Assessing Mercury Levels in Fish Tissue, Duck Valley Reservation, Idaho and Nevada

Conducted in cooperation with Shoshone-Paiute Tribe

Publications

Study Publications

No publications were planned for this study. The provisional fish tissue data is available on the data page of this Web site.

Related Publications

Mercury in Aquatic Ecosytems – Assessments by the U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Water Science Center (PDF, 64KB)—USGS-approved conference presentation abstract

Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems (PDF, 2.66 MB)–poster presentation

Arsenic, Mercury, and Selenium in Fish Tissue from Idaho Lakes and Reservoirs: A Statewide Assessment, a publication of the Idaho Department of Enivironmental Quality

Study Bibliography

The following resources were consulted during the proposal phase of this study. Click a link to view the resource or corresponding USGS Publications Warehouse Citation page. Refer to this citation page for report availability (on-line viewing, printing options, and hardcopy order form).

Fitzgerald, W.F., and Lamborg, C.H., 2003, Geochemistry of mercury in the environment, in Holland, H.D., and Turekian, K.K., eds., Treatise on Geochemistry: San Diego, Calif., Elsevier Pergamon, v. 9, p. 107-148.

Goldstein, R.M., Brigham, M.R., and Stauffer, J.C., 1996, Comparison of mercury concentrations in liver, muscle, wholebodies, and composites of fish from the Red River of the North. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:244-252.

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ), 2005, Implementation guidance for the Idaho mercury water quality criteria, PDF

Jones, G., and Miller, G., 2005, Mercury and modern gold mining in Nevada. Final report to U.S. EPA Region IX, Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nevada, Reno, PDF

Lazorchak, J.M., McCormick, F.H., Henry, T.R., and Herlihy, A.T., 2003, Contamination of fish in streams of the Mid-Atlantic Region: an approach to regional indicator selection and wildlife assessment: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 22, p. 545-553.

Maret, T.R., 1995, Mercury in streambed sediment and aquatic biota in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1992. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, FS-089-95

Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), 2007, Mercury in the Environment, website

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2004, EPA fact sheet, National Listing of Fish Advisories, PDF

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 1995, Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems: USGS Fact Sheet, FS-216-95

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2007, Mercury Studies Team, Wisconsin Water Science Center Wisconsin District, website

Weiner J.G., and seven co-authors, 2007, Monitoring and evaluating trends in methylmercury accumulation in aquatic biota. in Harris, R., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Mason, R., Murray, M.W., Reash, R., and Saltman, eds., Ecosytem Responses to Mercury Contamination, pp. 87-122. Boca Raton, CRC Press.