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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

birds, surface water (non-marine), mining and quarrying, natural resource extraction, water quality, biomarkers, contamination and pollution, ecotoxicology, aquatic ecosystems, mercury contamination, droughts, river systems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

environment, inlandWaters, biota

Other Subject Keywords

total mercury, histopathology, methyl mercury, reproduction, contaminants, water discharge, mining, piscivory

Place Keywords

Carson Lake (GNIS ID:839327, Lake), Carson River (GNIS ID:859159, Stream), Lahontan Reservoir (GNIS ID: 858052, Reservoir), Carson Sink (GNIS ID: 856208, Basin), Nevada, United States

Mercury exposure in piscivorous birds at the Carson River (NV) superfund site, 1997-2006

The persistence and degree of mercury contamination of the lower Carson River system (LCRS) have led to placement of a portion of the Carson River Basin (including Lahontan Reservoir) on the US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List ("Superfund") for research and cleanup. The potential toxicity of mercury concentrations within the LCRS to piscivorous birds (snowy egrets, black-crowned night-herons, and double-crested cormorants) was examined from 1997-2006.

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Author(s) Charles J Henny orcid
Publication Date 2016
Beginning Date of Data 1997
Ending Date of Data 2006
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R5X
Citation Henny, C.J., 2016, Mercury exposure in piscivorous birds at the Carson River (NV) superfund site, 1997-2006: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R5X.
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Metadata Date 2025-03-06
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