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SUBMITTER: Day NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957192 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Day Natalie K NK Schmidt Travis S TS Roberts James J JJ Osmundson Barbara C BC Willacker James J JJ Eagles-Smith Collin A CA
PloS one 20200113 1
Mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) are contaminants of concern for fish in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). We explored Hg and Se in fish tissues (2,324 individuals) collected over 50 years (1962-2011) from the UCRB. Samples include native and non-native fish collected from lotic waterbodies spanning 7 major tributaries to the Colorado River. There was little variation of total mercury (THg) in fish assemblages basin-wide and only 13% (272/1959) of individual fish samples exceeded the fish hea ...[more]