Landscape Position Project: Fish Mercury Level

As part of the Landscape Position Project, yellow perch were collected for mercury and isotope analysis by a combination of angling, beach seining, vertical gill net, fyke net and electrofishing in the summers of 1998 and 1999. A total of 183 yellow perch from 43 study lakes with approximate length...

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Format: Dataset
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Published: North Temperate Lakes LTERCenter for Limnology680 N Park StMadisonWI53706-1492USA608-262-2573608-265-2340infomgr@lter.limnology.wisc.edu 2011
Subjects:
North Temperate Lakes - LTER
fish
mercury
mercury contamination
fish length
Randall
Stearns
Beaver Lake
Crooked Lake
Round Lake
Rice Lake
Lake Island
Lehto
Boulder Lake
Little Crooked Lake
Lynx
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.14836
http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-ntl.99.5/xml
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Summary:As part of the Landscape Position Project, yellow perch were collected for mercury and isotope analysis by a combination of angling, beach seining, vertical gill net, fyke net and electrofishing in the summers of 1998 and 1999. A total of 183 yellow perch from 43 study lakes with approximate length of 150 mm were analyzed. Sampling Frequency: one survey on each lake in late June through August of 1998 or 1999Number of sites: 43

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