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Prevalence of Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Three Lakes in Southeastern Massachusetts, 2002
Citation:
Baumann, P. C., D. R. LeBlanc, V. S. Blazer, J. R. MEIER, S. T. Hurley, AND Y. Kiryu. Prevalence of Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Three Lakes in Southeastern Massachusetts, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
To discover whether the prevalences of tumors and other lesions in brown bullhead (Ameriurus nebulosus) in these lakes, particularly Ashumet Pond, were elevated above normal, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), assisted by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MADFW), conducted a study in 2002 of brown bullhead in Ashumet Pond and in two reference lakes, Santuit Pond (on Cape Cod) and Great Herring Pond (on the mainland of Massachusetts).
Description:
The Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) has been a military base on western Cape Cod since the early 1900s. Contaminated surface water and ground water from the MMR have discharged into several kettle lakes on or near the base.