Developing a State-Wide Mercury Monitoring and Assessment Network
John Sherwell
Power Plant Research Program,
Department of Natural Resources,
Annapolis, MD USA
In response to concern over elevated levels of methylmercury in fish tissue from catches in the state’s fresh water rivers and streams, a monitoring and assessment program has been developed to understand the sources, transport, transformation, deposition, biogeochemistry and assimilation of mercury.
The poster will describe the components of the overall program: caracterization of the major atmospheric emissions sources; studies of atmospheric processes – modeling and measurement; on-going ambient air and deposition studies; research on the biogeochemistry of mercury in a landscape setting; fish tissue monitoring, and socioeconomic implications of consumption advisories.
The study results will be briefly summarized with links to reports and principal investigators