Results of the 1993 EMAP-Surface Waters northeast lakes pilot: Fish tissue contaminants
- Technology Applications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (United States)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
The purpose of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Surface Waters (EMAP-SW) is to estimate the status and trends in the ecological condition of the nation`s lakes and streams. The three endpoints of concern of EMAP-SW are biological integrity, trophic condition, and fishability. The extent of contaminants in fish tissue is an important component of the condition endpoint of fishability as well as having implications for biological integrity. Composite samples of whole fish from 60 lakes chosen by EMAP`s probability sampling design were analyzed for a suite of target analytes. Whole fish were analyzed due to EMAP-SW`s ecological focus. The extent of EMAP-SW`s chosen target analytes for the fish tissue contaminants indicator for lakes in the northeast region of the United States will be presented. The target analytes of EMAP-SW are 12 common organochlorine pesticides, 13 metals (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, Ni, Se, Ag, Sn, Zn) and 21 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners, including coplanar congeners.
- OSTI ID:
- 40177
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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