The Fifth Annual San Francisco Bay Mercury Coordination Conference was held on February 20, 2008 in downtown Oakland. Topics discussed included : regulatory updates; latest information on mercury impairment of beneficial uses (e.g. results of sportfish and bird egg monitoring); uptake of mercury into the foodweb using small fish as a biomonitoring tool; measuring contribution of mercury from various sources (atmospheric, stormwater and effluent); and the RMP’s strategy for prioritizing mercury monitoring and research.
Presentations
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Note: Several presenters requested that their presentations not be posted on the web. For additional information on these talks , please contact the presenters directly.
Mercury Regulatory Update
Regulatory Update Part I (PPT)
by: Carrie Austin and Richard Looker
Regulatory Update Part II (PPT, 7.6MB)
by: Carrie Austin
Impairment Update
The Latest on Human Exposure: Mercury Contamination in Bay-Delta Sport Fish (PPT, 7MB)
by: Aroon Melwani, Shira Bezalel, Jennifer Hunt, Letitia Grenier, Jay Davis, Gary Ichikawa, Billy Jakl, Wes Heim, Autumn Bonnema and Margy Gassel
Mercury Impacts to Bay Birds: Bioaccumulation and Effects on Avian Reproduction (PPT, 22MB)
by: Josh Ackerman, Collin Eagles-Smith, John Takekawa, and Terry Adelsbach
The Big Picture
The RMP Mercury Strategy (PPT, 4MB)
by: Jay Davis
Where is mercury entering the food web?
The UC Davis Biosentinel Mercury Monitoring Program: Feedback Tool for Watershed Management (PPT,15.5MB)
by: Darell G. Slotton, Shaun M. Ayers and
Ronald D. Weyand
Spatial and temporal patterns in food web accumulation of Hg (PPT, 7MB)
by: Ben Greenfield
Which processes, sources, and pathways contribute disproportionately to food web accumulation?
Localized Mercury Bioaccumulation Study (PPT, 3MB)
by: Vicki Fry
Estimation of Mercury Bioavailability in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents (PPT)
by: J. David Dean
Mercury Sources in Watersheds (PPT, 1MB)
by: Lester McKee
An Investigation of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition to Bay Area Storm Runoff: a Pilot Study (PPT, 7.5MB)
by: Sarah Rothenberg, Lester McKee, Don Yee, Alicia Gilbreath, and Michelle Lent
Methylmercury in Bay and Wetland Sediments of the San Francisco Bay Region (PPT, 5MB)
by: Don Yee
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