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WATER QUALITY, MERCURY, AND HEAVY METAL DEPOSITION STUDIES IN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND SEDIMENTS FOR ECOLOGICAL BASELINE DATA IN THE ISLAND PARK WATERWAYS SYSTEM, 1973
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The water quality, mercury, and heavy metal deposition in biological specimens from the Island Park waterways (17040202) were measured to establish ecological baseline data. Neutron activation analysis was used to identify quantitatively and qualitatively approximately 20 different elements. A total of 300 samples were taken from soil, plants, invertebrates, and fish at 8 different stations along the Island Park stream drainage systems. The samples were irradiated in the Engineering Test Reactor and analyzed in the Applied Spectroscopy Laboratory operated by Aerojet Nuclear Corporation at the National Reactor Testing Station in Arco, Idaho. The results of this investigation are presented in a series of tables and figures involving the metal concentration found in sediments and organisms collected at specific sites in the Island Park waterways. There is little or no attempt to discuss each metal in relationship to soil, organisms, or stations since metal standards in most cases are not yet established. Speth, R.L. 1973. Ricks College, Rexburg, ID. A research report submitted to the Office of Higher Education and the Idaho Nuclear Energy Commission. 138 pp.