Ecology -- Better Mercury Predictions (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ecology -- Better Mercury Predictions

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Over time, algae biofilms accumulated on glass washers affixed to a plastic pegboard submerged in East Fork Poplar Creek in Oak Ridge, Tenn. ORNL researchers further analyzed the samples in the laboratory to determine the production of methylmercury.

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Todd Olsen and Scott Brooks/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy

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