Organic compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and bed sediment from streams in the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, 1998
Peterson DA and Boughton GK. 2000. Organic compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and bed sediment from streams in the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, 1998. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Investigations Report. 00-4190. USGS. Cheyenne WY
Samples were collected at five sites for analysis of mercury in fish muscle and bed sediment, all just outside of Yellowstone National Park. Concentrations of mercury in muscle tissue from predatory game fish ranged from 0.743 to 3.45 μg/g dry weight. Only a small fraction of the mercury present in the bed sediment was in the form of methyl mercury. The percentage of total mercury in the methyl form in the sediment samples ranged from 1.8 % to 11 %. The concentration of methyl mercury in the sediment ranged from 3.05 nanograms per gram (ng/g) dry weight to 0.53 - 0.60 ng/g.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peterson, David; Boughton, Gregory
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Publisher
- USGS
- Units
- ARD , YELL
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, ARD_Park-Air-Info_Collection, Contaminants, DDT, Deposition, Fish, Mercury, Mercury (Hg), Sediment, Toxics, Trace Elements, Water Chemistry, Yellowstone River drainage