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Connecticut River Fish Tissue Contaminant Study 2000
The Connecticut River Fish Tissue Contaminant Study (2000) was a collaborative federal and state project designed to provide a baseline of tissue contaminant data from several fish species, to better understand the risk to human health from eating Connecticut River fish, and to learn what threat eating these fish poses to other mammals, birds, and fish. The study is the first time that each state (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont) can use data based on the same methods, to understand potential concerns stemming from contaminants in the river. This will help ensure that residents throughout New England are able to access the best and most recent information regarding whether to consume fish caught in the Connecticut River. The study will also assist future trend analysis and current statistical comparison, allowing ecological and human health risk screening in support of consistent State fish advisories. This was one of the first such studies of fish tissue contamination in the mainstem of a large, multi-state river in the United States.
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- Presentation (10/30/06) (PDF) ( 65 pp., 4.7 MB)
- Chapter 1 - Table of Contents and Introduction (PDF) ( 62 pp., 2.7 MB)
- Chapter 2 - Mercury (PDF) ( 56 pp., 5 MB)
- Chapter 3 - PCBs and Dioxins (PDF) ( 58 pp., 2.5 MB)
- Chapter 4- Organochlorine Pesticides (PDF, 71 pp., 2 MB)
- Chapter 5 - Weight, Length and Condition (PDF) ( 24 pp., 673 KB)
- Chapter 6 - Smallmouth Bass Age, Total Hg, and Coplanar PCB TEQs (PDF) ( 35 pp., 1.2 MB)
- Chapter 7- Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations (PDF) ( 17 pp., 152 KB)
- Chapter 8 - Bibliography, Internet Resources (PDF) ( 24 pp., 279 KB)
- Appendix A - Fish Aging (PDF) ( 15 pp., 293 KB)
- Appendix B - EPA-BRI Comparison (PDF) ( 12 pp., 351 KB)
- Appendix C - Target Analytes and Contaminants (PDF) ( 9 pp., 285 KB)
- Appendix D - Data Quality Reports
- Appendix E - Standard Operating Procedures
- Appendix F - Data
- Map 1 - CT River Fish Tissue Sampling Reaches (Segments) (PDF) ( 1 pp., 561 KB)
- Map 2 - CT
River EPA Sediment Sampling 1998 and 2000 (PDF)
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1 pp., 545 KB)
Q&A Fact Sheet (PDF) ( 6 pp., 1.9 MB)
Appendix D - Data Quality Reports (PDF) (57 pp., 545 KB)
Appendix D-1 Total Mercury:
- CT Fish Mercury DV Memo & Tables I & II (PDF) ( 8 pp., 213 KB)
- CT Fish Data Validation Summary - Mercury Table (PDF) (6 pp., 48 KB, | MS Excel (48 KB))
Appendix D-2 Dioxins & Furans
- Dioxins & Furans DV Memo & Table I & 2 (PDF) (9 pp., 166 KB)
- Reaches 1 & 4 (PDF) (2 pp., 62 KB)
- Reaches 5 & 7 (PDF) (2 pp., 61 KB)
- Reaches 1, 4, 5 & 7 (MS Excel) (70 KB)
Appendix D-3 Dioxin-like Coplanar PCBs:
- DV Memo & Tables I & II Coplanar PCBs (PDF) (9 pp., 221 KB)
- Reach 3 Coplanar PCBs (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)
- Reach 5 Coplanar PCBs (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)
- Reach 6 Coplanar PCBs (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)
- Validated Coplanar PCBs Reaches 3, 5 & 6 (MS Excel) (69 KB)
Appendix D-4 Organochlorine Pesticides & Non-coplanar PCBs:
- DV Memo Organochlorine Pesticides & Non-coplanar PCB (PDF) (26 pp., 413 KB)
- BT & SMB R1 (PDF) (1 p., 44 KB)
- Blanks (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)
- SMB R1 & 2 (PDF) (1 p., 46 KB)
- SMB R2 & 3 (PDF) (1 p., 44 KB)
- SMB R3 & 4 (PDF) (1 p., 44 KB)
- SMB R6 & 7 (PDF) (1 p., 44 KB)
- SMB R7 - Organochlorine Pesticides & Non-coplanar PCBs (PDF) (2 p., 44 KB)
- SMB R7 - Organochlorine and Non-coplanar PCBs (PDF) (1 p., 42 KB)
- CT Fish Data Summary - Organochlorine Pesticides & Non-coplanar PCBs (MS Excel) (282 KB)
Appendix E: Standard Operating Proceedures
- Fish Processing SOP (PDF) (19 pp., 835 KB)
- Boat Electrofishing SOP - DRAFT (PDF) (27 pp., 1.2 MB)
- Cadmium (MS Excel) (62 KB)
- F-1. Total Mercury - SMB, YP, WS, BT (MS Excel) (129 KB)
- F-2. Dioxin Data Reaches 1, 4, 5, and 7 (MS Excel) (22 KB)
- F-3. Coplanar PCBs - SMB, YP, WS, BT (MS Excel) (243 KB)
- F-4. Organocholorine Pesticides - SMB, YP, WS, BT (MS Excel) (102 KB)
- F-5. WS, SMB, YP Weight, Length, Otoliths, Scales, Bile (MS Excel) (254 KB)