Publications

methylmercury in fish from owyhee reservoir in southeast oregon: scientific uncertainty and fish advisories.	data collected during 1987-1994 showed elevated levels of mercury (hg) in fish tissue from the owyhee reservoir in southeastern oregon. sixty-five percent of the samples analyzed had total hg levels exceeding the us environmental protection agency's (epa) health screening value of 0.6 mg/kg. eighteen out of 89 (20%) fish tissue samples also had total hg levels greater than the us food and drug administration's (fda) mercury action level of 1.0 mg/kg. the overall mean hg content for all fish coll ...	1997	9335158
mercury distribution in sediments and bioaccumulation by fish in two oregon reservoirs: point-source and nonpoint-source impacted systems.	mercury pollution was compared in two oregon reservoirs of similar size and age, located within the same ecoregion. cottage grove reservoir was distinguished by a history of mercury mining and processing within its watershed, while dorena reservoir was not. mercury concentrations in sediments of the reservoirs, tributary streams, and three species of fish were measured. sediment mercury concentrations in the main tributary of cottage grove reservoir, which drains the subbasin where past mercury ...	1997	9419261