicity in the Niagara River and adjacent areas collected during a sampling effort conducted between 2019 and 2020, and a sampling effort conducted in 2022. During the first sampling effort, bed sediments were collected at 60 sites in the Niagara River, 5 sites on lower Smoke Creek, and 6 sites on Hoyt Lake for use in sediment toxicity testing and determination of grain size distribution and total organic carbon concentration. Additionally, macroinvertebrate samples were collected from the 60 sites on the Niagara River. During the second sampling effort, bed sediments were collected at 10 sites on lower Smoke Creek (5 of which were repeated from the first sampling effort), 5 reference sites on upper Smoke Creek, and 6 sites on Hoyt Lake (all of which were repeated from the first sampling effort) for toxicity testing, macroinvertebrate community assessment, and and determination of grain size distribution and total organic carbon concentration. Additionally, sediments were collected at 10 sites in the Black Rock Canal, 5 reference sites in the upper Black Rock Canal, and 5 sites in Erie Basin Marina for macroinvertebrate community assessment. The selection of site locations and analyses was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation based on existing data gaps and prior sediment chemistry data. For both sampling efforts, in situ habitat measurements were taken at the time of sample collection at all sites. All sediment samples were collected using a petite Ponar dredge. Ten-day sediment toxicity tests were performed using two test species, Chironomus dilutus and Hyalella azteca, following standard USEPA test methods. Macroinvertebrates were identified to the lowest practical taxonomic resolution and used to calculate metrics of biological integrity following standard New York State Department of Environmental Conservation procedures. A morphological deformity analysis was also conducted on the mentum mouthpart of midge larvae in the genus Chironomus as an additional measure of toxicity following standard New York State Department of Environmental Conservation procedures. The data release has five separate tables: one containing site locations and habitat information, one containing the results of sediment toxicity tests, one containing macroinvertebrate identifications, one containing standard New York State Department of Environmental Conservation metrics of macroinvertebrate community integrity calculated from the macroinvertebrate identifications, and one containing the results of the morphological deformity analysis.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Scott D George
Originator :: Scott D George, Barry P Baldigo, Brian T. Duffy
Metadata Contact :: Scott D George
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :: New York Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Water Resources
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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NiagaraRiverMacroinvertebrateData_DeformityData.csv		14.26 KB	text/csv
NiagaraRiverMacroinvertebrateData_ToxicityData.csv		129.81 KB	text/csv
NiagaraRiverMacroinvertebrateData_CommunityMetricsData.csv		22.78 KB	text/csv
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Duffy, B.T., 2021. Standard operating procedure: Biological monitoring of surface waters in New York State. NYSDEC SOP-208_V21-1, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.	https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/sop20821biomonitoring.pdf
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Data were collected to assess the condition of benthic macroinvertebrate communities and the toxicity of bed sediments in the Niagara River Area of Concern and adjacent areas. The data may be used to determine if the Degradation of Benthos Beneficial Use Impairment is still warranted in the Niagara River Area of Concern and if additional remediation efforts are needed in particular areas.

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