Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Susan E. Finger Originator: James S. Bulak Publication_Date: unknown Title: Toxicity of Water from Three South Carolina Rivers to Larval Striped Bass. Other_Citation_Details: This metadata file can be found at: ftp://ftp.emtc.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdcerc0001.txt (text format) and ftp://ftp.emtc.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdcerc0001.html (HTML format) and ftp://ftp.emtc.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdcerc0001.sgml (SGML format). Description: Abstract: The toxicity of water from three rivers in the Santee-Cooper drainage of South Carolina was evaluated in a series of on-site studies with larval striped bass Morone saxatilis. Mortality and swimming behavior were assessed daily for larvae exposed to serial dilutions of water collected from the Santee, Congaree, and Wateree rivers. After 96 h, cumulative mortality was 90% in the Wateree River, and a dose-response pattern was evident in serial dilutions of the water. Larvae exposed to water from the Santee and Congaree rivers swam lethargically, but no appreciable mortality was observed. Acutely toxic concentrations of inorganic contaminants were not detected in the rivers; however, pentachloroanisole, a methylated by-product of pentachloro-phenol, was twice as high in the Wateree River as it was in the other two rivers. Phenolic compounds may have contributed to larval mortality in the Wateree River and to lethargic activity of larvae in the Santee and Congaree rivers. Purpose: The Santee-Cooper drainage in South Carolina is a spawning area for striped bass. Although egg production is higher than in the early 1960's, striped bass recruitment has declined. In 1984, the viability of freshly spawned eggs was as low as 25%. Results from these surveys, combined with the lack of available information on contaminant concentrations in these important spawning rivers, prompted an evaluation of larval striped bass survival at three locations in the Santee-Cooper drainage. Studies were designed to evaluated survival of larval striped bass (0-4 days old) in each river system during active striped bass spawning and to relate larval survival to water quality conditions and contaminant concentrations in spawning habitat. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19850408 Ending_Date: 19850411 Currentness_Reference: From Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Publication Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: The Santee River, impounded in 1941 to create Lake Marion, is formed by the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers and flows into Lake Marion 29 km downstream. Contaminants in the Santee, Congaree, and Wateree rivers, originate from multiple point and nonpoint sources. Effluents fro industrial, municipal, and domestic wastewater facilities are discharged into the Congaree and Wateree rivers, primarily near Columbia and Camden. Major industrial activities in the area include textile plants, pulp mills, and several chemical manufacturing plants. Additional contamination may result from nonpoint sources such as agriculture. logging, and urban development. Extensive floodplains and bottomland hardwood forests adjacent to the three rivers serve as sinks for heavy metals and organic contaminants. Runoff from these organically enriched areas may increase the nutrient and contaminant burden of the three river systems during years of high rainfall. Sample sites were established on the Santee River 10 km downstream from the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers, and on the Congaree and Wateree rivers 7 and 17 km upstream from their confluence, respectively. The Bounding Rectangle Coordinates below are very general coordinates appearing to define a rectangle around the area described above. They were derived from a couple of very course study area and road atlas maps. Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.00 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.00 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.00 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.00 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS > CONTAMINANTS Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ZOOLOGY > FISH Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: Contaminants Theme_Keyword: Larval Striped Bass Theme_Keyword: Morone Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Congaree River Place_Keyword: Santee River Place_Keyword: Wateree River Taxonomy: Taxonomic_Keywords: Morone saxatilis Taxonomic_Coverage: Specific_Taxonomic_Information: Kingdom: Animalia Division-Phylum: Chordata Class: unknown Order: Perciformes Family: Percichthyidae Genus: unknown Species: Morone saxatilis Applicable_Common_Names: Striped Bass General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan Finger Contact_Organization: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) previously known as: Environmental and Contaminants Research Center [formerly Midwest Science Center] Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey [formerly National Biological Service] Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 4200 New Haven Road City: Columbia State_or_Province: MO Postal_Code: 65201-9634 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 314 875-5399 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 314 876-1896 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan_finger@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: Susan E. Finger James S. Bulak Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Susan E. Finger and James S. Bulak Publication_Date: 1988 Title: Toxicity of Water from Three South Carolina Rivers to Larval Striped Bass Series_Information: Series_Name: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Issue_Identification: 117:521-528 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Unknown Publisher: Unknown Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown Logical_Consistency_Report: unknown Completeness_Report: unknown Lineage: Methodology: Methodology_Type: Lab Methodology_Description: Composite samplers were deployed to collect river water at 15 minute intervals throughout the four day study. Water was pumped from the river through 0.48 cm Teflon tubing into 19-L acid washed glass collection containers held in ice baths during water collection to keep the sample cool (about 4 degrees C) during the day. Temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, hardness, alkalinity, and turbidity was measured daily in subsamples of each composite sample. Larvae (24 h old) were used in the tests. The fish were exposed to full-strength river water and serial dilutions of 50, 25 and 12.5%. Well water with a pH of 7.7, alkalinity of 241 mg/L and hardness of 280 mg/L was used. Reverse osmosis water from the National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center in Columbia, Missouri and was used for dilution water preparation. At the beginning of each test, a single larva was placed in each beaker, and survival was recorded daily. Swimming activity, defined as the number of visually detectable body movements in a 3 minute interval, was recorded for each individual. Methodology: Methodology_Type: Chemical Analyses Methodology_Description: Filtered and unfiltered water samples were digested for inorganic contaminants . Analyses for copper and zinc were performed with a standard air and actylene burner and a deuterium arc background correction. Analyses for copper and zinc were performed. Water samples were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides and PCB's. Process_Step: Process_Description: Not applicable 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: Striped bass measured with respect to mortality and swimming activity. Swimming activity was defined as swimming motions per 3 minutes. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: unknown Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) previously known as: Environmental and Contaminants Research Center [formerly Midwest Science Center] Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey [formerly National Biological Service] Contact_Person: Susan Finger Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 4200 New Haven Road City: Columbia State_or_Province: MO Postal_Code: 65201-9634 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 314 875-5399 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 314 876-1896 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan_finger@usgs.gov Distribution_Liability: No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any 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 the Biological Resource Division (BRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey and not indirectly though 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. Neither the BRD nor the NASA Global Change Master Directory shall be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Custom_Order_Process: Contact Susan Finger Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 1988 Metadata_Review_Date: 19960702 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Hughes STX Contact_Person: Cheryl Solomon Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 7701 Greenbelt Road City: Greenbelt State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20770 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 441-4249 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 441-9486 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: DRAFT Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata. Metadata_Standard_Version: December 1995