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IN DEM - Assessment Information Management System (AIMS) Fish Tissue Contaminants Monitoring Program for Indiana
| OverviewAssessment Information Management System (AIMS) Fish Tissue Contaminants Monitoring Program for Indiana. Initiated 1983. Whole body and fillet samples of over fifty species, including common carp, channel catfish, and largemouth bass. Sampled for THg, additional pollutants, and ancillary data. Source Agency: Indiana Department of Environmental Management ContactJames Stahl, Senior Environmental Manager Address Phone: 317-308-3187 Fax: 317-308-3219 |
| Name of dataset | Assessment Information Management System (AIMS) Fish Tissue Contaminants Monitoring Program for Indiana |
| Geographic area | Indiana |
| State/Province | IN |
| Activity Category | Monitoring |
| Medium | fish |
| Focal species | common carp, channel catfish, largemouth bass (>50 spp. total) |
| Tissue Types | fillet, whole body |
| Approximate size of dataset | 4283 |
| Positional data available? | yes |
| Start Date | 1983 |
| End Date | 2006 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Collection season | summer, fall |
| Collection Months | July-November |
| Current # Of Sampling Locations | varies |
| Historic # Of Sampling Locations | 800 |
| Size of Sampling Area | State of Indiana |
| Individual or composite samples? | Both Individual and Composite |
| Data Use | Unrestricted |
| Quality Assurance | yes |
| Data Format | paper data sheets or lab notebooks, Microsoft Excel, Oracle |
| Hg Measurements | THg |
| Hg Measurement Weight | ww |
| Ancillary Data | age, weight, length, additional pollutants |
| BRI has data? | yes |
| Data downloadable on external website? | no |
| Comments | Data resides in enterprise-based Oracle database, but Hg data will be exported to Excel when IDEM receives inquiries |
