The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Freshwater
indicator Name: Animal Deaths and Deformaties: Animal Mortality, by Size of Event (waterfowl mortality only)
page # in printed report: 146
location on page: upper
data source: U.S. Geological Survey. Coverage: all 50 states; Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific region, and Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the Southeast region.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: # of Mortality Events for 5-year period
<100 100 to 1,000 1,000 to 10,000 >10,000
1985-1989 371 181 79 9
1990-1994 381 161 72 12
1995-1999 247 140 96 15