Water Chemistry and Smallmouth Bass Biological Data from Pine Creek and West Branch Mahantango Creek, Pennsylvania, 2015-2019 (In Press)

Monitoring wild fish health and associated exposure effects in regions where agriculture and development have impacted rivers and streams has become a valuable research tool. Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a sensitive, indicator species that exhibit symptoms of immunosupression and endocrine disruption in response to water quality changes and contaminant exposure. In the Susquehanna River drainage, smallmouth bass have been used in biomonitoring assessments to help understand changes in the population due to poor young-of-the-year recruitment and health effects. To help determine effects of agriculture and development on smallmouth bass health, two sites (a developed/agriculture site and a forested site)...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Chesapeake Bay Drainage, Ecology, Pennsylvania, Pine Creek, All tags... Susquehanna River Drainage, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), West Branch Mahantango Creek, biota, condition factor, contaminants, health assessment index, hepatic gene transcripts, hepatosomatic index, land use, macrophage aggregates, parasites, wild fish health, Fewer tags