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Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada

Crayfish, Pacifiastacus sp. Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada, 1981, abdomen 5.7 FW 6... [Pg.371]

Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gulf of Gdansk, whole, 1988-89 Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada, 1981 0.01-0.11 FW, Max. 0.49 FW 62... [Pg.374]

Cooper, J.J. 1983. Total mercury in fishes and selected biota in Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada 1981. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 31 9-17. [Pg.427]

Comparatively high mercury concentrations of 5.7 mg/kg FW in crayfish abdominal muscle from Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada, an area heavily contaminated with mercury from gold mining operations some decades earlier, and... [Pg.430]

Striped bass, Morone saxatilis Nevada, Lahontan Reservoir 1981 Single specimen, 16 years old ... [Pg.375]

The most mercury-contaminated site in North America is the Lahontan Reservoir and environs in Nevada. Millions of kilograms of liquid mercury used to process gold and silver ore mined from Virginia City, Nevada, and vicinity between 1859 and 1890, along with waste rock, were released into the Carson River watershed. The inorganic elemental mercury was readily methylated to water-soluble methylmercury. Over time, much of this mercury was transported downstream into the lower reaches of the Carson River, especially... [Pg.474]

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