Determination of Bioavailable Contaminants in the Lower Missouri River Following the Flood of 1993.

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jimmie D. Petty, Barry C. Poulton

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center (formerly known as Environmental and Contaminants Research Center)

Originator:

Colette S. Charbonneau, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Originator:

James N. Huckins, Susan B. Jones, Jennifer T. Cameron

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

Determination of Bioavailable Contaminants in the Lower Missouri River Following the Flood of 1993.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Columbia, MO

Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center (formerly known as Environmental and Contaminants Research Center)

Description:

Abstract:

The semipermeable membrane device (SPMD) technology was employed to determine the presence of bioavailable organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water of the main stem of the lower Missouri River and three of its tributaries. The SPMDs were deployed in 1994 following the extensive flood of 1993. Specifically, the SPMDs were deployed for 28 days at : Wilson State Park, IA; Nebraska City, NE; Parkville, MO; the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS; Napoleon, MO; the Grand River; Glasgov, MO; the Missouri River upstream from the confluence of the Gasconade River; the Gasconade River, and Hermann, MO. Contaminant Residues were found at all sites and at higher concentrations than found in the earlier pre-flood sampling.

Purpose:

To determine the presence of bioavailable organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water of the main stem of the lower Missouri River and three of its tributaries.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 199407

Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

The semipermeable membrane devices were deployed in 1994 at Wilson State Park, IA; Nebraska City, NE; Parkville, MO; the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS; Napoleon, MO, the Grand River; the Gasconade River, and Hermann, MO.

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -96

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.75

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: organochlorine pesticides

Theme_Keyword: polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Theme_Keyword: polychlorinated biphenyls

Theme_Keyword: OCs

Theme_Keyword: PCBs

Theme_Keyword: PAHs

Theme_Keyword: contaminants

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: lower Missouri River

Place_Keyword: Wilson State Park, IA

Place_Keyword: Nebraska City, NE

Place_Keyword: Parkville, MO

Place_Keyword: Kansas River in Kansas City

Place_Keyword: Napoleon, MO

Place_Keyword: the Grand River

Place_Keyword: the Gasconnade River

Place_Keyword: Hermann, MO

Place_Keyword: Sioux City, MO

Place_Keyword: Iowa

Place_Keyword: IA

Place_Keyword: Nebraska

Place_Keyword: NE

Place_Keyword: Missouri

Place_Keyword: MO

Place_Keyword: Kansas

Place_Keyword: KS

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Contact_Person: James Petty

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 4200 New Haven Rd

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: MO

Postal_Code: 65201

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-875-5399

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Jim_Petty@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

The technical assistance of R. Clark and V. Gibson are gratefully acknowledged during the course of this work.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jimmie D. Petty, Barry C. Poulton

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Environmental and Contaminants Research Center (now Columbia Environmental Research Center)

Originator:

Colette S. Charbonneau, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Originator:

James N. Huckins, Susan B. Jones, Jennifer T. Cameron

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Environmental and Contaminants Research Center (now Columbia Environmental Research Center)

Originator: Harry F. Prest, University of California

Publication_Date: 1998

Title:

Determination of Bioavailable Contaminants in the Lower Missouri River following the Flood of 1993.

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Environmental Science and Technology

Issue_Identification: V. 32, No. 7

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: unknown

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Field blank SPMDs (one for each of the 10 sample sites) accompanied the SPMD sampler arrays and were open to the atmosphere during deployment and recovery. These field blanks were processed and analyzed exactly as deployed SPMD samplers. Laboratory procedural blanks, treated as samples, were also analyzed with each sample set. Samples containing OC, PCB, and PAH residues exceeding the field blanks were considered positive for OCs, PCBs, and PAHs and were subsequently blank-corrected. Peformance evaluation materials (PEMs) similar in all respects to the purified SPMD dialysates were produced by fortifying two 5-mL volumes of hexane with contaminants. The OCs were spiked at 40 ng/mL for one PEM and the PAHs at 10 microgram/mL for the second PEM. The PEMs were provided to Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory as blind samples.

Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable

Completeness_Report: SPMDs were deployed for 28 days at ten sites.

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field

Methodology_Identifier:

Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Methodology_Keyword: SPMD deployment

Methodology_Description:

The SPMDs obtained from Environmental Sampling Technologies (EST), (a division of CIA Laboratoes, Inc. in St. Joseph, Missouri) were deployed at 10 sites in the lower Missouri River basin during July 1994: Wilson State Park, IA; Nebraska City, NE; Parkville, MO; the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS; Napoleon, MO; the Grand River; the Gasconade River; and Hermann, MO. The Nebraska City, Parkville, Glasgow, and Hermann sites were the same as in the 1992 study. Two replicate SPMD samples (each SPMD) sample consisted of two 152-cm PE tubes, each containing 2.0 mL [1.82 g] of triolein) were deployed at each of the 10 sites. As in the previous study, SPMDs were maintained inside stainless steel mesh cages (25 x 25 x 92 cm long) suspended about 1 m below the surface. Following a 28-day exposure (average water temperature, 25 degrees C), the SPMDs were recovered, placed in air-tight metal cans (on ice) and immediately transported to EST for sample processing.

Methodology_Type: Field

Methodology_Identifier:

Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Methodology_Keyword: quality control

Methodology_Description:

Field blank SPMDs (one for each of the 10 sample sites) accompanied the SPMD sampler arrays and were open to the atmosphere during deployment and recovery. These field blanks were processed and analyzed exactly as deployed SPMD samplers. Laboratory procedural blanks, treated as samples, were also analyzed eith each sample set. Samples containing OC, PCB, and PAH resides exceeding the field blanks were considered positive for OCs, PCBs, and PAHs and were subsequently blank-corrected. Performance evaluation materials (PEMs) similar in all respects to the purified SPMD dialysates were produced by fortifying two 5 mL volumes of hexane with contaminants. The OCs were spiked at 40 ng/mL for one PEM and the PAHs at a 10 micrograms/mL for the second PEM. The PEMs were provided to Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory as blind samples.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The sample processing employed by EST is described in Petty et al 1995. (see Methodology Citation). The final extracts (about 5 mL in hexane) were sealed in amber glass ampules (flushed with high purity nitrogen prior to sealing). The ampules were forwarded to the Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory (Starkville, MS) for residue enrichment and analysis. The samples were fractionated as described in Petty et al, 1995 and analyzed using a high resolution capillary gas chromatograph equipped with an electron capture or a flame ionization detector. Quantitation of organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was accomplished using a five-point external standard curve. The method quantitation limits (MQLs) were 10 ng/SPMD sample for each OC pesticide and total PCBs and 250 ng/SPMD sample for PAHs. The presence of selected organochlorine analytes, i.e., dieldrin, toxaphene and total PCBs, were confirmed by mass spectral (MS) analysis, employing full scan electron impact MS. The presence of 4,4'-DDE, dieldrin, and the BHCs was also determined employing selected ion monitoring. Reagent blanks and SPMD controls did not contain measurable levels of any organochlorine compounds.

Process_Date: unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Based on local reference names.

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Entity - organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Associated attributes - presence of contaminants

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: unknown

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources
Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Contact_Person: Christopher Henke

Contact_Position: Webmaster

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 4200 New Haven Rd

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: MO

Postal_Code: 65201

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 573-875-5399

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 573-876-1896

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris_henke@usgs.gov

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Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

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Metadata_Date: 1996

Metadata_Review_Date: 200004

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Metadata_Standard_Version: December 1995

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