| concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc in fish from mining-influenced waters of northeastern oklahoma: sampling of blood, carcass, and liver for aquatic biomonitoring. | the tri-states mining district (tsmd) of missouri (mo), kansas (ks), and oklahoma (ok), usa, was mined for lead (pb) and zinc (zn) for more than a century. mining ceased more than 30 years ago, but wastes remain widely distributed in the region, and there is evidence of surface- and groundwater contamination in the spring river-neosho river (sr-nr) system of northeastern ok. in october 2001, we collected a total of 74 fish from six locations in the sr-nr system that included common carp (cyprinu ... | 2005 | 15981034 |
| metals, boron, and selenium in neosho madtom habitats in the neosho river in kansas, u.s.a. | in 1991 and 1992 we determined the levels of metals, arsenic, boron, and selenium in the neosho river drainage in southeastern kansas, the primary habitat for the threatened neosho madtom (noturus placidus). we evaluated concentrations in sediments, mussels (quadrula pustulosa and q. metanevra), and fish (percina phoxocephala, cyprinus carpio, and ictiobus bubalus) from three sites on the neosho river and one site on the cottonwood river. we also evaluated contaminant concentrations in c. carpio ... | 2001 | 11214445 |
| assessment of water quality in wichita, kansas, using an index of biotic integrity and analysis of bed sediment and fish tissue for organochlorine insecticides. | this study investigated water quality of the arkansas river and its tributaries in the wichita, kansas, area. water quality assessment included an evaluation of urban versus agricultural areas using a twofold approach: (1) assessment of fish community health using an index of biotic integrity (ibi); and (2) analysis of organochlorine (oc) insecticides in fish tissue (cyprinus carpio) and sediment samples via gas chromatography. results of the ibi analysis indicated that the overall health of the ... | 2000 | 11031315 |