Data acquired in laboratory experiments conducted with the stonefly Zapada sp. and the ephemerellid mayflies Drunella sp. and Ephemerella tibialis to characterize uptake and surface adsorption after short aqueous exposures to uranium, 2017-2019

Little is known about the underlying mechanisms governing uranium (U) bioaccumulation in aquatic insects, especially the influence of surface adsorption on the measured U concentrations (Henry et al. 2020). U.S. Geological Survey scientists are conducting experiments to parameterize conditional rate constants for aqueous U uptake and to quantify desorption of weakly bound U from insect's integument. Henry, Brianna L., Marie-Noële Croteau, David M. Walters, Janet L. Miller, Daniel J. Cain, and Christopher C. Fuller. Uranium bioaccumulation dynamics in the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer and application to site-specific prediction. Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 18 (2020): 11313-11321.

Categories: Data; Tags: Clark Fork (MT), Deer Creek (CO), Environmental Health, Menlo Park (CA), Stevens Creek (CA), All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), bioaccumulation, environment, laboratory experiments, modeling, uranium, Fewer tags

Dissolved arsenic, copper, and lead concentrations in surface water within the Klamath Basin (ver. 4.0, April 2023)

Arsenic (As) toxicity is a global environmental and health problem. There are both natural (eg volcanic activity) and anthropogenic sources of As (eg lead arsenate and copper arsenate were commonly used pesticides in the 1900’s). Aqueous levels of arsenic in the Klamath Basin (CA, OR), which has a volcanic origin, can exceed at some locations both the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality human health water quality criteria (2.1 ug/L) (Sturdevant, 2011) and the US EPA drinking water limit (10 ug/L) (US EPA., 2001). In this study, dissolved concentrations of As, copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) were measured in more than 30 sites within the Klamath Basin between May and October. Results from samples collected between...

Categories: Data; Tags: Klamath, Klamath County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Klamath Lake, Upper Klamath Lake, All tags... arsenic, copper, dissolved metals, environment, geochemistry, health, hydrology, hydrology, lead, mass spectroscopy, salinity, surface water (non-marine), surface water quality, water chemistry, water pH, water sampling, water sampling, water temperature, Fewer tags

Laboratory data to assess the effect of nanoparticle size and natural organic matter composition on the bioavailability of platinum nanoparticles to a model freshwater invertebrate species

Data collected in a series of laboratory experiments conducted with juvenile freshwater snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) reared in the laboratory and exposed to dissolved platinum (Pt), or polyvinylpyrrolidone coated platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) of five different nominal hydrodynamic diameters in the presence (or absence) of natural organic matter (NOM) are presented in this data release. Files include 1) a data dictionary describing the variables; 2) exposure characteristics of the experimental solutions; 3) Pt concentrations in the experimental organisms; and 4) QA/QC performed during the analysis. Format of the files is comma delimited (*.csv). .

Categories: Data; Tags: Environmental Health, Geochemistry, Menlo Park, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, All tags... bioaccumulation, ecotoxicology, platinum, Fewer tags

Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Invertebrate Tissue Trace-Element Concentrations for the Clark Fork River and Tributaries in the Upper Clark Fork Basin, Montana, October 2020-September 2021

Water, bed sediment, and invertebrate tissue were sampled in streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana (MT), as part of a long-term monitoring program within the Upper Clark Fork Basin. The sampling program was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to characterize aquatic resources in the Upper Clark Fork Basin and monitor trace elements associated with historical mining and smelting activities. Sampling sites were on the Clark Fork River and a subset of its tributaries. Water samples were collected periodically at 21 sites from October 2020 through September 2021. Bed-sediment and tissue samples were collected once at 13 sites in July 2021. Water-quality...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bed Sediment, Benthic Macroinvertebrate, Biota, Blackfoot River near Bonner, MT, Blacktail Creek above Grove Gulch, at Butte, MT, All tags... Clark Fork above Little Blackfoot River near Garrison, MT, Clark Fork above Missoula, MT, Clark Fork at County Bridge near Racetrack, MT, Clark Fork at Deer Lodge, MT, Clark Fork at Dempsey Creek diversion near Racetrack, MT, Clark Fork at Goldcreek, MT, Clark Fork at Turah Bridge near Bonner, MT, Clark Fork below Lost Creek near Galen, MT, Clark Fork near Drummon, MT, Clark Fork near Galen, MT, Division, Genus, Lost Creek near Anaconda, MT, Lost Creek near Galen, MT, Mill Creek at Opportunity, MT, Mill Creek near Anaconda, MT, Montana, Silver Bow Creek at Montana Street, at Butte, MT, Silver Bow Creek at Opportunity, MT, Silver Bow Creek at Warm Springs, MT, Silver Bow Creek below Blacktail Creek, at Butte, MT, Species, Suspended Sediment, Taxa, Taxonomy, Trace Elements, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 12323233, USGS Station ID 12323242, USGS Station ID 12323250, USGS Station ID 12323600, USGS Station ID 12323670, USGS Station ID 12323700, USGS Station ID 12323710, USGS Station ID 12323720, USGS Station ID 12323750, USGS Station ID 12323760, USGS Station ID 12323770, USGS Station ID 12323800, USGS Station ID 12323840, USGS Station ID 12323850, USGS Station ID 12324200, USGS Station ID 12324400, USGS Station ID 12324680, USGS Station ID 12331800, USGS Station ID 12334550, USGS Station ID 12340000, USGS Station ID 12340500, USGS Station ID 461415112450801, USGS Station ID 461559112443301, USGS Station ID 461903112440701, United States, Upper Clark Fork Basin, Warm Springs Creek at Warm Springs, MT, Warm Springs Creek near Anaconda, MT, Water Quality, Willow Creek at Opportunity, MT, Willow Creek near Anaconda, MT, Fewer tags

Stable Isotope Tracing of Metals in Aquatic Ecosystems

Research objectives: i) To determine whether metals, including dissolved, colloidal and particulate metals, are bioavailable and toxic to organisms; ii) To characterize and parameterize the physiological and geochemical processes governing metal bioaccumulation, toxicity and ultimately trophic transfer in aquatic ecosystems. iii) To model metal bioaccumulation and toxicity using kinetic models iv) To develop approaches that use isotopically modified metals, metal nanoparticles and metal bound to distinct mineral phases (such as Cu on ferric oxides) to quantify their bioavailability and toxicity to organisms, in particular invertebrates; v) To use enriched metal isotopes to gain mechanistic understanding of...

Categories: Project; Tags: Bioaccumulation, Bioavailability, Ecology, Isotopic Tracers, Metals, All tags... Nanoparticles, Trace Elements, Fewer tags

Data for monitoring trace metal and benthic community near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California (ver 2.0, November 2022)

Trace-metal concentrations in sediment and in the clam Limecola petalum (World Register of Marine Species, 2020; formerly reported as Macoma balthica and M. petalum), clam reproductive activity, and benthic macroinvertebrate community structure were investigated in a mudflat located 1 kilometer south of the discharge of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (PARWQCP) in south San Francisco Bay, California. This report includes data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) starting in January 2019. These data append to long-term datasets extending back to 1974. This dataset supports the City of Palo Alto’s Near-Field Receiving-Water Monitoring Program, initiated in 1994. This data release is presented...

Tags: Benthos, San Francisco Bay, Silt-Clay, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aluminum, All tags... benthic ecosystems, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, metal elements, nickel, salinity, selenium, silver, zinc, Fewer tags

Data for laboratory experiments conducted with the caddisflies Hydropsyche californica and Arctopsyche grandis to derive copper and cadmium bioaccumulation parameters

This USGS data release includes data from experiments conducted with two species of caddisflies (Hydropsyche californica and Arctopsyche grandis (Order: Trichoptera) to quantify copper and cadmium uptake and loss after dissolved and dietary exposures. Both Arctopsyche and Hydropsyche belong to the family Hydropsychidae (O: Trichoptera). They are relatively sessile, net-spinning filter feeders. Data from these experiments can be used to characterize physiological parameters used in a bioaccumulation dynamic model.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Cupertino, Ecology, Environmental Health, Geochemistry, All tags... Hydrology, Land Use Change, Limnology, Mineral Resources, Rock Creek, Sedimentology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, arthropods, bioaccumulation, biota, cadmium, copper, dissolved metals, environment, inlandWaters, water quality, Fewer tags

Data acquired in laboratory experiments conducted with the crustacean Daphnia magna to characterize Ag bioaccumulation kinetics after exposures to AgNO3 or Ag nanoparticles, 2019-2021

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are one type of contaminant that can enter treatment wetlands (Wiesner 2006) and impact the overall treatment efficacy. Grazing by filter feeding zooplankton, such as Daphnia magna, is critical to treatment wetland functioning (Ismail 2019), but the effects of AgNP on zooplankton are not fully understood, especially at environmentally relevant concentrations. In this study, the bioaccumulation kinetics of dissolved and nanoparticulate Ag in D. magna exposed to environmentally relevant Ag concentrations were characterized using isotopically labelled Ag as a tracer. References: Wiesner MR, Lowry GV, Alvarez P, Dionysiou D, Biswas P. 2006. Assessing the Risks of Manufactured Nanomaterials....

Categories: Data; Tags: Environmental Health, Menlo Park, Smith College, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, All tags... bioaccumulation, environment, laboratory experiments, modeling, silver, Fewer tags

Biogeochemical data of water, sediments, periphyton, and macroinvertebrates collected from springs in and near Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (ver. 4.0, October 2022)

The U.S. Geological Survey is studying uranium and associated trace element bioaccumulation in aquatic invertebrates across a gradient of dissolved uranium concentrations in spring outflow pools and creeks in the Grand Canyon and adjacent watershed. This data release makes available data from sampling campaigns in April 2016, April 2017, and in April 2019. Data collected include: (1) major ion, trace element and dissolved organic carbon in surface waters of spring outflow pools and streams; (2) concentrations of uranium and other trace elements in bed sediment, periphyton, and larva of aquatic insect taxa; (3) uranium and iron extraction data from a subset of bed sediment samples, and (4) X-ray diffraction data...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Garden Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, Horn Creek, Pigeon Spring, Pipe Creek, All tags... Salt Creek, Slide Spring, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildband Spring, aquatic biology, bioaccumulation, chemical analyses, geochemistry, periphyton, Fewer tags