U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey

Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in Fish Tissue and Bed Sediment from Streams in the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, 1998

By David A. Peterson and Gregory K. Boughton

Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4190

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Prepared as part of the
NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Cheyenne, Wyoming 2000

U.S. Department of the Interior
Gale Norton, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey
Charles G. Groat, Director

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Foreword Contents Abstract Introduction Purpose and scope Description of the study unit Sample collection and analysis Quality assurance Acknowledgements Organic compounds Fish tissue Bed sediment Trace elements Fish tissue Bed sediment Mercury study Summary References cited Photos of the study unit

FIGURES

1. Map showing location of fish-tissue and bed-sediment sampling sites
2. Map showing environmental settings in the Yellowstone River Basin
3. Photograph of electrofishing on the Bighorn River at Kane
4-10. Graphs showing:
4. Relation between land use and number of organic compounds detected in fish-tissue samples
5. Concentrations of DDT and metabolites of DDT in fish-tissue samples
6. Relation between land use and concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in bed sediment
7. Relation between land use and concentrations of selected trace elements in fish-tissue samples
8. Relation between land use and concentrations of selected trace elements in bed-sediment samples
9. Relation between geologic units and concentrations of selected trace elements in bed-sediment samples
10. Concentrations of selected trace elements in bed-sediment samples from three NAWQA study units

TABLES

1. Fish-tissue and bed-sediment sampling sites
2. Physical measurements at sampling sites
3. Organic compounds analyzed and reporting limits for fish-tissue and bed-sediment analyses
4. Organic compounds detected in fish-tissue samples
5. Organic compounds detected in bed-sediment samples
6. Trace-element concentrations in fish-liver samples
7. Trace-element concentrations in whole-body brook trout samples
8. Trace-element concentrations in bed-sediment samples
9. Mercury concentrations in fish-muscle and bed-sediment samples

Temperature can be converted to degrees Fahrenheit, by using the following equation:
°F = 9/5/(°C) + 32

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