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Dataset for temporal influences on selenium partitioning, trophic transfer, and exposure in a major U.S. river

Creators: Schmidt, Travis SORCID, Roberts, James JORCID, Stricker, Craig AORCID, Rogers, Holly A, Nease, Patricia A, Brandt, Jessica (Contractor) E
Year: 2021
DOI: 10.5066/p9td4thx
Location: Gunnison Basin, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Tags: Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology & Watersheds, Geochemistry & Isotopes, Environmental Contamination, Gunnison Basin

Description

The trace element selenium is an essential element with a narrow window between concentrations needed to support life and those that cause toxicity to egg laying organisms. Selenium bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms is primarily the result of trophic transfer through food webs and is poorly predicted by dissolved concentrations in freshwater bodies. To better understand the hydrologic and biological dynamics that control selenium accumulation into fishes of the Lower Gunnison River Basin (Colorado), ecosystem scale selenium accumulation models were developed from data collected between June 2015 and October 2016.

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