Columbia River Dioxin Study

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• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dana Davoli, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Columbia River Dioxin Study

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Series_Information:

Series_Name:

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/data/crbdata.html?dioxin+#first_hit

Description:

Abstract:

The Columbia River and segments of the Snake and Willamette Rivers are currently water quality limited due to the presence of elevated levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD. As a result, U.S. EPA Region 10, established a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of 6 mg of 2,3,7,8-TCDD/day based upon state water quality standards applicable to the Columbia River basin and the volume of water in the Columbia River. The data set focused on one or two sampling locations in a specific segment of the river. Criteria for choosing these locations were to: (1) sample at fishing sites, (2) collect organisms that are consumed by Native Americans and others fishing in the Columbia River basin, (3) collect organisms that are good indicators of contaminant levels in the river and of levels of contaminants that may be ingested by aquatic and terrestrial predators. There were six locations which sampled dioxin/furans, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), semi-volatiles, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), mercury (Hg) by using rod and reel, electroshocking, setline and hoop and/or gill net. The area of study is the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam. Samples consist of composite between 3-8 samples and individual fillets. Crayfish will be handled in the same way as fish using baited traps. Crayfish are represented as a composite of 30 organisms, following whole body analysis. Total dioxin and furan concentrations were determined by the laboratory as the sum of the individual congeners that were detected. The metadata for this data was taken from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Columbia River Basin: Biota Database Abstracts.

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Davoli, D. 29 August 1994. Personal Communication (data package sent to Steve Ellis, Tetra Tech, Inc., Redmond, WA). Selected fish tissue contaminant data from the U.S. EPA Columbia River toxic substances study. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19940801

Ending_Date: 19940901

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.5

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.5

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS > DIOXINS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS > FURANS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > DIOXINS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > FURANS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > SALMONS/TROUTS > CHINOOK SALMON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > SALMONS/TROUTS > STEELHEAD

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > PERCH-LIKE FISHES > SMALLMOUTH BASS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > PERCH-LIKE FISHES > WALLEYE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > CRAYFISH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > CATFISHES/MINNOWS > CHANNEL CATFISH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES > STURGEONS/PADDLEFISHES > STURGEON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM HABITAT > COLUMBIA RIVER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION > DIOXINS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION > FURANS

Theme_Keyword: BEST > BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: Arsenic

Theme_Keyword: Bdp

Theme_Keyword: Best

Theme_Keyword: Biological Data Profile

Theme_Keyword: Biomonitoring Of Environmental Status And Trends

Theme_Keyword: Bonneville Dam

Theme_Keyword: Channel Catfish

Theme_Keyword: Chinook Salmon

Theme_Keyword: Columbia River

Theme_Keyword: Contaminants

Theme_Keyword: Crayfish

Theme_Keyword: Dioxins

Theme_Keyword: Furans

Theme_Keyword: Mcnary Dam

Theme_Keyword: Mercury

Theme_Keyword: Metals

Theme_Keyword: Organochlorines

Theme_Keyword: Pahs

Theme_Keyword: Pcbs

Theme_Keyword: Pesticides

Theme_Keyword: Polychlorinated Biphenyl Compounds

Theme_Keyword: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Theme_Keyword: Semi-volatiles

Theme_Keyword: Semivolatiles

Theme_Keyword: Smallmouth Bass

Theme_Keyword: Steelhead

Theme_Keyword: Sturgeon

Theme_Keyword: Walleye

Theme_Keyword: Water Quality

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WASHINGTON > SEATTLE

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Users of these data should be cautioned that a preliminary data validation performed by the U.S. EPA indicates that some of the data for 2,3,7,8-TCDF should be qualified as unusable. These data have been qualified using an "R" in the database.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DANA DAVOLI

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Address: 0ea095, 1200 6th Avenue

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98101

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 553-2135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 553-0119

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: davoli.dana@epa.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Internal standards, laboratory duplicates, matrix spikes, and method blanks were used for data evaluation. Preliminary data validation indicates that some of the samples displayed interference with 2,3,7,8-TCDF measurements. Therefore, the analysis for some of the samples of 2,3,7,8-TCDF and total TCDF were rejected (this is preliminary information and completion of the data validation is forthcoming). Latitudes and longitudes were provided, but it was unclear if the latitudes and longitudes provided were proposed sampling locations, or the actual locations sampled. It was also unclear which samples should be associated with a particular latitude and longitude. Therefore, latitudes and longitudes were estimated for each of the general sample locations for entry in the database along with the analytical data provided.

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Completeness_Report:

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Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: EPA/PNW > Pacific Northwest, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contact_Person: DANA DAVOLI

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Address: 0ea095, 1200 6th Avenue

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98101

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 553-2135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 553-0119

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: davoli.dana@epa.gov

Resource_Description: usepa_best03

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.epa.gov/region10/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://mercury.ornl.gov/clearinghouse/send/xsltTex...

Access_Instructions:

Metadata in the Biological Data Profile format.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010223

Metadata_Review_Date: 20121212

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20020223

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time