Project Title: Integrating Multimedia Measurements of Mercury in the Great Lakes Region (2008)

Enhancement of the Great Lakes Mercury Project: Integrating Multimedia Measurements of Mercury in the Great Lakes Region (2009)

Chemicals Studied: Mercury & methylmercury

Geographic Areas: Great Lakes Basin

Project Start Date: May 2008 & August 2009

Project Status: Completed

Synopsis: These complementary projects resulted in collection and analysis of a wide verity of regional mercury data and development of important informational products answering key scientific questions regarding mercury cycling in the Great Lakes region. Outcomes include (1) analysis of mercury exposure and effects in fish and wildlife, (2) spatial gradients of mercury including the identification of biological mercury hotspots, (3) temporal trends of mercury, and (4) summary of policies concerning mercury in the Great Lakes region.

Related Publications:
35 new peer-reviewed papers published in special issues of two scientific journals: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Pollution
Great Lakes Mercury Connections synthesis report
MercNet Monitoring Inventory: Online Library
Project Website
Project results were also communicated in a special session, titled "Mercury in the Laurentian Great Lakes region,” at the 10th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on July 26, 2011.

Project Contact:
David C. Evers
Executive Director/Chief Scientist
BioDiversity Research Institute
Phone: (207) 839-7600
Email: david.evers@briloon.org