Research Briefs: Dartmouth College

Superfund Research Program

Methylmercury Production and Fate in Response to Multiple Environmental Factors

Project Leader: Celia Y. Chen
Grant Number: P42ES007373
Funding Period: 2000-2021

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Research Briefs

• 246 - River Algae Affects Mercury Pollution at Superfund Site -- Chen
  Release Date: 06/03/2015

  A new study has shown that periphyton -- a community of algae, bacteria, and other natural material living on submerged surfaces -- is helping to transform mercury from a Superfund site into methylmercury, a more toxic form. The study, led by Dartmouth College Superfund Research Program (SRP) researchers, also found lower than anticipated levels of methylmercury in small fish located downstream from a former chemical plant, despite elevated levels of methylmercury in sediment, water, and periphyton.

• 218 - Marine Mercury: From Sources to Seafood -- Chen, Rardin
  Release Date: 02/06/2013

  Mercury released into the air and then deposited into oceans contaminates seafood commonly eaten by people in the U.S. and globally, according to findings from the Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (C-MERC).

• 176 - A New Analytical Method to Support Studies of Mercury Bioavailability/Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Ecosystems -- Taylor, Chen, Jackson
  Release Date: 08/05/2009
  
  
• 144 - A Comparative Toxicology Study of Metal Mixtures -- Folt, Chen
  Release Date: 12/06/2006
  
  
• 128 - Identifying Predictors of Mercury Burdens in Fish -- Folt, Chen
  Release Date: 08/02/2005
  
  
• 89 - Clues to Methylmercury Levels in Freshwater Fish -- Folt
  Release Date: 05/01/2002