Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program 1995 Mississippi River Basin Activities
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program
- Publication_Date: 2000
- Title:
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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program 1995 Mississippi River Basin
Activities
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
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DATA: (1) Fish Health Master Display.xls (field
data); (2) Metals and Chemicals Residues Data.xls
(composite samples); (3) Station Location Data.xls
(coordinants); (4) Species Table.xls (scientific
names, TSN, and species codes); and (5)
Variables.xls (description).
- Online_Linkage: http://www. best.usgs.gov/overview.html
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and
Trends (BEST) Program is designed to identify and
understand the effects of environmental
contaminants on biological resources, particularly
those resources under the stewardship of the
Department of the Interior (DOI). BEST provides
sound scientific information to be used
proactively to prevent or limit
contaminant-related effects on biological
resources. The primary goals of BEST are to: (1)
determine the status and trends of environmental
contaminants and their effects on biological
resources, (2) identify, assess and predict the
effects of contaminants on ecosystems and
biological populations, and (3) provide summary
information in a timely manner to managers and the
public for guiding conservation efforts. To
address these goals, BEST will use different
approaches, involving a combination of field
biomonitoring methods and information assessment
tools, for examining contaminant issues at the
national, regional, and local levels. Fish,
primarily common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and
largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), were
sampled from a total of 48 stations (34 former
NCBP stations, 13 NAWQA sites, and one reference
site) in the Mississippi River drainage by FWS,
USGS and NBS personnel during August-December
1995. Together, the array of sites, analyses, and
assays will provide a synoptic overview of the
current distribution of a wide variety of
contaminants and their effects on fish in much of
the Mississippi River drainage, in addition to
evaluating the feasibility and performance of
using new methods together in a testing battery.
- Purpose:
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The objectives of this BEST Mississippi River
system project are: 1. To document the
distribution of contaminants in the Mississippi
River system and determine the potential of these
contaminants to affect aquatic organisms. The
selection of former NCBP sites will allow the
study to draw on the extensive historic database
on organochlorine chemicals and metals, and will
also update that data base, which has not been
sampled since 1986 and the floods of 1993 and
1995. Time and budget constraints precluded a
complete, 115 station NCBP collection in 1995.
Instead, NBS and the FWS proposed a reduced-scale
implementation for 1995, to include 34 of the 38
stations located in the Mississippi River
drainage. 2. To test the logistical feasibility
of implementing an investigation incorporating
multiple lines of evidence on a large geographic
scale through partnerships with other agencies.
This study was designed to be implemented as a
partnership between NBS and other agencies, most
notably FWS and, to a lesser extent, USGS.
Although the methods to be employed are well
founded scientifically, they have not been used
together as a battery in a study of this scale
and/or involving many participants. This study
will test the logistics of such an approach; 3.
To demonstrate compatibility with and to
complement the NAWQA program of the U.S.
Geological Survey and NBS. Elements of the NAWQA
program are similar, but NAWQA study units are
smaller in scale. This pilot will test the ability
of BEST and NAWQA to integrate over larger scales;
and 4. To quantitatively evaluate the
performance of indicators selected for use in
aquatic habitats by the BEST program. The
precision of some indicators has not been well
characterized. This pilot will generate sufficient
data for statistical analyses of factors
contributing to variation and for the optimization
of sample sizes.
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 19950821
- Ending_Date: 19951031
- Currentness_Reference:
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Stations sampled during fall of 1995, however data
is continually generated and analyzed.
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Mississippi River Basin
- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.6069
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.92583
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.48917
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.99806
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: BEST Program
- Theme_Keyword: contaminants
- Theme_Keyword: biomonitoring
- Theme_Keyword: BEST
- Theme_Keyword: NCBP
- Theme_Keyword: NAWQA
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Mississippi River
- Place_Keyword: United States
- Place_Keyword: USA
- Place_Keyword: Eastern Iowa Basin
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: 1995
- Taxonomy:
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- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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168160: LMBS-Largemouth bass (Micropterus
salmoides)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 163344: CARP-Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 163998: CNCF-Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 161905: GDEY-Goldeye (Hiodon alosiodes)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 162139: NTPK-Northern pike (Esox lucius)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 167676: SBWB-Whiper (Morone sp.)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 167680: SDBS-Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 167682: WTBS-White bass (Morone chrysops)
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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163917: QLBK-Quillback carpsucker (Carpiodes
cyprinus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 163936: RVRH-River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 163895: WTSK-White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 163955: SMBF-Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 168509: SGER-Sauger (Stizostedion canadense)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 168508: WLYE-Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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168159: SMBS-Smallmouth bass (Micropterus
dolomieui)
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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168161: STBS-Spotted bass (Micropterus
punctulatus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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168167: BKCP-Black crappie (Pomoxis
nigromaculatus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 161997: BNTT-Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 161989: RBTT-Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 164725: BRBT-Burbot (Lota lota)
- Taxonomic_Coverage:
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- Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Division-Phylum: Phylum=Chordata, Subphylum=Vertebrata
- Class:
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Superclass=Osteichthyes, Class=Actinopterygii,
Infraclass=Teleostei
- General_Taxonomic_Coverage: ITIS Classification System: www.itis.usda.gov
- Access_Constraints: restricted
- Use_Constraints: restricted
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Schmitt
- Contact_Organization: USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Columbia Environmental Research Center
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: MO
- Postal_Code: 65201
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-875-5399 X 1846
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris_schmitt@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit: USGS/BRD-Columbia Environmental Research Center
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Excel 2000
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Schmitt C.J., T.M. Bartish, V.S. Blazer, T.S.
Gross, D.E. Tillitt, W.L. Bryant, and L.R. DeWesse
- Publication_Date: 19990312
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Contaminants and Related Effects
in Fish from the Mississippi, Columbia, and Rio
Grande Basins Proceedings of the 8th Toxic
Substances Hydrology Meeting. Charleston, S.C.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.best.usgs.gov/overview.html
- Online_Linkage: http://www.best.usgs.gov/ncbp.html
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Schmitt C.J., V.S. Blazer, G.M. Dethloff, D.E.
Tillitt, T.S. Gross, W.L. Bryant Jr., L.R.
DeWeese, S.B. Smith, R.W. Goede, T.M. Bartish,
T.J. Kubiak.
- Publication_Date: 19990930
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Field Procedures for Assessing the
Exposure of Fish to Environmental Contaminants.
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia, (MO): Information and
Technology Report USGS/BRD-1999--0007. iv + 35 pp.
+ appendices.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm (BEST .pdf files)
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt C.J. and G.M. Dethloff
- Publication_Date: 20000300
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Selected methods for monitoring
chemical contaminants and their effects in aquatic
ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Columbia, (MO): Information
and Technology Report USGS/BRD-2000--0005. 81 pp.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center,
Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRS-CERC
- Online_Linkage: www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm (BEST .pdf files)
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt C.J., J.L. Zajicek, T.W. May, D.F. Cowman
- Publication_Date: 19991030
- Title:
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National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program:
Concentrations of organochlorine chemical residues
and elemental contaminants in U. S. freshwater
fish, 1976-1986. Rev. Environ, Contam. Toxicol.
162:43-104.
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/ncbp.html
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- Originator: Tillitt D., G. Ankley, and J. Giesy
- Publication_Date: 1989
- Title:
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fish-eating water bird eggs from the Great Lakes.
Marine Environmental Research 28(1-4):505-8.
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt, C.J. and C.M. Bunck
- Publication_Date: 1995
- Title:
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Persistent Environmental Contaminants in Fish and
Wildlife. Our Living Resources: A report to the
nation on the distribution, abundance, and health
of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems.
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- Publication_Place: Washington, DC
- Publisher:
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U.S. Department of the Interior, Biological
Resources Division-USGS (formerly NBS). 530 pp.
- Online_Linkage: www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/ncbp
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Analyses of composite fish samples for
organochlorine chemical residues and elemental
contaminants were performed by contract
laboratories managed by the Patuxent Analytical
Control Facility (PACF) of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS). Precision and accuracy of
contract laboratory results were confirmed through
analyses of procedural blanks, duplicate samples,
test recoveries of spiked materials, and reference
material analyses. The identities of
organochlorine residues were confirmed by gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry in about 10% of
the samples. Oversight was provided by the PACF.
Round-robin tests among PACF and contract
analytical labs were also part of the quality
control. Based on the quality assurance program,
PACF determined that the results of the contract
laboratory analyses were acceptable. In keeping
with past NCBP practice (Schmitt 1999), analytical
results were not adjusted to reflect spike
recoveries or moisture loss during storage. EROD
assays and analyses of composites fish extracts
for TCDD-Eq with the H4IIE rat hepatoma cell
bioassay (Tillitt et al. 1989) were performed at
the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, MO. Details of the laboratory
methods including Q/A and Q/C measures are
described in Schmitt and Dethloff 2000.
- Logical_Consistency_Report: N/A
- Completeness_Report: N/A
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- Methodology:
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- Methodology_Type: Field
- Methodology_Description:
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See online linkage URL in the citation
information.
- Methodology_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Schmitt C.J., V.S. Blazer, G.M. Dethloff, D.E.
Tillitt, T.S. Gross, W.L. Bryant Jr., L.R.
DeWeese, S.B. Smith, R.W. Goede, T.M. Bartish,
T.J. Kubiak.
- Publication_Date: 19990930
- Title:
-
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Field Procedures for Assessing the
Exposure of Fish to Environmental Contaminants.
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia, (MO): Information and
Technology Report USGS/BRD-1999--0007. iv + 35 pp.
+ appendices.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm (BEST .pdf files)
- Methodology_Type: Lab
- Methodology_Description:
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See online linkage URL in the citation
information.
- Methodology_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt C.J. and G.M. Dethloff
- Publication_Date: 20000300
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Selected methods for monitoring
chemical contaminants and their effects in aquatic
ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Columbia, (MO): Information
and Technology Report USGS/BRD-2000--0005. 81 pp.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center,
Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRS-CERC
- Online_Linkage: www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm (BEST .pdf files)
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- Process_Description:
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Depending on the nature of the response variable
(i.e., biomarker), we used three different
statistical methods to compare stations and groups
of stations. For continuous variables (EROD
activity, GSI, etc.) other than the ratio of
estradiol to 11-ketotestosterone (E/KT), we used a
nested ANOVA to compare biomarker responses among
stations nested within regions, among regions
nested within programs, and between programs;
station and region were both considered fixed
effects in theses analyses. The significance of
additional explanatory variables (e.g., age,
weight, and stage) was also investigated. The
actual terms included in a model for testing
depended on the biomarker being analyzed. Lacking
a larger, more complete dataset, modeling of these
additional explanatory terms and their
interactions could only be carried out on subsets
of the data. This approach implicitly assumes
that what we found for subsets of the data also
held for the entire dataset. Compliance with
distributional and other assumptions was evaluated
by examining residual plots as well as with formal
tests when possible. Data were log (base e)- or
rank-transformed as necessary when standard ANOVA
assumptions were not met. Significant ANOVA
F-tests were followed by the Tukey-Kramer multiple
comparison procedure. In contrast to most of the
biomarkers we evaluated, "normal" values are known
for E/KT ratios (i.e., females >1.0, males <1.0).
Accordingly, we analyzed E/KT ratios differently
from other reproductive biomarkers.
Log-transformed E/KT ratios in the reduced-rank
data sets were analyzed using a one-sample,
one-tailed t-test. The null hypothesis that each
station mean E/KT = 1.0 was evaluated against the
alternative hypotheses of E/KT>1.0 for males and
E/KT<1.0 for females. For binary variables
(e.g., the presence or absence of external
lesions; vtg in males), we compared the
proportions of fish possessing a given
characteristic among stations and regions using
Fisher's Exact Test. This test is typically used
to test whether the row and column variables of
2-by-2 contingency tables are independent;
however, it is also appropriate in some situations
(e.g., with product binomial sampling) for a test
of equal population proportions. All P-values
were adjusted for multiple comparisons using a
Bonferroni procedure. For variables measured on
composite samples (i.e., concentrations of
organochlorine and elemental contaminants and
H4IIE bioassay results) our approach was similar;
however, due to the small sample sizes and large
numbers of censored values for many analytes, we
did not test statistically for differences among
stations. We tested for differences among
sub-basins and between programs using
appropriately transformed variables where there
were sufficient uncensored data. For small
numbers of censored values (<15%), we substituted
half the nominal detection limit. For highly
censored variables (i.e., most of the
organochlorine chemical residues), no formal
statistical tests of significance were conducted.
We also compared concentrations of organochlorine
chemicals and elemental contaminants to historic
values for NCBP sites.
- Process_Date: 2000
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Schmitt
- Contact_Organization: USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Columbia Environmental Research Center
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: MO
- Postal_Code: 65201
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-875-5399 X 1846
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris_schmitt@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
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The NCBP sites in the Mississippi River Basin
(MRB), which were parts of the original riverine
NCBP network, were selected because they represent
key points (i.e., confluences of major
tributaries, impoundments) in the largest U.S.
rivers (Schmitt et al. 1999; Schmitt and Bunck
1995).
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- Overview_Description:
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Metals and Chemicals Residues: Chemicals measured
by GC/ECD (ppm, wet-weight): o,p'-DDD; o,p'-DDE;
o,p'-DDT; p,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDE; p,p'-DDT; a-BHC
(alpha BHC); g-BHC (gamma BHC); b-BHC (beta BHC);
d-BHC (delta BHC); a-Chlor (cis-Chlordane);
g-Chlor (trans-Chlordane); cis-Nona
(cis-Nonachlor); trans-Nona (trans-Nonachlor);
Oxychlor (oxychlordane); Hepox (heptachlor
epoxide); Dieldrin; Endrin; Mirex; Toxaphene; HCB
(hexachlorobenzene); and Total PCBs
(polychlorinated byphenyls). Metals measured by
ICPES (ppm) converted from dry-weight to
wet-weight using the % inorganic moisture value:
Al (aluminum); B (boron); Ba (barium); Be
(beryllium); Cd (cadmium); Cr (chromium); Cu
(copper); Fe (iron); Mg (magnesium); Mn
(manganese); Mo (molybdenum); Ni (nickel); V
(vanadium); and Zn (zinc). Metals measured by AA
(ppm), converted from dry-weight to wet-weight
using the % inorganic moisture value: As
(arsenic); Hg (mercury); Pb (lead); and Se
(selenium).
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Schmitt C.J. and G.M. Dethloff. 2000.
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Selected methods for monitoring
chemical contaminants and their effects in aquatic
ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Columbia, (MO): Information
and Technology Report USGS/BRD-2000--0005. 81 pp.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: future BEST 1995 report....
- Overview_Description:
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Fish Health Master Display (field data): Station;
FishID; Composite (ID); LabSex (histologically
determined gender); Intersex (indeterminant
gender); Length (total length in mm); Weight (bwt:
body weight in grams); Species (4-letter species
code); Taxa; Age (scale or spine analysis); Ext
Lesion (scored based on external health
examination); GWT (gonad weight to the 0.1 g);
LIVWT (liver weight to the 0.1 g); SPLWT (spleen
weight to the 0.002 g); EROD
(ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity); Lysozyme;
Macrophage aggregate variables: MeanArea. MA MM
(density); Tissocc (% tissue occupied); Stage; %
Atresia; Estrogen; Testos (testosterone); 11-KT
(11-ketotestosterone); VTG (vitellogenin); EKT
(estrogen/11-KT ratio); Health Insices: HSI
(hepato-somatic index = livwt/(bwt-gwt)); GSI
(gonado-somatic index = gwt/bwt); SSI
(spleno-somatic index = splwt/(bwt-gwt)); CF
(condition factor = (bwt x 10^5)/length^3); and
HAI (health assessment index).
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Schmitt C.J. and G.M. Dethloff. 2000.
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program: Selected methods for monitoring
chemical contaminants and their effects in aquatic
ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Columbia, (MO): Information
and Technology Report USGS/BRD-2000--0005. 81 pp.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: future BEST 1995 report.....
- Overview_Description:
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Station Location Data: Station (station ID
number); River; Nearest City or Feature (local
reference name or landmark); State; FWS/ES Field
Office (FWS Region); USGS State Office;
Statistical Region; LAT-UP; LONG-UP; LAT-DOWN;
LONG-DOWN.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: future BEST 1995 report
- Overview_Description:
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number); Genus; Species; Species Codes (designated
4-letter species codes).
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System:
www.itis.usda.gov
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- Contact_Person: Chris Schmitt
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- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
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- Country: USA
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- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
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scientific purposes, nor shall the act of
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disclaimer applies both to individual use of the
data and aggregate use with other data. It is
strongly recommended that these data are directly
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not indirectly through other sources which may
have changed the data in some way. It is also
strongly recommended that careful attention be
paid to the contents of the metadata file
associated with these data. The U.S. Geological
Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
incorrect use of the data described and/or
contained herein.
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- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
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- Country: United States
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