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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

chemical analysis, contamination and pollution

ISO 19115 Topic Category

inlandWaters, environment, biota

Other Subject Keywords

mercury levels

Place Keywords

Monocacy River, North Fork South Branch Potomac River, North Branch Potomac River, Antietam Creek, Chillisquaque Creek, Pine Creek, North Fork Shenandoah River, West Branch Mahantango Creek, South Branch Potomac River

Total Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass from Chesapeake Bay Tributaries, USA Dataset, 2013-2017

This dataset includes fish scientific name, fish common name, site identification codes, latitude, longitude, site name, sample identification codes, collection date, tissue type, percent moisture content in fish samples, and wet and dry total mercury concentrations in fish tissues.

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Author(s) James J Willacker orcid, Collin A Eagles-Smith orcid, Vicki S Blazer orcid
Publication Date 2020-04-02
Beginning Date of Data 2013-03-28
Ending Date of Data 2017-04-15
Data Contact
Collin A. Eagles-Smith
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9T2N1UT
Citation Willacker, J.J., Eagles-Smith, C.A., and Blazer, V.S., 2020, Total Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass from Chesapeake Bay Tributaries, USA Dataset, 2013-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9T2N1UT.
Metadata Contact
FRESC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date 2020-08-19
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