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Macroinvertebrate community and sediment toxicity data from the Buffalo River Area of Concern, New York (ver. 2.0, September 2021)

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2017
End Date
2020
Last Revision
2021-09-22

Citation

George, S.D., Baldigo, B.P., and Duffy, B.T., 2021, Macroinvertebrate community and sediment toxicity data from the Buffalo River Area of Concern, New York (ver. 2.0, September 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RUUR4L.

Summary

A data release containing information on macroinvertebrate communities and sediment toxicity in the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) and reference areas immediately upstream of the AOC collected during 2017 and 2020. Macroinvertebrate community samples were collected using bottom-deployed multiplate artificial substrate samplers and organisms 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. Bed sediments were collected using a petite Ponar dredge and used for toxicity tests with two test species, Chironomus dilutus and Hyalella azteca, following USEPA test methods 100.2 and 100.1, [...]

Contacts

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

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BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_Metadata.xml
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BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_AllData.xlsx 126.64 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_SiteData.csv 4.41 KB text/csv
Version_History_BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData.txt 1.61 KB text/plain
BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_CommunityMetricsData.csv 6.61 KB text/csv
BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_TaxaIdentificationData.csv 100.08 KB text/csv
BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData_ToxicityData.csv 17.71 KB text/csv
LandingPagePhoto.jpg thumbnail 4.21 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

Data were collected to assess the condition of benthic macroinvertebrates and the toxicity of bed sediments in the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) two years and five years after sediment remediation was completed. The data may be used to determine if the Degradation of Benthos Beneficial Use Impairment is still warranted in the Buffalo River AOC and if additional remediation efforts are needed in particular areas.
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Revision 2.0 by Kristin Linsey on September 22, 2021. To review the changes that were made, see “Version_History_BuffaloRiverMacroinvertebrateData.txt” in the attached files section.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9RUUR4L

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