Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC, Columbia) | Format: URL
www.cerc.usgs.gov — The BFRS works cooperatively with team members from CERC and with faculty and graduate students of Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University in research areas represented by the branch structure of the CERC including toxicology, ecology, biochemistry and physiology, environmental chemistry, ecogeography, and information More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC, Seattle) | Format: URL
wfrc.usgs.gov — Mercury contamination from historic gold mining operations is widespread in many rivers, lakes, and reservoirs on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. A multidisciplinary investigation by USGS is attempting to better understand mercury dynamics and to identify hot spots within Camp Far West Reservoir in order to determine if remediation More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC, Seattle) | Format: URL
wfrc.usgs.gov — The objective of this project is to compile existing information into a format that will allow endangered species recovery planners to consider risks posed by various sources and types of water pollution. Identification of sources of pollution should include point- and nonpoint-sources. it is unlikely that all sources of pollution in all water More...