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Legacy and emerging contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as measured using passive samplers - 2005 to 2013

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2005-09-16
End Date
2013-05-23

Citation

Alvarez, D.A., 2020, Legacy and emerging contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as measured using passive samplers - 2005 to 2013: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96MF8SX.

Summary

Legacy and emerging contaminants were measured in streams and rivers in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia of the Chesapeake Bay watershed between 2005 and 2013. Passive sampling devices, SPMDs and POCIS, were used to sample these waterbodies, providing a time-integrated concentration of contaminants that are potentially bioavailable to native fishes. This data set is a compilation of data from eight separate studies, all focused on determining the potential exposure of organic chemicals to fish which may be responsible for instances of fish kills and intersex that were observed in these waterbodies.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
David Alvarez
Originator :
David Alvarez
Metadata Contact :
CERC Data Managers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Columbia Environmental Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Purpose

Data was collected to support fish health studies within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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  • Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
  • USGS Data Release Products

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