Biological Tissue Data Used to Evaluate Selenium Hazards in the Salton Sea Ecosystem (1984-2020)

Publication Date

2022-04-20

Start Date

1984

End Date

2017

De La Cruz, S.E.W., Woo, I., Antonino, C.Y., Hall, L.A., Ricca, M.A., Miles, A.K., 2022, Biological tissue data used to evaluate selenium hazards in the Salton Sea ecosystem (1984-2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ECP7O0.

Type: Related Primary Publication

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Biological data were compiled as part of an effort to synthesize and evaluate the current state of knowledge regarding selenium hazards at the Salton Sea. This update to the California Department of Water Resources 2005 summary will help inform future monitoring and management decisions. This dataset contains both published and previously unpublished biological selenium data collected in and around the Salton Sea, California, from 1984 to 2020.

• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Western Ecological Research Center