Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Yukon River Basin

Jo Ellen Hinck; Timothy M. Bartish; Vicki Blazer; Nancy D. Denslow; Tim S. Gross; Mark S. Myers; Patrick J. Anderson; Carl E. Orazio; Donald E. Tillitt

doi:10.3133/sir20045285

Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Yukon River Basin

Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5285

By: Jo Ellen Hinck, Timothy M. Bartish, Vicki Blazer, Nancy D. Denslow, Tim S. Gross, Mark S. Myers, Patrick J. Anderson, Carl E. Orazio, and Donald E. Tillitt

https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20045285

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Abstract

This project collected, examined, and analyzed 217 fish representing three species at 10 stations in the U.S. portion of the Yukon River Basin (YRB) from May to October 2002. Four sampling sites were located on the Yukon River; two were located on the Porcupine River, and one site was on each of the Ray, Tanana, Tolavana, and Innoko Rivers. Norther pike (Esox lucius), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), and burbot (Lota lota) were weighed and measured, and examined in the field for external and internal lesions, and liver, spleen, and gonads were weighed to compute somatic indices. Selected tissues and fluids were collected and preserved for analysis of fish health and reproductive biomarkers. Composite samples of whole fish from each station were grouped by species and gender and analyzed for organochlorines and elemental contaminants and for dioxin-like activity using H4IIE rat hepatoma cell bioassay.

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Additional publication details
Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Yukon River Basin
Series title	Scientific Investigations Report
Series number	2004-5285
DOI	10.3133/sir20045285
Year Published	2004
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Columbia Environmental Research Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Leetown Science Center, Eastern Ecological Science Center
Description	x, 87 p.
Time Range Start	2002-05-01
Time Range End	2002-10-31
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Other Geospatial	Yukon River basin
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