Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Heavy metal accumulation in selected sessile components of Fountain City Bay, Pool 5A, of the Upper Mississippi River:
Sampling Purpose: This study was designed through the Biology Department of St. Mary's College. The study objectives were (1) to obtain baseline information on total Cd, Cr, Cu, and Zn concentrations in four species of aquatic macrophytes and associated bed sediments from a large backwater area of the Upper Mississippi River (Pool 5A), (2) to characterize the sediment metal levels, and (3) to elucidate the potential impact of aquatic angiosperms in mobilizing sediment-bound metals. Sediment grab samples were analyzed for volatile matter content, particle size, and metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, and Zn). Sample coordinates were not provided with this study; however, coordinates were approximated in ArcView using detailed maps and descriptions of sampling sites.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 15
Institution Providing Data: Saint Mary's University (Winona, MN)
Data Set No. 29:
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 29 and other data sets)
Inorganic contaminants:
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Metals, metalloids, nutrients and others
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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/29.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
