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| Title | Basic Water Monitoring Program: Fish Tissue and Sediment Sampling for 1984. | |||
| Month-Year Published | November 1985 | |||
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
During 1984 the Washington State Department of Ecology collected fish and sediment samples at ten locations in Washington as part of its Basic Water Monitoring Program (BWMP). Fish tissue samples were analyzed for parameters including organic pesticides, PCBs, and heavy metals. Sediments were analyzed for priority pollutants excluding volatile organs. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 85-7 | |||
| Author(s) | Hopkins, B., D. Clark, M. Schlender, and M. Stinson | |||
| Print Availability |
Not maintained in stock. Copy must be made from archive version. Request will be referred to the source program.
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| Number of pages | 48 pp. | |||
| Keywords | Columbia River, DDT, fish, metals, monitoring, PCBs, pesticides, priority pollutant, river, sampling, sediment, tissue, water | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Quality Assurance Project Plan: Verification of 303(d) Listed Sites in Northwest, Central, and Eastern Regions of Washington State | similar topic | |||
| PCBs in Fish Taken from the Spokane River | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
During 1984 the Washington State Department of Ecology collected fish and sediment samples at ten locations in Washington as part of its Basic Water Monitoring Program (BWMP). Fish tissue samples were analyzed for parameters including organic pesticides, PCBs, and heavy metals. Sediments were analyzed for priority pollutants excluding volatile organs. The analytical results of each sampling site exhibited a distinctive array of pollutants, usually at low concentrations. Elevated levels of DDT and it metabolites were generally observed in river systems in the central region of the state. The highest level of pollutants was observed at Northport on the Columbia River. At this site, heavy metals in edible fish tissue approached an unofficial Federal Drug Administration guideline. The 1984 results and data from the 1978-1983 period of record were also used to make recommendations for future BWMP surveys. |
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