Fish_Mercury: Fish_Mercury

Fish_MercuryR Documentation

Fish_Mercury

Description

Mercury concentrations in various fish species collected across a number of states from 2018 to 2019.

Usage

Fish_Mercury

Format

A data frame with 378 rows and 4 variables:

species

integer species common name

length

double length of the fish (mm)

Hg

double mercury concentration (ug/wet g)

state

integer State where fish was sampled

Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). National Aquatic Resource Surveys. Rivers and Streams, Fish Tissue (Plugs) - Mercury 2018/2019 (data and metadata files). Available from U.S. EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/data-national-aquatic-resource-surveys. Date accessed: 2024-02-24.


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