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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan Addendum: Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State. | |
| Month-Year Published | October 2010 | |
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
This is an addendum to the study plan for measuring mercury trends in freshwater fish in Washington State. (Also see abstract below) | |
| Publication Number | 06-03-103Addendum1 | |
| Author(s) | Meredith, C. and C. Furl | |
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| Number of pages | 10 pp. | |
| Keywords | action plan, addendum, chemical, chemical action plan, Ecology, fish, freshwater, health, mercury, quality, quality assurance, quality assurance project plan, trend, water | |
| Related Publications | Title | Relationship |
| Quality Assurance Project Plan: Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State | parent publication | |
| Measuring Mercury Trends in Freshwater Fish in Washington State, 2010 Sampling Results | parent publication | |
| Abstract | Long Description |
In 2003, the first chemical action plan was developed by the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the Washington State Department of Health, addressing the threat of mercury in Washington State (Peele, 2003). As a result of the Mercury Chemical Action Plan, Ecology initiated a long-term mercury monitoring study in 2005 to assess mercury trends in freshwater fish throughout the state (Seiders, 2006). The purpose of the mercury trends program was to monitor fish in six waterbodies annually on a five-year frequency to characterize mercury trends in freshwater fish tissue. Currently, five years of monitoring (30 sites) have been completed. These sites will be re-sampled over the next five-year period to quantify temporal trends in fish tissue mercury levels. This addendum outlines changes to the monitoring program to be initiated in 2010. |
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