Mercury concentrations, isotopic composition, biomass, and taxonomy of stream and riparian organisms in the vicinity of Yellow Pine, Idaho, 2015-2016

This data release includes sampling location data; field-collected stream attribute data; laboratory-analyzed chemistry concentrations (total mercury, methyl mercury) and isotopic composition (total mercury, carbon, and nitrogen) for stream biota (seston, periphyton, benthic insects, emerging adult insects, riparian spiders, and fish); density, body length, and taxonomic information for benthic insects; and density, biomass, and taxonomic information for emerging adult aquatic insects for biota sampled from stream reaches up and downstream of an historical mercury mine site. Sampling took place during summer low-flow conditions in 2015 and 2016. Stream reaches were located on USFS land near the Cinnabar Mine Site...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Environmental Health, Idaho, Nez Perce Tribe, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Yellow Pine, aquatic insects, aquatic-terrestrial linkages, biomagnification, biota, food web, macroinvertebrates, mercury contamination, mine drainage, riparian ecosystems, riparian spiders, spiders, sugar creek, Fewer tags