Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Survey for contaminants in sediments and fish at selected sites on the Illinois River and tributaries:
Sampling Purpose: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a basin-wide survey of contaminants in sediments and biota (common carp) from the Illinois River and selected tributaries, during 1989. The study was designed to identify potential contaminants originating from several critical point sources along the Illinois River, focusing on sewage and industrial outfalls in metropolitan areas. A total of 36 sediment grab samples were analyzed for water content, metals, organochlorines, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls. Microtox and 96-h larval fathead minnow bioassays were conducted on sediment samples. Sample and site description information was not provided with this study, and therefore, no sample coordinates were entered into the database.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 36
Institution Providing Data: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Data Set No. 6:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 6 and other data sets)
Inorganic contaminants:
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Metals, metalloids, nutrients and others
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Organic contaminants:
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Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
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Organochlorine insecticides
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Fungicides
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Petroleum-related compounds
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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Toxicity
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Content manager: Michelle Bartsch
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library/sediments_contaminants/datasets/6.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
