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Title: The Correlation between
fish fry and French Fries Author:
Luke Johnson Abstract: As an effect of an
ever-increasing demand for French fries, an American staple snack, eastern
Idaho has seen a drastic increase in planted acres and potato harvests within
the last fifty years (USDA 2009). The correlation between agriculture
pollution from potato production and impacted fish populations is well
established (Kraft and Stites 2003). Several
datasets from the Idaho Water Science Center were used to derive a similar
correlation in a particular section of the Snake River in eastern Idaho. This
paper investigated the relationship between the Idaho potato industry,
pesticide and fertilizer use, and five fish species. There are several other
point and non-point anthropogenic influences on the five fish populations
surveyed and it is difficult to separate other abiotic
influences from each other with this particular dataset. The lacking data is
most likely on account of insufficient monitoring requirements and further
research should be conducted in order to cause more stringent regulations. Key References: Brown, C.D.; Holmes, C.; Williams, R.; Beulke, S.; Van Beinum, W.;
Pemberton, E., Wells, C. (2006). How does crop type influence risk from
pesticides to the aquatic environment? Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry. V. 26 P. 188-1826 Kraft, G. J., & Stites,
W. (2003). Nitrate impacts on groundwater from irrigated-vegetable systems in
a humid north-central US sand plain. Agriculture, Ecosystems &
Environment, 100(1), 63-74. doi:DOI:
10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00172-5 Ural, M. S. & Saglam, N. (2005). A study on the acute toxicity of pyrethoid deltamethrin on fry rainbowtrout. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. V.
83 P. 124-131. USDA agriculture statistics service (2009,
December, 15). NASS Agriculture counts: Idaho Potatoes. Retrieved on 4/12/10 http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Idaho/Publications/Potatoes/pdf/Pot%20Proc%20&%20Stocks%201209.pdf Return to Water
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Date: May
2010
Student: *@willamette.edu
ENVR 327: Water Resources
Instructor: Dr. Karen Arabas
http://www.willamette.edu/~karabas/courses/envr327w