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Sacramento River Basin NAWQA Program

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)

Sacramento Slough near Knights Landing, California

Methylmercury in unfiltered water

Number of significant figures do not reflect analytical method reporting levels.

Method reporting levels of all analytes

[nanogram/L - nanogram per liter]


Date Time Methylmercury in unfiltered water (ng/L)
2/12/96 1230 0.141
3/11/96 1300 0.085
4/22/96 1100  
5/23/96 1030 0.057
6/13/96 1030 0.282
7/22/96 1050 0.140
8/26/96 1100 0.110
9/10/96 1100 0.087
10/17/96 1000 0.060
11/7/96 0930 0.659
12/5/96 1100 1.180
1/1/97    
2/1/97    
3/6/97 1130 0.555
4/29/97 1040 0.498
5/14/97 1030 0.343
6/19/97 1200 0.170
7/24/97 1030 0.096
8/13/97 1030 0.079
9/24/97 1430 0.152
10/29/97 1000 0.178
11/25/97 1000 0.228
12/16/97 1030  
1/28/98 1100 0.092
2/25/98 1100 0.145
3/25/98 1120 0.154
4/22/98 1000 0.402

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