Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin,
California: Water-Quality, Sediment and Tissue Chemistry,
and Biological Data, 1995-1998 (Open-File Report 2000-391)

Analytes Measured in Streambed Sediment or Tissue of Aquatic Organisms
and Associated Reporting Limits

All concentrations are reported as dry weight.

[% - percent]

Metals or Carbon in Streambed Sediment	Reporting Limit in microgram/g or percent	Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Streambed Sediment	Reporting Limit in microgram/kg	Organochlorine Insecticides in Streambed Sediment	Reporting Limit in microgram/kg	Metals in Tissue of Aquatic Organisms	Reporting Limit in microgram/g	Organochlorine Insecticides in Tissue of Aquatic Organisms	Reporting limit in microgram/kg
Aluminum	0.01%	Acenaphthene	50	Aldrin	1	Aluminum	1	alpha-HCH	5
Antimony	0.1	Acenaphthylene	50	alpha-BHC	1	Antimony	0.2	Aldrin	5
Arsenic	0.1	Acridine	50	Hexachlorobenzene	50	Arsenic	0.2	beta-HCH	5
Barium	1	C8-Alkylphenols	50	beta-BHC	1	Barium	0.1	cis-Chlordane	5
Beryllium	1	Anthracene	50	Chloroneb	10	Beryllium	0.2	cis-Nonachlor	5
Bismuth	10	Anthraquinone	50	cis-Chlordane	1	Boron	0.2	Dacthal	5
Cadmium	0.1	Azobenzene	50	cis-Nonachlor	1	Cadmium	0.2	delta-HCH	5
Calcium	0.01%	Benzo(a)anthracene	50	cis-Permethrin	5	Chromium	0.5	Dieldrin	5
Cerium	4	Benzo(c)quinoline	50	Dacthal	5	Cobalt	0.2	Endrin	5
Chromium	1	Benzo(b)fluoranthene	50	Dieldrin	1	Copper	0.5	gamma-HCH	5
Cobalt	1	Benzo(k)fluoranthene	50	Endosulfan	1	Iron	1	Heptachlor	5
Copper	1	Benzo(ghi)perylene	50	Endrin	2	Lead	0.2	Heptachlor Epoxide	5
Europium	2	Benzo(a)pyrene	50	Heptachlor	1	Manganese	0.1	Hexachlorobenzene	5
Gallium	4	2,2'-Biquinoline	50	Heptachlor epoxide	1	Mercury	0.1	Mirex	5
Gold	8	bis(2-Chloroethoxy)methane	50	Isodrin	1	Molybdenum	0.2	o,p-DDD	5
Holmium	4	bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate	50	Lindane	1	Nickel	0.2	o,p-DDE	5
Iron	0.01%	4-Bromophenyl-phenylether	50	o,p-Methoxychlor	5	Selenium	0.1	o,p-DDT	5
Lathanum	2	Butylbenzylphthalate	50	p,p-Methoxychlor	5	Silver	0.2	o,p-Methoxychlor	5
Lead	4	9H-Carbozole	50	Mirex	1	Strontium	0.1	Oxychlordane	5
Lithium	2	4-Chloro-3-methylphenol	50	o,p'-DDD	1	Uranium	0.2	Polychlorinated biphenyls	5
Magnesium	0.01%	2-Chloronaphthalene	50	o,p'-DDE	1	Vanadium	0.1	p,p-DDD	5
Manganese	4	2-Chlorophenol	50	o,p'-DDT	2	Zinc	0.5	p,p-DDE	5
Mercury	0.02	4-Chlorophenyl-phenylether	50	Oxychlordane	1			p,p-DDT	5
Molybdenum	2	Chrysene	50	Polychlorinated biphenyls	50			p,p-Methoxychlor	5
Neodymium	4	p-Cresol	50	p,p'-DDD	1			Pentachloroanisole	5
Nickel	2	Dibeno(a,h)anthracene	50	p,p'-DDE	1			Toxaphene	5
Niobium	4	Dibenzothiophene	50	p,p'-DDT	2			trans-Chlordane	5
Phosphorus	0.01%	Di-n-butyl phthalate	50	trans-Chlordane	1			trans-Nonachlor	5
Potassium	0.05%	1,2-Dichlorobenzene	50	trans-Nonachlor	1
Scandium	2	1,3-Dichlorobenzene	50	Toxaphene	200
Selenium	0.1	1,4-Dichlorobenzene	50	trans-Permethrin	5
Silver	0.1	Diethyl phthalate	50
Sodium	0.01%	1,2-Dimethylnaphthalene	50
Strontium	2	1,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	50
Sulfur	0.06%	2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	50
Tantalum	40	3,5-Dimethylphenol	50
Thorium	4	Dimethyl phthalate	50
Tin	10	4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol	50
Titanium	0.01%	2,4-Dinitrotoluene	50
Uranium	0.05	2,6-Dinitrotoluene	50
Vanadium	2	Di-n-oxtyl phthalate	50
Yttrium	2	Fluoranthene	50
Ytterbium	1	9H-Fluorene	50
Zinc	4	Hexachlorobenzene	50
Organic carbon	0.01%	Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	50
Organic and inorganic carbon	0.01%	Isophorone	50
Inorganic carbon	0.01%	Isoquinoline	50
		2-Methylanthracene	50
		1-Methyl-9H-fluorene	50
		1-Methylphenanthrene	50
		1-Methylpyrene	50
		4,5-Methylenephenanthrene	50
		Naphthalene	50
		Nitrobenzene	50
		4-Nitrophenol	50
		N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine	50
		N-Nitrosodiphenylamine	50
		Pentachloroanisole	50
		Pentachloronitrobenzene	50
		Pentachlorophenol	50
		Phenanthrene	50
		Phenanthridine	50
		Phenol	50
		Pyrene	50
		Quinoline	50
		1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	50
		2,3,6-Trimethylnaphthalene	50

Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California: Water-Quality, Sediment and Tissue Chemistry, and Biological Data, 1995-1998 (Open-File Report 2000-391)

Analytes Measured in Streambed Sediment or Tissue of Aquatic Organisms and Associated Reporting Limits

All concentrations are reported as dry weight.

Water-Quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin,
California: Water-Quality, Sediment and Tissue Chemistry,
and Biological Data, 1995-1998 (Open-File Report 2000-391)

Analytes Measured in Streambed Sediment or Tissue of Aquatic Organisms
and Associated Reporting Limits