Mercury (Hg) and its compounds, which pose a health risk to the population not engaged in hazardous industries, enter human body mainly with food items. First of all, these are seafood, fish canned fish. In this study, concentrations Hg muscles different species from water bodies Yaroslavl province were determined. The average values mercury content range 0.03 0.41 mg/kg wet weight. recorded le...

Various surface water bodies, such as rivers, lakes and reservoirs, provide essential services to human society. However, the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of different types bodies their possible driving factors over large areas remain very limited. Here, we used unprecedented data layers derived from all available Landsat images further developed two databases on China’s reservoirs larger...

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms are an increasing threat to coastal and inland waters. These can be detected using optical radiometers due the presence of phycocyanin (PC) pigments. The spectral resolution best-available multispectral sensors limits their ability diagnostically detect PC in other photosynthetic To assess role determination PC, a large ( <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www...

First posted June 16, 2021 For additional information, contact: Director, New York Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey425 Jordan RoadTroy, NY 12180–8349 City maintains an extensive system of reservoirs and aqueducts to provide drinking water its residents, including 16 controlled lakes in Westchester Putnam Counties southern York, east the Hudson River (also called “East lakes”). These w...