ONONDAGA LAKE TISSUE AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING …

ONONDAGA LAKE TISSUE AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING REPORT FOR 2015 AND 2016

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APRIL 2018

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ONONDAGA LAKE TISSUE AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING REPORT FOR 2015 AND 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................V

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ ES-1

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 1-1

SECTION 2 SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS SUMMARY FOR 2015 AND 2016... 2-1 2.1 FISH SAMPLING ............................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 ZOOPLANKTON SAMPLING ........................................................................ 2-4 2.3 ANALYTICAL WORK SCOPE ....................................................................... 2-4

SECTION 3 DATA MANAGEMENT AND VALIDATION SUMMARY ............. 3-1 3.1 DATABASE ...................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL .......................................... 3-1 3.3 DATA VALIDATION ...................................................................................... 3-1

SECTION 4 DATA ASSESSMENT............................................................................ 4-1

4.1 CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS ................................................................. 4-1 4.1.1 Summary of 2015 and 2016 Results........................................................ 4-1 4.1.2 Summary of 2008 through 2016 Results ................................................. 4-1

4.2 FISH COMMUNITY MONITORING RESULTS ........................................... 4-2 4.2.1 Community Assessment ? 2015 .............................................................. 4-3 4.2.2 Community Assessment ? 2016 .............................................................. 4-3

4.3 MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN ZOOPLANKTON .............................. 4-4

SECTION 5 REFERENCES........................................................................................ 5-1

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Table 2 Table 3a Table 3b Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8 Table 9 Table 10 Table 11 Table 12 Table 13 Table 14 Table 15 Table 16 Table 17

Onondaga Lake Fish Tissue, Habitat and Biological Monitoring Objectives, Program Elements, and Data Uses

Summary of Tissue and Biological Monitoring Work Completed During 2015 and 2016

Summary of 2015 Fish Tissue Chemical Concentrations Measured in Onondaga Lake (wet-weight basis)

Summary of 2016 Fish Tissue Chemical Concentrations Measured in Onondaga Lake (wet-weight basis)

Summary of Species Collected by Gear Type for Onondaga Lake Fish Community Assessment: 2015

Summary of Number of Individuals per Species Captured in Trap Nets MayOctober 2015

2015 Gill Net Sampling Locations in Onondaga Lake

Summary of Numbers of Individual Fish per Species Captured in Onondaga Lake Using Gill Nets: May-October 2015

Lake Sturgeon Catch and Tag Information ? 2015

Summary of Numbers of Individual Fish per Species Captured in Onondaga Lake by Seining ? 2015

Summary of Species Collected by Gear Type for Onondaga Lake Fish Community Assessment: 2016

Summary of Number of Individuals per Species Captured in Trap Nets MayOctober 2016

2016 Gill Net Sampling Locations in Onondaga Lake

Summary of Numbers of Individual Fish per Species Captured in Onondaga Lake Using Gill Nets: May-October 2016

Lake Sturgeon Catch and Tag Information ? 2016

Summary of Numbers of Individual Fish per Species Captured in Onondaga Lake by Seining ? 2016

Mercury Concentrations (mg/kg wet weight) in Onondaga lake Zooplankton Collected at South Deep in 2015

Mercury Concentrations (mg/kg wet weight) in Onondaga Lake Zooplankton Collected at South Deep in 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Sampling Locations for 2015 and 2016 Fish Tissue Chemical Analyses Figure 2a Sampling Locations for 2015 Fish Community Assessment Figure 2b Sampling Locations for 2016 Fish Community Assessment Figure 3 Mercury versus Total Length in Onondaga Lake Fish (2008 through 2016) Figure 4 Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass and Walleye Fillets (2008 through 2016) Figure 5 Mercury Concentrations in Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, and Common Carp Fillets

(2008 through 2016) Figure 6 Total PCB Concentration in Smallmouth Bass and Walleye Fillets (2008 through 2016) Figure 7 Total PCB Concentration in Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, and Common Carp Fillets

(2008 through 2016) Figure 8 Average Dioxin/Furan Toxicity Equivalent Quotients (TEQs) in Smallmouth Bass and

Walleye (2008 through 2016) Figure 9 Average Lipid?normalized Dioxin/Furan Toxicity Equivalent Quotients (TEQs) in

Smallmouth Bass and Walleye (2008 through 2016) Figure 10 Average Dioxin/Furan Toxicity Equivalent Quotients (TEQs) in Pumpkinseed, Brown

Bullhead, and Common Carp (2008 through 2016) Figure 11 Average Lipid-normalized Dioxin/Furan Toxicity Equivalent Quotients (TEQs) in

Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, and Common Carp (2008 through 2016) Figure 12 Mercury Concentrations in Small Prey Fish (2008 through 2016) Figure 13 Total PCB Concentrations in Small Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 14 Total PCB Concentrations in Small Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through 2016) Figure 15 DDT and Metabolites Concentrations in Small Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 16 DDT and Metabolites Concentrations in Small Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through

2016) Figure 17 Hexachlorobenzene Concentration in Small Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 18 Hexachlorobenzene Concentrations in Small Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through 2016)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)

LIST OF FIGURES (CONTINUED)

Figure 19 Mercury Concentrations in Large Prey Fish (2008 through 2016) Figure 20 Total PCB Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 21 Total PCB Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through 2016) Figure 22 DDT and Metabolites Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 23 DDT and Metabolites Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through

2016) Figure 24 Hexachlorobenzene Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: By SMU (2008 through 2016) Figure 25 Hexachlorobenzene Concentrations in Large Prey Fish: All SMUs (2008 through 2016) Figure 26 Wet Weight Mercury Concentrations in Zooplankton Collected from South Deep in 2015 Figure 27 Wet Weight Mercury Concentrations in Zooplankton Collected from South Deep in

2016 Figure 28 Wet Weight Total Mercury and Methylmercury Concentrations in Zooplankton

Collected from Onondaga Lake Annually from 2008 through 2016 Figure 29 Time Series of Annual Average Wet Weight Mercury Concentrations in Zooplankton

Collected from Onondaga Lake from 2008 through 2016 Figure 30 Time Series of Annual Peak Methylmercury Concentrations in Zooplankton Collected

from Onondaga Lake from 2008 through 2016

APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D

LIST OF APPENDICES

DATA USABILITY AND SUMMARY REPORT: ONONDAGA LAKE 2015 TISSUE MONITORING: FISH AND ZOOPLANKTON

DATA USABILITY AND SUMMARY REPORT: ONONDAGA LAKE 2016 TISSUE MONITORING: FISH AND ZOOPLANKTON

CALCULATED DIOXIN/FURAN HUMAN MAMMALIAN TEQs IN 2015 FISH TISSUE SAMPLES

FISH POPULATION ASSESSMENTS FOR 2015 AND 2016

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