Relationships between concentrations of mercury in largemouth bass and physical and chemical characteristics of Connecticut lakes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 807-818

  Hanten, Robert P ^a,b   Neumann, Robert M ^a   Ward, Scott M ^a   Carley, Robert J ^a   Perkins, Christopher R ^a   Pirrie, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031773675     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0807:RBCOMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Bell, M. 1988. The face of Connecticut: people, geology, and the land. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Hartford.
2. Bloom, N. S. 1992. On the chemical form of mercury in edible fish and marine invertebrate tissue. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1010-1017.
3. Bodaly, R. A., R. E. Heck, and R. J. P. Fudge. 1984. Increases in fish mercury levels in lakes flooded by the Churchill River diversion, northern Manitoba. Canadian Journal ofFisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41:682-691.
4. Bodaly, R. A., J. W. M. Rudd, R. J. P. Fudge, and C. A. Kelly. 1993. Mercury concentrations in fish related to size of remote Canadian Shield lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:980-987.
5. Carline, R. F 1986. Indices as predictors of fish community traits. Pages 46-56 in G. E. Hall and M. J. Van Den Avyle, editors. Reservoir fisheries management: strategies for the 80’s. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
6. CTDEP (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection). 1982. Trophic classifications of 70 Connecticut lakes. CTDEP, Bureau of Water Management, Hartford.
7. CTDEP (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection). 1987. A guide to lakes and ponds of Connecticut, an interim report. CTDEP, Bureau of Water Management, Hartford.
8. CTDEP (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection). 1991. Trophic classifications of 49 Connecticut lakes. CTDEP, Bureau of Water Management, Hartford.
9. Dowhan, J. J., and R. J. Craig. 1976. Rare and endangered species of Connecticut and their habitats. Department of Environmental Protection, Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations 6, Hartford.
10. Driscoll, C. T, C. Yan, C. L. Schofield, R. Munson, and J. Holsapple 1994. The mercury cycle and fish in the Adirondack lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 28:136-143.
11. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1980. Ambient water quality criteria for mercury. EPA, 440/5-80-058, Springfield, Virginia.
12. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1983. Methods of chemical analysis of water and wastes. EPA, 600/4-79-020, Cincinnati, Ohio.
13. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) 1986. Test methods for evaluating solid waste, 3rd edition. EPA, SW-846, Washington, D.C.
14. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1992. Methods for the determination of metals in environmental samples. EPA Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio.
15. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1993. Guidance for assessing chemical contaminant data for use in fish advisories. Volume 1. Fish sampling and analysis. EPA, 823-R-93-002, Washington, D.C.
16. Evans, R. D. 1986. Sources of mercury contamination in the sediments of small headwater lakes in southcentral Ontario, Canada. Archives ofEnvironmental Contamination and Toxicology 15:505-512.
17. Fitzgerald, W. F, and T. W. Clarkson. 1991. Mercury and monomethylmercury: present and future concerns. Environmental Health Perspectives 96:159-166.
18. Futter, M. N. 1994. Pelagic food-web structure influences probability of mercury contamination in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Science of the Total Environment 145:7-12.
19. Glass, G. E., J. A. Sorenson, K. W Schmidt, and G. R. Rapp, Jr. 1990. New source of identification of mercury contamination in the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 24:1059-1069.
20. Grieb, T. M., and five coauthors. 1990. Factors affecting mercury accumulation in fish in the upper Michigan peninsula. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9:919-930.
21. Hakanson, L. 1980. The quantitative impact of pH, bioproduction, and Hg-contamination on the Hg-con-tent of fish (pike). Environmental Pollution Series B 1:285-304.
22. Handman, E. H., F P Haeni, and M. P Thomas. 1986. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 9, Farmington River basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 29, Hartford.
23. Heally, D. F, and K. P Kulp. 1995. Water-quality characteristics of selected public recreational lakes and ponds in Connecticut. U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations 95-4098, Hartford, Connecticut.
24. Jackson, T. A. 1991. Biological and environmental control of mercury accumulation by fish in lakes and reservoirs of northern Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:2449-2470.
25. Joslin, J. D. 1994. Regional differences in mercury levels in aquatic ecosystems: a discussion of possible causal factors with implications for the Tennessee River system and northern hemisphere. Environmental Management 18:559-567.
26. Lange, T. R., H. E. Royals, and L. L. Conner. 1993. Influence of water chemistry on mercury concentration in largemouth bass from Florida lakes. Transactions ofthe American Fisheries Society 122: 74-84.
27. Lee, Y. H., and H. Hultberg. 1990. Methylmercury in some Swedish surface waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9:833-841.
28. McMurtry, M. J., D. L. Wales, W. A. Scheider, G. L. Beggs, and P. E. Dimond. 1989. Relationship of mercury concentrations in lake trout Salvelinus namaycush and smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu to the physical and chemical characteristics of Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46:426-434.
29. Mierle, G. 1990. Aqueous inputs of mercury to Precam-brian Shield lakes in Ontario. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9:843-851.
30. Neumann, R. M., R. J. Carley, C. R. Perkins, and R. Pirrie. 1996. Preliminary assessment of total mercury concentrations in fishes from Connecticut water bodies. University of Connecticut, Environmental Research Institute, ERI/96-02, Storrs.
31. Nriagu, J. O., and J. M. Pacyna. 1988. Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water, and soils by trace metals. Nature 333:134-139.
32. Rasmussen, P. E. 1994. Mercury in vegetation of the Precambrian Shield. Pages 417-425 in C. J. Watras and J. W. Huckabee, editors. Mercury pollution: integration and synthesis. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida.
33. Rodgers, D. W., and F. W. H. Beamish. 1983. Water quality modifies uptake of waterborne methylmer-cury by rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:824-828.
34. Rudd, J. W. M., M. A. Turner, A. Furutani, A. L. Swick, and B. E. Townsend. 1983. The English Wabigoon River systems: I. A synthesis of recent research with a view towards mercury amelioration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:2206-2217.
35. Ryder, R. B., M. A. Cervione, Jr., C. E. Thomas, Jr., and M. P. Thomas. 1970. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 4, southwestern coastal river basins. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 17, Hartford.
36. SAS Institute. 1990. SAS/STAT users’ guide, version 6, 4th edition. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
37. Sorenson, J. A., G. E. Glass, K. W. Schmidt, J. K. Huber, and G. R. Rapp. 1990. Airborne mercury deposition and watershed characteristics in relation to mercury concentrations in water, sediment, plankton, and fish in eighty northern Minnesota lakes. Environmental Science and Technology 24:1716-1727.
38. Suns, K., and G. Hitchin. 1990. Interrelationships between mercury levels in yearling yellow perch, fish condition and water quality. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 650:255-265.
39. Tabachnick, B. G., and L. S. Fidell. 1989. Using multivariate statistics, 2nd edition. Harper-Collins, New York.
40. Thomas, C. E., Jr., M. A. Cervione, Jr., and I. G. Grossman. 1968. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 3, lower Thames and southeastern coastal river basins. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 15, Hartford.
41. Thomas, M. P., G. A. Bednar, C. E. Thomas, Jr., and W. E. Wilson. 1967. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 2, Shetucket River basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 11, Hartford.
42. Trench, E. C. 1996. Trends in surface-water quality in Connecticut, 1969-1988. U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations 96-4161, Hartford, Connecticut.
43. Verdon, R., and five coauthors. 1991. Mercury evolution (1978-1988) in fishes of the La Grande hydroelectric complex, Quebec, Canada. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 56:405-417.
44. Weiss, L. A., J. W. Bingham, and M. P. Thomas. 1982. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 10, lower Connecticut River basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 31, Hartford.
45. Wiener, J. G., R. E. Martini, T. B. Sheffy, and G. E. Glass. 1990. Factors influencing mercury concentrations in walleyes in northern Wisconsin lakes. Transactions ofthe American Fisheries Society 119: 862-870.
46. Wiener, J.G., and D. J. Spry. 1996. Toxicological significance of mercury in freshwater fish. Pages 297-339 in W. N. Beyer, G. H. Heinz, and A. W. Redmon-Norwood, editors. Environmental contaminants in wildlife: interpreting tissue concentrations. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida.
47. Wilson, W. E., E. L. Burke, and C. E. Thomas, Jr. 1974. Water resources inventory of Connecticut, part 5, lower Housatonic River basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 19, Hartford.
48. Wren, C. D., and H. R. MacCrimmon. 1983. Mercury levels in the sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, relative to pH and other environmental variables of Precam-brian lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:1737-1744.
49. Wren, C. D., W. A. Scheider, D. L. Wales, B. W. Mun-caster, and I. M. Gray. 1991. Relation between mercury concentrations in walleye Stizostedion vitreum vitreum and northern pike Esox lucius in Ontario lakes and influence of environmental factors. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:132-139.
50. Xun, L., N. E. R. Campbell, and J. W. M. Rudd. 1987. Measurements of specific rates of net methyl mercury production in the water column and surface sediments of acidified and circumneutral lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44:750-757.