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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program 2002 Yukon River Basin Activities
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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US Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division
- Publication_Date: 2004
- Title:
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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program 2002 Yukon River Basin Activities
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC), Columbia, MO USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm
- 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 Northern pike (Esox lucius), Longnose
sucker (Catostomus catostomus), and Burbot (Lota
lota), were sampled from a total of 10 stations (1
former NCBP station) in the Yukon River drainage
by USFWS, USGS and NPS personnel during May 2002 -
October 2002. 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 Yukon River drainage, in addition
to evaluating the performance of using new methods
together in a testing battery.
- Purpose:
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The objectives of this BEST Yukon River system
project are: 1. To document the distribution of
contaminants in the Yukon River system and
determine the potential of these contaminants to
affect aquatic organisms. The selection of a
former NCBP site 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.
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 the Biological Resources
Division (BRD) and other agencies, most notably
USFWS and, to a lesser extent, USGS. Although the
methods employed are well founded scientifically,
they have not been used together as a battery
outside the BEST Program. This study will
continue to test the logistics of this approach.
3. To evaluate compatibility with the NASQAN
program of the US Geological Survey. Elements of
the NASQAN program are complimentary to the BEST
program. 4. To further 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.
- Supplemental_Information: www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/best/search/
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 20020501
- Ending_Date: 20020830
- Currentness_Reference:
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Stations sampled during summer of 2002, however
data is continually generated and analyzed.
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Yukon River Basin
- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -163.5728
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -142.1661
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 67.21389
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 63.03667
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: BEST Program
- Theme_Keyword: Yukon River Basin
- Theme_Keyword: contaminant
- Theme_Keyword: biomonitoring
- Theme_Keyword: fish health
- Stratum:
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- Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Stratum_Keyword: n/a
- Stratum_Keyword: Yukon River
- Stratum_Keyword: Alaska
- Stratum_Keyword: United States
- Stratum_Keyword: USA
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: n/a
- Temporal_Keyword: n/a
- Taxonomy:
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- Taxonomic_Keywords: 162139: NTPK-Northern pike (Esox lucius)
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
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163894: LNSK-Longnose sucker (Catostomus
catostomus)
- Taxonomic_Keywords: 164725: BRBT-Burbot (Lota lota)
- Taxonomic_Coverage:
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- Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
- 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: Jo Ellen Hinck
- Contact_Organization: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: Missouri
- Postal_Code: 65201
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-876-1808
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jhinck@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Schmitt CJ, VS Blazer, GM Dethloff, DE Tillitt, TS
Gross, WL Bryant, LR DeWesse, SB Smith, RW Goede,
TM Bartish, and TJ 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. US
Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division,
Columbia, (MO): Information and Technology Report
USGS/BRD-1999--0007. iv + 35pp. + appendices.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Columbia, Missouri
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ and GM 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. US Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Columbia (MO): Information and
Technology Report USGS/BRD--0005. 81 pp.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Columbia, Missouri
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ (ed.)
- Publication_Date: 20020600
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) program: Environmental contaminants and
their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report
USGS/BRD/BSR 2002-0004. Columbia, MO. 217 p.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: USGS-CERC
- Publisher: USGS-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm#1
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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US Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title:
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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program 1997 Columbia River Basin
Activities
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC); Columbia, MO USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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US Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) Program 1997 Rio Grande River Basin
Activities
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place:
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USGS-Columbia Environmental Research Center
(CERC); Columbia, MO USA
- Publisher: USGS/BRD-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ, JL Zajicek, TW May, and DF Cowman
- Publication_Date: 19991030
- Title:
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National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program:
Concentrations of organochlorine chemical residues
and elemental contaminants in US freshwater fish,
1976-1986. Rev. Environ, Contam. Toxicol.
162:43-104.
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/ncbp.html
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ and CM 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 US plants, animals, and ecosystems.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington, DC
- Publisher:
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US Department of the Interior, Biological
Resources Division-USGS (formally NBS). 530 pp.
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/ncbp.html
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- 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 USGS Columbia
Environmental Research Center (CERC), Columbia, MO
laboratory. Precision and accuracy of 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 CERC.
Based on the quality assurance program, CERC
determined that the results of the 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 CERC. Details of
the laboratory methods including Q/A and Q/C
measures are described in Schmitt 2002.
- Logical_Consistency_Report: n/a
- Completeness_Report: n/a
- Lineage:
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- Methodology:
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- Methodology_Type: Field
- Methodology_Description: see online linkage URL in citation information.
- Methodology_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ (ed.)
- Publication_Date: 20020600
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) program: Environmental contaminants and
their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report
USGS/BRD/BSR 2002-0004. Columbia, MO. 217 p.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: USGS-CERC
- Publisher: USGS-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm#1
- Methodology_Type: Lab
- Methodology_Description: see online linkage URL in the citation information
- Methodology_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Schmitt CJ (ed.)
- Publication_Date: 20020600
- Title:
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) program: Environmental contaminants and
their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological
Resources Division, Biological Science Report
USGS/BRD/BSR 2002-0004. Columbia, MO. 217 p.
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: USGS-CERC
- Publisher: USGS-CERC
- Online_Linkage: http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/pubs.htm#1
- Process_Step:
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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.) we used ANOVA to compare
biomarker responses among stations within a
region. 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 as evaluated by examining residual
plots as well as with formal tests when possible.
Data were log (base 10) or rank-transformed as
necessary when standard ANOVA assumptions were not
met.
- Process_Date: 2003
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Jo Ellen Hinck
- Contact_Organization: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: Missouri
- Postal_Code: 65201
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-876-1808
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jhinck@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
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Considering the remote local of the region, access
to some areas was limited due to terrain, tribal
lands, and equipment requirements. The sites
sampled within the Yukon River Basin (YRB) were
selected because they encompassed key points
(i.e., confluences of major tributaries,
impoundments) in the Yukon River Basin as well as
accessibility for crew and necessary equipment.
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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 biphenyls). TCDD-eq (H4IIE
bioassay). Metals measured by ICP-MS (ppm)
converted from dry-weight to wet-weight using the
% inorganic moisture value: Al (aluminum); Be
(beryllium); Cd (cadmium); Cr (chromium); Cu
(copper); Fe (iron); Mg (magnesium); Mn
(manganese); Mo (molybdenum); Ni (nickel); Pb
(lead); V (vanadium); and Z (zinc). Metals
measured by AA (ppm), converted from dry-weight to
wet-weight using the % inorganic moisture value:
As (arsenic); Hg (mercury); and Se (selenium).
FISH HEALTH: River Basin; Station; Species; Taxa;
Gender (histologically determined); Age (scale,
spine or otolith analysis); Length (Total length
in mm); Weight (bwt: body weight in grams); Gross
Lesions (score based on external health
examination); Gonad Weight (weight to the 0.1 g);
Liver Weight (weight to the 0.1 g); Spleen Weight
(weight to the 0.002 g); Average EROD activity;
Ceriod Pigment; Lysozyme; Macrophage Aggregate
Size (MeanArea); Macrophage Aggregate Density
(MAMM); Tissue Occupied by Macrophage Aggregates;
Reproductive Stage; Intersex; Atresia; Estradiol
(E2); Testosterone; 11-Ketotestosterone (11-KT);
Vitellogenin (VTG) ; E/KT Ratio; Hepatosomatic
Index (HSI); Gonadosomatic Index (GSI);
Splenosomatic Index (SSI); Condition Factor (CF);
and Health Assessment Index (HAI).
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Biomonitoring Environmental Status and Trends
(BEST) program: Environmental contaminants and
their effects on fish in the Mississippi River
Basin. US Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR
2002-0004. Columbia, MO 217 p.
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Jo Ellen Hinck
- Contact_Organization: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: Missouri
- Postal_Code: 65201
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-876-1808
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jhinck@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
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Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
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- Contact_Person: Anne Donahue
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 4200 New Haven Road
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