PARENT SESSIONOrganized Oral Session 5: Mercury cycles: Sources, mass balances, bioaccumulation, and options to manage affected systems
Organizer(s): EPH Best, JG Wiener, and D Planas
Monday, August 8, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 511 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
8:00 AM: Best, Elly*,1, Fredrickson, Herbert1, Hintelmann, Holger2, 1 U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA2 Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Net production and incorporation of methylmercury in the base of the San Pablo Bay (CA) salt marsh food web.
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8:20 AM: Baeyens, Willy1, Leermakers, Martine1, 1 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Mercury species in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium and The Netherlands): Dynamics, budgets and biomagnification.
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8:40 AM: Hintelmann, Holger*,1, 1 Department of Chemistry, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, METAALICUS: A whole ecosystem loading experiment evaluating the biomagnification and fate of mercury.
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9:00 AM: Lucotte, Marc*,1, Mergler, Donna1, Canuel, René1, de Grosbois, Sylvie1, Roué, Anne1, Pinsonnault, Nathalie1, 1 COMERN, UQAM, c.p. 8888, Suc. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Human exposure to mercury as a consequence of landscape management and socio-economical behaviors: Four case studies in Canada.
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9:20 AM: Wiener, James*,1, Knights, Brent2, Sandheinrich, Mark1, Jeremiason, Jeffrey3, Kallemeyn, Larry4, Rolfhus, Kristofer1, 1 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA2 US Geological Survey, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA3 Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, USA4 US Geological Survey, International Falls, Minnesota, USA, Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in lacustrine food webs: Controlling factors in a mercury-sensitive landscape.
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9:50 AM: Scheuhammer, Tony*,1, Burgess, Neil2, Evers, Dave3, Weech, Shari4, Elliott, John5, 1 Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada2 Environment Canada, Mount Pearl, NL, Canada3 BioDiversity Research Institute, Gorham, ME, USA4 UMA Group, Victoria, BC, Canada5 Environment Canada, Delta, BC, Canada, Food chain transfer and toxicity of methylmercury in piscivorous avian wildlife.
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10:10 AM: Luoma, Samuel 1, 1 U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Influence of the characteristics of individual species on community structure in metal-contaminated aquatic environments.
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10:30 AM: Peltier, Gretchen*,1, Meyer, Judy1, Hopkins, William2, 1 Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA2 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, Relationship between metal concentrations in Corbicula fluminea tissue and land use in a large river system.
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