National Status And Trends, Mussel Watch Program : A 2022 Assessment of Trace Metals in Dreissenid Mussels in the Great Lakes Basin

Swam-Jaramillo, Lauren M.; Edwards, Michael A.; Rider, Mary M.; Apeti, Dennis A.; Reed, Lou Ann

doi:10.25923/xykt-x067

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National Status And Trends, Mussel Watch Program : A 2022 Assessment of Trace Metals in Dreissenid Mussels in the Great Lakes Basin

2026
By Swam-Jaramillo, Lauren M. ; Edwards, Michael A. ; Rider, Mary M. ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS 367

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Swam-Jaramillo, Lauren M. ; Edwards, Michael A. ; Rider, Mary M. ; Apeti, Dennis A. ; Reed, Lou Ann
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National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.
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NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
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In 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mussel Watch Program (MWP) conducted an assessment of the presence, distribution, and concentrations of trace metals in mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, collectively referred to as dreissenid mussels) from the Great Lakes Basin. The national MWP utilizes a sentinel-based monitoring approach by collecting and analyzing bivalves as surrogates for coastal water pollution. Mussels and oysters are sessile organisms that filter and accumulate particles from water; therefore, measuring contaminant levels in their tissue is a good indicator of local chemical contamination. Dreissenid mussel tissue samples from 66 monitoring sites across the Great Lakes Basin from Wisconsin to New York were analyzed in this study. Samples were analyzed for 14 trace metals including aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), silver (Ag), tin (Sn), and zinc (Zn).
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Dreissenidae Ecological Assessment (Biology) Marine Pollution Measurement Metals Ecological Assessment (Biology) Marine Pollution
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NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS 367
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https://doi.org/10.25923/xykt-x067
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Great Lakes Region (North America)
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