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Availability and concentration of pollutants from American Falls Reservoir sediments to forage and predaceous fishes Item Info

An earlier report by the Idaho Health Department and Idaho Fish and Game Department indicated that American Falls Reservoir was polluted by mercury levels which constituted a threat to the ecosystem and public health (1,2). These findings resulted in a news release (Idaho State Journal, January 19, 1972) advising healthy adults not to eat more than one-half pound per week of fish from American Falls Reservoir and that pregnant women and children should completely avoid eating reservoir fishes. Subsequently the presence of dangerous levels of mercury in yellow perch (Perea flavescens), carp (Cyprinus carpio), and black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) was confirmed (3,4). The presence in American Falls Reservoir and resulting environmental threat of pollutants other than mercury had not been investigated.

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Title:
Availability and concentration of pollutants from American Falls Reservoir sediments to forage and predaceous fishes
Authors:
Johnson, Donald W.; Kent, James C.; Campbell, Donald K.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1977-03
Description:
An earlier report by the Idaho Health Department and Idaho Fish and Game Department indicated that American Falls Reservoir was polluted by mercury levels which constituted a threat to the ecosystem and public health (1,2). These findings resulted in a news release (Idaho State Journal, January 19, 1972) advising healthy adults not to eat more than one-half pound per week of fish from American Falls Reservoir and that pregnant women and children should completely avoid eating reservoir fishes. Subsequently the presence of dangerous levels of mercury in yellow perch (Perea flavescens), carp (Cyprinus carpio), and black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) was confirmed (3,4). The presence in American Falls Reservoir and resulting environmental threat of pollutants other than mercury had not been investigated.
Subjects:
mercury predation fish water pollution
Location:
American Falls Reservoir
Latitude:
42.99
Longitude:
-112.69
Collection:
IWRRI
IWRRI number:
197607
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"Availability and concentration of pollutants from American Falls Reservoir sediments to forage and predaceous fishes", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-johnson_1976.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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