The purpose of this survey was to assess the occurrence and distribution of trace elememts and organochlorine compounds in fish tissue. The following species were collected: common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ), and northern hog sucker ( Hypentelium nigricans ). More information regarding methods can be found in Crawford and Luoma (1994).
Concentrations of trace elements in fish-liver compositesEach sample for trace element analyses consists of a composite of liver tissue taken from 6 to 12 fish. Sexually mature fish were sought. Laboratory procedures include (1) drying, (2) digestion, and (3) analysis by use of inductively-coupled plasma-emission spectrometry (for Al, Ba, B, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Sr, and Zn), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (for Sb, As, Be, Cd, Co, Pb, Mo, Ni, Se, Ag, U, and V), and cold vapor atomic absorption (for Hg). Constituent concentrations are provided on a dry-weight (DRY WGT) basis. Concentrations are corrected for percent water. (MM = Millimeters, SDEV = Standard deviation, MIN = Minimum, MAX = Maximum, F = Female, M = Male, REC = Recoverable, UG/G = micrograms per gram, (49273) = the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory parameter code).
CALENDAR YEAR 1997 STATION NUMBER IN COMPOSITE NUMBER STATION NAME DATE TIME SPECIES M F TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04161820 CLINTON RIVER AT STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 07/29/97 2100 COMMON CARP 2 4 6 413101084521301 FISH CEEK NEAR HAMILTON, IN 08/12/97 1600 COMMON CARP 5 3 8 04211820 GRAND RIVER AT HARPERSFIELD, OH 07/22/97 0930 COMMON CARP 2 6 8 04213500 CATTARAUGUS CREEK AT GOWANDA, NY 09/24/97 1330 HOG SUCKER 6 6 12
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATION TOTAL LENGTH OF FISH (MM) WEIGHT OF FISH (GRAMS) AGE OF FISH (YEARS) NUMBER SPECIES MEAN SDEV MIN MAX MEAN SDEV MIN MAX MEAN SDEV MIN MAX --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04161820 COMMOM CARP 539 80 401 648 2816 1582 1134 5783 10 2.3 7 14 413101084521301 COMMOM CARP 601 50 492 662 3226 769 1701 4264 10.9 1.6 9 14 04211820 COMMOM CARP 699 89 578 860 5713 2909 2495 11567 13.6 2.6 10 18 04213500 HOG SUCKER 238 34 202 298 165 67 95 283 3.2 1.4 1 5
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WATER ALUMI- ANTI- BERYL-
PRESENT, NIUM MONY ARSENIC, BARIUM LIUM, BORON
BIOTA, BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
TISSUE, TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE
DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT
REC REC REC REC REC REC REC
STATION PERCENT (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G)
NUMBER SPECIES (49273) (49237) (49246) (49247) (49238) (49248) (49239)
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04161820 COMMON CARP 67 11.4 <0.15 0.41 0.27 <0.15 0.40
413101084521301 COMMON CARP 73 5.4 <0.20 0.28 0.37 <0.20 <0.04
04211820 COMMON CARP 69 4.5 <0.14 0.82 <0.10 <0.14 0.53
04213500 HOG SUCKER 77 <0.1 <0.27 0.63 0.16 <0.27 0.40
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CHROM- MAGNA- MER-
CADMIUM IUM, COBALT, COPPER, IRON, LEAD, NESE, CURY,
BIOTA BIOTA, BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
TISSUE, TISSUE, TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE
DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT
REC REC REC REC REC REC REC REC
STATION (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G)
NUMBER SPECIES (49249) (49240) (49250) (49241) (49242) (49251) (49243) (49258)
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04161820 COMMON CARP 6.0 <0.5 <0.15 69.4 511 0.35 4.22 0.56
413101084521301 COMMON CARP 6.2 <0.5 <0.20 193 839 <0.20 6.86 0.12
04211820 COMMON CARP 24.2 <0.5 0.17 98.6 660 <0.14 6.16 0.23
04213500 HOG SUCKER 1.1 0.6 0.27 22.9 149 <0.27 5.61 0.08
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MOLYB- SELEN- STRON- VANA-
DENUM, NICKEL, IUM, SILVER, TIUM, URANIUM, DIUM, ZINC,
BIOTA BIOTA, BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
TISSUE TISSUE, TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE TISSUE
DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT DRY WGT
REC REC REC REC REC REC REC REC
STATION (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G) (UG/G)
NUMBER SPECIES (49252) (49253) (49254) (49255) (49244) (49257) (49265) (49245)
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04161820 COMMON CARP 0.89 0.18 6.66 0.58 0.34 <0.15 0.47 553
413101084521301 COMMON CARP 2.13 <0.20 8.52 0.87 1.66 <0.20 0.52 849
04211820 COMMON CARP 1.07 <0.14 4.64 0.72 0.61 <0.14 0.65 734
04213500 HOG SUCKER 1.94 <0.27 4.49 <0.27 0.24 <0.27 <0.27 89
CALENDAR YEAR 1997 STATION NUMBER IN COMPOSITE NUMBER STATION NAME DATE TIME SPECIES M F TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04161820 CLINTON RIVER AT STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 07/29/97 2100 COMMON CARP 1 5 6 413101084521301 FISH CEEK NEAR HAMILTON, IN 08/12/97 1600 COMMON CARP 3 5 8 04211820 GRAND RIVER AT HARPERSFIELD, OH 07/22/97 0930 COMMON CARP 7 1 8 04213500 CATTARAUGUS CREEK AT GOWANDA, NY 09/24/97 1330 HOG SUCKER 5 3 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATION TOTAL LENGTH OF FISH (MM) WEIGHT OF FISH (GRAMS) AGE OF FISH (YEARS) NUMBER SPECIES MEAN SDEV MIN MAX MEAN SDEV MIN MAX MEAN SDEV MIN MAX --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04161820 COMMON CARP 489 65 378 541 2192 854 907 3175 8.7 1.6 5 10 413101084521301 COMMON CARP 487 55 412 553 1738 601 1043 2495 8.4 0.5 8 9 04211820 COMMON CARP 547 97 402 650 2310 1050 907 3629 10 2.6 7 14 04213500 HOG SUCKER 245 17 220 276 167 36 120 230 3 1.2 2 5
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CIS TRANS O,P'- P,P'-
LIPIDS ALDRIN CHLORDANE CHLORDANE DCPA DDD, DDD,
BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG
WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC
STATION PERCENT (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG)
NUMBER SPECIES (49289) (49253) (49380) (49379) (49378) (49374) (49375)
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04161820 COMMON CARP 12.0 <5.0 18.0 7.6 <5.0 6.7 e32.0
413101084521301 COMMON CARP e10.0 <5.0 e4.0 e1.9 <5.0 <5.0
04211820 COMMON CARP 18.0 <5.0 20.0 13.0 <5.0 <5.0 e22.0
04213500 HOG SUCKER -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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O,P'- P,P'- O,P'- P,P'- ALPHA-
DDE, DDE, DDT, DDT, DIELDRIN, ENDRIN, HCH,
BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG
WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC WW, REC
STATION (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG)
NUMBER SPECIES (49373) (49372) (49377) (49376) (49371) (49370) (49366)
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04161820 COMMON CARP 35.0 370 <5.0 6.5 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0
413101084521301 COMMON CARP <5.0 41 <5.0 <5.0 5.7 <5.0 <5.0
04211820 COMMON CARP <5.0 100 <5.0 <5.0 6.9 <5.0 <5.0
04213500 HOG SUCKER -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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BETA- DELTA- HEPTA- CHLOR, CHLORO- METHOXY
HCH, HCH, LINDANE, CHLOR, EPOXIDE, BENZENE, CHLOR,
BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG
WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG
STATION (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG)
NUMBER SPECIES (49365) (49364) (49363) (49369) (49368) (49367) (49362)
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04161820 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 e3.4 <5.0
413101084521301 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 e1.1 <5.0
04211820 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 e3.2 <7.0
04213500 HOG SUCKER -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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P,P'- CIS- TRANS- OXY- PENTA-
METHOXY NONA- NONA- CHLOR- CHLORO-
CHLOR, MIREX, CHLOR, CHLOR, DANE, ANISOLE, PCB,
BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA BIOTA
WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG WH ORG
WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG WW, ORG
STATION (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG) (UG/KG)
NUMBER SPECIES (49361) (49360) (49359) (49358) (49357) (49356) (49354)
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04161820 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 e4.2 16.0 <5.0 <5.0 670
413101084521301 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 <5.0 9.9 <5.0 e2.0 120
04211820 COMMON CARP <5.0 <5.0 7.0 21.0 <5.0 e3.2 1400
04213500 HOG SUCKER -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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TOXA-
PHENE,
BIOTA,
WH ORG
WW, REC
STATION (UG/KG)
NUMBER SPECIES (49355)
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04161820 COMMON CARP <200
413101084521301 COMMON CARP <200
04211820 COMMON CARP <200
04213500 HOG SUCKER --
REFERENCE CITED:
Crawford, J.K. and Luoma, S.N., 1994, Guidelines for
studies of contaminants in biological tissues for the National
Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 92-494, 69 p.