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Mercury Concentrations in Green Frog Tissue, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2012-2013

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2012-06-22
End Date
2013-09-25

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Burns, D.A., 2020, Mercury Data from the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2004-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HRS2C3.

Summary

These data represent Hg concentrations in tissue of 18 green frogs from the Bad River, Wisconsin. Neither the collection of green frogs nor the Hg analyses were performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center.

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Purpose

Data were collected to quantify Hg sources and concentrations in environmental media on Bad River Tribal lands. The goal was to better understand risk to human health and to the health of other biota from consumption of Hg-contaminated food sources as Hg bioaccumulates and biomagnifies in aquatic food webs.

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  • USGS New York Water Science Center

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Natural Resources Department, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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