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Filtering by: Creator Burke, Jennifer L. Advisor Herlihy, Alan T. Subject Stoneflies -- Effect of heavy metals on -- Oregon -- Umatilla River

Trace metal concentrations in the signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Decapoda: Astacidae), and the stonefly Pteronarcys californica (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae) along a downstream gradient of the Umatilla River

Creator:

Snyder, Jennifer L.

Abstract:

Metals are a persistent form of freshwater pollution and have been shown to bioaccumulate in aquatic macroinvertebrates through direct contact with contaminated water, sediments, and through consumption of contaminated organisms. This research explored the longitudinal bioaccumulation patterns of 5 common trace metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) in the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer L. Snyder for the degree of Master of Science in