caa a22 4500 467904774 CHVBK 20180406152830.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-7086-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-7086-7 Biomonitoring in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana, USA: Metal Concentrations in Biofilm and Macroinvertebrates, and Relations with Macroinvertebrate Assemblage [Elektronische Daten] [Darren Rhea, David Harper, Aïda Farag, William Brumbaugh] Portions of the Boulder River watershed contain elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in water, sediment, and biota. We measured concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in biofilm and macroinvertebrates, and assessed macroinvertebrate assemblage and aquatic habitat with the objective of monitoring planned remediation efforts. Concentrations of metals were generally higher in downstream sites compared with upstream or reference sites, and two sites contained metal concentrations in macroinvertebrates greater than values reported to reduce health and survival of resident trout. Macroinvertebrate assemblage was correlated with metal concentrations in biofilm and macroinvertebrates. However, macroinvertebrate metrics were significantly correlated with a greater number of biofilm metals (8) than metals in invertebrates (4). Lead concentrations in biofilm appeared to have the most significant impact on macroinvertebrate assemblage. Metal concentrations in macroinvertebrates were directly proportional to concentrations in biofilm, indicating biofilm as a potential surrogate for monitoring metal impacts in aquatic systems. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 arsenic nationallicence cadmium nationallicence copper nationallicence lead nationallicence zinc nationallicence macroinvertebrate families nationallicence Rhea Darren U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut Harper David U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut Farag Aïda U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut Brumbaugh William U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Rd., Columbia, Missouri, USA aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 115/1-3(2006-04-01), 381-393 0167-6369 115:1-3<381 2006 115 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-7086-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-7086-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rhea Darren U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harper David U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farag Aïda U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Jackson Field Research Station, P.O. Box 1089, Jackson, Wyoming, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brumbaugh William U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Rd., Columbia, Missouri, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 115/1-3(2006-04-01), 381-393 0167-6369 115:1-3<381 2006 115 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer