Environmental Contaminants and their effects on fish in the Colorado River Basin

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Field	Value
Title	Environmental Contaminants and their effects on fish in the Colorado River Basin
Creator	Hinck, Jo Ellen
Subject	Fishes; Water -- Pesticide content; Organic water pollutants; Contaminated sediments;
Coverage	Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado; Arizona; Utah; Nevada; Wyoming;
Description	Fish in the nation's rivers are exposed to many classes of environmental contaminants. Some of these contaminants accumulate in fish tissues and are passed on to consumers, such as other fish, wildlife, and humans. These compounds, and many others which do not accumulate in tissues, may weaken the fish's ability to maintain healthy and viable populations. By measuring the effects that contaminants have on fish, as well as contaminant concentrations in tissue, we can evaluate the quality of...
Publisher	U. S. Geological Survey
Contributor	Biomonitoring of environmental status and trends (BEST) program
Date	2004
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Hinck, Jo Ellen, Environmental Contaminants and their effects on fish in the Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5285, 2 p.
Language	eng
Rights	Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier	http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/243

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