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NYSDEC - New York Department of Environmental Conservation's Wildlife Contaminant Monitoring Program
| OverviewNew York Department of Environmental Conservation's Wildlife Contaminant Monitoring Program. Monitoring of mercury and other contaminants in fish, herps and invertebrates in New York State. Initiated 1969. Source Agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ContactEric Paul, Biologist I Address Phone: 315-337-0910 Fax: 315-337-0988 |
| Name of dataset | NYSDEC Mercury Database |
| Geographic area | New York State |
| State/Province | NY |
| Activity Category | Monitoring |
| Medium | fish, invertebrates, herptiles |
| Tissue Types | fillet, organs, whole body |
| Approximate size of dataset | 23000 |
| Positional data available? | yes for most |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | 2009 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Collection season | all seasons |
| Collection Months | all months |
| Current # Of Sampling Locations | varies |
| Historic # Of Sampling Locations | >300 |
| Size of Sampling Area | New York State |
| Individual or composite samples? | Both Individual and Composite |
| Data Use | Unrestricted for MercNet collaborators, By permission only |
| Quality Assurance | some |
| Data Format | paper data sheets or lab notebooks, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, other electronic format |
| Hg Measurements | THg |
| Ancillary Data | age, sex, weight, length, PCBs, organochlorines, PAHs, dioxins |
| BRI has data? | no |
| Data downloadable on external website? | no |
