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  5. Sediment bioassay toxicity data from the Upper Columbia River, Washington, 2013-2014

Sediment bioassay toxicity data from the Upper Columbia River, Washington, 2013-2014

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2013-09-05
End Date
2013-10-24

Citation

Besser, J.M., Kunz, J.L., Cox, S.E., Ingersoll, C.G., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2017, Sediment bioassay toxicity data from the Upper Columbia River, Washington, 2013-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F72F7KPC.

Summary

This data release contains bioassay data from sediment toxicity tests conducted by the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) with 66 sediment samples collected from in and around the Upper Columbia River in the fall of 2013. Toxicity testing was conducted from fall 2013 through summer 2014 with the amphipod, Hyalella azteca, the midge Chironomus dilutus, and the mussel Lampsilis siliquoidea. Short-term toxicity endpoints (10-28 d) included survival, weight, and biomass of all test organisms. Long-term tests with amphipods (42 d) and midges (about 50 d) included reproduction endpoint. These data are intended to be used to characterize concentration-response relationships between metals concentrations and toxicity endpoints [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
John M Besser
Originator :
John M Besser, James L Kunz, Stephen E Cox, Christopher G Ingersoll, William G Brumbaugh
Metadata Contact :
CERC Data Managers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Sediment_bioassay_toxicity_data_from_the_Upper_Columbia_River_Washington_2013-2014-semi final.xml
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Table 7. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Number of females endpoint.csv 4.53 KB text/csv
Table 8. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Number of males endpoint.csv 4.53 KB text/csv
Table 9. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Biomass endpoint.csv 35.82 KB text/csv
Table 10. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Percent females with egg cases endpoint.csv 4.47 KB text/csv
Table 11. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Eggs per case endpoint.csv 4.45 KB text/csv
Table 12. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Emerged females endpoint.csv 4.43 KB text/csv
Table 13. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Percent emergence endpoint.csv 9.77 KB text/csv
Table 14. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Growth (weight) endpoint.csv 36.33 KB text/csv
Table 15. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Percent hatch endpoint.csv 4.42 KB text/csv
Table 16. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Larvae per female endpoint.csv 4.44 KB text/csv
Table 17. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Percent survival endpoint.csv 49.83 KB text/csv
Table 18. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Days to emergence endpint.csv 11.63 KB text/csv
Table 19. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Total larvae endpoint.csv 4.46 KB text/csv
Table 20. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Total young endpoint.csv 4.65 KB text/csv
Table 21. Toxicity data from sediment bioassay-Young per female endpoint.csv 4.5 KB text/csv

Purpose

To support a NRDAR claim of injury to benthic communities caused by toxic metals associated with waste released from a smelter

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