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Cyanotoxins in the California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Whole Water Cyanotoxin Samples

September 17, 2025

This dataset is comprised of cyanotoxin concentrations from whole water cyanotoxin samples collected at water quality stations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, beginning in 2020. Cyanotoxin congeners were measured from whole water cyanotoxin samples within the cyanotoxin classes: microcystins, anatoxins, cylindrospermopsins, saxitoxins, anabaenopeptins, and nodularin. Concentrations were measured using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Publication Year 2025
Title Cyanotoxins in the California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Whole Water Cyanotoxin Samples
DOI 10.5066/P96L1RTV
Authors Keith Bouma-Gregson, Crystal L Sturgeon, Kat M. Cone, Maura Q Uebner, Tim J Baxter, Kyle K Nakatsuka, Angela Hansen, Emily T Richardson, Judy Westrick, Regina Silva, Brian Bergamaschi, Tamara Kraus
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Sacramento Projects Office (USGS California Water Science Center)
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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