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GLIFWC - Mercury Sampling in Biota in Inland Lakes in Treaty Ceded Territories of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota
| OverviewData from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission's ongoing sampling of gamefish for mercury (begun 1989). Sampling is conducted in numerous inland lakes in ceded territories in the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Sampling is focused on lake trout, sicowet, whitefish, and cisco fillets. Source Agency: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission ContactNeil Kmiecik, Biological Services Director Address Phone: 715-682-6619 Fax: 715-682-9294 |
| Name of dataset | GLIFWC mercury data for inland lakes in WI, MI, and MN |
| Geographic area | Inland lakes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota (Treaty Ceded Territories) |
| State/Province | WI, MN, MI |
| Activity Category | Monitoring |
| Medium | fish |
| Focal species | lake trout, siscowet trout, whitefish, cisco |
| Tissue Types | fillet (skin off) |
| Approximate size of dataset | 5000 |
| Positional data available? | site codes, names, some UTMs |
| Start Date | 1989 |
| End Date | 2007 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Collection season | spring |
| Collection Months | April-May |
| Historic # Of Sampling Locations | 224 |
| Size of Sampling Area | 1837 and 1842 Treaty Ceded Territories of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (western half of Michigan Upper Peninsula, northern third of Wisconsin, east central Minnesota) |
| Individual or composite samples? | Mostly Composite |
| Ecosystem Focus | inland lakes |
| Data Use | By permission only |
| Quality Assurance | yes |
| Data Format | Microsoft Excel |
| Hg Measurements | THg |
| Hg Measurement Weight | ww |
| Ancillary Data | age, sex, weight, length, additional pollutants, percent moisture |
| BRI has data? | yes |
| Data downloadable on external website? | no |
| Other Databases | Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota state fish contaminant databases |
| Comments | State lake codes used for site locations; can be georeferenced using state water body databases |
