1st Edition

Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination Indicators of Change

240 Pages
by CRC Press

240 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

240 Pages
by CRC Press

As rising levels of mercury in the environment pose an increasing threat of toxicity to humans and wildlife, several laws already call for industries to reduce mercury emissions at the source. Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change outlines the infrastructure and methods needed to measure, monitor, and regulate the concentration of mercury present in the environment.... Read more
Introduction. Airsheds and watersheds. Monitoring and evaluating trends in sediment and water indicators. Monitoring and evaluating trends in methylmercury accumulation in aquatic biota. Wildlife indicators. An integrated framework for ecological mercury assessments.

Biography

Reed Harris, David P. Krabbenhoft, Robert Mason, Michael W. Murray, Robin Reash, Tamara Saltman