Sensitivity of stream methyl Hg concentrations to environmental change in the Adirondack mountains of New York, USA

Doug Burns; Karen Riva Murray; Elizabeth A. Nystrom; David M. Wolock; Geofrey Millard; Charles T. Driscoll

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Sensitivity of stream methyl Hg concentrations to environmental change in the Adirondack mountains of New York, USA

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Authors:

Doug Burns, Karen Riva Murray, Elizabeth A. Nystrom, David M. Wolock, Geofrey Millard, Charles T. Driscoll

Year:

2016

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 302 p.

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Abstract

The Adirondacks of New York have high levels of mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation as demonstrated by a region-wide fish consumption advisory for children and women who may become pregnant. The source of this Hg is atmospheric deposition that originates from regional, continental, and global emissions.

Parent Publication

Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management - Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds

Citation

Burns, Doug; Murray, Karen Riva; Nystrom, Elizabeth A.; Wolock, David M.; Millard, Geofrey; Driscoll, Charles T. 2016. Sensitivity of stream methyl Hg concentrations to environmental change in the Adirondack mountains of New York, USA. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.