New England Coastal Fish Mercury Study

Project Details

Leader: Ann Chalmers,
U.S. Geological Survey
Room 324, 87 State St, P.O. Box 628
Montpelier, Vermont 05601
Phone (802) 828-4511

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Project Objectives and Location:

1) Describe the distribution of HgT and MeHg data for multiple media, water column, bed sediment, and fish tissue over a range of urban and wetland densities.
2) Identify ecosystem characteristics associated with the partitioning, accumulation and bioconcentration of MeHg.

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Project Details
Leader: Ann Chalmers, U.S. Geological Survey Room 324, 87 State St, P.O. Box 628 Montpelier, Vermont 05601 Phone (802) 828-4511


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New England Coastal Fish Mercury Study

Project Objectives and Location:

1) Describe the distribution of HgT and MeHg data for multiple media, water column, bed sediment, and fish tissue over a range of urban and wetland densities. 2) Identify ecosystem characteristics associated with the partitioning, accumulation and bioconcentration of MeHg.

1) Describe the distribution of HgT and MeHg data for multiple media, water column, bed sediment, and fish tissue over a range of urban and wetland densities.
2) Identify ecosystem characteristics associated with the partitioning, accumulation and bioconcentration of MeHg.