Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Mobile, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Savannah, and Pee Dee River Basins
Hinck JE, Blazer VS, Denslow ND, Echols KR, Gale RW, May TW, Claunch R, Wieser C, Anderson PJ, Coyle JJ, Gross TS, Tillitt DE. 2007. Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Mobile, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Savannah, and Pee Dee River Basins. 2007–5176. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were collected from 13 sites in 4 river basins in the southeastern United States to document spatial trends in accumulative contaminants, health indicators, and reproductive biomarkers. Organochlorine residues, 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-like activity (TCDD-EQ), and elemental contaminants were measured in composite samples of whole fish, grouped by species and gender, from each site. Fish were field-examined for external and internal anomalies, selected organs were weighed to compute somatic indices, and tissue and fluid samples were preserved for fish health and reproductive biomarker analyses.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hinck, J.; Blazer, V.; Denslow, N.; Echols, K.; Gale, R.; May, T.; Claunch, R.; Wieser, C.; Anderson, P.; Coyle, J.; Gross, T.; Tillitt, D.
- Date of Issue
- 2007
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
- Units
- ARD , CUPN , GULN , SECN
- Keywords
- ARD_Park-Air-Info_Collection, common carp, Contaminants, Cyprinus carpio, Deposition, Fish, largemouth bass, Mercury, Micropterus salmoides, Organochlorine, Toxics