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Chemical characterization of water and suspended sediment of the Snake River and Hells Canyon Complex (Idaho, Oregon) (ver. 3.0, November 2023)
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This dataset includes laboratory analyses of surface water samples and sediment trap material collected from (1) locations upstream, downstream, and within the Hells... -
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Fish tissue mercury and selenium concentrations in Upper Colorado River Basin: 1962-2011
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These data were compiled to study mercury and selenium concentrations in fish species and assemblages in lotic waterbodies across the Upper Colorado River Basin. Data... -
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Mercury in emergent odonates and midges of the Prairie Pothole wetlands of North Dakota, USA
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This data release is an extension of a previous data release (https://doi.org/10.5066/P971S7IV) that expands the collected data to include tissue mercury... -
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Walleye (Sander vitreus), Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) and Surface Water Mercury Concentrations in Minnesota Lakes
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Water quality and fish tissue samples were collected and measured for mercury concentrations in a total of 23 small to medium size lakes in Minnesota to assess the... -
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Mercury Concentrations in Bed Sediment, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2006-2015
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These data represent total mercury (Hg) concentrations and percent organic carbon in bed sediment from 51 samples collected at 44 location in streams and rivers... -
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Mercury Concentrations in Fish Tissue, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2004-2013
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These data represent Hg concentrations in tissue from 104 analyses of fish samples collected at 7 sites in streams/rivers and lakes during 2004 to 2013 within or near... -
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Mercury Concentrations in Surface Waters, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2006-2016
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These data represent mercury (Hg), filtered total Hg (FTHg), filtered methylmercury (FMHg), particulate total Hg (PTHg), particulate methylmercury (PMHg), total... -
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Feather mercury concentrations in North American raptors sampled at migration monitoring stations
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We assessed total mercury concentrations in breast feathers of diurnal North American raptors collected at migration monitoring stations. We sampled raptor feathers... -
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Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 10.0, January 2025)
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Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks, Protected Places, and other... -
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Incubation Constancy, Number of Incubation Recesses, Recess Duration and Mercury Concentrations for Tree Swallows at the Cosumnes River Preserve 2014
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These metadata provide data used to examine tree swallow incubation behavior in relation to egg mercury concentration and maternal blood mercury concentration. These... -
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Selenium and mercury in fish tissues from the Kootenai River, Montana and Idaho, September 2018
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Working in cooperation with EPA, the USGS coordinated the collection of fish tissue for processing and analyses by the EPA Region 10 Manchester Environmental... -
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Geochemical Data for Mercury and Other Constituents in Redox- Manipulated Sediment Cores from Clear Lake, Lake County, California
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Clear Lake, located within the Coast Range west of California’s Central Valley, is the largest natural freshwater lake contained fully within the state and... -
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Total Mercury Concentrations in Fish Muscle from the Colorado River and Bright Angel Creek, AZ, USA (2015)
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Mercury is a globally distributed pollutant that threatens human and ecosystem health. Even protected areas, such as national parks, are subjected to mercury... -
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Mercury Stable Isotope Assessment of Global Food Webs
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This dataset describes mercury (Hg) stable isotope values in fish dorsal muscle from different freshwater environments across the globe. Fish were collected at... -
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Avian eggshell thickness for 12 species in the western U.S. from 2014 to 2018
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Eggshell thickness was measured at the egg equator and poles (sharp pole and blunt pole) for 12 avian species. Eggshell thickness was related to egg morphometrics... -
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Measurements of mercury stable isotopes during planktonic uptake and photochemical demethylation of methylmercury
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Laboratory experiments were performed between 2019 and 2020 to examine how dissolved organic matter (DOM) and phytoplankton (Raphidocelis subcapitata) cells alter... -
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Mercury concentration data for soil, surface water and rice grain from six commercial rice growing fields in the Sacramento Valley of California (USA)
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Mercury (Hg) is a well-known toxic element and environmental contaminant. The central valley of California has long been identified as a hotspot for Hg contamination... -
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Mercury Concentrations and Light Stable Isotope Values for Invasive Black and White Tegus from the Greater Everglades, 2022-2024
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This dataset details mercury (Hg) concentrations and carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotopes for Black and White tegus (Salvator merianae) collected in and around... -
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Mercury concentrations in surface water, sediment, and biota in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 2005 through Present
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Under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the U.S. Geological Survey Mercury Research Lab (USGS MRL) conducted a multiyear assessment of mercury across the... -
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Wetland water-management may influence mercury bioaccumulation in songbirds and ducks at a mercury hotspot data release
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We examined the role of wetland water-management on mercury bioaccumulation in songbirds and ducks. This database contains records of mercury concentrations in blood...