Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination

This book proposes a framework for a national-scale program to monitor changes in mercury concentrations in the environment following the reduction of atmospheric mercury emissions. The book is the product of efforts initiated at a workshop held in Pensacola, Florida, in September 2003, involving more than 30 experts in the fields of atmospheric mercury transport and deposition, mercury cycling in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs and wildlife. Participants represented government agencies, industry groups, universities, and nonprofit organizations....