Mercury data of individual fish collected in 21 Western National Park Units, 2008-2012.
Eagles-Smith CA, Willacker JJ, Flanagan Pritz C. 2022. Mercury data of individual fish collected in 21 Western National Park Units, 2008-2012.. National Park Service
Comma-separated values (CSV) file containing data from 21 western parks in the NPS Fish Hg Study, a collaboration between the NPS Air Resources Division, NPS Water Resources Division, national parks, regions, networks, states, and the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center. The data includes the sample IDs, fish species, collection site and date, and fish tissue Hg concentration. A full report on the collection and results from the western parks in the NPS Fish Hg study is available in Eagles-Smith, C.A., Willacker, J.J., and Flanagan Pritz, C.M., 2014, Mercury in fishes from 21 national parks in the Western United States—Inter and intra-park variation in concentrations and ecological risk: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1051, 54 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141051 (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2208703). The individual fish data in this reference are for use in the Mercury Condition Index Tool only and should not be used for other purposes without permission from the creators or stewards.
- Type
- Tabular Dataset
- Authors
- Eagles-Smith, Collin; Willacker, James; Flanagan Pritz, Colleen
- Date of Issue
- 2022-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CARE , CRLA , DENA , GLAC , GLBA , GRBA , GRCA , GRSA , GRTE , LACL , LAVO , MEVE , MORA , NOCA , OLYM , ROMO , SEKI , WRST , YELL , YOSE , ZION
- Keywords
- airborne mercury, atmospheric contaminants, Contaminants, Fish, Freshwater Fish, global contaminants, Hg, Mercury, Mercury Condition Index Tool, THg, Toxins
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Air Quality | Air Contaminants , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Toxics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes