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Pilot Sampling for Heavy Metals in Fish Flesh from Killarney Lake, Coeur d'Alene River System, Idaho

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Title Pilot Sampling for Heavy Metals in Fish Flesh from Killarney Lake, Coeur d'Alene River System, Idaho
Creator Bennett, D.H.
Date 1990-09-01
Coverage Coeur d'Alene Basin; Killarney Lake 47.52, -116.56
Subject heavy metals; fish; contamination
Description Mining and smelting activities on the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River in northern Idaho since 1885 have contributed massive amounts of metals-rich tailings to the river. Recent environmental studies have generally demonstrated an improved condition in the Coeur d'Alene River, lateral lakes, and downstream Lake Coeur d' Alene since the early monitoring. We sampled largemouth bass (Hicropterus salmoides), northern pike (Esox lucius), black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), brown bullhead...
Relation Coeur d'Alene Basin
Contributor Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Publisher University of Idaho
Language eng
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Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/172

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