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Widespread legacy brine contamination from oil shales reduces survival of chorus frog larvae-Data

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2014-04-08
End Date
2015-07-07

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Puglis, H.J., Hossack, B.R., Battaglin, W.A., Anderson, C.W., Honeycutt, R. K. and Smalling, K.L., 2017, Widespread legacy brine contamination from oil shales reduces survival of chorus frog larvae-Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74T6GVD.

Summary

Advances in drilling technique have facilitated a rapid increase in hydrocarbon extraction from energy shales, including the Williston Basin in central North America. This area overlaps with the Prairie Pothole Region and greater than 35% of wetlands are less than or equal to 1 km from a petroleum-related well. Legacy practices often released saline co-produced waters (brines) that were chloride rich wastes, affecting wetland water quality directly or persisting in sediments. Despite the potential threat of brine contamination to aquatic habitats, there has been little research into their ecological effects. We capitalized on a gradient of legacy brine-contaminated wetlands in northeast Montana to conduct laboratory experiments to [...]

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Point of Contact :
Holly J Puglis
Originator :
Holly J Puglis, Blake R Hossack, William A Battaglin, Chauncey W Anderson, Richard K Honeycutt, Kelly Smalling
Metadata Contact :
CERC Data Managers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Columbia Environmental Research Center

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Chemical characterization of wetland sediment.csv 820 Bytes text/csv
Lab boreal chorus frog mortality data from sediment bioassay.csv 63.66 KB text/csv
Lab water chemical characterization from sediment exposure chamber.csv 6.32 KB text/csv
Lab water quality data from sediment exposure chamber.csv 26.62 KB text/csv
Metadata-Widespread Legacy Brine Contamination from Oil Shales Reduces Survival of Chorus Frog Larvae.xml
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Water quality data wetland sites near Rabenberg waterfowl production area MT.csv 428 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

To help understand the potential effects of brine contamination on amphibians in the Williston Basin.

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