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NYSDEC - Strategic Monitoring of Mercury in New York State Fish

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Overview

Project to study mercury in fish in lakes/reservoirs of New York State. 2001-2005. Whole body and fillet samples of yellow perch, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and walleye. Ancillary fish data and water chemistry data.

Source Agency: New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Medium: fish, water
Start Date: 2001

Contact

Howard Simonin,
hasimoni@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Address
8314 Fish Hatchery Road
Rome, NY 13440

Phone: 315-337-0910

Name of datasetStrategic Monitoring of Mercury in New York State Fish
Geographic areaNew York
State/ProvinceNY
Activity CategoryMonitoring
Mediumfish, water
Focal speciesyellow perch, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye
Tissue Typesfillet, whole body
Approximate size of dataset2605
Positional data available?yes
Start Date2001
End Date2005
StatusComplete
Collection seasonall seasons
Collection Monthsmostly April-Nov
Current # Of Sampling Locations0
Historic # Of Sampling Locations131
Size of Sampling Areastate of New York
Individual or composite samples?Individual
Ecosystem Focuslakes and reservoirs in New York State
Data UseUnrestricted
Quality Assuranceyes
Data FormatMicrosoft Excel
Hg MeasurementsTHg
Hg Measurement Unitsmg/g or mg/kg (ppm)
Hg Measurement Weightww
Ancillary Datafish: length, weight, sex, age. Lakes: SO4, NO3, Cl, F, ANC, DOC, SiO2, Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4, Al, pH, color, chlorophyll, lake, wetland and watershed characteristics
BRI has data?yes
Data downloadable on external website?no
CommentsContact Howard Simonin or Eric Paul for more information.  Partial results published in 2009: Simonin, H.A., J.J. Loukmas, L.C. Skinner, K.M. Roy, and E.A. Paul. 2009.  Trends in mercury concentrations in New York State fish.  Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 83(2):214-8.