Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005-09

Barbara C. Scudder Eikenberry; Karen Riva-Murray; Martyn J. Smith; Paul M. Bradley; Daniel T. Button; Jimmy M. Clark; Douglas A. Burns; Celeste A. Journey

doi:10.3133/ofr20111318

Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005-09

Open-File Report 2011-1318

National Water-Quality Assessment Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

By: Barbara C. Scudder Eikenberry, Karen Riva-Murray, Martyn J. Smith, Paul M. Bradley, Daniel T. Button, Jimmy M. Clark, Douglas A. Burns, and Celeste A. Journey

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111318

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Abstract

This report summarizes the environmental settings of streams in New York and South Carolina, where the U.S. Geological Survey completed detailed investigations during 2005-09 into factors contributing to mercury bioaccumulation in top-predator fish and other stream organisms. Descriptions of location, land use/land cover, climate, precipitation, atmospheric deposition, hydrology, water temperature, and other characteristics are provided. Atmospheric deposition is the dominant mercury source in the studied basins where biota, sediment, soil, and water were sampled for mercury and for physical and chemical characteristics believed to be important in mercury methylation and transport.

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Scudder Eikenberry, B.C., Riva-Murray, K., Smith, M.J., Bradley, P.M., Button, D.T., Clark, J.M., Burns, D.A., Journey, C.A., 2011, Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005-09: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1318, Report: viii, 34 p.; 2 Appendixes, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111318.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005-09
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2011-1318
DOI	10.3133/ofr20111318
Year Published	2011
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Toxic Substances Hydrology Program, South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description	Report: viii, 34 p.; 2 Appendixes
Country	United States
State	New York, South Carolina
Other Geospatial	Edisto River Basin, Mctier Creek Subbasin, Santee River Basin, Upper Hudson River Basin
Datum	North American Datum of 1983
Projection	Albers Conical Equal Area Projection
Online Only (Y/N)	Y