National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
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Lewis, M.E. and Brigham, M.E., 2004, Low-level Mercury, U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 9, chap. A5, section 5.6.4, 26 p.
Bell, A.H. and Scudder, B.C., 2005, Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Riverine Periphyton, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1446, 8 p.
Bell, A.H. and Scudder, B.C., 2007, Mercury Accumulation in Periphyton of Eight River Ecosystems, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 43, No. 4
Fact sheets
Brigham, M.E., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Hamilton, P.A., 2003, Mercury in Stream Ecosystems—New Studies Initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 016-03, 4 p.
Krabbenhoft, D.P., Wiener, J.G., Brumbaugh, W.G., Olson, M.L., DeWild, J.F., and Sabin, T.J., 1999, A National pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients, in U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999—Volume 2 of 3—Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 147-160.
Brumbaugh, W.G., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Helsel, D.R., Wiener, J.G., and Echols, K.R., 2001, A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients—bioaccumulation in fish: U.S. Geological Survey USGS/BRD/BSR—2001-0009.